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"You Don’t Want to Play Like B.B. King or Somebody Else. You Want to Be You": Some Collected Words of Wisdom From B.B. King Himself
By Michael Molenda published
"Try to ‘borrow’ a little bit from each guy. And, like that, you become you," said the King of the Blues
"Open C Tuning With a Slide Gives It a Whole New Approach": Watch Blues Rocker Erja Lyytinen’s Up-Tempo Live Rendition of Jimi Hendrix’s “Crosstown Traffic”
By Rod Brakes published
Video The Finnish guitarist’s latest track appears ahead of new double live album, ‘Diamonds on the Road – Live 2023’
"Blues Music Is My First Love": Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Reveals Five Life-Changing Riffs
By Jim Beaugez published
Video The Fender signature artist and Grammy-winning bluesman talks vital influences from Albert King and B.B. King to Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Hazel
Ten of the Greatest Chicago Blues Songs
By Guitar Player Staff published
Return to the source of inspiration with these Windy City blues guitar classics
Five Incredible Under-the-Radar Blues Guitar Solos by Fender Stratocaster Players
By Guitar Player Staff published
From Jimmie Vaughan, Doyle Bramhall II and Kenny Wayne Shepherd to Robert Cray and Bonnie Raitt, these deep cuts are bound to have you reaching for your Strat
Watch the Essential ‘Love Letters: Samantha Fish Live from New Orleans’ Documentary Concert Special
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Video This unmissable film offers an intimate look into the life and career of one of today’s most vital blues artists
The Mixolydian Blues Scale Could Be the Most Useful Scale of All
By Guitar Player Staff last updated
This scale reigns supreme as the chief source for carving those major/minor blues-based licks that sound so good over dominant 7th chords
“It’s so Raw, It’s Bloody”: Jim Campilongo Explains Why Muddy Waters’ Chess Blues Masters Series Album Is His Undisputed Desert Island Blues Disc
By Jim Campilongo published
The father of modern Chicago electric blues along with Little Walter, Willie Dixon, James Cotton, Otis Span, Tat Harris and others work their mojo on this collection of groundbreaking masterpieces
“I Was Going to Do It and No One Was Going to Stop Me”: Joanna Connor Talks Breaking into the Chicago Blues Scene
By Sue Foley published
“You had to be tough to play there,” says the KTBA Records star
“How can you make a cult figure of Robert Johnson, who recorded 30 Sides, and ignore Memphis Minnie, who recorded 200?” Del Rey speaks up about female guitar History
By Sue Foley published
“Girls are just empowered to do whatever they want to do now… It’s a good thing,” says the blues virtuoso
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