Rags To Rock Advanced Fingerstyle Guitar Solos

Product Description Are you interested in challenging, difficult and advanced fingerstyle solos that stretch from a New Orleans standard to a Sonny Rollins's jazz classic to a Booker T. & The M.G.s rock hit? If so, then this video lesson is for you. Pat Donohue has prepared a one hour and forty minute lesson that presents six great arrangements. Pat best described his approach: ""For me, folk and jazz have always been closely related. They both evolved through the idiosyncrasies of basically unschooled but extremely talented musicians who, playing from the heart, found new ways to express themselves. As a folk guitarist with the heart of a jazz saxophonist, I hope my playing in some way bridges the gap."" A detailed tab/music instructional booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. DVD is region 0, playable worldwide. Review First and foremost in sensibility and skills, Donohue is a guitarist...His listening and playing recapitulate the evolution of 20th Century American popular music, as he works his way through country blues to ragtime and early jazz to swing, bop and post-bop --Acoustic Guitar About the Actor Pat Donohue is "a masterful guitarist and talented singer-songwriter of blues, folk and jazz" (Los Angeles Times). His talents are displayed weekly in his appearances on public radio's A Prarie Home Companion, where his guitar playing, writing and singing are featured regularly. The 1983 National Finger Picking Guitar Champion, Donohue's style blends blues and folk in a critically acclaimed display of guitar artistry. His original songs have been recorded by Chet Atkins, Suzy Bogguss, Loose Ties and other national performers. He has been a featured performer at major music festivals including the Newport Folk Festival, Telluride Festival, and the Philadelphia Folk Festival, and performs regularly in concerts and clubs around the country. Pat Donohue's guitar skills are shared through his many teaching events. His extensive travels for A Prarie Home Companion and his solo performance engagements enable him to conduct in-person group workshops throughout the country. He participates in teaching camps, and also had three instructional videos. Although he went to college in Milwaukee and lived and performed in Denver for a number of years, Pat is a life-long resident of St. Paul, Minnesota, where he currently lives with his wife Susan and da