Blues Guitar Genealogy: “Outskirts of Town”
Updated video: Click here for the tab. I first heard “I’m Gonna Move To The Outskirts of Town,” titled simply “Outskirts of Town,” on Buddy Guy’s 1972 L...
Brutal Legend: Your New (Old) Favorite Guitar Hero
by Charlie Doom We Don't Play Video Games. No, really... Remember that video game called Guitar Hero, with its crappy plastic guitar that you feared for b...
Gibson’s Firebird X – a “Revolution”?
by Rich Maloof When Gibson announced a major press conference, our curiosity was piqued. The company’s invite to last week’s gathering read: This is more tha...
Blues Genealogy: Key to the Highway
by David Hamburger Click here for the tab file. This was probably the first blues tune I learned that didn’t follow the basic twelve-bar blues pattern...
Want Great Guitar Tone? Start with On-board Controls
by Jeff McErlain Are you getting the tones you want from your guitar? Before you start laying out cash for pedals and pricey amps, be sure you know all th...
Blues Genealogy: “Statesboro Blues”
by David Hamburger Click here for the tab file. There are really two “Statesboro Blues” (blueses?). There’s the song as originally conceived and recor...
3 Questions with Duane Allman
Excerpts from an interview originally published in Guitar Player Magazine. Check out "Secrets From The Masters" for a full compilation of interviews with 40 gre...
Blues Genealogy: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”
by David Hamburger Click here for the tab file. Like a knucklehead, I remember walking through the mall with my mom in 1983 and seeing a big cardboard...
Making Money Making Music: Songwriters
by Billy Fishkin Ever wonder whether songwriters make money when their music is played on the radio or in a bar? Whenever there is a public performance of...