Play Guitar with AC/DC Review

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(More customer reviews)I had been waiting for an AC/DC play along for so long, that when this one became available, I ordered it immediately.
Personally, maybe because I am not in a band yet, I think play alongs are lots of fun. We can jam with our favourite band in our bedrooms and still learn the guitar much more easily, due to the CD and tab combination. I also like to use the backing trackings without the guitar lead to train an improvise my own solos.
This book covers eight famous AC/DC songs, with a full demo first and then a second version of the same track minus the lead guitar. I play along with both versions. I use the first one to follow the lead guitar and get my playing tempo right. I start to play with the second one when I think I am already good enough.
If you give yourself enough time and practice, you can slowly reproduce every bend, vibrato, etc... It's a matter of rewinding the CD and working on it until you are really close. This is a very valuable learning tool in my opinion.
The songs chosen are some of their most famous. You will find "Highway to Hell", "Whole Lotta Rosie", "You Shook me all night long" and "Back in black" among others.
The recordings sound very nice and there is a part at the beginning of the book with tips to reproduce the classical tones for each song. This is a very nice touch too.
All in all, this is an extremely nice play-along, with a great theme(AC/DC) and a CD that has really nice recorded versions. For AC/DC fans this is really, really fun. I am glad I bought this book.

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Two specially recorded ‘sound-a-like' backing tracks of each song. The first, with guitar showing how it should sound, and a backing for vocals. The second, backing track without guitar to play along with your guitar. Both versions are without vocals and have instrumental cues so you can sing along. Plus matching music book featuring both guitar tabulature and standard notation of each song with chord symbols and complete lyrics. Includes: Back in Black, Highway to Hell, You Shook Me All Night Long and more.

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2011 Bruce Springsteen Wall Calendar Review

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(More customer reviews)The Bruce Springsteen 2011 calendar is an improvement over the 2010 one (which I bought last year, as I am a huge Bruce fan and needed it for my office). Not taking anything away from Danny Clinch (whose work was in the 2010 calendar and has shot Bruce and Pearl Jam for years), as he is a fine photographer, but the 2010 calendar had a lot of artsy shots, whereas this 2011 calendar has more straightforward in-concert images that appear to have been taken at the Hyde Park concert in June, 2009 (this show was the one that was recently released on DVD/Blu-ray). The images for the 2011 calendar were taken by Jo Lopez, and are all pretty much straight-away action shots, most in color. Some of them, I dare say, might eventually approach iconic status as Bruce shots go - the one of him holding the "Rendevous" request sign (for the band to see, as part of his `request' portion of the show) is particularly striking, and the one taken from behind the stage as the band acknowledges the crowd is also excellent. Overall, this calendar is better than 2010's calendar, simply due to the action shots (and, it's printed on the usual high-quality paper stock).

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Bruce Springsteen - Let the Boss infuse your year with the down-to-earth soulfulness that defines his mystique. This wall calendar featuring 16 months of invigorating photos of the legend will aid you in planning out one rockin' year!

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Austin City Limits: 35 Years in Photographs (Brad and Michele Moore Roots Music) Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this book for a gift, so I really couldn't peruse it at length. However the book itself is beautiful and the pictures and descriptions are really interesting.
All in all a great read for any fan of Austin City Limits.

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Honored as a "historic rock and roll landmark" by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Austin City Limits is the longest-running popular music series in American television history. ACL began in 1974 by featuring original Texas music that ran the gamut from western swing and Texas blues to Tejano, progressive country, and rock and roll. By the time the show celebrated its thirty-fifth anniversary in 2009, its coverage encompassed unique regional, national, and even international performers in an eclectic, ever-expanding range of genres. ACL has also broadened its live audience beyond its iconic studio on the University of Texas campus with the annual Austin City Limits Music Festival, a three-day extravaganza that spotlights some 150 bands and attracts more than 200,000 fans.

