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Watch Howlin’ Wolf’s Electrifying “Smokestack Lightning” Performance Featuring Hubert Sumlin on Guitar
By Guitar Player Staff published
Video The biggest, baddest voice of the Chicago blues scene, Wolf was a far-reaching inspiration
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
21 Top New Blues Guitarists As Chosen By You
By Mark McStea, Jimmy Leslie, Joe Bosso, Matt Thayer published
Meet the young guitarists who are shaping the blues for a new generation of players
“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
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
Here’s how the Mississippian guitarist is taking music forward
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram's Top Five Tips for Guitarists
By Joe Bosso published
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
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
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