Master Player, Teacher Paul Rishell Releases Interactive Video Software for Learning Country Blues

PR Log (Press Release) – Aug 09, 2008 – Playing and singing country blues guitar is no easy task. It’s just you and the box summoning up the requisite guitar parts, singing the melody and maintaining a solid groove. No drummer. No bass player - just you and your guitar. Independence, repertoire, technique, timing and endurance comprise the essential skill set for authentic fingerstyle country blues guitar. Playing and singing the material in Dirt Road Blues hones these skills like nobody’s business.

We exalt the value of this course primarily because of the man behind it – Paul Rishell. For those of you new to country blues guitar, Rishell has played and swapped tunes with Son House, John Lee Hooker, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee and Howlin’ Wolf amongst many other giants of the art form. A bona fide torchbearer of the country blues tradition, Rishell has studied, performed, recorded and taught the form for 45 years. Paul and his partner Annie Raines (who blows some extremely mean harmonica on a couple of the performances herein) recorded “Moving to the Country” together, which won a W.C. Handy Award for Acoustic Blues Album of the Year. Suffice to say, you’re in good hands with Dirt Road Blues.

Rishell diligently guides you through 16 handpicked tunes to cover a wide variety of the feels, rhythms and techniques that are characteristic to country blues guitar. You’ll learn all of the parts, rhythms and requisite techniques for “Down the Dirt Road Blues” by Charley Patton, “Shake ‘em On Down” by Tommy McClennan, “Low Down Rounder” by Peg Leg Howell, “Sweet Jivin' Mama” by Blind Blake, “One Dime Blues” by Blind Lemon Jefferson, “Rag Mama Rag” by Blind Boy Fuller, “Trouble Blues” by Scrapper Blackwell, “Black Horse Blues” by Blind Lemon Jefferson, “Custard Pie” by Blind Boy Fuller, “Hunkie Tunkie” and Keep it Clean” by Charley Jordan, “Step it up & Go” by Blind Boy Fuller and four Rishell originals; “Vanessa,” “Louise,” “I’m Gonna Jump & Shout” and “Blues on a Holiday.”

Get a solid grip on this Delta, Piedmont and Texas blues guitar repertoire and you’ll be able to handle anything (including your own compositions) with authenticity, stellar technique and maximum groove. Head out to the porch now with Dirt Road Blues.

Paul Rishell’s Dirt Road Blues is optimized for solid intermediate to advanced players, is presented across 2 interactive video CD-ROMs (Windows and Mac compatible), features 40 full-length interactive video lessons, text overviews, standard notation and interactive Power Tab so you can "see" and "hear" the tab and notation played out at any tempo. TrueFire's video lesson player features zoom, frame advance, looping and other handy controls.

Feel free to contact us for more information about this product or about private instruction in guitar or harmonica.

For More Information, Contact
Rishell Associates
PO Box 600517
Newton, MA 02460
phone: 617-547-3761
Email: paul.rishell@yahoo.com
Website: www.paulandannie.com
Myspace: www.myspace.com/paulandannie
Youtube: www.youtube.com/paulandannie

Here is the link to buy – this adds the item to your shopping cart while you browse the site but you’re under no obligation to complete the sale.  But if you do buy it via this link, it benefits the artist a bit more:

http://truefire.com/set_cart.html?add=7776

Here is a link to the ad on Truefire’s website with samples:

http://truefire.com/dirtroadblues/dirtroadblues.html

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