Rory Block Teaches the Cross Road Blues Intro

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Rory Block Teaches the Cross Road Blues Intro

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16 жыл бұрын

A sample from "Rory Block Teaches The Guitar of Robert Johnson - Exploring the Repertoire - DVD 2" available as an instant download here: leapingbrain.c...
Rory Block's life-long mission has been to fully understand Robert Johnson's incredible songs and guitar techniques. This is the second groundbreaking installment of her journey into the great blues artist's legacy, and she provides complete note-by-note, lick-by-lick instruction for three of his most powerful songs.Each one of these classic Robert Johnson songs represents a different stylistic aspect of his playing. Cross Road Blues exemplifies the myriad techniques that Johnson put into his songs in open G tuning; Ramblin' On My Mind utilizes an obscure altered tuning; Hellhound On My Trail is a haunting non-slide blues in open D. Rory takes each song apart, putting a microscope on the intros, chord positions, slide moves, picking, strumming and other blues guitar skills you'll need to play them yourself.Rory's passion for this music, along with her remarkable performing talent, makes her the perfect teacher for these blues guitar techniques. If you can master each of these songs you'll have the key to the rest of the amazing Robert Johnson repertoire.
You can get the DVD version of these titles at Homespun Tapes.
The Guitar of Robert Johnson - DVD 2
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The Guitar of Robert Johnson - Two-DVD Set
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@sixstringslinger54 13 жыл бұрын

She's very good at playing & at instructing in a manner that even a beginner could easily understand. She's awesome!

@theericmirandashow 10 жыл бұрын

This is the first person I have seen on KZfaq who not only knows how to play Robert Johnson but knows how to teach. Thank you!

@padovat 6 жыл бұрын

Eric Miranda I

@brunosm.l2267 2 жыл бұрын

She's amazing. Hey btw do you know if the guitar there is tuned in open G. I seen others do it with open G she but she didn't mention it. I'm learning. Thanks.

@kierancook668 2 жыл бұрын

@@brunosm.l2267 Figure it out by ear. Just play the root note on the thickest string until your ear tells you it's correct.

@chrisrose5885 3 ай бұрын

@@brunosm.l2267 Yes.

@hihi225171 11 жыл бұрын

she is the best teacher that i have ever seen in youtube, i wish that she is my mother

@Philo68 2 жыл бұрын

I remember doing a Robert Johnson song years ago - he was playing it, not me. It was effortless and beautiful. My God it brings tears to my eyes!

@fredjgore 10 жыл бұрын

You are amazing! My 11 year old is learning this song for a school project and your video was the perfect teaching tool.

@TenThumbsProductions 11 жыл бұрын

Funk and drive are the essence of everything.

@AmyHissom 14 жыл бұрын

She is not odd at all! I met her! Very nice person! She is a perfectionist and very good at what she does. I could only dream of playing like this!

@karmabites1 14 жыл бұрын

I went down to the Crossroads, and by the time I was done with the Devil, he sold me HIS soul!!!! I have been into RJ for a few decades now, and finally starting to learn. Waiting on a Gibson L-1 RJ model as I write this. Glad I checked Rory out. I'll be buying her DVD soon. Great teacher!!!!

@anafael1 13 жыл бұрын

Of all the guitar teachers teaching Robert Johnson that I have watched, this is the simplest to learn from. Thanks!

@ericolsen6607 10 жыл бұрын

he set the table for many great musicians today

@stevetessier6568 4 жыл бұрын

Rory is the greatest.In so many ways. She has been a friend for a long time. Her musicianship is of such a high order. That it is a spiritual undertaking. Where she has reached a higher plane of expression. Thru the music . I have the greatest love and admiration for my friend Rory Block always Steve Tessier.

@craigdylan3953 Жыл бұрын

Met her early on in her career. She became over the top interested in RJ, copied with precision the 32 great recordings, and even made close friends of the family. Basically she would have a PhD in Robert Johnson if they had such a course. What's not to like. She was extremely dedicated, played just so well, and lionized RJ for his style, songs, and playing. Incredible to think that I saw her so early on in her career. My hats off to Rory; someone you should try and hear in person.

