Blues How teen blues guitar sensation Grace Bowers is winning over critics one gig at a time She’s been championed by some of the best blues players around, but comments about her age and gender show she has work ahead of her Jim Suhler talks about sneaking backstage to meet Stevie Ray Vaughan and the career-shaping advice he gave him The George Thorogood guitarist has played with Joe Bonamassa and Billy Gibbons, but meeting SRV was a career highlight Eric Clapton reveals the guitarist that inspired him to quit the Bluesbreakers and form Cream Buddy Guy's 1965 show at the Marquee Club made Slowhand realize he needed to escape John Mayall's shackles Latest Blues “We Try to Always Make a Record That We Would Want to Listen to”: GA-20 Guitarists Matt Stubbs and Pat Faherty Show Us the Gear That Fuels Their Authentic Blues-Rock Tone By Mark McStea published 21 December 22 Their stripped-down approach has propelled the “Lords of Lo-Fi” to the top of the blues charts “Blues Is Life”: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Talks the Future of Blues By Joe Bosso published 20 December 22 Here’s how the Mississippian guitarist is taking music forward Christone “Kingfish” Ingram's Top Five Tips for Guitarists By Joe Bosso published 13 December 22 Mindset, bending, solos, rhythm and the pentatonic scale – here are some invaluable pointers from one of the hottest blues players around “Keep Going Until Everybody Knows Who You Are”: Rory Block Talks the Blues By Jimmy Leslie published 24 November 22 Koko Taylor's “Little Miss Dynamite” gives blues women their due on new album ‘Ain’t Nobody Worried,’ with acoustic covers of Bonnie Raitt, Tracy Chapman, Elizabeth Cotten and more Vote for Your Favorite New Blues Guitarist By Guitar Player Staff published 2 November 22 Take part in our “New Breed of Blues” poll Five of the Most Radical Electric Guitar Designs You've Ever Seen By Rod Brakes published 18 October 22 Groundbreaking artist Nikita Gale reimagines the solidbody form at Frieze London’s pioneering 63/22 exhibition The Evolution of Hill Country Blues By Jim Beaugez published 6 October 22 From Mississippi Fred McDowell to Cedric Burnside, here’s how a new generation is taking the juke joint sound forward “There Was More to It Than Just Music”: Charlie Musselwhite Talks Blues By Jim Beaugez published 5 October 22 The revered harp player finds his way back to the guitar on new album, ‘Mississippi Son’ Listen to Stephen Dale Petit’s ‘2020 Visions’ – One of the Most Exciting Guitar Records We’ve Heard This Year By Joe Bosso published 22 September 22 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 Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jeff Beck Talk Shop in This Classic GP Interview By Rod Brakes, Joe Gore, Matt Resnicoff published 20 September 22 Read this fascinating extract and watch unmissable clips as the Strat legends usher in a new decade 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Archives Get The Pick NewsletterAll the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox!Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors LATEST ARTICLES1“I get disrespected before I even play. People take one look at me and immediately get a thought in their head of what I am." How teen blues guitar sensation Grace Bowers is winning over critics one gig at a time 2“Prog-rock was king. I’m not ashamed to admit that I loved it.” The Jesus Lizard’s Duane Denison says he tried to sell Steve Howe a rare jazz guitar when he was a teenager. Looks like the Yes guitarist missed a good deal3“I had to audition with this horrible black, Japanese Les Paul, and it started to fall apart, right in front of everybody's eyes." Scott Gorham on his worst guitar moment with Thin Lizzy and the mod he's made to every Les Paul ever since4"Why does John Frusciante want a piece of crap like this?" Eddie Van Halen didn't like the guitarist's choice of wah pedal. His advice to the Red Hot Chili Peppers' axeman was priceless5Black Friday and Cyber Monday are over but these 29 guitar deals are still going strong - get something before they're gone
“We Try to Always Make a Record That We Would Want to Listen to”: GA-20 Guitarists Matt Stubbs and Pat Faherty Show Us the Gear That Fuels Their Authentic Blues-Rock Tone By Mark McStea published 21 December 22 Their stripped-down approach has propelled the “Lords of Lo-Fi” to the top of the blues charts
“Blues Is Life”: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Talks the Future of Blues By Joe Bosso published 20 December 22 Here’s how the Mississippian guitarist is taking music forward
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram's Top Five Tips for Guitarists By Joe Bosso published 13 December 22 Mindset, bending, solos, rhythm and the pentatonic scale – here are some invaluable pointers from one of the hottest blues players around
“Keep Going Until Everybody Knows Who You Are”: Rory Block Talks the Blues By Jimmy Leslie published 24 November 22 Koko Taylor's “Little Miss Dynamite” gives blues women their due on new album ‘Ain’t Nobody Worried,’ with acoustic covers of Bonnie Raitt, Tracy Chapman, Elizabeth Cotten and more
Vote for Your Favorite New Blues Guitarist By Guitar Player Staff published 2 November 22 Take part in our “New Breed of Blues” poll
Five of the Most Radical Electric Guitar Designs You've Ever Seen By Rod Brakes published 18 October 22 Groundbreaking artist Nikita Gale reimagines the solidbody form at Frieze London’s pioneering 63/22 exhibition
The Evolution of Hill Country Blues By Jim Beaugez published 6 October 22 From Mississippi Fred McDowell to Cedric Burnside, here’s how a new generation is taking the juke joint sound forward
“There Was More to It Than Just Music”: Charlie Musselwhite Talks Blues By Jim Beaugez published 5 October 22 The revered harp player finds his way back to the guitar on new album, ‘Mississippi Son’
Listen to Stephen Dale Petit’s ‘2020 Visions’ – One of the Most Exciting Guitar Records We’ve Heard This Year By Joe Bosso published 22 September 22 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
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jeff Beck Talk Shop in This Classic GP Interview By Rod Brakes, Joe Gore, Matt Resnicoff published 20 September 22 Read this fascinating extract and watch unmissable clips as the Strat legends usher in a new decade
