(Music Sales America). An entirely revised edition of the classic instruction guide for guitar players. Explore traditional playing styles through transcriptions and analysis of 26 tunes by master players. Includes LP discography and new easy-to-read guitar tablature. Songs: Big Road Blues * Bird Nest Bound * Bukka's Jitterbug Swing * Bye Bye Blues * Devil Got My Woman * Dry Spell Blues * Fixin' to Die * Future Blues * Gravel Road Blues * Green River Blue * Hard Time Killin' Floor * High Water Everywhere * Kindhearted Woman Blues * Lord, I'm Going Down South * M & O Blues * Mississippi Blues * Motherless Chile Blues * My Black Mama * Ragged and Dirty * Saturday Blues * Sic 'Em Dogs on Blues * Special Rider * Stoney Pony Blues * Terraplane Blues * '34 Blue * Whiskey Head Man. 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. Pages: 112 Instrumentation: Guitar