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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

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
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