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Blues Guitar

Blues Guitar Legend Rory Gallagher Rocks!

March 15, 2009

I just came across Rory Gallagher a few weeks ago, and man is he awesome!  If you haven’t checked him out, you’re missing out on one of the best blues rock guitar players ever! I had not ever paid much attention to him, but when I watched a few of his YouTube videos, I realized [...]

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Joe Bonamassa: The new Eric Clapton?

February 10, 2009

If you’ve never heard of Joe Bonamassa, then odds are you are not current with what’s happening with blues music.  You owe it to yourself to check out this amazing guitar player.  He has chops like Stevie and Jimi, but can also play 3 notes that with the feeling of an old bluesman. Joe Bonamassa [...]

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Blues guitar Lessons: My top 5 Blues Rock solos to learn the blues.

February 5, 2009

In this Blues Guitar lesson, I’m going to list my top 5 solos to learn the blues.  This is a very hard list to make, and there is no way I can satisfy everyone.  This is why you need to tell me what your top 5 blues rock solos are right underneath the video. There [...]

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What was your first blues album?

December 11, 2008

Everyone has that one album where that moment occurred.  This moment is when you realized you were now a blues fan.  If you’re a blues fan, then odds are you are a fanatic blues connoisseur.  If you’re not a blues fan, then you never had this experience and you should STOP reading now. Every blues [...]

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The #1 technique to improve your blues guitar licks.

November 7, 2008

Do you want to make your blues guitar licks sound like the pros? There is one specific thing you can do that will enhance your blues guitar playing without running scales everyday.  Am I crazy?  No. Well maybe a little, but you don’t have to practice scales all the time to improve this area of [...]

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My top 5 Blues Guitar players.

October 30, 2008

There are so many great blues guitar players that it’s hard to choose just 5, but I’m gonna try.  This list is going to be based on purely blues.  Not blues rock, but blues guitar players only.  I know the line is hard to draw, but I don’t want to include all the rockers in [...]

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Dickey Betts, a Blues Guitar legend that was kicked out of his own band.

October 15, 2008

He is one of the most imitated guitarists in history.  His band the Allman Brothers rewrote the book on Southern blues and rock.  His songs still rock the airwaves even after 30 years of being written.  Anyone seeking to learn blues guitar BETTER listen to Dickey Betts. Simply put, Dickey Betts is a living legend.  [...]

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5 Reasons you MUST learn the Blues Scale.

September 29, 2008

If you’re looking to really start playing blues guitar like the masters, then you are going to have to learn the blues scale.  Simply put, the blues scale is the most popular scale for playing the blues.  It is just as popular as the minor pentatonic scale but with a far more sophisticated sound. It [...]

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A Blues Guitar lesson on Albert Collins, an electric blues guitar master.

September 4, 2008

If you want to start playing some tasty, southern fried Texas blues, then you must start learning the blues guitar licks of the late electric blues guitar master, Albert Collins.  In this blues guitar lesson, I’ll show you how to play the blues scale in the style of Albert Collins. Albert had an intense blues [...]

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Duane Allman: A Legend speaks on life, Dickey Betts, and playing blues guitar.

August 25, 2008

I recently discovered an audio interview with the legendary guitarist of the Allman Brothers, Duane Allman. In this interview, you can hear Duane speak candidly in an informal setting on Dickey Betts, creating the Allman Brothers Band, and about life in general. The young guitarist seemed to have a very determined attitude, and to me [...]

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