Nothing sounds as bluesy as a slide guitar, and this DVD shows you how it's done on electric and acoustic, solo or with a group. Using classic blues tunes - Little Red Rooster, Sittin' On Top Of The World, Reconsider Baby, The Sky Is Crying, Farther On Up The Road and One Way Out - Fred Sokolow shows you how to play and improvise slide in the styles of the great bluesmen - Muddy Waters, Elmore James, Mississippi Fred McDowell and Duane Allman.

In this DVD lesson you will learn:

• Solos, backup licks, turnarounds and fills in three tunings: open G, open D and standard.
• How to play slide in any key.
• How to improvise slide solos in standard and open tunings
• Using moveable blues boxes.

Close-ups of both hands help you see just how it's done and the accompanying tab/music booklet makes it easy to follow the arrangements. Fred's teaching is clear and easy to understand. This DVD lesson is a great introduction to the soulful world of bottleneck/slide guitar.

73 minutes - Level 1/2 - Detailed tab/music PDF file on the DVD

Review: Great Introductory DVD on slide. I have checked out other DVDs on learning slide guitar, and this one seems the most straightforward. Nice, calm, low-key teaching by Sokolow, with several good slide tunes taught. Nice and basic, yet lots taught here. – Ron K/Amazon Customer Review

Review: This DVD is a pretty comprehensive look at this style of playing. The instructor is easy to follow and the pace is reasonable enough so that anyone who is experienced isn't completely bored but beginners are able to get a grasp at the same time.– JC/Amazon Customer Review