Play in a day

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Looking slightly further afield I see Tal Farlow, Yngwie Malmsteen, Stevie Rae Vaughan, Johnny Guitar Watson, Gatemouth Brown, T-Bone Walker, Lowell Fulson and Snooks Eaglin - all appear to be playing thumb over.

The whole point though is that his thumb was never at any time during the performance anywhere near the centre of the back of the neck as taught by Bert Weedon and to be fair, most other tutors that I am aware of. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. For younger bookworms – and nostalgic older ones too – there’s the Slightly Foxed Cubs series, in which we’ve reissued a number of classic nature and historical novels.

He also worked as a session musician on many early British rock and roll and other records for artists such as Marty Wilde, Tommy Steele, Billy Fury, Adam Faith and Kenny Lynch, and worked as an accompanist to visiting American singers such as Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland and Nat King Cole. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).

I don't want to be too negative because absolute beginners might find the DVD is a goldmine of information. Bert Weedon could only claim one Top 10 hit in his career but his influence could be heard on countless No 1s, not least through his best-selling guitar manuals. It ends with some advice to new performers about the perils of playing too loudly, and in 1997 Weedon said he had been horrified by the guitar-destroying antics of the likes of Jimi Hendrix and the Who's Pete Townshend.I was given a couple of Bert Weedon Guitar Guides, which I gave to my Dad, they’re probably in the loft…. Although the video focuses primarily on Dr John, Eric does take a solo and every shot of his LH provides overwhelming evidence that during this performance at least, he somehow managed to shake off the "major influence" that Bert Weedon's teaching had on his LH technique, and play thumb over. Although I'm an amateur beginner on acoustic guitar, I'm a trained musician and a lot of the DVD content covers things I already know. Highly regarded for his versatility, Bert’s glittering career (including being voted Britain’s top guitarist nine times! After just the first 25 minutes video tuition a complete beginner with nay six string guitar will be able to join in with Bert Weedon and his group and play their first tune.

Don't think this is it: you're now a guitarist fit to battle Edward van Halen, Jeff Loomis, and countless others who are true exponents. The rest of it is okay, but I guess I expected more from one of the most respected guitarists in the world. I don't know if it's still full of the sort of misleading drivel which kept my own playing in the "doldrums" for about 40 years, but the cover picture says enough. I like to think that I've helped in some way to make the guitar the most popular instrument in the world.

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His name is B B King and I just happen to have in front of me a 1993 copy of Ralph Denyer's The Guitar Handbook open at a photo of B B.

Apparently "play in a day" reads as twenty four one hour lessons - so you can take as long as you like finishing off the book!