@paulhodgkiss8788 5 жыл бұрын

I learned more about Robert Johnson's playing in this one video than a hundred others I've watched.

@geraldbrown2875 8 жыл бұрын

She does do the entire song, this was a sample from her instructional DVD. Awesome teacher awesome player, love the snapping of the strings. Much appriciated from the great white north-Canada

@percyramosencinas3428 7 жыл бұрын

uun

@homespuntapes 15 жыл бұрын

It takes a big person to admit they made a mistake. Glad you enjoyed it!

@TheMahagoni 12 жыл бұрын

weird? she is incredible i admire her

@Toracube 12 жыл бұрын

Trying to play this Cross Road Blues has indeed driven me nuts !! Arghhhh

@thebluesrockers 12 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the preview. don't mind all the stupid comments. people are strange, when your a stranger, faces look ugly when your alone. women seem wicked, when your unwanted streets seem uneven when your down. ( Jim Morrison) Peace...

@kickinbackinOC 7 жыл бұрын

Wow! I've just discovered another great guitarist! Great stuff!

@codehendrix 15 жыл бұрын

rory block is true. ... I mean ... it seems she has a natural enthusiaism for robert johnsons due to her NURTURED love for robs music..... it good to see that because it certainly is rare....

@kitkoster7981 10 жыл бұрын

best crossroad cover i have heard so far on youtube.

@chrisrose5885 Жыл бұрын

Such a soulful gal, Rory !! Thanks for your passion 🥰😍

@ITILII 16 жыл бұрын

shes really good, no matter who plays Robert Johnson you can tell how much they admire what a great talent he was, after all he was the greatest blues man ever, and blues is the foundation of rock and roll...plus quite probably the greatest guitarist, ever

@michaelrommedahl525 10 жыл бұрын

Wow... What a sound Lady...

@niguel4438 4 жыл бұрын

I love playing Robert Johnson and now realise I need to up my game. More punch required. Clapton employs this well. Great stuff thanks.

@Teachering 12 жыл бұрын

I happened upon this video "Rory Block Teaches..." purely by accident. She is a very fine teacher. I'll be looking for this DVD advertised by Rory Block. Is it just me? but I tend to avoid different tunings on the guitar other than standard. The irony is, I've been wanting to venture in to slide playing for quite some time but a whole lot of which calls for open tunings. Rory, that's a lovely guitar you're playing. Those inlays! An art object of imagination and beauty.

@lowhigh3332 10 жыл бұрын

Rory!! I love you.

@pabloperez4063 4 жыл бұрын

You should know I am her husband...How do you dare??!?!

@motherlessblues1565 4 жыл бұрын

Your detailing is wonderful & Instructive like few others ,Congratulations

@BWMcT 3 жыл бұрын

Rory, I’m in awe of you!

@aguco100 9 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE NICE LESSON

@martinlicht1969 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks..great point about the beats and ' bringing it back around'

@ericolsen6607 10 жыл бұрын

great job miss rory ..............great lesson !

@brauliocavalcanti3703 2 жыл бұрын

You're amazing. Thanks a million!

@aflatminor 13 жыл бұрын

Jeeez!! She's a wizard of the slide !!!!!!!!!

@danielstoddart 3 ай бұрын

She is the only female player I've ever heard that can play this song with authority, and, as she says in the beginning, with the funk, force, and groove the song needs. There's nothing dainty or mannered about the way she plays it-she can hold her own with any male player.

@teemlee51 11 жыл бұрын

This woman is impassioned!!!

@jamesgraul 12 жыл бұрын

Great talent. Thanks for sharing such an exciting sound!

@gab99 15 жыл бұрын

Rory Gallgher once said that blues players dont play guitar 'they hit the bloody thing!' What he meant was to play with energy and emotion and she has that!

@martinaxman2033 15 жыл бұрын

Rory is an amazing player. I just can't get over her attack! If there's any chance of me ever getting any of her style it's gonna be off of her videos. Wish I got the DVDs instead of the VHS versions! lol. Dang. She is excellent.

