A Great Compliment to "Bawdy Songs" from Fred
I take guitar lessons solely from DVDs and have done so now for about 7 years. I have enjoyed the progress that I have made, especially since I take lessons only when I have free time, and use the Pause Button with great frequency. I have gotten to know some great instructors (Happy Traum, Stefan Grossman and many more) via the DVD lessons and have seen some lessons where the artist plays beautifully, but did not appear to possess the gift of teaching.
Not so with Fred Sokolow.
An easy going style and a nice voice contributes to the already professional video work (great close ups, split screens, etc) to make for excellent lessons. What makes this special is the fun of the songs.
Recently, Sokolow released "Bawdy Songs" (from the 20's and 30's) with all but one being tasteful and fun (one is not subtle and not one to play around children) and it was from this excellent DVD that he mentioned the songs of Bessie Smith, causing me to purchase this one...
Nice arrangements
As usual Fred delivers doable arrangements for some really great songs. Learn these and you will be a hit at your next jam session. Nicely geared for solo performance without the use of some of those "three handed chords."
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