Guitar Techniques

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Louisiana-born prodigy Kenny Wayne Shepherd began his recording career at the age of 16. Since then he has become no stranger to gold and platinum albums and a career that has seen him share the bill with artists as diverse as BB King, The Eagles and

Guitar Techniques

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WHEN I WAS learning to play blues I did so by copying my heroes. At first it was Eric Clapton and Peter Green, because I got to them before being introduced to the three Kings, Otis Rush, Elmore James, Buddy Guy and so on. But I did get to them becau

Guitar Techniques

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John Mayer may well be the Eric Clapton for the present generation - a man with a strong blues leaning who plays great guitar to a large, appreciative audience. While he may not be creating the same new worlds that Eric did with John Mayall and Cream

Guitar Techniques

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Missed one of our recent fabulous issues? Get one now while stocks last. Mr Big and Racer X’s ace guitarist brings us a stunning video masterclass, writes the Welcome page and more! Plus: a fabulous Chris Corcoran jump blues masterclass; Bridget arra

Australian Guitar

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You only have to look at next year’s Bluesfest lineup for proof that roots, blues and folk music is alive and thriving Down Under. Hell, even in the underground there is no short supply of fantastic hollowbody harmonisers out there – and right at the

Classic Rock

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Come AAAHH!!! REAL In a genre that can be stubbornly conformist, it’s always a pleasure to hear a bluesman breaking out of his lane. Tim Holehouse has never exactly been a dogma-reciting 12-bar bore – the highly prolific Plymouth songwriter’s lo-fi m

NPR

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On his latest multigenre album, Clark is unapologetically angry. He tells NPR's Michel Martin what inspired it: "That's what came out as a result of ... life being black in this country."

Guitar Techniques

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At only 36 years old, it’s mindblowing to think that Jonny Lang has been as successful as he has for the last 20 years. Recording his first platinum record at just 15 years old, Lie To Me set him apart from the other blues prodigies of his day. An in

Guitar Techniques

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ECM ★★★★★ This may sound absurd, but John Scofield can seem like a musical version of Billy Connolly. Not because of the Big Yin’s humour (although there is a little of that in Scofield’s playing as he lets notes knowingly drop off or stumble) but be

Total Guitar

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For a genre so deeply and tragically entrenched in history – stretching back one and a half centuries – the blues finds itself in a defiantly rude state of health in 2020. The world is a very different place now, and still far from perfect, though tr

Total Guitar

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“The first guitar I played was probably one of my dad’s. That was just what was around the house. I got my first guitar when I was 17, like my own guitar, and it might have been an acoustic Alvarez. I think I got the acoustic first and then I got my

Total Guitar

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“I really mean it when I’m saying it... And ultimately that’s the most important aspect of blues. I remember years back, I got into some serious hand trouble because I was holding my guitar too aggressively and kinda strangling it! Using a lighter to

Guitar Magazine

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John Mayer’s arrival on the guitar scene at the turn of the century was greeted with some suspicion by the powers that be. What was a guy with Hollywood looks, a stable of pop songs and a boatload of SRV-inspired licks going to do to drive the instru

Guitar Magazine

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Kill Them With Kindness (Live At Abbey Road) Performed as part of a livestream at Abbey Road Studios ahead of their forthcoming third album Ultra Mono, this previously unreleased track is both visceral and emotive. With clattering guitars and bellowi

Guitarist

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BB King defined so much of what has become the vocabulary of solo blues guitar, including a keen ear for altering pitch with string bends and vibrato. Listen to Sweet Sixteen Pts 1 & 2, recorded live in 1966 – it’s lost none of its power over the dec

Classic Rock

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Deep In The Blues Again If all mid-life crises generated music like this, then they might actually be welcomed. Joe’s heart is worn eloquently on his sleeve in the lyrics here, while musically it’s all sweet, up-tempo bluesy heartland rock. For an ar

NPR

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On her bustling third album, the former Carolina Chocolate Drops member maps her vision of the Afro-Caribbean diaspora while gently taking Anglocentricism (and capitalism) down a notch.

Sound and Image

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In a genre that can be stubbornly conformist, it’s always a pleasure to hear a bluesman breaking out of his lane. Tim Holehouse has never exactly been a dogma-reciting 12-bar bore – the highly prolific Plymouth UK songwriter’s lo-fi mutant blues on 2

Guitar World

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The first guitar I played was probably one of my dad’s. That was just what was around the house. I got my first guitar when I was 17, like my own guitar, and it might have been an acoustic Alvarez. I think I got the acoustic first and then I got my f

Guitar Techniques

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We guitarists love to jam, and blues royalty is no different, so we’ve conjured up an All-Star jam session featuring five superstars of the blues and beyond. This feature brings you an in-depth look at the soloing style of five of the greatest bluesy

Guitar Techniques

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Missed one of our recent fabulous issues? Get one now while stocks last. We’ve all heard guitarists playing cool solos and wondered what ‘secret scale’ they were using. Often they’re simply mixing in arpeggios to link the notes more closely to the ch

Guitarist

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The first issue of Guitarist I bought was around 20 years ago. I was 16 at the time and I remember it having a pink Paisley Telecaster on the cover. Reading with avid interest, I wanted to be like the featured guitar heroes and immerse myself in all

Guitar World

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BACK IN 2014, Joanna Connor went viral. Which is one thing if you’re, say, a pop singer or the company that created “Baby Shark.” But it’s pretty unusual if you’re an adult woman in a purple dress playing stinging slide guitar on a cover of an almost

Guitar Techniques

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Missed one of our recent fabulous issues? Get one now while stocks last. To celebrate Issue 300 we bring you five licks from the top guitarists in 10 different styles: 50 Licks Of The Legends! There’s a whole new lickbag for you here! Plus: learn two

Guitar Player

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GUITARIST SAMANTHA FISH, has been a roadhouse blues-rock virtuoso, a hill country Americana chanteuse and a Detroit-soul torch singer, all in the span of a mere eight years. On Kill or Be Kind (Rounder), her new album and sixth overall, Fish masterfu

Guitarist

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Difficulty 10 mins per example Tutor: Richard Barrett | Gear used: Knaggs Choptank, Supro Galaxy HOWEVER MUCH WE MIGHT move with the times, there will always be an audience for epic guitar solos. Joe Bonamassa and John Mayer seem to have no tro

Guitar World

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Johnson’s mesmerising blues slide is documented by this compilation of his 1936-to-1937 sessions. Song: “Crossroads” This eloquent electric slide player’s classy licks inspired many fretted players. Song: “The Milky Way Home” We’ve always appreciated

Guitar Techniques

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If you are one of our more eagled-eyed readers, you’ll see that we’ve put Jeff Beck in the spotlight twice this issue. This wasn’t unintentional as our appreciation of the sunglass wearing Strat player is immense, not just because of his placement in

Guitarist

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Following last year’s debut showcase of Provogue Records’ blues rock talent featuring Eric Gales, Lance Lopez, Gary Hooey and Quinn Sullivan, the 2019 edition hits London next month and it doesn’t disappoint. Jonny Lang makes a welcome return to the

Guitarist

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Difficulty 15 mins per example Tutor: Richard Barrett | Gear used: Haynes Fidelity, Vox AC15 C1 THIS MONTHS’ HEADLINES leans toward a modern country style, but also takes inspiration from a 70s/Little Feat funky feel in terms of its backing trac