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Ernie Hawkins
is an internationally known blues and ragtime fingerpicking guitarist
whose main influence is
Rev.
Gary Davis, with whom he studied in the late '60s. He has also played
guitar with blues greats
Son House,
Mance
Lipscomb, Fred McDowell,
Jim Brewer and many others!
For
many years Ernie Hawkins has been playing concerts, clubs, blues and folk
festivals, workshops, colleges, museums, parties, fist fights and
millennium celebrations in the United States, Canada, Japan and Europe and
at every stop in the road from A Prairie Home Companion to Antone's to the
Madrid Jazz Festival.
Ernie has been featured in SingOut!, Fingerstyle Guitar, Dirty Linen,
Acoustic Guitar, Blues Revue and Vintage Guitar magazines. He has appeared
on "A Prairie Home Companion", "Mountain Stage", "Woodsongs Old-Time
Radio Hour" and XM radio. Ernie appears on Maria Muldaur's Grammy and
Handy nominated and Indie Award winning album "Richland Woman Blues" and
was the guitarist for the national support tour.
Ernie's CDs include "Ragtime Signatures," "Blues Advice," "Bluesified" and
"Mean Little Poodle," which was named Editor's Choice by Acoustic Guitar
Magazine. He has appeared on A Prairie Home Companion, Mountain Stage, Woodsongs Old-Time Radio Hour and at blues venues worldwide. Ernie has
taught at most of the major guitar camps and has made numerous
instructional DVDs.
Ernie Hawkins - The Music Of Louis Armstrong - DVD
Rev. Gary Davis's style is made to order to play
Louis Armstong tunes on guitar! As Ernie learned most of what he knows and does on the guitar from
Rev.
Gary Davis, this is how he sees it and how he has approached arranging the tunes
on this DVD lesson. Once you find the right key on the guitar these early jazz
masterpieces seem to fall right into place. Putting Cornet Chop Suey into the key
of C, for instance, enables you to play the patented 'Gary Davis Slow Drag G
form C run' throughout as the statement of the initial melody. The arrangements
are for the intermediate to advanced players. They are multi-section compositions
with lots of fingerpicking challenges. But all your hard work will be very worthwhile
as these tunes are some of the greatest in the early jazz repertoire. Ernie teaches phrase by
phrase and then uses the split-screen so you can carefully study what each hand
is doing. A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD.
Tunes include: "Potato Head Blues, Basin Street Blues, Cornet
Chop Suey, Weather Bird, What A Wonderful World."
(163 min) Printable Tab Booklet.........................................Price - $29.95 Also Available For Instant Download - Click Here Now!
Ernie Hawkins Plays "What A Wonderful World"
Ernie Hawkins - The Music Of Bix Beiderbecke - DVD
Books have been written about Bix Beiderbecke,
movies have been made. His incandescent talent, meteoric rise and tragic death at 28: this is the
stuff of myth and legend. We are fortunate that we have quite a few incomparable
recordings. Although it is said that they only capture a shadow of Bix's sound,
you can hear right away what the fuss was all about. As Ernie Hawkins attempted
to do with some Louis Armstrong songs in an earlier DVD set, (Louis and Bix greatly admired each other),
here he is playing and teaching some favorite Bix songs on guitar. Once again,
the extraordinary fingerpicking style developed by
Rev Gary Davis shines
through, making this approach to the jazz of the 1920's possible. These songs
may be challenging but they are fun and rewarding to learn and play. The arrangements
are multi-section compositions with lots of fingerpicking challenges! Ernie teaches phrase by
phrase and then uses the split-screen so you can carefully study what each hand
is doing. Titles include: "Susie (Of The Islands), I'm Coming Virginia, I Need Some Pettin' and Stardust".
(139 min) Printable Tab Booklet.........................................Price - $29.95 Also Available For Instant Download - Click Here Now!
Ernie Hawkins - Guitar Artistry: Blues & Ragtime Guitar - DVD
In this DVD Ernie talks about his musical influences
and performs a wide range of blues, ragtime and gospel tunes. Titles include: "What You Gonna Do,
Railroad Blues, Chump Man Blues, Rev. Davis Medley, Police Dog Blues, Slow Drag, Fast Fox Trot, Twelve
Sticks, Florida Blues, Penitentary Blues, Potato Head Blues, Hawkins Rag, If You Haven't Any Hay Get On
Down That Road, Call Up China, Lightnin's Hideaway, Elm Street Blues, Masanga, Riding On a Moonbeam,
Blue Belle".
(97 min).................................................................................Price - $24.95 Also Available For Instant Download - Click Here Now!
