This survey of blues guitar, its pioneers and development includes instruction in the essential playing styles, biographies of important artists, and note-for-note transcriptions of six blues standards: Hideaway (Freddie King) * I Can't Quit You Baby (Otis Rush) * Killing Floor (Hubert Sumlin with Howlin' Wolf) * Mean Old World (T-Bone Walker) * The Things That I Used to Do (Guitar Slim) * Why I Sing the Blues (B.B. King). The CD features the songs, exercises and licks.