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Raising Sand

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Acoustic Blues
from: Rounder

October 23, 2007
This is one of my favorite CDs. Each song brings up a different emotion. Everyone I have played it for loves it. I play it over and over and enjoy it more each time.

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Maestro

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Acoustic Blues
by: Taj Mahal

September 30, 2008
Taj Mahal has all the qualities of a true American, nay, world master musician: vocal and instrumental technique, characteristic personal style, the curiosity of exploration, the fearlessness of experimentation, wisdom, and group leadship. Listening to this wide-ranging CD, I was struck with how many blues styles he captured, from country to urban, from the Deep South to the Caribbean to West Africa, at home on banjo, harmonica, and acoustic and electric guitars. With the great group Los Lobos and also the Phantom Blues Band and Ziggy Marley's Band as support, we take a grand tour of a great musical soul, the result of decades of learning. Having first heard Taj Mahal 40 years ago and enjoyed his works over the ensuing years, I regard this album ... Read More:

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Astral Weeks

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Acoustic Blues
by: Van Morrison

October 25, 1990
Sit down, shut up, load one in the bowl and listen to this album and it will change the way you listen to music forever

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Fender Presents: Getting Started on Acoustic Guitar -- A Guide for Beginners

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Acoustic Blues
starring: Keith Wyatt

February 26, 2002
This DVD is fantastic! It's worth the price just for the looped backing tracks for practice. I like how I can practice major, minor, power or seventh chords over the backing tracks. It makes practicing chord transitions fun---like actually playing something---instead of a grind.

The teacher is first-rate. Yes, as previously noted, he's playing an electric guitar. IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE TO THE LESSON. He injects just enough music theory quickly and concisely while showing the viewer where to put his/her fingers. Though I already knew most of the chords, I learned some preferable finger positioning for faster transitions. I've only done half of the lessons so far, but it has already been worth my money.

Some background might ... Read More:

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Missundaztood

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Acoustic Blues
by: Pink

November 20, 2001
"Missundaztood" is a good album by powerful singer Pink. Includes "Don't Let Me Get Me", "Respect" and "Eventually". Pink ("Stupid Girl") has become involved in the 2008 Presidential Race. Interestingly, in the 2008 Presidential Primary race, New York Senator Hillary Clinton earned more Votes than any other Presidential Primary candidate in American history (hillaryclintonforum, the denver group)

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10 Days Out (Blues from the Backroads)/ (CD/DVD)

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Acoustic Blues
by: Kenny Wayne Shepherd

January 23, 2007
This is an outstanding archival history of down-south backwoods blues, containing performances by legendary blues musicians, along with collaborations with Kennny Wayne Sheperd, Chris Layton and Tommmy Shannon
(both from Stevie Ray Vaunghn's "Double Trouble"). This is a 5 star classic blues documentary and performance DVD. It was named DVD of the year 2007, by the Blues Foundation in Memphis, TN. The performances were filmed throughout the south, on site at homes, front yards, BBQ's, a church and even a cemetary. The DVD was produced by Jerry Harrison, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and former member of the "Talking Heads".

It begins in New Orleans, with a performance of "Tina Marie" with Bryan Lee, and then a performance of "Born ... Read More:

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Anthology Of American Folk Music (Edited By Harry Smith)

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Acoustic Blues
by: Various Artists

August 19, 1997
There are some truly haunting performances here, and some funny ones, and some of everything, really. This stuff is so far deeper and weirder and spookier than any folk I've ever heard. It's the motherlode; Harry Smith wandered around and got these recordings before radio started, and thus we get true folk music, passed down the generations and from that area, or from the motherland of the musicians, with the spirit of the New World.
The vibes are palpable, varied, and intense. Lots of "mistakes", but so much feeling that missed notes only add to the experience.
If you've ever liked any folk music at all, whether Leadbelly, the Seegers, the Carter family, early Dylan, or if you need to know where real country music comes from, this is your collection. ... Read More:

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Peace...Back by Popular Demand

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Acoustic Blues
by: Keb' Mo'

September 21, 2004
I have owned this CD for a while and I keep coming back to play it for comfort. I love his blues style and interpretation of old Vietnam war classics. The timeing and message is clear, but the songs are beautiful. He can do it all! What a musician!

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Son Of Skip James

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Acoustic Blues
by: Dion

November 06, 2007
And when I got "Son Of" it is great. Bronx in Blue should be played in every school to educate our children about blues roots music. Of course, the original artists are great , however, I can understand Dion's interpretation and his performance is energizing. This is not 'sit-down'
music! He deserved the Grammy...

Bluesingly, Kristina

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Bronx in Blue

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Acoustic Blues
by: Dion

March 21, 2006
This IS my favorite CD today. It should be featured and played for school children studying blues ...A perfect example of quality interpretation of
"blues roots music".

Bluesingly, Kristina