Ernie Hawkins Plays "What You Gonna Do"
Ernie Hawkins - The CAGED Guitar System Made Easy - Vol 1 - DVD
Five Chord Shapes For Mastering The Fingerboard. If you
think of the guitar fingerboard as unknown and remote territory, full of mystery and confusion - then we
have the road map and compass you need! The C-A-G-E-D System provides you with a complete under-standing
of the entire neck of the guitar so you can find your way around without ever getting lost again!
Guitarist Ernie Hawkins calls it "The Magic Key" and on this DVD he lays out a clear and easy
method for finding any chord, note or lick - in any key- anywhere on the fingerboard! He shows you how
five basic chord shapes, moved up and down, can reveal all the scales, intervals and voicings you'll
need to play any kind of music. Ernie patiently and thoroughly provides drills, exercises, practice
tips and the basic theory necessary to help you understand the principles behind this important system.
His amazing lesson teaches the fundaments of how the guitar works in a clear, step-by-step way that will
open your eyes, give you security and confidence, and forever change your guitar playing life!
(85 min) Printable Tab Booklet...........................................Price - $29.95 Also Available For Instant Download - Click Here Now!
Ernie Hawkins - The CAGED Guitar System Made Easy - Vol 2 - DVD
Playing Chords And Licks In Every Key And Position.
Ernie continues his detailed exploration of the C-A-G-E-D guitar system, using his lifelong experience in country
blues fingerpicking as the springboard for this lesson. You'll start by learning to play the standard
12-bar blues chord progression in every position and in every key, the heart of the C-A-G-E-D concept. As in
his previous DVD, Ernie patiently and thoroughly provides drills, exercises, practice tips and the basic theory
necessary to help you understand the principles behind this important system. You'll see how licks
can be transposed from one key to another, how to link chords with harmonized passing tones, how major and
minor arpeggios help you find notes everywhere on the neck, and how all the notes, intervals and chords work
together to form a complete musical picture. Whether you're playing blues, folk, jazz or rock, this "Magic
Key" to the fingerboard will give you the security and confidence to branch out into any musical genre
that interests you!
(85 min) Printable Tab Booklet...........................................Price - $29.95 Also Available For Instant Download - Click Here Now!
Ernie Hawkins - The CAGED Guitar System Made Easy - Vol 3 - DVD
Exploring Blues And Ragtime Progressions. In this third
lesson, Ernie helps you explore blues melodies as they move up into the highest reaches of the fingerboard.
He shows you the chord shapes, notes, and licks in every position and passes along valuable ideas that will
bring the guitar into clear focus for every style you play. Building on the 12-bar progressions you already
know, Ernie adds passing formations to link one chord to another in a variety of keys and creates a beautiful
blues guitar solo reminiscent of other classic 12-bar compositions. A popular ragtime progression (often
called "The Circle Of Fifths") is also explained and taught in detail. Ernie then works through the
famous Blind Blake song "West Coast Blues" creating a great fingerpicking arrangement which will bring
you to another level in your understanding of chord structures!
(60 min) Printable Tab Booklet...........................................Price - $29.95 Also Available For Instant Download - Click Here Now!
Ernie Hawkins - Teaches Fingerpicking Arrangements Piedmont Style - DVD
Guitar ace Ernie Hawkins has made superb arrangements of 4
classic pop songs that are perfect for the alternate-thumb fingerpicking method known as Piedmont Style. Ernie
teaches each of these songs note-for-note, measure-by-measure and shows the chord shapes, bass and melody lines,
licks and rhythms that bring each one to life! By picking these with the traditional steady bass and syncopated
melody technique, you'll develop a style that will be great for solo performances or jamming with other players.
Ernie builds on the techniques he developed on his successful C-A-G-E-D System DVD lessons, and these exciting
arrangements will add immeasurably to your skill and repertoire! Tunes include: "When the Red Red Robin
Comes Bob Bob Bobbin' Along" -Harry Woods, "The Charleston" -James Johnson, "Rockin'
Chair" -Hoagy Carmichael, and "The Glory of Love" -William Hill.
(75 min) Printable Tab Booklet...........................................Price - $29.95 Also Available For Instant Download - Click Here Now!
Jazz Guitar Chords & Arpeggio Patterns - Stacy McKee
- This unique book includes 300 jazz guitar chord
formations and matching single note arpeggio patterns in a quick reference
format that no one has ever done before! Cross indexing makes this manual
extremely easy to use and regardless of what style of music you play, we know
you will find this to be a valuable, "must have" addition to your library.
Stacy McKee was the featured guitarist with "Les Brown and The Band Of Renown"
and for a limited time only, we will include an exclusive copy of his book
FREE with your first order!
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Ernie Hawkins
is an internationally known blues and ragtime fingerpicking guitarist
whose main influence is
Rev.
Gary Davis, with whom he studied in the late '60s. He has also played
guitar with blues greats
Son House,
Mance
Lipscomb, Fred McDowell,
Jim Brewer and many others!