Grateful Dead: A Step-by-step Breakdown of Grateful Dead's Guitar Styles and Techniques
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Actor: Nate LaPointeDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-09-21
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Hal Leonard
DVD Reviews of Grateful Dead: A Step-by-step Breakdown of Grateful Dead's Guitar Styles and Techniques
DVD Review: GD Guitar DVD
Summary: 4 Stars
I agree with several of the others. It's good for the basics, but I would have liked some better songs and jam tracks. While he does break down the songs, some of them only show signature riffs and don't touch the rest of the song. Hopefully they release more of these with more songs, include lead parts, and have a section for single guitars for those of us who don't have a band...it's great to know bobby and jerry's parts, but would be nice to play these at the campfire rather than along along with the record.DVD Review: AWESOME DVD ON LEARNING TO PLAY LIKE THE DEAD
Summary: 5 Stars
Excellent DVD! Clear, concise, and exact licks. The instructor (Nate LaPointe) clearly shows you both the Jerry and Bobby part for each song. That's the real beauty of this DVD in that you get to see both guitar parts. He also switches back and forth between acoustic and electric guitars and nails the tone of each. The video and audio quality is very good on this disc.
The instructor of this DVD is a practicing dead guitarist! He plays the Bobby part in a Dead cover band in Southern California called "Cubensis." Do a search on youtube to check them out. I saw them live and was blown away. Nate is an amazing guitarist -- not with flashy licks, but he plays the most solid chord comping that I've heard.
Here are my two gripes. Nate plays along with some jam tracks in the dvd, but it would have been nice if they had included them to practice along with. A tab booklet would help too, but he does break down every lick on the video. Also, the song list is kind of typical, Casey Jones, Friend of the Devil, Etc. Considering a serious Head is going to buy this dvd, a few deeper cuts would have been nice. Ship of Fools, Candyman, Bird Song...
In conclusion, it's great DVD for learning to play Guitar like the Dead. It's a fun watch, with a great instructor, and chock full of material. I would highly recommend it. I sincerely hope that they put out more of these DVD's.
DVD Review: Excellent, with reservations...
Summary: 4 Stars
I expected more than I got from this release.
Based upon the brief description given, I would've expected a more in-depth perspective-- i.e., some historical research, exposition and explanation regarding Jerry and Bob's approach to their playing within the band. (Perhaps I didn't read carefully enough before ordering.)
Instead, this is a step-by-step "how to do it right" manual for eight of their more well-known songs.
Which, actually, is ok.
The production quality is average at best, but the licks are right on.
To learn from this video, you will need to listen well, and be willing to rewind frequently.
While the pro player will not find much here, the beginner or intermediate player certainly will.
(In the interest of context: I'm 39 and have been a guitarist and musician for 25 years, amateur and professional.)
I would've been more interested in learning about how Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir wrote, and how their separate guitar parts worked together musically, and whether they actually ever *thought* about that or not than just seeing the parts displayed for reproduction, but maybe that's just me.
Despite my possibly negative tone, I still give this release 4 stars- because it *is* useful, and fairly well-done. The fact that I expected more does not diminish the value represented here.
So go ahead-- dust off those rusty strings.
Make 'em shine.
DVD Review: Good DVD
Summary: 4 Stars
Super instructional DVD. However NOT for the beginner. I am lending it to a friend who plays better until I am ready. Good incentive to practice more.DVD Review: Good stuff, needs one thing
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a nice tutorial and accurate! it does need a jam track of each song at the end of the lesson so that you can put it all together before jamin' with the dead. I hope that they are doing another!!!
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