Product Details

• Actors: Pete Wernick, Drew Emmitt, Nick Forster, Ben Kaufman, Sally Van Meter
• Directors: Happy Traum
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Homespun Tapes
• DVD Release Date: February 1, 2006
• Run Time: 110 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000ENBT1C
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #161,451 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Here’s a full-to-the-brim DVD made especially for bluegrass pickers who want to take their jamming ability to the next level. It will help you build your repertoire and will vastly improve your confidence so you can join in and jam in any situation.

In this carefully organized session led by Pete "Dr. Banjo" Wernick, a professional bluegrass band plays a repertoire of seventeen classic songs and instrumentals, providing rhythm backup in key spots so you can try your hand at taking a solo. Each song is played at a slow-to-moderate tempo, so it’s easy to play along with the band.

You’ll learn the ins and outs of jamming: backup basics, playing the melody, using a capo, essential jam etiquette and even what to do if you get in a musical "train wreck." The following songs are playing in a variety of keys, to give you the full range of playing experience:

Angeline the Baker, Lonesome Road Blues, Bury Me Beneath the Willow, Man of Constant Sorrow, Rabbit In a Log, Sweet Sunny South, Crying Holy, Uncle Pen, Molly and Tenbrooks, Gold Watch and Chain, Roll On Buddy, Columbus Stockade Blues, Dark Hollow, If I Lose, I Am a Pilgrim, Wreck of the Old 97, Roving Gambler, Just Like You, Paradise, Ramblin’ Boy, A Beautiful Life, Bill Cheatham.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Too big of a leap from Slow Jam, August 28, 2006

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Richard Osborne - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Intermediate Bluegrass Jamming (DVD)

After being totally enthralled from my experience with the Slow Jam DVD, I was anxious to try the Intermediate Jam. Well, I guess I'm not an Intermediate because it is way too fast for me. In the opening of this DVD, Pete alludes to a DVD that is faster than Slow Jam but I could not find it. I would like to see a DVD in between the Slow Jam and the Intermediate.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great practice tool!, June 15, 2009

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Keith Dobson "FiddleMando" (GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Intermediate Bluegrass Jamming (DVD)

I really enjoy playing along with this DVD! A good selection bluegrass songs/tunes played at moderate speeds (for me) in various keys to keep you on your toes. Pete also discusses a number of interesting topics related to jamming and accompanying others. Overall an excellent practice tool to get you ready for real jams!

0 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars x2, January 11, 2007

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anonymous2007 (SD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Intermediate Bluegrass Jamming (DVD)

This product was also quickly shipped...long before period was over. The product was as advertised.