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Bop-a-Billy Basics

by Jude Gold & Brian Setzer If you could pour Brian Setzer’s explosive mixture of rock, country, jazz, and rockabilly into the gas tank of a muscle car, you’...

Rockabilly Jazz

by Jim Campilongo The best Rockabilly players know how to spin jazzy lines over simple blues progressions. Let’s see how this works. Start by recording Gu...

10 Jump Blues Solos You MUST Know

by David Blacker From Charlie Christian to Hollywood Fats, Duke Robillard, Gatemouth Brown and many more, the unmistakable vocabulary of Jump Blues bridges t...

Open Strings & Nutty Bends

by Jim Campilongo As I'm drawn to ringing dissonances, blues notes, and passing tones, I try to incorporate open strings in a melody whenever possible. Again...

Hot Roddin’ Boogie: A Rockabilly Roundup

by Steve Trovato Rockabilly music is an exciting, purely American art form that emerged in the 50's and swept away teens with its high-octane rhythms. Guitar...

John Fahey & Early American Guitar

by Cody Campbell John Fahey is one of the most well respected acoustic guitar instrumentalists in American history. His style—which he called American Primit...