3 Free Blues Bending Guitar Lessons
Guitar is one of the only instruments that you can actually perform a bend on and the technique is inherent in all styles of blues and rock guitar playing, Bend...
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6 Free Down Home Boogie & Blues Guitar Lessons
The down home country blues grooves pioneered by legendary pre-war blues artists will live on forever, both in their original form and as the foundation for mor...
Brooklyn Blues Guitar Lesson: Sliding Double Stops
TrueFire Educator Jeff McErlain has just launched his first installment of his new weekly video blog called Jeff McErlain's Brooklyn Blues. Each week Jeff will ...
Brooklyn Blues Guitar Lesson: Quantized Bending
TrueFire Educator Jeff McErlain has just launched his first installment of his new weekly video blog called Jeff McErlain's Brooklyn Blues. Each week Jeff will ...
6 Must-Know Blues Guitar Strategies for Crafting Head-Turning Solos
One of the first things we all do as blues guitar players is learn the licks and stylings of our favorite players. Essentially, we’re developing our blues vocab...
Johnny Winter, Blues Guitar Legend, Dead at 70
According to the American Blues Scene, sources close to the man have confirmed that Johnny Winter has passed away at the age of 70. The cause of death is unknow...
Larry Carlton’s Blues Guitar Motifs
This guitar lesson is likely responsible for more blues guitar epiphanies than any other single guitar lesson on the planet. Larry Carlton shares insight and an...
Blues Song Genealogy: “Nobody’s Fault But Mine”
by David Hamburger Video guitar lesson: (part 1) (more…)...
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...
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...
“Mississippi Blues” – Tim Sparks
Tim Sparks has been redefining the acoustic guitar repertoire since he won the US National Fingerstyle Championship in 1993 with a ground-breaking arrangement o...
Fireside Chat: Robben Ford
If you weren't a musician, what would you be and why?
I'm an art lover so a painter or a chef; I like bringing pleasure to the world. Honestly, how many hou...