HOMESPUN

RICE TONY, TONY'S CHOICE, LICKS, KICKOFFS AND SOLOS. CD TABLATURE

Licks, Kickoffs and Solos
Series: Guitar Educational
Publisher: Homespun Tapes
BOOK W/CD - TAB
Artist: Tony Rice

Tony Rice is perhaps the greatest innovator in acoustic guitar flatpicking playing today. This CD features some of his favorite licks, intros and solos, broken down so the aspiring flatpicker can learn to master them. These examples provide a real taste of Tony's guitar style and technique. Includes "kickoffs" to The Likes of Me - Fare Thee Well - Ten Degrees and Getting Colder - The Soul of Man, and complete solos for Annie, Orphan Annie - Wayfaring Stranger - Blue Ridge Mountain Home and Fishscale.

ONE CD - INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB BOOK - LEVEL 5

Tony's Choice Licks, Kickoffs and Solos taught by Tony Rice

On this newly edited and digitally-enhanced CD, TonyRice personally teaches intros, licks and complete solos to some of his favorite songs. Taken mainly from his hit albums "Cold on the Shoulder" and "Church Street Blues," these examples will give you a real taste of Tony'samazing guitar style as he interprets songs by Cordon Lightfoot, Bob Dylan, Norman Blake, Ian Tyson and other top songwriters. He provides invaluable tips that are sure to help you build your repertoire of licks, improve your flatpicking technique and expand your overall musicianship.

Tony teaches his inventive kickoffs to The Likes of Me, Fare Thee Well, Ten Degrees and Getting Colder and The Soul of Man. He then breaks down, in detail, his complete solos for Annie, Orphan Annie; Wayfaring Stranger; Blue Ridge Mountain Home and the challenging finger-twister, Fishscale. His guitar work on these songs combine his distinctive bluegrass picking with a pop-folk approach that make up one of the many high points in his long and successful musical career. Tony Rice's virtuosity spans the range of acoustic music, from straight-ahead bluegrass to jazz-inflected new acoustic music to songwriter-oriented folk. He is without doubt the greatest innovator of acoustic flatpicked guitar playing today, and over the course of his career he has played alongside just about every major musician in the bluegrass and acoustic country music pantheon, including J. D. Crowe, David Crisman, Ricky Skaggs, Norman Blake, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush and numerous others.

HOMESPUN TAPES has been the leading producer of music instruction on CDs, audio and video cassette since 1967, with hundreds of lesson in all aspects of blues, folk,jazz, bluegrass and rock styles. Homespun lessons are informal and fun to work with. They teach licks, solos and easyto- learn techniques that can transform an everyday song into a memorable performance. Whether you are a beginner or experienced player,you'll gain musical knowledge from these lessons that will last a lifetime!