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B.B. King & Eric Clapton - Riding with the King (Guitar Recorded Versions)

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The Hal Leonard's "Recorded Versions Guitar" series take you through an album note-by-note. What does that do for you?

Maybe you just want to learn a song that you really like. Perhaps you're that guitarist who wants to study a particular artist or style. Maybe there is a lick or a turn-around that you just can't figure out. The accuracy of these books answers all of these scenarios. They are transcribed in notation for those who read music, as well as in guitar tablature for those who don't.

I have several of these books, and I find them to be an outstanding tool for any student of music. Their transcription of "Riding with the King" is no exception. Accurately translated and clearly displayed, this book delivers exactly what it promises!

When you've got Eric Clapton and B. B. King handing off songs to each other, you've got twice the value of most normal blues songs. And this book puts out double the value that way. Just flip this one open to DAYS OF OLD and watch these two six-string storytellers weave the tapestry tight on this shuffle. If you'd like to "see how it's done", then pick up this book.

To me, the only thing that could make this any better would for the album to have included my two favorite guitarists - Carlos Santana and Henry Garza of Los Lonely Boys - in a four way demonstration of skill; and, of course, for this book to then have the four-way view of the action on stage!

Pick up a copy - this is a good one.

It was nearly impossible to find reliable tabs for "Come Rain or Come Shine". I pretty much bought this book for that one song. It was well worth it.