The Art of Fingerstyle Guitar on DVD

Product Description featuring John Renbourn, Martin Carthy, Stefan Grossman, Bob Brozman, Martin Simpson, Duck Baker, Brad Jones & Peppino D'Agostino The performers in this 60 minute dvd express different traditions, personalities and stylistic approaches through their guitars. Yet there is a commonality, not only in the instrument and fundamental approach to it but also in the choice of these players to take risks and to respect tradition. Bob Brozman plays Hawaiian Greetings unlike any of the Hawaiian guitarists of the 1920s, yet his version overflows with love of his sources. Peppino D'Agostino uses unorthodox techniques to transform his guitar into a Brazilian rhythm band. Titles include: STEFAN GROSSMAN Sheebeg An Sheemore BOB BROZMAN Hawaiian Greetings, Steel Guitar Stomp BUSTER B. JONES Funky Fingers MARTIN SIMPSON Medley: Lord Gregory/Bob's Song PEPPINO D'AGOSTINO Grand Canyon, Ponteio JOHN RENBOURN Sweet Potato, Medley: Lament for Owen Roe O'Neill/Mist Covered Mountains Of Home/The Orphan MARTIN SIMPSON & BOB BROZMAN Bentonia, Chimes Of Timbuktu · MARTIN CARTHY Seven Yellow Gypsies STEFAN GROSSMAN & DUCK BAKER Danish Drone About the Actor Stefan Grossman has been recording, performing, and writing about acoustic fingerstyle techniques and styles for more than 30 years. At age 15 he started taking lessons from the legendary bluesman the late Rev. Gary Davis. He also learned music from records by Brownie McGhee and Lightnin' Hopkins. When Grossman was 18, he formed the Even Dozen Jug Band with guitarist Steve Katz, harmonicist/singer John Sebastian and pianist Josh Rifkin. The group recorded the LP Even Dozen Jug Band [out of print] for Elektra in 1964. At the same time, Stefan became more interested in his work as a blues researcher. During the period from 1965-1975 he studied and traveled with some of the legendary figures in the world of blues guitar-- Skip James, Mississippi John Hurt, Son House, Mississippi Fred McDowell, and other great black American bluesmen and songsters. From this experience Stefan authored his landmark five-volume series for Oak Publications that presented these styles to pickers worldwide. In 1973 Stefan co-founded Kicking Mule Records to counter the shortage of good instructional guitar records and music. With a lineup of artists including guitarists Dave Evans, Ton Van Bergeyk, Happy Traum, Duck Baker, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn and Davy Graham, Kicking Mule has been instrumental in promoting and preserving the best in blues, ragtime, and contemporary picking. Stefan has played with bands all over the world and has recorded numerous CDs. He has also written many books that have been published or distributed by Mel Bay Publications.