@futureshock7425 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the great tips, so tough to play it just like him, it's such a mysterious cool song that's like a dream

@matrixate 9 жыл бұрын

This is freaking awesome!

@MRLAINEZ78 4 жыл бұрын

I'm learning in may 2020. Thanks teacher!!

@Fatboycuts3 10 жыл бұрын

What a cool fretboard!

@eduardocarrochio6326 5 жыл бұрын

www.roryblock.com/Pages/Page%20Links/Martin.htm

@McFateStudio007 11 жыл бұрын

WOW! I love your in-depth Teaching Method. Thanks.

@elev3n85 11 жыл бұрын

naah dont have what it takes to be a great guitarist, just passion, ya know wht im sayin.

@hudsonvalley3199 12 жыл бұрын

She has talent and conviction Her father was Alan Block who was a famous fiddle payer and sandal maker in the "village" She knows tragedy (won't divulge too much\ more) but she earned the right to sing and play. I tell no lies!

@ricoadventuravideos 14 жыл бұрын

you said that a guitar song needs to have a drive to it..i didnt think much about it because i make a lot of stoner mellow stuff but then i thought about what you said and it really changed how i play.i think sometimes people are scared of their own voices or instruments and its really groovy that you were able to open me upwhat you said

@natefegan6774 11 жыл бұрын

That's the real thing - Great Post... Thank You!!!

@vickeybird 14 жыл бұрын

I love her music. I favorite is her version of Moons going down and walking blues

@Slark81 11 жыл бұрын

Yeah he played it open a and capo'd the second fret to play it in b. This sounds like it but just a full tone down

@MarcBrewer 11 жыл бұрын

Robert's spirit can be found traveling the country in a Greyhound bus.

@valeriyblinov1573 10 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@Msax50 13 жыл бұрын

I went down to the crossroads at midnight to sell my soul to the devil but I got mugged

@Paracelsus23 10 жыл бұрын

I'd sell my soul to Rory Block, Goddess.

@b00i00d 11 жыл бұрын

YOU ROCK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@michaellaverty1844 10 жыл бұрын

She just may be the reincarnation of Robert Johnson. She has a deep passion for his music. Just as Clapton and countless others. Rory Block is the real deal.

@cruisernet 12 жыл бұрын

this is an awesome lesson thanx really enjoyed it.

@TenThumbsProductions 11 жыл бұрын

100% in agreement.

@brunosm.l2267 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for mentioning is in open G at the end of the video xD

@davidmunns1 11 жыл бұрын

I too disagree with calling on the spirit of the dead but I know impressive talent when I see it. There's nothing I wouldn't do to hang out with her for a while to gleen what I could from her but I'm her age now and my fingers don't work as well as they use to. Besides Rory, you don't need Bob's spirit you've got your own stamp and I love it!

@ssolooc 12 жыл бұрын

I'm an electric guitar luthier; but I gotta tell ya, I'm really digg'in your acoustic guitar!

@ranieropatutiki 6 жыл бұрын

I love her 😍

@passionworksbodyshop9738 10 жыл бұрын

why would anybody hit "dislike" uhhhhhhggggggg.. great job. /c

@SUNNYRHOADES9 13 жыл бұрын

I love you Rory when are you going to come to Canada ..??

@pabloperez4063 4 жыл бұрын

I am her husband ...

@darthsadic 11 жыл бұрын

I'm scared of ghosts so no, the spirit of Robert johnson can go help someone else, while I stick to my own soul.

@simplethunder 12 жыл бұрын

She's an interesting character, and probably the only woman I've seen that does such a great job at playing Robert's stuff.

@bluesplayer2623 8 жыл бұрын

Very nice. Why not do the entire song. You left me hanging. Never mine the twit with his listening problem below

@kendrickbritto8556 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds to me that Robert Johnson wasn’t the only one who went to the crossroads

@nanaandpop4848 12 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the lesson :)

@foolintherain66 13 жыл бұрын

you are my idol.

