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Mike Auldridge has produced a series of instructional video tapes. You can visit his web site and see RealAudio excerpts from these tapes. If you are looking for good instruction from a master, this is the way to go!

Homespun Video Tapes has many instructional video tapes available, including the following:

  • Jerry Douglas Dobro® Techniques
  • Bob Brozman Learn To Play Traditional Hawaiian Guitar
  • Cindy Cashdollar Learning Bluegrass Dobro®
  • Cindy Cashdollar Learn to Play Western Swing Steel Guitar (for lap and non-pedal models)
  • Bruce Bouton Learning Pedal Steel Guitar
  • Stacy Phillips Dobro® Repertoire and Technique (two-tape series)
Each tape is 90 minutes long and is available in either NTSC or PAL format. For more information, contact them at:
Homespun Tapes
P.O. Box 694
Woodstock, NY 12498
(800) 338-2737 toll-free Canada and US
(914) 679-7832 voice
(914) 246-5282 FAX
HappyT@aol.com or 74777,665@compuserve.com email

Jimmy Heffernan s a highly respected Nashville session player, sideman, and producer. Jimmy also happens to be an outstanding music instructor who loves to teach, and has a real gift for it. He has several different DVDs for resophonic guitar (Dobro®) that I highly recommend. For more information:

Jimmy Heffernan
522 Third Ave
Haddon Heights, NJ 08035
info@jimmyheffernan.com email

Learn Roots Music is a Canadian-based company featuring videos by Doug Cox, Steve Dawson, and Orville Johnson. More information can be found at their web site, or by writing to:

Learn Roots Music
Box 338
Cumberland, BC, V0R 1S0, Canada
866-393-7988 phone
dougcox@shaw.ca email

In addition to their own videos, Mel Bay Publications acts as distributors of Dobro® and pedal steel guitar videos by Texas Music and Video, Ridge Runner, and the Emmons Guitar Company. More information can be obtained by browsing their web site.

Joe Wright has a series of videos designed for both pedal steel and nonpedal steel players, based on his many years performing and teaching throughout the United States. His videos "Secrets of the Right Hand", "Left Hand Basics", "Left and Right Hand Basics" and "Blocking Basics" are an excellent way to get started playing steel guitar properly. More information can be obtained by browsing his excellent web site, http://www.pedalsteel.com or by writing to him:

Joe Wright
4049-B Grays Point Road
Joelton, TN 37080
steelgtr@bellsouth.net email


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