ROCKER LEE, ROCKABILLY SLAP BASS. Il bassista degli Stay cats. DVD
Lee Rocker & Big Blue are a fire-breathing hillbilly n' blues hybrid hot enough to melt a Sun session 45! - Guitar World Magazine Since the 1950s, when the Memphis-based rockabilly sound first swept the world, the acoustic upright bass has remained its showpiece and rhythmic mainstay. Lee Rocker, one of the masters of the "new wave" of rockabilly musicians, has made an informative and entertaining DVD th t teaches the intricacies of the exciting slap bass style to players of all levels.
Slap bass combines the plucking of the bottom notes with the percussive hits that the palm makes when it slaps the strings against the fingerboard. By adding these right-hand techniques to blues bass lines and arpeggios, you'll create spectacular multi-rhythmic slapping that will stop any show! This DVD also provides valuable tips on amplification, bass set-up and other methods of getting the best possible sound.
Big Blue's hot performances of Goin' To Kansas City, Big Blue Train, That's All Right Mama, The Hucklebuck and Find Another Man illustrate how rockabilly slap bass techniques sound in the context of a live band performance.
This informative and entertaining DVD by a rockabilly master and co-founder of the Stray Cats teaches the spectacular multi-rhythmic slapping that will stop any show. Lee shows how to combine right hand techniques with blues bass lines and arpeggios, and gives valuable advice on getting the best possible sound. Includes demonstrations by his band Big Blue. 60-MIN. BEGINNER LEVEL
For more than 20 years Lee Rocker has been one of the most successful and acclaimed proponents of Americana / rockabilly music. As a founding member of the Stray Cats, Lee's unique image and uprightbass helped propel the Cats to sales of more than sellen million records. In 1982 the Stray Cats werenominated for a Grammy and featured on the cover of Rolling Stone. Since then, Lee has performed orrecorded with such legends as Carl Perkins, Dave Edmunds, George Harrison, Ringo Star; Jeff Beck,John Fogerty, Robert Plant, Scotty Moore and Willie Nelson. In 2003 he released his CD, Bulletproof, and he continues to tour throughout the U.s. And abroad.
Taught by Lee Rocker With Special Guest Appearance by BIG BLUE. 60 minutes
"Lee Rocker & Big Blue are a fire-breathing hillbilly n' blues hybrid hot enough to melt a Sun session 45!"
• Guitar Wortd Magazine
Since the 1950s, when the Memphis-based rockabilly sound first swept the world, the acoustic upright bass has remained its showpiece and rflythmic mainstay. Lee Rocker, one of the masters of the "new wave" of rockabilly musicians, has made an informative and entertaining DVDthat teacheS the intricacies of the exciting slap bass style to players of all levels.
Slap bass combines the plucking of the bottom notes with the percussive hits that the palm makes when It slaps the strings against the fingerboard. By adding these right-hand techniques to blues bass lines and arpeggios, you'll create spectacular multl-rflythmlc slapping that will stop any show! This DVD also provides valuable tips on amplification, bass set-up and other methods of getting the best possible sound. Big Blue's hot performances illustrate how rockabilly slap bass techniques sound in the context of a live band performance.
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