TrueFire - David Blacker - West Coast Blues - DATA-DVD (2)(2010)

Many a guitar legend has cut their teeth and left their mark on the jazz-influenced blues style known as "West Coast Blues" (aka "jump" blues): Charlie Christian, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Albert Collins, Johnny Guitar Watson, Duke Robillard, Hollywood Fats, Little Charlie Baty are just a few. But T-Bone Walker is likely the genre's definitive guitarist.

Relocating from Texas to Los Angeles in the early 40's, Walker's "electrification and urbanization of the blues" and catalog of blues hits for Capitol, Black & White, and Imperial would "popularize the use of electric guitar in the form more so than anyone else." T-Bone's "distinct jazzy jump blues" feel - Texas blues with a pinch of bebop, a dash of rockabilly, and a whole lotta swing - would influence the music scene in California during the 1940's and 1950's with many other Texas bluesmen following the migration to the west coast.

Master these 30 choruses and you'll have all the moves, feels, applied theory and phrases needed to take on any Jump or West Coast Blues playing situation. Better yet, your contemporary blues bag will explode with new colors, tasty lines and improvisational possibilities.

NOTE: Requires Windows or Mac - Will NOT play in a standard DVD player - Copy to your H/D for optimal quality/performance.

Lessons include
Uptown Stomp
Blues in Rhythm
Texas Twang Shuffle
Swing it Blues
Strat Cat Boogie
and More!