Legends of Bottleneck Blues Guitar VEST13002DVD $24.98

Legends Of Bottleneck Blues Guitar presents rare and historical recordings from 1965-1970 of some of the greatest exponents of this blues technique. Black bottleneck guitar styles were probably initially inspired by lap-style Hawaiian slide guitar which enjoyed immense popularity shortly after its inception in the mid-1890s. By 1903, it was already in vogue in Mississippi (and probably elsewhere) according to testimony from W. C. Handy, Gus Cannon and others. Although particularly popular in Mississippi and Louisiana, bottleneck styles could be found the length and breadth of the rural South.

Legends of Country Blues Guitar VEST13003DVD $24.98

Blues music was developed at the beginning of the twentieth century by rural black musicians. They shaped it with brilliant inspiration from disparate elements of black song. By the early 1920s recorded urban performers solidified the standard three-verse, 12 bar meter structure that has identified most blues. The blues revival of the early 1960s brought many of these survivors to the forefront of traditional music. The rare footage presented in this video is a treasure beyond imagining, drawn from a myriad of sources, depicting some of the greatest blues musicians who ever lived.

Willie Dixon - I Am The Blues DRB1345 $21.95

Recorded live in concert, the legendary Willie Dixon shows why he has been such a huge influence on generations of musicians. Mick Jagger, Robert Plant, Chuck Berry and Eric Clapton are just a few of the names who owe a sizeable amount of gratitude to Dixon's blues-based hollerin'. Songs include "Wang Dang Doodle," "I Got The blues," "I Just Want to Make Love to You" and more!