Centerstream
Taught by Doug Cox
Tablature Book and CD

In this book you'll learn creative, fun techniques and ideas on playing backup. Playing backup means responding in a sensitive manner with singers and other musicians. So let's take a serious look at what to do when you're not soloing. The question is: to play or not to play?

This book teaches scale positions for all major and minor keys, how to find chord progressions on the fretboard, arpeggios in major and minor keys, blues riffs, minor 7ths, dominant 7ths, and major 7ths.

This is a 'must have' instructional book for serious dobroists!

Doug Cox is a roots music renaissance man. From his home on Vancouver Island the composer, multi-instrumentalist and music programmer has carved-out a diverse career as a recording artist and session and touring musician. He has played festivals, clubs, camps and concert halls across Canada, the United States and around the world from Seldovia, Alaska, to the Baseball Hall of Fame (with Chuck Brodsky) in Cooperstown, New York, to the Sore Fingers Camp in England.

Cox was the first Canadian Dobro player to be invited to perform at 'Dobrofest' in Slovakia and was the first Dobro player to be a featured player at the Montreal Jazz Festival (with Todd Butler). He has worked as a sideman and frontman with Canadian Bluesman Ken Hamm, in duos with Todd Butler and Sam Hurrie, with American songwriter Chuck Brodsky, the late British Blues Icon Long John Baldry and guitar string-bender Amos Garrett among many others.

Doug is currently signed to the Northern Blues Label. His latest release, 'Slide To Freedom,' is a collaboration with India's Salil Bhatt, Ramkumar Mishra and very special guest, Grammy Winner, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. Although primarily known as a Dobro player, Cox also spends time on the Guitar, Weissenborn, National Mandolin and other slidey instruments. With his feet firmly grounded in the traditions of Blues and Bluegrass music, each project Cox involves himself with leads into new musical directions. Doug's music has begun to appear on many soundtracks in film and on TV including most recently, his song 'Cold When I'm Dead' being in Terry Gilliam's feature film 'Tideland.' His music has been featured on 'The Ultimate Coyote Ugly Series,' A&E's 'The President Slept Here,' Discovery's 'Extreme Engineering,' NBC's 'Race Across America,' Discovery's 'Strictly Sex w Dr. Drew,' The Travel Channel's 'Taste of America,' Animal Planet's 'Amazing Animal Inventions,' CMT's 'Dukes of Hazzard Reunion,'MTV2's 'Wildboyz', CMT's 'Homecoming - Trisha Yearwood' and many more.