Play the Blues Like...

(Guitar Educational). This essential guide for playing fingerstyle blues in open tunings, with and without a bottleneck slide. Acoustic Guitar magazine contributing writer Pete Madsen shares the secrets behind the styles of 12 great guitarists, both prewar and postware. Borrow from these masters to add authenticity to your own music. Guitarists featured include: Charley Patton, Elizabeth Cotten, Memphis Minnie, Son House, Skip James, Tampa Red, Booker White, Robert Johnson, R.L. Burnside, Jimmy Page, Kelly Joe Phelps, and Alvin Youngblood Hart.