Our Mission Statement
The following list of players include those who have stretched and developed the many styles in
this artform. These are the 'colours' in your palette, or the tricks in your toolbox. We at slide
school strive to help you to understand how these sounds came about and how to re-create
them, but more importantly we give you the very basic foundations upon which you can build
and form your own personal style. Armed with this knowledge, the student can then forge their
own way and hopefully leave their mark on us all as others have done in the past, forever
adding ideas to the fascinating world of Slide Guitar.
Blues
Son House, Fred Mcdowell, Bukka White, Blind Willie Mc'tell. Tampa Red and Robert Johnson.
Big Joe Williams, Blind Willie Johnson, Charlie Patton
Country, Bluegrass
Check out Mike Auldridge, Jerry Douglas and other exponents of the modern bluegrass style.
Don't overlook some of the great lap steel western swing player like Leon Mcauliffe from Bob
Wills and the Texas playboys. Look out for Howard White lap steel player for cowboy copas and
recording artist in his own right. He played some of the most beautifull lap steel pieces I have
ever heard and certainly influenced my own style a great deal, hardly any vibrato but a great
amount of feeling.
Hawaiian
The Grand master, Sol Hoopii had bucketfuls of licks, many of which can be played in the
upright position. King Bennie Nawahi and many others are an absolute must if one is going to
absorb a broad range of slide styles.
Blues Rock Gospel
Johhny Winter, Duane Allman, Lowell George, George Harrison, Bonnie Rait, John Fahey, Kelly
Joe Phelps, Alvin Youngblood Heart, Ben Harper, Mike Bloomfield all helped keep slide alive
throughout the 70';s to the present day.
World/Contemporary
Ry Cooder, Debashi Bhattacharya, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. Kelly Joe Phelps, Ben Harper Alvin
Youngblood Heart, Leo Kotke, Ellen Mcllwaine have all helped stretched the genre and show us
new and exciting ways of exploring slide guitar.
Originality is the keyword and every name mentioned above has something new and different to offer, that's why it makes sense to study these people as part of your 'slide school' education. Here at Slideschool we pay great homage to the past, acknowledge the present and hope to encourage students to seek out their own future armed with all they have learned at Slideguitarschool.