Stefan Grossman - Country Blues Guitar Festival - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This album presents Stefan playing a variety of country blues and original tunes played solo as well as with friends, i.e. Steve Katz, Danny Kalb, Duck Baker and Tokio Uchida. This is an enhanced CD. a PDF tab/music booklet is included that includes most of the arrangements. Album Tracks 1. Just a Closer Walk 2. Struttin' Rag 3. Richland Women Blues 4. Old Country Rock 5. Innocence Abroad 6. Shake That Thing 7. Blues for the Mann 8. Bermuda Triangle Exit 9. Buddy Bolden Blues 10. Medley Diddie Wa Diddie/Shuffle Rag 11. Northern Skies, Southern Blues 12. C.C. Rider 13. One Kind Favor 14. Hesitation Blues 15. Rooftop Blues 16. All My Friends Are Gone 17. Shake Baby Shake 18. Special Rider Blues 19. Betty and Dupree 20. [CD-ROM Track] [Multimedia Track]

Stefan Grossman lived in Europe for twenty years from 1967-1987. He left Amer & shy;ica as a student of country blues and ragtime guitar. When he arrived in London his books on historical blues guitar styles and techniques were being studied in America, Europe, Japan and Australia. Before even touching the stage for the first time as a Inchprofessional musicianInch at Les Cousins in London in June, 1967, his musical visions had influenced many guitarists from pop stars to folk singers. Stefan is hard to classify. He is a teacher with scores of guitar books to his credit. He is also an entertainer who can charm an audience with his musical skills (very much like his legendary teacher (Rev. Gary Davis), and yet he is also a guitarist constantly exploring and expanding his musical horizons. InchWhat Stefan achieved with the blues is a musical ideal that other folk musi & shy;cians, working in different fields, might have followed if they'd had the skill or the imagination. From his base in Rome, he spends part of his time writing books on the early blues and guitar technique, part of his time touring, and part of his time writing. His songs are 'totally blues influenced' he insists, 'though some may not sound like it. Some may sound like jazz or Bach, but it 'blues influenced' because that's my base, that's where I learned about music.' - Robin Denselow/The Guardian

An Enhanced CD with a PDF tab/music booklet. Solo guitar instrumentals. Album Tracks 1. Blues for the Mann 2. Requiem for Patrick Kilroy 3. Logan's Water 4. Lemon's Jump 5. Ms. Josephine Ayres 6. Beyond the Pleasure Principle 7. Sparkling on the Wind 8. Shining Shadows 9. Capricorn Five 10. Just a Closer Walk with Thee 11. Lament for a Goodman 12. [CD-ROM Track] [Multimedia Track]