HOMESPUN
Taught By Artie Traum.
Level 2
CD with 54 page book
This book/CD pack is designed to help you quickly become a better blues player.
Award-winning guitarist, songwriter, author and Taylor Guitars clinician Artie
Traum explores essential blues techniques in fret-by-fret detail for both finger
and flatpick styles. You'll learn to play classic blues songs such as “Country
Boy Blues,” “Come Back Baby,” and “Trouble in Mind,” along with turnarounds,
bass lines, funky licks, and much, more more! The CD includes demonstrations
of all of the lessons.
Artie Traum is an award-winning guitarist who has been featured
on over 30 albums. His latest release, "South of Lafayette," is a "hip
fusion of folk and jazz esthetics," writes Sing Out! Magazine. "Letters
From Joubee" (1994) spent six weeks at #1 on the smooth jazz radio charts. "Meetings
With Remarkable Friends," with The Band, Sam Bush, Béla Fleck, Tony Levin,
Laurence Juber, John Sebastian and other top musicians, was awarded Best Acoustic
Instrumental Album of 1999 (NAV Award) and voted Best CD of 2000 by Hudson Valley
Magazine. In 2001, Artie released "The Last Romantic," which was placed "on
this year's list of best releases" by Jazz Times. Performing since the 1960's, Artie Traum has worked with his brother Happy Traum, songwriter Pat Alger and The Woodstock Mountains Revue. Artie's songs have been recorded by The Band, David Grisman and Tony Rice, among others. He has produced CDs for Tony Levin, Laurence Juber, Livingston Taylor, Diane Ziegler and many other top artists. Artie has performed at dozens of festivals, including the Catalina Jazz Trax Festival, Philadelphia Folk Festival and the Newport Folk Festival, and has composed music for film and TV shows.
Artie Traum is a popular clinician for Taylor Guitars, performing guitar workshops
around the world, and his instructional materials continue to be best-sellers
for Homespun Tapes. "Artie Traum has the natural, soulful touch that other
guitarists only dream about," says Donald Fagen of Steely Dan.