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Duke Robillard - Uptown Blues, Jazz & Swing Guitar - DVD
A gifted and articulate student of American guitar styles,
Duke Robillard now passes this knowledge on to you! In this exciting and highly instructional DVD, Duke teaches
T-Bone Walker's guitar styles, 9th chord extensions, chords as horn section parts, blues-based
swing, Charlie Christian's guitar
styles, passing tones, melodic phrasing, Les Paul's guitar styles, echo-like tricks, 13th chord
licks, Chicago blues guitar styles, vibrato, "scraping" the strings, organ effects, double-stop runs, sliding chords,
Texas blues guitar styles, fast note "flurries", tremolo bar effects,
special rhythm licks, and much more! Split-screen close-ups with notation and tab on screen.
(60 min) Booklet included....................................................Price - $24.95
Duke Robillard Plays "Too Hot To Handle"
Duke Robillard - Guitar Method - Vol 1 - DVD
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Duke Robillard teaches his favorite
rhythm guitar ideas and chord progressions in this DVD. Demonstrated are
his favorite Chicago blues turnarounds, the best chord voicings to use
in blues, mixing double stops with chords for interesting backgrounds
behind solos, sliding 6th chords, guitar boogie rhythms, expressive
picking techniques and more! The DVD also includes live concert footage
of The Duke Robillard Band at the Belgium Peer Rhythm and Blues Festival
2002 performing “If Walls Could Talk” and “Gee I Wish.” Inspired by blues and jazz legends like T-Bone Walker,
Charlie Christian and Big Joe Turner, Duke's guitar work has seamlessly spanned the worlds of
jazz, blues, and swing since he founded the renowned big band, Roomful
of Blues, in 1967. Duke has toured the world with his own band and also
as Tom Wait's guitarist and Jimmie Vaughan's replacement in The Fabulous
Thunderbirds. Duke has recorded twenty acclaimed solo albums including
Grammy Nominated Guitar Groove-a-rama. In addition to his own
recordings, Duke has played on and/or produced albums by
Bob Dylan
(1997's Grammy-winning Time Out of Mind), Ruth Brown, Johnny
Adams, Kim Wilson, Jay McShann, Pinetop Perkins,
John Hammond, Jimmy
Witherspoon, Snooky Pryor and many more. The legendary
B.B. King called
Duke “one of the great players"!
(54 min)...................................................................................Price - $19.95
Duke Robillard Plays "Gee I Wish"
Duke Robillard - Classic Guitar Styles Of Duke Robillard - Book and CD
A guide to playing authentic blues, jazz, and rock 'n' roll.
Master guitarist Duke Robillard provides an inside look at the techniques and philosophy behind his classic
American guitar style. This book/CD includes country blues chords, modern electric blues chords, swing blues/jazz chords,
jazzy turnarounds, and jazz/blues accompaniment. Songs include: "Duke's Boogie, Westside Blues, Duke
Jumps the Blues, Blues for Jimmy, Jammin' in G, Westside Bounce, Memphis Grind,
Rhythm for Billy, Jazzy Blues, Fishnet Funk, Swingin".
Notation and tab...................................................................Price - $17.95
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Duke Robillard Plays "I Still Love You Baby"
Duke Robillard - Freddie King Guitar Style - DVD
Freddie King's vast repertoire of blues classics offers cool hooks, hot solos, and foot-tapping rhythms for the
contemporary electric guitarist! His music combined the soul of Chicago blues with the swinging drive of Texas shuffles.
Duke Robillard gives invaluable insights into the style of a legendary blues guitarist. Using a select
group of Freddie's greatest songs, he takes you through each one lick by lick, revealing the inner workings
of a master blues musician. Songs include: "Hideaway, San-Ho Zay, The Stumble, Sen-Sa-Shun".
Rare performance footage of Freddie King is also included!
