DVD-The Fingerpicking Blues Of Mississippi John Hurt

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• Includes Guitar TABSize: 7-1/2" x 5-1/4"Artist: Mississippi John HurtISBN: 1932964215

Product Description

No traditional musician is better loved than Mississippi John Hurt. He has influenced innumerable musicians through the years and, four decades after his death, his songs and instrumentals continue to be played throughout the world by novice guitarists and professionals alike.

This lesson is filled with the songs, licks, sounds and techniques that make Mississippi John Hurt’s music so popular. John Sebastian and Happy Traum, whose friendship goes back to the sixties, had the privilege of knowing John Hurt and hearing him play first hand. With their enthusiasm and love of his music, they take apart eleven of his classic songs, bringing fresh insights into the picking styles of this treasured artist.

Songs: "Spike Driver’s Blues," "Got The Blues (Can''t Be Satisfied)," "Coffee Blues," "Richland Woman Blues," "My Creole Belle," "Monday Morning Blues," "I’m Satisfied," "Stack O''Lee," "Candy Man," "Avalon Blues" and "Make Me A Pallet on Your Floor."

Bonus section: Sam Hood, owner of the Gaslight Café, the Greenwich Village coffee house that was "home" to John Hurt when he played in New York City in the ‘60s, shares memories, insights, anecdotes and some laughs with Happy and John about Mississippi John and other members of the folk and blues community.

DVD-The Fingerpicking Blues Of Mississippi John Hurt Review

This is not a note-for-note transcription of John Hurt's songs. Rather, Sebastian and Traum try to convey the feel of Hurt's style as they have come to interpret it. Not to say that they've changed the songs much -- they will get you very close, and then the finer details can be picked up by listening to the records. Also it becomes quite easy to figure out songs not included in the DVD once you have gotten the hang of it.

It's worth mentioning that they do not teach you how to fingerpick, so it would be helpful to have a little experience with that style. (don't worry -- the only "fingerpicking" song I knew before the DVD was Paul McCartney's much simpler "Blackbird," and I was able to pick up the basics of John Hurt in a few weeks.) The songs are nonetheless difficult to master, especially if you plan on sometimes singing along with them, as everyone should.

Finally, the conversation between Traum and Sebastian and the interview with Sam Hood are warm and fascinating. 4 stars because they could have included more of John's songs and definitely could have discussed more about his life in Greenwich Village.

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