Download or read book Robert Johnson for Banjo written by Robert Johnson and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Banjo). 15 classics from the blues legend arranged for banjo, including: Cross Road Blues (Crossroads) * Drunken Hearted Man * From Four Until Late * Hell Hound on My Trail * I Believe I'll Dust My Broom * I'm a Steady Rollin' Man (Steady Rollin' Man) * Kind Hearted Woman Blues * Love in Vain Blues * Me and the Devil Blues * Ramblin' on My Mind * Stop Breakin' down Blues * Sweet Home Chicago * They're Red Hot * 32-20 Blues * Walkin' Blues.
Download or read book Robert Johnson Complete Songbook written by Robert Johnson and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2003-08-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). Our first piano/vocal/guitar collection for the songs of this blues legend! Including 29 classics: Come On in My Kitchen * Cross Road Blues (Crossroads) * Dead Shrimp Blues * Drunken Hearted Man * Hell Hound on My Trail * I Believe I'll Dust My Broom * Kind Hearted Woman Blues * Me and the Devil Blues * Ramblin' on My Mind * Sweet Home Chicago * Terraplane Blues * When You Got a Good Friend * and more.
Download or read book The Complete Robert Johnson written by Woody Mann and published by Oak Publications. This book was released on 1991-02-11 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the 29 songs that form the complete recorded works of this seminal blues artist. Transcriptions in standard notation and guitar tablature give new insight into Johnson's unique guitar and vocal styles. Includes a special section on the music and playing techniques covering standard chord forms and open tunings.
Download or read book Blues Banjo written by Fred Sokolow and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Banjo). Best-selling author Fred Sokolow teaches you how to play blues on the banjo with this instructional book and audio pack! You'll learn: how to play the blues in several banjo tunings; how to play in the styles of blues greats like Mississippi John Hurt, Lightnin' Hopins, B.B. King, Skip James, and many more; licks, scales, chords, turnarounds and boogie backup; several approaches to soloing; how to ad lib blues licks and solos in any key; how to play the blues up and down the neck; and more. Includes these classic blues tunes: Ain't Nobody's Business * Careless Love * Frankie and Johnny * John Henry * The Midnight Special * Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out * See See Rider * St. James Infirmary Blues * St. Louis Blues * and more. Also includes chord grids, standard notation and tablature, audio tracks for all the songs, licks and exercises in the book, with banjo and vocals.
Download or read book Robert Johnson written by Samuel Charters and published by New York : Oak Publications. This book was released on 1973 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of America's most respected authorities on the blues delves deeply into the recorded legacy of Robert Johnson, transcribing each of his songs with dedicated accuracy and distilling the meaning of every sound and phrase.
Download or read book Brother Robert written by Annye C. Anderson and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2020-06-09 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Rolling Stone-Kirkus Best Music Book of 2020 “[Brother Robert} book does much to pull the blues master out of the fog of myth.”—Rolling Stone An intimate memoir by blues legend Robert Johnson's stepsister, including new details about his family, music, influences, tragic death, and musical afterlife Though Robert Johnson was only twenty-seven years young and relatively unknown at the time of his tragic death in 1938, his enduring recordings have solidified his status as a progenitor of the Delta blues style. And yet, while his music has retained the steadfast devotion of modern listeners, much remains unknown about the man who penned and played these timeless tunes. Few people alive today actually remember what Johnson was really like, and those who do have largely upheld their silence-until now. In Brother Robert, nonagenarian Annye C. Anderson sheds new light on a real-life figure largely obscured by his own legend: her kind and incredibly talented stepbrother, Robert Johnson. This book chronicles Johnson's unconventional path to stardom, from the harrowing story behind his illegitimate birth, to his first strum of the guitar on Anderson's father's knee, to the genre-defining recordings that would one day secure his legacy. Along the way, readers are gifted not only with Anderson's personal anecdotes, but with colorful recollections passed down to Anderson by members of their family-the people who knew Johnson best. Readers also learn about the contours of his working life in Memphis, never-before-disclosed details about his romantic history, and all of Johnson's favorite things, from foods and entertainers to brands of tobacco and pomade. Together, these stories don't just bring the mythologized Johnson back down to earth; they preserve both his memory and his integrity. For decades, Anderson and her family have ignored the tall tales of Johnson "selling his soul to the devil" and the speculative to fictionalized accounts of his life that passed for biography. Brother Robert is here to set the record straight. Featuring a foreword by Elijah Wald and a Q&A with Anderson, Wald, Preston Lauterbach, and Peter Guralnick, this book paints a vivid portrait of an elusive figure who forever changed the musical landscape as we know it.
Download or read book Banjo written by Bob Carlin and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-10-03 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The banjo is emblematic of American country music, and it is at the core of other important musical movements, including jazz and ragtime. The instrument has been adopted by many cultures and has been ingrained into many musical traditions, from Mento music in the Caribbean and dance music in Ireland. Virtuosos such as Béla Fleck have played Bach, African music, and Christmas tunes on the five-string banjo, and the instrument has had a resurgence in pop music with such acts a Mumford and Sons and the Avett Brothers. This book offers the first comprehensive, illustrated history of the banjo in its many forms. It traces the story of the instrument from its roots in West Africa to its birth in the Americas, through its coming of age in the Industrial Revolution and beyond. The book profiles the most important players and spotlights key luthiers and manufacturers. It features 100 “milestone instruments” with in-depth coverage, including model details and beautiful photos. It offers historical context surrounding the banjo through the ages, from its place in Victorian parlors and speakeasies through its role in the folk boom of the 1950s and 1960s to its place in the hands of songwriter John Hartford and comedian Steve Martin. Folk, jazz, bluegrass, country, and rock – the banjo has played an important part in all of these genres. Lavishly illustrated, and thoughtfully written by author, broadcaster, and acclaimed banjoist Bob Carlin, this is a must-have for lovers of fretted instruments, aficionados of roots music, and music history buffs.
