Description

White’s slashing slide figures and pounding chords can generate a high level of excitement, leaving dancers joyously exhausted. Bukka’s lyrics ran the gamut from the perceptive to the surreal. Teaches 10 of White’s tunes. Starting off in Vestapol tuning you’ll get his right hand, train beat picking down pat with “Special Streamline.” Master playing in cross-note tuning with “Jitterbug Swing.” Bukka’s approach to cross-note tuning set him apart from his contemporaries and will add new depth to your own playing. Learn Bukka’s trick of dampening the 3rd as his signature “Spank the Baby” technique, a real crowd pleaser. Moving into Open G in “To Die Blues.” Finishes with “When Can I Change My Clothes” in standard tuning. Intermediate. 112 min.