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Bonnie Raitt performs on stage at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, on August 6th, 1977. She is playing a Fender Stratocaster guitar.

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

Samantha Fish performs with a white Gibson SG guitar in the documentary film 'Love Letters: Samantha Fish Live from New Orleans'

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

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Blues Hall of Fame inductee Charlie Musselwhite, guitar detail, performs onstage at Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine on January 17, 2023 in Malibu, California.

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

Muddy Waters’ Chess Blues Masters Series

“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

Joanna Connor performs at a sold-out show at Rosa's Lounge on March 26, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois.

“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

Del Rey

“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

Memphis Minnie

Listen to Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe’s 1929 Original “When the Levee Breaks”

By Guitar Player Staff published

Here’s why the artist born Lizzie Douglas remains a blues guitar legend

Walter Trout

"I Just Don't See Any Need for Pedals”: Walter Trout Shows Us How He Gets All the Tones He Needs From His Vintage Mesa/Boogie Mark IV Amp

By Scott Rowley published

VIDEO “My pedalboard right now is this carpet and my shoes,” says the bluesman in the final episode of 'Pedalpocalypse'

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Larkin Poe: Rebecca (left) and Megan Lovell

“We Are Crazy About Riffs”: Rebecca and Megan Lovell Reveal the Secrets Behind Larkin Poe’s Alchemical Magic

By Vinnie DeMasi published

The southern sibling songsters talk turning classic blues riffs into modern fuzzed-out blues-rock hooks on their latest album, ‘Blood Harmony’

B.B. King 'Sing Sing Thanksgiving'

Watch B.B. King’s Awe-Inspiring ‘Sing Sing Thanksgiving’ Performance 50 Years On

By Christopher Scapelliti published

VIDEO Filmmaker David Hoffman says the legendary bluesman called this “the best recording of his music he had heard”

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