DVD – Women of the Country Blues Guitar
  • DVD – Women of the Country Blues Guitar

DVD – Women of the Country Blues Guitar

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Signed! On this DVD Erin takes you through songs by early women players of fingerstyle country blues, including Memphis Minnie, Elvie Thomas, Geeshie Wiley, and Jesse Mae Hemphill.

Memphis Minnie songs include early material in Open G (Spanish tuning) including: Can I Do It For You, Where Is My Good Man At, What's The Matter With The Mill, and When

Signed! On this DVD Erin takes you through songs by early women players of fingerstyle country blues, including Memphis Minnie, Elvie Thomas, Geeshie Wiley, and Jesse Mae Hemphill.

Memphis Minnie songs include early material in Open G (Spanish tuning) including: Can I Do It For You, Where Is My Good Man At, What's The Matter With The Mill, and When The Levee Breaks. Then we’ll cover a couple in Standard tuning: I'm a Bad Luck Woman (E), and Nothing In Rambling (G), and show you some cool Memphis Minnie licks you can use in your playing!

Other songs: Mattie Delaney, Down The Big Road Blues (Open G); Elvie Thomas, Motherless Chile (E); Geeshie Wiley, Pick Poor Robin Clean (C); Jessie Mae Hemphill, I'm So Glad (Open D).

Each tune is taught phrase by phrase and played slowly on a split-screen. Bonus audio tracks of the original recordings are included. Also included: pdf tablature, plus interviews with Erin!

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