(60 min) Booklet included....................................................Price - $19.95
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Freddie King Plays "Hideaway"
Duke Robillard - T Bone Walker Guitar Style - DVD
Known as "The Father Of
Electric Blues Guitar", T-Bone Walker has influenced virtually every blues, jazz
and rock guitarist from B.B. King,
Kenny
Burrell and Chuck Berry to
Jimi Hendrix.
His tasty, economical, and expressive lead lines have come to define the essence
of cool blues guitar soloing and the power of his dramatic and soulful phrasing
is undiminished by the passage of time! In this DVD, Duke Robillard reveals all of the major aspects of T-Bone's style,
note for note, chord for chord. Featured songs include: "You Don't Love Me, Love Is a Gamble, T-Bone Shuffle,
T-Bone Boogie, I Get So Weary".
(60 min) Booklet included....................................................Price - $19.95
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T-Bone Walker Plays "You Don't Love Me"
Duke Robillard - Stretchin' The Blues - Book and CD
Master guitarist Duke Robillard gives you 30 ways to improve
and expand your blues soloing and comping in this easy-to-use book/CD set. Designed for aspiring
and experienced blues guitar players alike, these lessons present unique
concepts that merge elements of jazz with blues to take your playing to new heights!
Notation and tab...................................................................Price - $19.95
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Duke Robillard With "The Fabulous Thunderbirds"
Duke Robillard - Versatile Blues/Jazz & Swing Guitar Player!
Compiled & Edited By Steven Herron
Duke Robillard was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island on
October 4, 1948. He made up his mind that he wanted to play the guitar at the
age of 6 after hearing some records by Buddy Holly and
Chuck Berry. It
was not until he was 12 years old that he got his very first guitar. In his
early teens, he was inspired by various popular artists consisting of Duane
Eddy, The Ventures,
and The Surfaris along with rockabilly and country guitarist players
James Burton and
Scotty Moore.
Then his guitar playing ended up being influenced by leading blues guitarists
including B.B. King,
Buddy Guy, Otis Rush, and
Freddie King.
After his initial graduation from high school Duke Robillard
worked for over a year in a factory. This experience made him choose to make a
living as a guitar player! In 1967 he formed his group "Roomful Of Blues".
Around this time his individual music style started to be influenced by the
recordings of Buddy Johnson's rhythm and blues band. Duke then began to listen
to the big band recordings of Count Basie and Duke Ellington as well as those of
jazz guitarists Charlie Christian,
Barney Kessel,
Oscar Moore, and Tiny Grimes.
In 1969 he formed another blues band called "Black Cat". It
was short lived though and after it disbanded Robillard reformed the "Roomful Of
Blues". This group was styled after the Kansas City and Southwest swing
traditions. For a number of years the group worked frequently in clubs around
the Rhode Island and Boston areas. When he befriended and worked with jazz
saxophonist Scott Hamilton, throughout this time Duke was drawn even more
towards jazz.
In 1978 the "Roomful Of Blues" band recorded for the Island
Record Company. Since that time Duke Robillard has been associated with numerous
famous groups including "The Pleasure Kings", "The Legendary Blues Band" and
"The Fabulous Thunderbirds". Duke then began recording for Rounder Records. His
releases for this company reflect the quality of the jazz side of his guitar
playing instead of the rhythm and blues sounds of his earlier recordings.
In 1993 Duke Robillard signed a recording contract with the
Stony Plains record label. Amongst his numerous CDs ever since then are 2
collaborations with jazz guitar legend
Herb Ellis, a
rhythm and blues tribute to T-Bone Walker, teaming up with Jay Geils and Jerry
Beaudoin as "The New Guitar Summit" playing passionate renditions of famous
swing tunes, a match-up with fellow blues guitarist
Ronnie Earl in
addition to a tribute to Les Paul and Mary Ford.
Throughout his lively career Duke Robillard, who is also a
personable singer, has constantly gone his own way frequently crossing over
stylistic boundaries to play the music he likes. In more current times Duke has
launched a number of outstanding educational guitar DVDs and book collections
that teach many of his recorded solos as well as his playing methods and
harmonic approach to guitar.
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