NEW! One More Night (Concert DVD)
On a late Spring evening in 2007, Chris performed two concerts for an intimate audience in Lyme, Connecticut. These shows, as well as footage from a rare concert with a full band at The Somerville Theatre in Boston and a personal interview in Chris’s home, come together on this long-awaited concert DVD.
78 minutes + Bonus Features
Chris Smither Teaches Six Outstanding Fingerpicking Arrangements
On this DVD lesson, Chris shows you how he uses his alternating thumb and syncopated two-finger picking, along with a variety of left hand techniques, to create the rhythmic drive and distinctive harmonies that distinguish his unique arrangements.
Includes the songs “No Love Today”, “Drive You Home Again”, “Visions of Johanna” (Dylan), “Get a Better One”, “Leave the Light On”, and “Blues in the Bottle” (Lightnin Hopkins).
Chris’s wry humor and deep understanding of traditional styles help to make this an outstanding guitar lesson for all fingerpicking enthusiasts.
90 minutes, includes music & tablature
The Guitar of Chris Smither
In this video, Chris Smither teaches the guitar arrangements to some of his most popular songs. You’ll learn the bass-line shuffle groove of “Link of Chain”, the sliding harmony figures of “Happier Blue”, and a load of great licks to pull them together (including Chris’s trademark use of his feet for rhythm accompaniment).
Moving into open D tuning, “Hold On” features bluesy vibrato, bends and hammer-ons, while Roly Salley’s heart-wrenching “Killin’ the Blues” highlights his unique style of ballad accompaniment.
Back to standard tuning, Chris slows down the Skip James-type lick that’s at the heart of “Can’t Shake These Blues” and then closes with a Delta-style “The Devil’s Real.”
Chock full of musical advice, clarity, and good humor, this lesson will add powerful licks and interesting ideas to your song accompaniments and blues technique.
85 minutes, includes music & tablature