Books, Posters, Music & Media

Tack this piece of art to your wall and you'll be inspired to explore the blues on your 3-string cigar box guitar! This poster features a mix of the most popular scales for playing the blues on a cigar box guitar (or other handmade instrument) tuned to...

This amazing piece of fine art was painted by Amzie Adams based on an old photo of a "spasm band" in New Orleans from the late 1800's. Showing a trio of young black musicians using homemade instruments (a cigar box guitar, drum kit and drain pipe...

This poster is an artistic throwback to the Vaudeville phenomenon that was made popular in the United States and Canada from the late 1800's until the early 1930's. Vaudeville was a mixture of many different acts, mostly aimed at providing clean and safe...

Tack this piece of art to your wall and you'll never be left guessing on chords for your 3-string cigar box guitar again! This poster features 24 of the most popular chord forms for playing songs on a cigar box guitar (or other handmade instrument)...

Tack this piece of art to your wall and you'll never be left guessing on chords for your 3-string cigar box guitar again! This poster features 24 of the most popular chord forms for playing songs on a cigar box guitar (or other handmade instrument)...

This poster features a vintage photo from the early 1900's, possibly taken in New Orleans. Shane Speal discovered this old photo at an antiques dealer back in the 90's, and recently re-scanned it in to make it available to the cigar box guitar and...

This poster features a reprint of classic cigar box banjo (guitar) plans, which originally ran in the St. Joseph Herald newspaper in Michigan in 1886. These plans, which seem to be based on the classic Uncle Enos banjo plans by Daniel Carter Beard, are a...

This is a historic-themed 12 x 18" poster printed on brown kraft paper. The poster, designed by Shane Speal, features a photo of the famous Razzy Dazzy Spasm Band, a group of young New Orleans street performers from the late 1800's and early 1900's...

This is the rocking new blues album "Self Medication" just released on C. B. Gitty Records by One Hand Dan Russel and his band. Dan was born with only one hand, and has had a pretty wild ride in life, including a stint as a semi-pro wrestler, but since...

This is the rocking new blues album "Self Medication" just released on C. B. Gitty Records by One Hand Dan Russel and his band. Dan was born with only one hand, and has had a pretty wild ride in life, including a stint as a semi-pro wrestler, but since...

This is the long-awaited album from the Shane Speal Snake Oil Band, available now for pre-order! CDs to begin shipping on July 2. This album gives you a full hour of hard-driving blues in a unique modern jug-band style that Shane has built up from the...

This is a cool 3-inch round vinyl bumper sticker, emblazoned with the color Cigar Box Nation logo and website address. These are perfect for sticking on your car, truck, boat or other outdoor vehicle, and are also great for sticking on CBGs, cases and...