HOMESPUNTaught By Jorma Kaukonen.
Level 2
Two DVDs or VHSs, includes music and tab
Special Guest Barry Mitterhoff, mandolin This is the ultimate course in Jorma Kaukonen’s unique and influential blues and country guitar fingerpicking style, filled with invaluable wisdom, advice and techniques for learning pickers at all levels. Jorma gears this material to players who have little knowledge of the fingerpicking basics while skillfully engaging more experienced guitarists as well.
You’ll learn five traditional and original songs, each one becoming a springboard for important musical information that will be applicable to any songs you want to play. Jorma teaches at a leisurely pace, taking care to point out all the possible variations that will enable you to make each song your own.
Reviewing the chord positions needed for each song, Jorma slows them down phrase-by-phrase so that almost anyone will be able to play the piece with a little practice. He discusses his alternate bass thumb work, and adds runs, bends, double-stops, bass walk-ups, blues licks, turnarounds, endings and ornamental notes to enhance your fingerpicking and blues arrangements.
In addition to the instructional material, these sessions feature a dynamic
“live” performance of each song by Jorma and his touring partner Barry Mitterhoff.
They include much-requested tunes "I’ll Let You Know Before I Leave," "Trouble
in Mind," "Tom Cat Blues," "Genesis" and "Vampire
Women."
Jorma Kaukonen is one of the legends of American rock, folk and blues guitar.
Starting out as an acoustic fingerpicker, he became a mainstay of the San Francisco
rock scene in the mid-'60s when he joined The Jefferson Airplane. He was inducted
into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 as a founding member of the band.
He and bassist Jack Casady later formed Hot Tuna, which toured and recorded in
both acoustic and electric configurations. Jorma has released more than two dozen
albums, both solo and as a member of various ensembles. His live performances
throughout the world continue to draw enthusiastic crowds of both electric and
acoustic music fans. Jorma's most recent CD, "Blue Country Heart," demonstrates
his love for bluegrass, country and old-time blues songs.A lifelong interest in teaching has resulted in Fur Peace Ranch, a successful guitar camp founded by Jorma and Vanessa Kaukonen amid the rolling hills, meadows, and forests of southeast Ohio. For more information: www.furpeaceranch.com