Essential Blues Bass Grooves: An Essential Study of Blues Grooves for the Bass

Frank De Rose, a prominent fixture in the San Francisco Bay Area

Blues scene, brings over four decades of experience to the School

of the Blues Lesson Series. Throughout the years he has been a

band member with the area’s top Blues band leaders and

performers including Gary Smith, Tommy Castro, Mark Hummel,

Kenny “Blue” Ray, John Garcia, Mike Schermer, Sid Morris and

many more. Through these connections, Frank has provided his

skills to a long list of national touring Blues performers including

Snooky Pryor, Otis Rush, Johnny Heartsman, Nick Gravenites,

Andy Just, Chris Cain, Rusty Zinn, Junior Watson, Jackie Payne,

Larry Davis, Mississippi Johnny Waters, Luther Tucker, Johnny

Adams, Curtis Salgado and many others.

Frank’s comprehensive instructional method focuses on providing a

solid understanding of the bass player’s role in Blues music and a

deep study of the music’s culture and traditions. He then takes this

core of understanding and builds upon it to guide and mold his

students into the role of a modern-day Blues musician. His students

routinely play and participate in local bands and jam sessions. And when listening to his students, it is

unmistakably evident that he is very successful at passing on his passion and knowledge to the next

generation of Blues bass musicians.

David Barrett is the world's leading expert in blues harmonica education..blazing the way in every facet of its education for 28 years. By age 20, David had released his first book, Building Harmonica Technique, with one the world's largest publishers, Mel Bay Publications. This book was the first serious blues harmonica method to be released in the market. David Barrett is now the world's most published author of blues harmonica lesson material, with almost 70 book/CD sets and videos published. Before BluesHarmonica.com David was an active writer for various publications. For ten years, he wrote a featured column for Blues Revue.