Bluegrass Guitar: Know the Players, Play the Music

by Sid Griffin, Eric Thompson

Book Bluegrass Guitar, from in the Fretmaster series, combines a history and playing guide, with brief biographies of key artists, and transcriptions, original recordings and style demonstrations. Players will learn the history and special styles of players such as Mother Maybelle Carter, Doc Watson, Clarence White, Norman Blake, Tony Rice and Bryan Sutton. The CD offers specially recorded backing tracks, allowing readers to play along and hone their technique.

152 pages, Spiral-bound

First published January 1, 2005