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Vote for Your Favorite New Blues Guitarist

By Guitar Player Staff published

Take part in our “New Breed of Blues” poll

Junior Kimbrough performs at Junior’s Place, a.k.a. Junior’s Juke Joint, in Chulahoma, Mississippi, in 1999

The Evolution of Hill Country Blues

By Jim Beaugez published

From Mississippi Fred McDowell to Cedric Burnside, here’s how a new generation is taking the juke joint sound forward

Charlie Musselwhite

“There Was More to It Than Just Music”: Charlie Musselwhite Talks Blues

By Jim Beaugez published

The revered harp player finds his way back to the guitar on new album, ‘Mississippi Son’

Stephen Dale Petit

Listen to Stephen Dale Petit’s ‘2020 Visions’ – One of the Most Exciting Guitar Records We’ve Heard This Year

By Joe Bosso published

This fascinating interview tells the story of a career that has seen the U.S. expat cross paths with everyone from Randy Rhoads to Albert King to Eric Clapton and Mick Taylor

B.B. King (1925-2015), Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954-1990) and Albert Collins (1932-1993) perform together on stage on the riverboat SS President in New Orleans during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on 22 April 1988.

Here’s How to Replicate the Magic of the Blues Greats

By Art Thompson published

Get in the tone zone of Eric Clapton, Albert Collins, Albert King, B.B. King, T-Bone Walker and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Kirk Fletcher

Watch Blues Master Kirk Fletcher’s "Afraid to Die, Too Scared to Live" Music Video

By Rod Brakes published

Video The guitarist drops soulful lead single from forthcoming album ‘Heartache by the Pound.’

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Rory Gallagher, 1973

Rory Gallagher’s School of Blues

By Rod Brakes, Stefan Grossman published

This archive gem could be the best free guitar lesson you’ve ever had.

Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid perform Parkpop festival, The Hague, Netherlands, 25 June 1989.

“Is the Music an Expression of Your State of Being, Or is it Something You're Just Taking On?” Vernon Reid Talks Jazz, Theory and the Spirit of the Blues

By Joe Gore published

The Living Colour guitarist gets real in this interview from the GP archives.

Samantha Fish

Watch Samantha Fish Up Close Performing “Gone for Good” on a Gibson Firebird

By Rod Brakes, Jude Gold published

Video Cop some moves from the blues-shredding firebrand in this classic 'No Guitar Is Safe' podcast episode.

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Albert Cummings still from "Meet the Man" single video

Watch Blues Hotshot Albert Cummings’ New Performance Video, “Meet the Man”

By Rod Brakes last updated

Video The Stratocaster-wielding bluesman drops second single from high-flying 'Ten' album.

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