Blues Guitar

Articles and thoughts all about playing Blues Guitar

Why do you want to learn how to play fast blues guitar licks?

You’re the top dog, with master chops. You can play blues guitar licks faster than a speeding bullet. If your fingers could get a speeding ticket, you would be driving without a license. Simply put, you got fast ...

How to get hundreds of Blues Guitar Tones without buying anything!

So I get emails all the time from people asking me how to get that blues guitar tone from this and that. I can honestly say that I don’t really use many effects. Right now I’m going to ...

Blues Guitar Lessons on DVD: Do they work?

Have you worked through any blues guitar lessons on a DVD? I know I have. I spent a long time trying to learn blues guitar from every source imaginable. There were not as many options as there are ...

Did Eric Clapton sound better on a Gibson Guitar?

First let me say that I am a huge fan of Eric Clapton.  His phrasing, songs, and blues guitar style are so easy and fun to listen to.  He doesn’t have tons of chops, but when did speed ...

Blues Guitar Legend Rory Gallagher Rocks!

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 ...

Joe Bonamassa: The new Eric Clapton?

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 ...

My Top 5 Slow Blues/Rock Solos to Learn

In this post, 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.  There are so many great blues guitarists ...

What was your first blues album?

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 ...

The #1 technique to improve your blues guitar licks.

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 ...

My top 5 Blues Guitar players.

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 ...

5 Reasons you MUST learn the Blues Scale.

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 ...

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

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 ...

Learn to play blues guitar like Johnny Winter.

If you’re looking to play blues guitar like a master, then you will have to start learning the incredible blues guitar licks of Johnny Winter.  This blues guitarist is not as well known as SRV, or Eric Clapton, ...

Blues Backing Tracks: Start practicing with a band.

If you want to dramatically improve your blues guitar playing, then one surefire way to do that, is to practice with a band.  You say you have no band?  Well, you’re in luck, because if you have some ...

Blues Guitar Lesson: How to develop a good blues guitar vibrato.

Does your blues guitar playing suffer from a lack or soul or feeling? In today’s blues guitar lesson, I’m going to tell you how to develop a good blues guitar vibrato by practicing a few different techniques. So ...
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