Slide Guitar: Past and Present SEATTLE, WA (KPLU) - Each month, KPLU compiles a list of jazz or blues songs that are grouped together in a theme. You can find them at our Web site, kplu.org, and at NPR's music Web site (www.npr.org/music). Recently, KPLU's Nick Morrison made a list of the top five slide guitarists. He talked with KPLU's Kirsten Kendrick about the music.


Five of the great slide guitar players from KPLU's Nick Morrison:

Blind Willie Johnson - Dark Was the Night (Cold Was the Ground) - Dark Was the Night
Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied - Anthology 1947-1972
Elmore James - Something Inside Me - Shake Your Money Maker: The Best of the Fire Sessions
Duane Allman (Allman Brothers Band) - Statesboro Blues - At Fillmore East (Deluxe Edition)
Bonnie Raitt with Roy Rogers - Gnawin' On It - Silver Lining

To Listen to the songs and to view the NPR article, click here. © Copyright 2009, KPLU