Budget Books: Blues Songs PVG – $23.95

99 blues classics packed into one affordable collection!

Song List:

All Your Love (I Miss Loving)
As The Years Go Passing By
Baby Please Don’t Go
Beautician Blues
Before You Accuse Me (Take A Look At Yourself)
Big Boss Man
Blues Before Sunrise
The Blues Is Alright
Blues With A Feeling
Bo Diddley
Boogie Chillen No. 2
Boom Boom
Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights)
Born Under A Bad Sign
Bright [...]

Mel Bay: Complete Blues Guitar Book Book/CD by Mike Christiansen – $34.95

This book will take you from basic concepts in blues guitar through performance level blues solos and techniques. Chapters include: Notation and Tablature, Time Values, Strumming, Blues Techniques, The Blues Progression, Open String Power Chords, Barre Chords, Blues Turnarounds, Blues Fill-Ins, The Blues Scale/Improvising, Double Stops and Fingerpicking Blues Solos. This text is supplemented by [...]

Blues Solos For Acoustic Guitar by Johnny Norris TAB Bk/CD – $28.99

This is a great book for learning fingerstyle blues guitar. Johnny Norris not only plays  the 16 blues compositions but also slowly talks you through each of the songs on this excellent CD. The order of songs is laid out progressively. The arrangements are written in standard notation as well as TAB.
Song List:

BAD BLOOD BLUES
BAR [...]

Robert Johnson – King of the Delta Blues TAB – $36.95

Guitar Transcriptions and Detailed Lessons for 29 Songs. Explore the style of the most legendary bluesman of all time with this Guitar School edition written by noted blues expert Dave Rubin. It includes an introduction/biography, a discography, a tuning chart, and detailed analysis of 29 classic blues tunes: Come On in My Kitchen • Cross Road [...]

Cobargo Folk Festival – 26 to 28 February2010

Title: Cobargo Folk Festival 2010
Location: Cobargo, SE NSW
Link out: Click here
Description: 15th Annual Festival.
26th, 27th & 28 February
Start Date: 2010-02-26
End Date: 2010-02-28

Canberra Blues Society January 2010 Gig Guide

Thredbo 16th Blues Festival

Title: Thredbo 16th Blues Festival
Location: Thredbo, Snowy Mountains NSW
Link out: Click here
Start Date: 15 January 2010
End Date: 17 January 2010

Canberra Blues Society December Gig Guide

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Canberra Blues Society November Gig Guide

Doug Macleod at the National Press Club (NPC)

Title: Doug Macleod at the National Press Club (NPC)
Location: NPC, 16 national cct. Barton
Description: BLUES ROYALTY! Singer, guitarist, songwriter, storyteller, radio host, mentor, teacher Doug Macleod boasts 350 songs and 11 albums. Nominated for the 2009 Acoustic Blues Artist of The Year at the USA Blues Foundation Music Awards, his superb songs will make you [...]