@eclaptonable 11 жыл бұрын

great lesson...thanks

@neilsthepoet 6 жыл бұрын

Play it sister.....

@MrStargazer1701a 12 жыл бұрын

great lesson!

@solearesoul 12 жыл бұрын

she's cool!

@jimomahoney 12 жыл бұрын

A lot of stuff going on here nice guitar work. I Think I like it spirit or no spirit.

@JoelBiger 10 жыл бұрын

--- Very nice ! ---

@marchica1 16 жыл бұрын

you can read it! on video

@Gwyhir 13 жыл бұрын

Rory is one of the greatest, along with Stefan G.

@prowily1 14 жыл бұрын

@digitaldown you got that right

@Buck380s 10 жыл бұрын

that guitar is cool

@pikochanchan 15 жыл бұрын

Recently, I ordered her video at homespumtapes,but noreply......

@Gwyhir 12 жыл бұрын

Speaking generally.. not abou this dvd. Where the hell do people get wierd from... she is amazing.

@mariopuzo4509 2 жыл бұрын

Epic

@MarshallAmpMan 9 жыл бұрын

love her playing but I read that Robert Johnson didn't use a capo.

@clashandburn425 9 жыл бұрын

I believe one of the 2 known pictures of him shows a capo on his guitar.

@criffsk8 8 жыл бұрын

I actually won a RJ portrait painting from a man in a bet, done by a folk artist in New Orleans. He said he used voodoo tunings and don't need no capo..... ....I had seen the picture and took notice the first time ...he obviously didn't look for it when he saw it originally. ......one of my favorite art pieces....

@inman1a 12 жыл бұрын

Man this Lady is awsome,and its sad that ppl cant see that she breaths life and soul into a piece of wood and string mjust sad .....

@x5online 8 жыл бұрын

she is awsooome ;)

@steinsteel 13 жыл бұрын

@digitaldown Yeah that might be true, but what if you dont have anything to sell??

@martifingers 15 жыл бұрын

Her name is actually Aurora... maybe not a very bluesy name but it could be a Scott Joplin Rag? Perhaps Aurora Bouquet?

@Ubu987 14 жыл бұрын

@digitaldown The devil's got money, he's got lawyers, but he don't have music. He hasn't caught Robert Johnson yet, and he never will. The devil numbs you, makes it fake, but if your hair stands on end, and you get a little scared, that ain't lies - that's the truth coming through, the glowing spark of hope that the dark will never swallow. That's what it means to know the blues, and that's why it's holy.

@neilsthepoet 6 жыл бұрын

Ubu987 well said

@prowily1 14 жыл бұрын

@bluesfreak101 arent you listen she says shes in open G plus that the most typical key to play the blues.

@tc98rocks 9 жыл бұрын

what is that thing that you use on your finger to make that sound? (sorry kind of a newby to blues sounds!)

@HazmatTutorials 9 жыл бұрын

It's called a slider

@kreaktivitat3463 9 жыл бұрын

Taylor Childs A bottle neck

@tc98rocks 9 жыл бұрын

Salih Kusur Thank you!! I've always wanted to know what that thing was!!! lol now i can go and get one! :)

@TheArsong 13 жыл бұрын

thanks ;-)

@SIRONEDRAGON 14 жыл бұрын

cool

@nihlhinz488 6 жыл бұрын

Cocaine is cool. She digs it, Pray to Robert Johnson after a line as you pick up your guitar. Best lesson ever!

@rouxelmichel5353 11 жыл бұрын

That's what she does (open G + capo second fret)

@Diddlybobfishing 12 жыл бұрын

Science>Faith

@GaryHurd 11 жыл бұрын

Good stuff Mamasita!

@Christopherjamesmurphy21 15 жыл бұрын

it it hard getting a guitar to open g

@sferemonk 15 жыл бұрын

I like her words. The 'bollocks' bit is probably a little clue to how she finds the words to explain the feeling of the rhythms and licks. It's an intelligent intution coming from open-mindedness. which leads to her being able to 'feel' it better than Eric Clapton.