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![Derek Trucks of Tedeschi Trucks Band performs at PNC Music Pavilion on July 07, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qtVhxeTcpYoBEZ7Y8rU9pC-320-80.jpg)
Guitar Player presents 50 badass blues guitar solos you must hear
By GP Editors last updated
From the players of old to the guitarists shaping the blues scene, this list serves up a cross section of the genre’s finest solos from across nearly a century of guitar blues
![David Lindley performing in Italy, 1983.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PigcFBfzgygfVvV9KMeNJ9-320-80.jpg)
David Lindley took slide guitar beyond the blues. Ry Cooder, Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt share tales of his brilliance
By Jimmy Leslie published
Fluent on guitar and any number of stringed instruments, David Lindley shaped the sound of California's classic-rock era
![Bonnie Raitt performs at the New Orleans Jazz Festival](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mVqinumrFsgfUFEyHJzjmU-320-80.jpg)
Bonnie Raitt: “I play the way I play, just like I sing the way that I sing. I’m not a schooled guitar player, and I can’t say I’m getting appreciably better, but I know how to do what I do. It’s the songs that change”
By Michael Molenda published
The legendary slide-master discusses how to find the right bandmates and collaborators, and reveals why the "loosey-goosey parts" of songs can be the most exciting, in this classic GP interview
![Bonnie Raitt performs on stage at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, on August 6th, 1977. She is playing a Fender Stratocaster guitar.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AZapikeZJPg8xkohQsnNzH-320-80.jpg)
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
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“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
![Bonnie Raitt performs on stage at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, on August 6th, 1977](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vGBwHKmJexMdqANhZEe2YE-320-80.jpg)
Learn to Play Slide Like Bonnie Raitt
By Jeff Jacobson last updated
An in-depth look at the subtle artistic and technical elements behind her celebrated and highly emotive slide playing.
![Bonnie Raitt performs onstage during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Hp5x4JQ2LQsAfya2L7hrNb-320-80.jpg)
Watch Bonnie Raitt’s Emotive “Livin’ For the Ones” Lyric Video from Her Forthcoming Album ‘Just Like That…’
By Rod Brakes published
Video Set for release this Friday, the legendary singer-songwriter says, “People need to hear this music.”
![Bonnie Raitt performs at the 2019 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on April 28, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Q5E9buuYc3BHrX4TbEUhR-320-80.jpg)
Bonnie Raitt Announces First New Studio Album in Six Years, 'Just Like That…'
By Jackson Maxwell published
Set for release in April, and produced by Raitt herself, the album prominently features Nashville session guitar ace Kenny Greenberg.
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