MEL BAY
Taught by Dix Bruce
CD plus music & tab book
This is a step-at-a-time enjoyable method for learning to
play great sounding country guitar. Dix Bruce, in his humorous yet musically "right-on" teaching
style, introduces you to country back-up, bass runs, Carter-style bluegrass picking,
the Nashville Numbering System for indicating chord changes, use of the capo,
transposition, and much more. Work at your own pace and learn to sound like the
country greats! Written in standard notation and tablature.
Songs Included:
Bury Me Beneath The Willow
Children Go Where I Send Thee
Darling, You're A Fool
Devil's Dream
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
Don't This Road Look Rough And Rocky?
Fair & Tender Ladiese
Going Down This Road Feeling Bad
Handsome Molly
Home On The Range
I Get Blue
I Ride An Old Painte
In The Pines
Joshua Fought The Battle Of Jericho
Life's Railway To Heaven
My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains
Nobody Sleeps At My Place
Red River Valley
Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
Shady Grove
Some Drink
Sweet Sunny South
The Cuckoo
The House Of The Rising Sun
The Nine Pound Hammer
Wildwood Flower
Dix Bruce, a musician, composer, and writer from the San
Francisco Bay Area, was born and raised in the Midwest. His interest in American
folk music, jazz, and original composition are blended into a unique vocal and
instrumental sound. His compositions are fresh and his energetic, exuberant stage
personality, along with his driving rhythm and lead work, set the tone for a
warm and exciting performance.
He began playing guitar at age twelve. After college, he relocated to the Bay Area where his interest in hybrid acoustic string music led him to David Grisman's prototype quintet in the mid-1970's. Bruce eventually teamed up with the mandolinist and edited the magazine Mandolin World News from 1978 until 1984.
In 1978 Bruce formed the band Back Up and Push to explore the emerging possibilities of swing and jazz on acoustic stringed instruments. The band toured the west coast throughout the 1980s and accompanied Bruce on his release Tuxedo Blues, which features many of his original instrumental and vocal compositions.
Dix Bruce has done studio work on guitar, mandolin, and banjo and has recorded two albums with mandolin legend Frank Wakefield, six big band CDs with the Royal society Jazz Orchestra, and his own collection of American folk songs entitled My Folk Heart on which he plays guitar, mandolin, and autoharp as well as sings. In 1991 he contributed two original compositions to the soundtrack of Harrod Blank's acclaimed documentary Wild Wheels. he has released two CDs of traditional American songs with and originals with guitarist Jim Nunally.
Dix arranged, composed, played mandolin, and recorded music for the CD-ROM computer game "The Sims" for the Maxis Corporation. His music is featured on a virtual radio station within the game.
Mr. Bruce currently has over twenty publications in print with Mel Bay. He has also written for Acoustic Guitar Magazine, FRETS, Bluegrass Unlimited, and The Fretted Instrument Guild of America.