The Guitar of Blind Willie McTell 12-string blues & ragtime guitar
by ERnie Hawkins
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Actor: ERnie HawkinsDirector: ERnie Hawkins
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 92 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-04-18
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Grossman Guitar Workshop
DVD Reviews of The Guitar of Blind Willie McTell 12-string blues & ragtime guitar
DVD Review: Good tunes--marginal instructor
Summary: 3 Stars
As I always say in my reviews, I'll spare you from long verbiage about the exact contents of the item. Amazon does an excellent describing their products. Also, other reviewers tend to relate the content, so why go into it again, right?
So, let me get straight to the point with four thoughts about using and learning from The Guitar of Blind Willie McTell:
1. It contains a decent assortment of tunes, both picking and slide. No complaint there.
2. As often seems to happen with the DVD packages put out by Stephan Grossman's Guitar Workshop, the accompanying booklet doesn't always match what the instructor is doing. In this case it's especially bad: the recommended tunings in the booklet don't always match what the instructor on the DVD is doing. Sure, if you can play, you can work through it, but com'on, this is a really stupid mistake.
3. Ernie Hawkins, the instructor on the DVD, acts really put out to be there. I mean, he's almost unbearable to watch. It's not just that he's a really poor singer (I read a review in which that's mentioned, but this isn't a singing DVD so it doesn't matter), but he seems ill or constipated. I want to learn the tunes, however, so I'm sticking with it. Stephan Grossman owns the company that produced this set, and in his materials he seems interesting and is very engaging. I wish Stephan had grabbed a 12 string and appeared in this DVD; it would have been more entertaining and inspiring.
4. As often happens with white guys who have formal musical training, they like to get into deep discussions of using specific notes and cord progressions that I'm sure would have mystified and amused the (mostly) illiterate Delta blues artists they are interpreting. Hawkins can't resist, and he starts up with things like "rather than progressing to the five cord, as you would expect, Blind Willie does......." I'm sure Willie would have just shrugged and said something like, "What ever you say, man. I just thought it sounded good."
Conclusion? Enjoy learning the tunes. Ignore the instructor. Experiment with the tunings. Play the blues! (If it sounds good, it IS good.)
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