Blues guitar is perhaps one of the longest standing American pastimes there is. Originally used because of its portability and simple design, the guitar became the standard instrument for blues music. One hundred years later its sound is etched into history and associated with blues music almost by default. Even after a century of evolution [...]

A blues guitar lesson would not be complete without a little bit of history behind the music itself. The blues is an older art form than most may think. I’m sure it is older than I know but I believe it got a good start in the south when slaves, who had horrible lives, sought [...]

We talked about the blues progression. For your second blues guitar lesson I’d like to introduce the blues scale otherwise known as the pentatonic scale. This scale is the basis of all blues licks and blues guitar solos. If you’ve listened to Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn, or any blues guitarist old or new you [...]

Playing blues guitar is easy, well, for some. Some people will never be able to get “it” whatever “it” is. Some people have “it” but don’t realize it. Some have “it”, know they have “it”, but just don’t know how to get it out. If you are one of the later and just happen to [...]

I would have to say that my first blues guitar lesson took place in front of a stereo system listening to a B.B. King record. When I first started playing blues guitar I would listen to blues music and rock music and try to pick out the notes I heard on my guitar. It was [...]

It is difficult to imagine someone who has never heard of Elvis Presley, the Beatles, or the Rolling Stones. They were the pioneers of modern, popular music. Even though all these musicians derived their styles from and grew up listening to blues music, it is not difficult to find someone who has never heard of [...]