Download or read book Best of Blues Guitar written by Fred Sokolow and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2010-10-07 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A must for any contemporary blues guitarists. Contains 12 great down home blues solos, each inspired by an original blues guitar giant like Blind Lemon Jefferson on Robert Johnson. Each solo contain comments about the styles and trademark lick of the blues legends. In notation and tablature. Audio available online.
Download or read book The T Bone Walker Collection written by T-Bone Walker and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1999-06-01 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Guitar Recorded Versions). This terrific collection features 20 tunes transcribed note-for-note from wildly influential (B.B. King, Chuck Berry, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Jimi Hendrix, to name but a few) blues legend T-Bone Walker, to whom electric blues and rock music owe their existence. Songs include: Call It Stormy Monday * Don't Leave Me Baby * I Got a Break Baby * It's a Low Down Dirty Deal * Mean Old World * So Blue Blues * T-Bone Boogie * The Time Seems So Long * Vida Lee * and more. Includes an introduction by Dave Rubin and a selected discography.
Download or read book Robert Johnson written by Barry Lee Pearson and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even with just forty-one recordings to his credit, Robert Johnson (1911-38) is a towering figure in the history of the blues. His vast influence on twentieth-century American music, combined with his mysterious death at the age of twenty-seven, still encourage the speculation and myth that have long obscured the facts about his life. The most famous legend depicts a young Johnson meeting the Devil at a dusty Mississippi crossroads at midnight and selling his soul in exchange for prodigious guitar skills. Barry Lee Pearson and Bill McCulloch examine the full range of writings about Johnson and weigh the conflicting accounts of Johnson's life story against interviews with blues musicians and others who knew the man. Their extensive research uncovers a life every bit as compelling as the fabrications and exaggerations that have sprung up around it. In examining the bluesman's life and music, and the ways in which both have been reinvented and interpreted by other artists, critics, and fans, Robert Johnson: Lost and Found charts the cultural forces that have mediated the expression of African American artistic traditions.
Download or read book Robert Johnson for Ukulele Songbook written by Robert Johnson and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Ukulele). 18 blues guitar classics specially arranged for the ukulele, with riffs and backup rhythms, in standard notation and tab. Includes: Drunken Hearted Man * Honeymoon Blues * I Believe I'll Dust My Broom * I'm a Steady Rollin' Man (Steady Rollin' Man) * Kind Hearted Woman Blues * Me and the Devil Blues * Sweet Home Chicago * When You Got a Good Friend * and more.
Download or read book Escaping the Delta written by Elijah Wald and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life of blues legend Robert Johnson becomes the centerpiece for this innovative look at what many consider to be America's deepest and most influential music genre. Pivotal are the questions surrounding why Johnson was ignored by the core black audience of his time yet now celebrated as the greatest figure in blues history. Trying to separate myth from reality, biographer Elijah Wald studies the blues from the inside -- not only examining recordings but also the recollections of the musicians themselves, the African-American press, as well as examining original research. What emerges is a new appreciation for the blues and the movement of its artists from the shadows of the 1930s Mississippi Delta to the mainstream venues frequented by today's loyal blues fans.
Download or read book Bob Dylan for Clawhammer Banjo written by Bob Dylan and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2018-07-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Banjo). 14 Dylan classics arranged specifically for clawhammer banjo, including: All Along the Watchtower * Blowin' in the Wind * Don't Think Twice, It's All Right * Hurricane * It Ain't Me Babe * Knockin' on Heaven's Door * Lay Lady Lay * Like a Rolling Stone * Mr. Tambourine Man * Positively 4th Street * Shelter from the Storm * Tangled up in Blue * The Times They Are A-Changin' * You Ain't Goin' Nowhere.
Download or read book Robert Johnson written by Robert Johnson and published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 1999 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Guitar Recorded Versions). A must-have for all blues guitarists, this exciting publication is the most complete Robert Johnson collection ever! It includes note-for-note transcriptions in notes & tab for all 29 songs ever recorded by this elusive legend, plus two alternate takes. Newly discovered authentic tunings and capo placements are also part of the package. Songs include: Cross Road Blues (Crossroads) * Dead Shrimp Blues * Drunken Hearted Man * Hell Hound on My Trail * Honeymoon Blues * I Believe I'll Dust My Broom * Kind Hearted Woman Blues * Love in Vain Blues * Malted Milk * Milkcow's Calf Blues * Ramblin' on My Mind * Sweet Home Chicago * When You Got a Good Friend * and more. Also includes an introduction.
Download or read book Country Blues Guitar written by Stefan Grossman and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Descriptive analysis and musical transcriptions, in standard notation and tablature" of the works of various blues guitarists.
Download or read book Chasin that Devil Music written by Gayle Wardlow and published by Backbeat Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the development and characteristics of the Delta blues, and describes the most influential blues musicians and recordings of the 1920s and 1930s
Download or read book The Beatles for Banjo written by Fred Sokolow and published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Banjo). 18 of the Fab Four's finest for five string banjo! Includes: Across the Universe * Blackbird * A Hard Day's Night * Here Comes the Sun * Hey Jude * Let It Be * She Loves You * Strawberry Fields Forever * Ticket to Ride * Yesterday * and more.
