Robert Johnson
Signature Licks DVD

If you are one of the many frustrated bluesmen who have considered selling your soul to the devil in exchange for the ability to play like Robert Johnson, stop right there! Starlicks offers you a better option: Robert Johnson/Signature Licks by Johnson transcriber Scott Ainslie that will help you not only play Johnson's guitar parts, but understand them as well. –Jim Coen, Guitar World Acoustic

The thoughtful format of this Signature Series DVD earns it star status. Scott Ainslie goes into Johnson’s own musical influences and offers some idea of the man in his historical context, pausing appropriately to go into more practical depth about the music. Puts many tutorial DVDs to shame, and proves you don’t have to make a deal with the devil to play the blues. –Guitarist Magazine, Issue 277, “99 DVDs You Must See!” United Kingdom

Whether the goal is to begin performing Johnson’s pieces, to get Johnson pieces already in your repertoire to sound more authentic, to add a few Johnson licks to your own arrangements, or just to work through some Johnson songs slowly in private to better understand what he was doing, this DVD will help. –Living Blues Magazine

So, you want to play just like Robert Johnson? Well, thanks to Scott Ainslie, you may be able to make a better deal than Johnson is reported to have gotten…This is an engaging and well-made instructional DVD and worth giving a try if you have the urge to play the blues. –Dirty Linen

There is no doubt that Scott Ainslie’s book Robert Johnson/At The Crossroads is as fine a work of scholarship on Johnson’s technique as exists. Now, Ainslie has transferred this scholarship to DVD format and what is most apparent when viewing these seven songs (Kindhearted Woman Blues, Sweet Home Chicago, Drunken Hearted Man, Ramblin’ On My Mind, Walkin’ Blues, Come On In My Kitchen, and Crossroads Blues) is how completely he has mastered the most difficult aspect of Johnson’s style. That aspect is not about technique, per se, it’s about nuance. –Acoustic Musician