Fingerstyle and slide blues

[KillingFloor]

Been getting more and more into acoustic blues so splashed out on a resonator and want to work on my fingerstyle and slide work. Can anyone recommend any books to help me along?

Been playing electric for 12 years but my finger picking needs work and whilst I've messed around with slide for a little while, I'd say my slide work is basic so a book with suggested licks and riffs or to help me work through some delta blues songs would be good. Something with a CD would also be a bonus.

Any recommendations?

[TheGuitarWeasel]

As a quick get you going ... and start making you think about what you're playing ... there are some great lessons on U tube. This is a fun starter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7P6S...feature=relmfu
In my opinion (and I teach) it's easier watching than just listening to a CD and trying to hammer out tab. Delta blues is about style, feeling and cast iron rhythm ... you can't learn any of that from a book! Listen to the greats and try to emulate them ... they learned that way ...

[KillingFloor]

As a quick get you going ... and start making you think about what you're playing ... there are some great lessons on U tube. This is a fun starter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7P6S...feature=relmfu
In my opinion (and I teach) it's easier watching than just listening to a CD and trying to hammer out tab. Delta blues is about style, feeling and cast iron rhythm ... you can't learn any of that from a book! Listen to the greats and try to emulate them ... they learned that way ...

Thanks for that. Should give me a good start. I agree with your comments but just wanted to expand my slide vocabulary as a quick fix. I don't often sit down and work out others music anymore due to lack of time

[TheGuitarWeasel]

Type slide lesson into u tube and there's a wealth of good stuff.

[bertie]

wait for Lewy to post

he da man

[Astor]

Whilst I haven't tried the slide course (Trufire), I'm a big fan of Truefire's videos as the teaching and vids are top notch. Although, I've been a member for a while, you can join and get 30 days free access.

* reading this back sound a bit spammy

[bandmaster188]

mike dowling d.v.d bottle neck blues and beyond. there are some snippets of the d.v.d on you tube.
nice alternate picking and slide riffs worth looking at!
i've also got a book which i've had kicking around for years and have just started taking a look at it which is slide guitar by arlen roth. covers blues a country slide.
if you want get pissed off and never pick up your resonator again check out bob brozman doing highway 49 blues, he a f$**^"£"$**@@"£$% but he aint alf good mum!

[Lewy]

Brozman's DVD's are a great place to start, as is Michael Messer's introduction to Slide Guitar DVD.

To get your fingerpicking going in the right direction, I strongly recommend "Beginning Fingerstyle Blues Guitar" by Arnie Berle and Mark Galbo. It comes with a CD and is outstanding.

[TRP73]

Lewy is right about "Beginning Fingerstyle Blues Guitar". That followed by Stefan Grossman's Mississippi John Hurt book/cd has really got me into fingerstyle blues

[KillingFloor]

Thank you chaps! I shall check them out.