Muddy Waters Catfish Blues Style Blues Guitar Lesson

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In the wise words of good old Willie Brown back in 1986 - "Muddy Waters invented electricity!"

Well... okay, maybe not, but it's a great quote from an otherwise questionable movie (Ralph Macchio as a bluesman?) But I have digressed again... how about a blues guitar lesson?

This lick from Catfish Blues and TONS of other tunes is one you must have in your bag-of-tricks.

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Right click to download this video - MP4 | WMV Here's how the TAB might look for the "Catfish Blues" example I played:

 

and here's how the TAB might look for the "Voodoo Chile" style example I did:

 

Have some fun with it. There are TONS of other tunes with this lick. If you can think of one, put it in the comments so everyone can check it out.

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  1. michael jones

    Very helpfull and refreshing to se easyer ways to get a profesionall sound. Nice playing GRIFF you dont know how good it is to be jolted out of a rutt yours michael or as my jamming buddies named me get this G STRING JONES.


  2. bob

    volume much better on this one. thanks


  3. Jerry Newton

    Great, Love it!


  4. John Monks

    Brilliant as always Griff you have an exceptional way of putting across these lessons to enable clear and easy understanding ...many thanks


  5. John K.

    Love it! One song that comes to mind using this kind of riff (I think) is "Rock Candy" by Montrose. Thanks for the lesson!


  6. Crowley

    Great lesson. Short sharp to the point and fun. Griff makes it all oh so simple!


  7. Shirley

    You never cease to pass on great beneficial bits of information so helpful and so much fun to play. Thanks to you Griff...you da Man!


  8. Ronald Deichert

    I have enjoyed how you explain and demostrate your lessons . I bought one of your courses and it has helped me understand the guitar methods as well as playing.
    Thank you
    Ron


  9. Alex McIntosh

    Griff, you have opened a new life for me with your amazing teaching method.can,t thank you enough. Alex.


  10. Mike Borja

    Thanks Griff
    your tuition techniques are brilliant so easy to follow
    have a great day


  11. KEN SMITH

    aWESOME, i HAVE PLAYED THE HECK OUT OF THAT VOODO CHILE LICK FOR YEARS. LOVE IT. REGARDS, KEN


  12. Dave Cook

    Very cool Lesson Griff. Great to see you on IPerform 3D to!!!


  13. Greg

    Great lick,as always, your tips are very helpful.


  14. Brother Bruce

    Outstanding Griff, I have always liked that riff. Thanks for teaching it to me. Got to get to my
    axe and practice that thang over and over! Thanks again partner! Lovin this stuff !


  15. Jose Angel Torres Lopez

    hello very good the lik best regards


  16. Cesar Bursiaga

    Griff that was cool, now all I have to do is have my guy's play that slow blues, Thanks for that lick.
    Cesar.............every little bet helps me put thing together.


  17. harry

    how great is this.i just love it.not the sore fingers


  18. Ed

    That's a pretty tough bend down on the second fret. Sounds killer done right, and makes the bends up the fretboard seem much easier. Thanks Griff.


  19. Gary S.

    I've played with this lick before and have encorporated versions of it into some of my solos. It's great and has such neat possibilites. Thanks for sharing!


  20. Chas

    That's a great lick, it's also a callus builder....I hope these keep coming.

    Thanks, Chas.


  21. Paul

    I just bought your BGU course...i also been checking u out once in a while on the e-mails...
    Griff u are correct, the reason i bought your blues unleashed is because i am an internidiate axer
    and no other teachers out there shows u a step-by-precise step to learn from.

    lookfor my name on the BLU Forum...my handle is ALBERT COLLINS...who is my all-time favorite BLUESER, I prefer Albert's much more than a BB or SRV...too bad Albert bit-the-dust
    not too long ago...if he would of lived we would of had 2 or 3 new cd's to add to the Texas Blues History.

    Keep up the Good (instructor) work Griff!!
    Paul Nicholas Spiel


  22. I8porkchop2

    Thanks Griff for this info.There was one problem that I was having is when lets say playing in the key of "c".C is the 1 chord 2 is a "d" minor not major.Now let's say we're Playing in the key of A minor does the B turn to Major?


  23. Johnny Wales

    Great stuff Griff. I'm really glad I bought your course back when. There is literally no end to the cool things to be learned.
    PS. Muddy had more hooks than a Chicago bass lure. Amazing Rocker!!
    [Scarface Johnny Wales]


  24. Todd

    I have been playing for twenty years as an armature. Your playing on the porch lesson opened the door to improvisation to me about a year ago. These riffs and an e blues pentatonic study in all 5 positions would make a really great lesson together.

    Many thanks for your time and effort in putting together such a great newsletter!


  25. Russell

    Very interesting----Russ


  26. gian

    Tht was real Cool


  27. steve

    Griff,I think you are the best guitar teacher I have ever seen.I can follow your teachings and that is amazing for that to happen!.