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A vintage Bon Scott-era AC/DC live concert DVD, plus an instructional book and DVD set from country guitar maestro Johnny Hiland…


AC/DC: LET THERE BE ROCK


SRP: £17.99 DVD SRP: £19.99 Blu-Ray © 2011 Warner Bros. Inc. All Rights Reserved


CHICKIN’ PICKIN’ VOL 2 Author: Johnny Hiland


SRP: £13.99


Skill Level: Intermediate ISBN: 1610659791


Publisher: Mel Bay Ltd 020 8214 1222 www.melbay.com


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f you are already an AC/DC fan then you’ll probably already be aware of the original VHS version of this rough and ready document of AC/DC poised at the brink of international mega-stardom! Thanks to the new DVD and Blu-Ray release of Let There Be Rock, fans can now enjoy a front row seat during a classic AC/DC gig. Filmed in December 1979 a mere two months before original AC/DC lead singer Bon Scott’s accidental death in London, this is AC/DC in the raw. The band strut their stuff on a tiny stage free of giant infl atables, exploding cannons or other typical ephemera of the modern AC/DC live show, demonstrating beyond doubt that purely as a live act they were simply dynamite! The sound quality throughout is superb, every nuance from the massed ranks of Marshall amplifi ers (carefully concealed behind a black curtain) cuts through the mix as Angus Young and co. deliver a rousing set comprising material from the (then) new Highway to Hell LP mixed with older material including the epic Let There Be Rock and Whole Lotta Rosie. Compared to many modern concert fi lms that assume that the viewer has the attention span of a fl ea, Let There Be Rock follows the show mostly from the audience perspective. You can almost feel the sweat fl ying as Angus careers past the front row like a kid high on too many E-numbers! The sheer energy level makes this live set explode from the screen and whilst the Blu-Ray version also includes expanded documentary footage and backstage interviews the standard DVD issue remains just as watchable. After Bon Scott’s death AC/DC went on to bigger and better things but rarely sounded this amazing again. PM


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techniques. The lessons are presented in tab format with traditional notation and the CD provides step-by-step audio instructions. No note is left unexplained and it isn’t long before one begins to gain a useful insight into how Hiland constructs his slinky solos. Relative simplicity is a major reason why this set works so well: The licks are all based around three standard 12-bar progressions (or the 1-4-5 progression to give it it’s correct musical description), which are presented in the keys of C major, G major and – somewhat unusually for a country set – F Major. The exercises covered in this book are an absolute smorgasbord of really cool country licks that give your playing totally authentic Nashville fl avour and as one would hope, all of the essential country lead guitar techniques are covered: Bends, double stops and slides are demonstrated at full speed and half speed. Finger-twistingly clever as these licks and solos sound to the untrained ear, they are all still well within reach of competent intermediate lead guitarists. Compared to some country guitar tuition packages we’ve seen, Hiland does a great job of establishing a good balance between exercises that are challenging without being too diffi cult. Highly recommended for all aspiring pickers. PM


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ashville-based country guitarist Johnny Hiland is one of America’s most in-demand session players and the second part of his instructional book and CD series covers more of his amazing soloing


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