June 23, 20192Comments

Walter Trout Lick From Please Love Me

I got a lot of requests for a Walter Trout lick (which is easy to understand, he’s a great player) and this was a good one that is fairly accessible (meaning, you...

by Griff

Blues Artists

discussion

May 11, 201940Comments

These Women Play The Blues

Since it happens to be Mother’s Day, I thought it might be a good time to celebrate some of the female blues guitar players out there… Generally speaking, there...

by Griff

Blues Artists

April 16, 2019141Comments

The New Album Is Coming!!!

I think it’s only been about 7 years, or so, that I’ve been talking about doing a new album (and only 19 years since my last one…) But the wait is almost...

by Griff

Blues Artists

Live Clips

November 12, 201838Comments

Some Jam Time…

Last weekend I got together with Mark (bass), Chris (drums), and Ty (keys) for the first time in a little over a year as Ty has been traveling a lot and the last gig he was...

by Griff

Blues Artists

September 5, 201755Comments

Blues Listening With Chris Cain

Chris Cain is one of my personal favorite guitar players on the planet… he’s also arguably one of the most “under-the-radar” blues players you’ll...

by Griff

Blues Artists

discussion

August 7, 2017272Comments

Required Listening And Playing

Someone asked me for a “required listening” list for blues guitar… and I was, at first, a little surprised. But then I realized that it’s easy for...

by Griff

Blues Artists

Lessons

April 27, 201752Comments

Don’t Lie Rhythm

Surprisingly (to me, anyway) I’ve had a lot of requests recently to demonstrate one of my own songs. It’s an older one, but “Don’t Lie” always...

by Griff

Blues Artists

March 18, 201771Comments

RIP Chuck Berry

While he’s considered one of the architects of Rock And Roll, we blues lovers all know that Chuck Berry was a force of nature that took the blues to places no one...

by Griff

Blues Artists

February 17, 201727Comments

Listening Party With Bernard Allison

It occurs to me that I haven’t done a “listening party” in a while, and I was listening to some Bernard Allison today and thought I’d share with you....

by Griff

Blues Artists

April 6, 201640Comments

The “Other” Johnson…

As blues players, the name Robert Johnson comes up about as often as the word guitar… but there’s another Johnson, not related to Robert Johnson, who many would...

by Griff

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