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July 1, 202128Comments

An Acoustic Clapton Johnson Riff

This one's a little tough to name... ... but when you hear it, I think you'll recognize it :) It's a super common idea with a lot of possibilities... The way I played

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Lessons

May 24, 202116Comments

How To Add Vibrato To A Bent Note

First and foremost... If you're not cool with bending, in general, and your vibrato on un-bent notes isn't happening yet... Then adding vibrato to a note you are trying to bend

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Lessons

May 14, 202116Comments

Better Blues Solos With Syncopation

Wanting to play cooler blues solos is a typical request from students... But most go about it all wrong, thinking that more notes, more patterns, and more speed, are going to

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Lessons

April 29, 202111Comments

How To Start A Blues Song From The V

A lot of us take it for granted when we hear that we're going to start a blues song, "From the V..." So in this video, I'll show you what that

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Lessons

April 26, 202118Comments

Pull Your Listener To The Next Chord

There are a lot of ways to solo over a blues chord progression, but one things that holds true is using chord tones... In this video, I'll show you a great

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Lessons

March 30, 202110Comments

5 Easy Blues Songs – King Strut Melody

I swiped another one from my 5 Easy Blues Songs course for you today... It's the melody from the song, "King Strut," that is more of an homage to Freddie King

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Lessons

March 29, 202123Comments

Just Got Paid

I was asked by my friend, Steve Stine, to join in a remote collaboration video doing the song, "Just Got Paid," by ZZ Top... and also re-made by Joe Bonamassa... His

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Lessons

March 28, 20214Comments

Al’s Blues Lick #5

Today I stole a little snippet from my new, 5 Easy Blues Songs course... It's a lick from the solo of "Al's Blues," which just happens to be one of my

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Lessons

March 15, 202122Comments

Lots Of Sounds In One Place

Most guitar players... and it seems especially blues players... Have this goal of "mastering the fretboard," which sounds really cool, until you try to work out how that's going to be

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Lessons

March 12, 20215Comments

Digging In To “Follow The Chord”

The other day I did a post about different approaches you can use when the chord progression you are soloing over is not a blues... And by FAR the question I

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