HOMESPUNTaught By Lee Rocker.
Level 3
60-minute DVD or VHS
Lee Rocker & Big Blue are a fire-breathing hillbilly n’ blues hybrid hot
enough to melt a Sun session 45! - Guitar World Magazine
Since the 1950s, when the Memphis-based rockabilly sound first swept the world, the acoustic upright bass has remained its showpiece and rhythmic mainstay. Lee Rocker, one of the masters of the “new wave” of rockabilly musicians, has made an informative and entertaining DVD that teaches the intricacies of the exciting slap bass style to players of all levels.
Slap bass combines the plucking of the bottom notes with the percussive hits that the palm makes when it slaps the strings against the fingerboard. By adding these right-hand techniques to blues bass lines and arpeggios, you’ll create spectacular multi-rhythmic slapping that will stop any show! This DVD also provides valuable tips on amplification, bass set-up and other methods of getting the best possible sound.
Big Blue’s hot performances of Goin’ To Kansas City, Big Blue Train, That’s
All Right Mama, The Hucklebuck and Find Another Man illustrate how rockabilly
slap bass techniques sound in the context of a live band performance.
For more than 20 years, Lee Rocker has been one of the most successful and acclaimed
proponents of Americana/rockabilly music. As a founding member of the Stray Cats,
Lee’s unique image and upright bass helped propel the Cats to sales of more than
seven million records. In 1982, the Stray Cats were nominated for a Grammy and
featured on the cover of Rolling Stone. Since then, Lee has performed or recorded
with such legends as Carl Perkins, Dave Edmunds, George Harrison, Ringo Starr,
Jeff Beck, John Fogerty, Robert Plant, Scotty Moore and Willie Nelson. In 2003
he released his latest CD, Bulletproof, and he continues to tour throughout the
U.S. and abroad.