I must disagree with Paul's review; my experience with this book+CD is quite different. The tablature in the book I have accurately matches the recordings on the CD. Page three of the book presents an index of seventeen songs, listing the page # for the written music and the corresponding CD track #. It is a testimony to Jon Chappell's skill as a musician that he is able to accurately capture the nuances of Dykes' beautiful compositions and expert performances.
Based on my experience with the book so far (learning tracks 1 and 13) the quality of the recordings and the accuracy of the book are both EXCELLENT! In fact, the recordings are so good that I must assume the seventeen individual tracks are taken directly from Dykes' albums! If not, this CD should be packaged and sold by itself. There's no discussion, no metronome, no simplified phrasing -- just 17 tracks of Doyle Dykes music.
Now, the music not easy to learn. After all, this is fingerpicking at its highest level, but as best as I can tell (and play) the tab for Angel's Desire (pg 12, CD track #1) and The Road Back Home (pg 102, track #13) is spot on.
If you consider the price of this book+cd is less expensive than a half-hour of private instruction by a tutor, this is the deal of the century! I'm confident that if you buy the book and take the time to work through a tune or two (be patient, it *can* be done) you'll emerge a much better musician for the effort. And even if you only learn to play a few phrases well, you have a set of SEVENTEEN beautiful recordings of Dykes' music for just a bit more than you'd pay for a simple CD!
Don't hesitate to buy this one, but be warned -- you'll discover you also 'need' a better guitar! :) It's all there -- now it's up to you. Go practice.
[Two things I'd recommend in addition to this book. 1) a metronome. 2) software to slow down the recorded music to a slower speed without changing the pitch so you can hear every note and play along at the reduced tempo. "Amazing Slow Downer" (goofy name, great product) is my favorite although there are many software packages available to do this and even standalone CD players with this feature.]