Edition: Paperback Book & CD Package, Guitar

Stefan Grossman, noted roots-blues guitarist and musicologist, has compiled this historic series of classic blues artist songbooks. The Early Masters of American Guitar series provides the unique opportunity to study the true roots of modern guitar. In addition to Stefans expert transcriptions, each book includes a CD containing the original artist recordings so you can hear and feel the music as they performed it.

This fascinating collection has 14 songs from seven pivotal early blues guitarists from the Mississippi Delta:

Artists featured: WILLIE BROWN: (Future Blues; M&O Blues; Ragged and Dirty); SON HOUSE: (Dry Spell Blues; My Black Mama); SKIP JAMES: (Devil Got My Woman; Hard Time Killin' Floor; Special Rider); HAMBONE WILLIE NEWBERN: (Roll and Tumble Blues); CHARLIE PATTON: (Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues; Stone Pony Blues; 34 Blues); ARTHUR PETTIS: (Good Boy Blues); ROBERT WILKINS: (That's No Way to Get Along).