Griff – Page 79 – Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog

April 15, 201121Comments

Joe Bonamassa On His ’59 Les Paul And More

In this video, courtesy of PremierGuitar, Joe Bonamassa talks about his new album Dust Bowl, and the '59 Les Paul he's been grabbing for a few songs a night. He

by Griff

Blues Artists

April 14, 201126Comments

An Interview With Robin Trower

With the passing of Chicago blues guitarist, Lacy Gibson, and the popularity of the "What Are You Listening To" post on this blog, it's clearly time to try and increase

by Griff

Practicing

April 13, 20119Comments

Information Overload

I often speak and write about the pros and cons of the modern internet age. On the one hand, we have access to a wealth of material and information that only

by Griff

Lessons

April 12, 2011268Comments

Guitar Vibrato Breakdown

As much as I love my "don't worry about it" approach to vibrato... I've finally come to a point where I felt like I had to show how I do

by Griff

Practicing

April 11, 20118Comments

Improve Your Soloing Through Phrasing

In music we often talk about phrasing, particularly when we're referring to soloing. We'll say someone has "good phrasing" while someone else doesn't. But most people don't have a really solid

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Blues Artists

Lessons

April 5, 201110Comments

The Acoustic Blues Sound Of Muddy Waters

April 4th marks the birthday of legendary bluesman, McKinley Morganfield... AKA Muddy Waters. Having listened to many of his original recordings, and even more by other artists who have recorded his

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discussion

March 28, 201123Comments

Pinetop Perkins (1931 – 2011)

Blues music lost one of its founding fathers when Pinetop Perkins passed away at his home in Austin, Texas on March 21, 2011. Perkins was the oldest musician to ever win

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discussion

March 25, 201167Comments

Playing A Song Vs. Arranging A Song

If you play guitar, at some point someone has come up to you and said something like, "Oh, you play guitar? Can you play me a song?" At which point a

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discussion

March 24, 201172Comments

Play Like Clapton – No Talent Required

The other night I was playing Rock Band with my wife and kids... it's our version of "family time" these days. It's addictive... and what makes it work for me

by Griff

Lessons

March 22, 201118Comments

New To Me (and that doesn’t happen every day)

So in yesterday's post I was talking about increasing your skill and technique so that you can lean on it "in the head of battle" so to speak. Often in music,

by Griff

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