Austin City Limits captures the excitement and energy of the show in photographs by ACL's longtime still photographer, Scott Newton. The images span ACL's first thirty-five years, with special emphasis on legendary artists such as Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Leonard Cohen, and Willie Nelson, and the most compelling contemporary performers and bands from the past ten to fifteen years, including Coldplay, John Mayer, Elvis Costello, Pearl Jam, David Byrne, The Flaming Lips, Wilco, Lucinda Williams, and Norah Jones. Proving that he has few peers among photographers of live music, Newton's images deliver amazing glimpses into the intimate, revealing, and powerful moments in each artist's performance. They also depict the direct and potent connection between performer and audience that has always been a hallmark of Austin City Limits.

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Whole Lotta Shakin' Review

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(More customer reviews)"Whole Lotta Shakin": More inductor/inductee speeches and performances. They include the following:
1.Quincy Jones inducts Ray Charles. Ray accepts. Billy Joel and the Rock Hall Jam Band perform "What I'd Say".
2.Johnny Cash acceptance speech and performance of "Big River".
3.Ben E.King and the jam band perform "Stand by Me".
4.Hank Williams Jr. inducts Jerry Lee Lewis. Jerry Lee performs "Whole Lotta' Shakin".
5.Bonnie Raitt inducts Ruth Brown and they perform "Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean".
6.John Lee Hooker acceptance speech. He and Bonnie Raitt perform "I'm in the Mood".
7.Buddy Guy acceptance speech. He along with Eric Clapton & B.B.King perform "Let Me Love You Baby".
8.Billy Joel w/Bonnie Raitt and the jam band perform "Runaway" as a tribute to Del Shannon.
9.Sam Phillips (of Sun Records in Memphis) inducts Carl Perkins. Paul McCartney & the jam band perform "Blue Suede Shoes".
10.Bruce Springsteen inducts Creedence Clearwater Revival. John Fogerty & friends perform "Born on the Bayou".
11.The Doors acceptance speech. Eddie Vedder and the Doors perform "Break On Through".
12.Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band perform "Backstreets".
13.Jimmy Page inducts Jeff Beck. He along with several other guitarists perform "Train Kept a Rollin".
Bonus Material:
1.Bono inducts Bruce Springsteen.
2.David Byrne inducts David Bowie
3.Melissa Etheridge inducts Bonnie Raitt
4.Lars Ulrich & James Hetfield induct Black Sabbath.
5.The Edge inducts The Clash.
Documentary footage:
1.Jerry Lew Lewis and Bruce Springsteen rehearsal.
2.Jeff Beck,Jimmy Page,Ron Wood,Joe Perry,Flea,& Metallica rehearsal.
3.The Doors & Eddie Vedder rehearsal.

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For the last 25 years, the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame has honored the music's most influential figures at black-tie induction ceremonies where performers and audience alike let down their hair and rejuvenate themselves through exciting, once-in-a-lifetime performances. Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Live captures all the excitement, from the wise and witty speeches, to the most incredible combinations of talent ever assembled on a single stage. Think you've seen and heard it all before? This unprecedented collection celebrates rock's glorious history like no other video document. You will be blown away. And love every minute of it.
Performances:
Billy Joel & The Rock Hall Jam Band - What'd I Say
Johnny Cash & The Rock Hall Jam Band - Big River
Ben E. King & The Rock Hall Jam Band - Stand By Me
Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On
Ruth Brown with Bonnie Raitt - Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean
John Lee Hooker with Bonnie Raitt - I'm In The Mood
Buddy Guy with B.B. King & Eric Clapton - Let Me Love You Baby
Billy Joel with Bonnie Raitt - Runaway
Paul McCartney & The Rock Hall Jam Band - Blue Suede Shoes
John Fogerty & Friends - Born On The Bayou
The Doors with Eddie Vedder - Break On Through
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Backstreets
Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Ron Wood, Joe Perry, Flea & Metallica - The Train Kept A-Rollin'
This DVD also contains over 100 minutes of bonus features, including induction and acceptance speeches, behind-the-scenes footage and rare, never-before-seen rehearsal footage.

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