Yes, I know, there isn’t just one Albert King lick…

But, this lick, or some variation of it, shows up in darn near every… single… song.

So, it’s probably worth learning.

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    27 replies to "The Albert King Lick"

    • David McG

      ALWAYS get something out of it! Thanks Griff.

    • Capt Brad Fry

      Griff thank you for all the stuff you allow me to steal from you without charge… service connected disabled vet and medically retired federal merchant marine

    • L Lewis

      Great Lessons I like getting lesson like this I normally play by ear. I have been watching you video here and YouTube I started back playing 6 years ago.
      from watching some of you video lesson over time I have improve, in between work.
      Now that I retired, I can put more time in catching. up on lesson as an intermediate player ‘I play piano, Bass and Drums and guitar.
      The tabs with note helped a lot when sight residing.

      Thanks

    • DaveyJoe

      Absolutely! You just mention Albert King and Immediately that is the lick I here in my head…thank Griff!

    • Rob

      Hey Griff,
      Just a quick note just to say thanks, been following you for a couple of years now, you have helped me to develop some depth in my playing to a level I’m really beginning to enjoy my guitar even more in that I’ve gotten out of an a typical rut that all learners go through.
      You are a logical thinker and great teacher.
      I’m sure you get lots of great feedback, but I just wanted to personally say thanks.
      Long may you continue to make music understandable and enjoyable.
      Regards
      Rob C

    • DaveyJoe

      Love that lick! Whenever I hear one of his songs playing, I’ll know just when it’s about to come up and hum along with it. Thank Griff!
      9/6/19

    • Scott R

      Hey Griff – just a head’s up to check the levels between your guitar and the looper when recording.
      This video, and one other recently, I found the looper a little hard to hear.
      Thx.

    • Harley

      Thank you so much for this lesson. Nice job.

    • Marv Murray

      Love this stuff Griff. I’m always watching for licks like this

    • Chris CLEMANS

      Great lesson GRiff

    • Rock

      Nice licks, thanks Griff

    • Mitch

      Nice lick,thanks!

    • Carlos C

      Great lick and lesson . Thanks for sharing.ccm

    • steve

      this is great article

    • kimberley Christie

      thanks Griff.

    • Roger R

      Hi Griff. Thanks for another very useful lesson.

    • Sledge

      I love the tone you are getting in this lesson. What are your settings, and are you using any pedals?

    • Goldenman52

      Hi Griff, what guage strings are you using on your guitars , acoustic and electric ? Thanks.

    • Mark Wales uk

      Cheers Griff
      Nice lick hours of fun playing around with it 😎🎶

    • Mike Loftin

      great lesson. would you consider doing the same thing with Stevie Ray’s intro to Texas Flood?

      • JimJ

        I too would love a lesson on the Texas Flood intro~!

    • Jim

      Great lick(s), Griff! So cool the way you can dissect and explain so many classic blues ideas!
      As someone just starting to improvise a blues solo, this really is encouraging – even if I’m only comfortable with just
      Box 1! Thanks!

    • Scott R

      Without playing the video I knew exactly which lick you were going to use. Yes, it’s his signature.
      Thanks for spelling it out for us Griff…

    • Terry

      Sweet. Got to love the licks you can get Alot of use out of. I use that Dvd of SRV and Albert all the time as like a jam track. Just try and copy what there doing. The songs are long and they both repeat there licks so ya get a good chance to copy them. (If) you can could you pull a few rhythm parts of that some time ?

    • Rick

      You seem to use a looper quite a bit these days. I think one would help my practice, which one should I get?
      Cheers, Rick

      • Drew

        There is a super cheap but effective looper by “Ammoon” it sells for about $30 new on eBay or amazon. It is fairly simple but well worth the money. I love mine!!

      • Griff

        Any one will do… I have a Boss one (the small pedal) and I have one built into my Line 6 M13. A couple of my delay pedals also have loopers in them.

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