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August 27, 201553Comments

A Lesson From SRV…

Yesterday marked the 25th Anniversary of the plane crash that took Stevie Ray Vaughan from us many years too early... Stevie was a huge influence on me growing up, and the

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August 20, 201576Comments

Where You At?

I used to love those commercials where it just went from one guy to the next talking to each other saying, "hey, where you at?" Maybe you've never seen it... I'm

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August 10, 201553Comments

The 3 Gig Rule

I'll be honest... I was pretty sure I'd written this article before now, but if Google can't find it then I guess it doesn't exist :) Here's the problem, you just

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Practicing

August 3, 201540Comments

Do You Get Tongue Tied?

Do you ever find yourself getting tongue tied when you try to explain something to someone? Think about the last time you couldn't find the right words when you were having

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July 10, 201572Comments

Three Times A Fool

So there's a great tune by Otis Rush called Three Times A Fool. I actually came across the tune because I heard Joe Bonamassa do it... but then I stumbled

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July 8, 201568Comments

A Rose By Any Other Name…

I always get a kick out of the fancy music theory names for stuff... Modes are a perfect example... Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Locrian - and they all

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June 7, 2015131Comments

Rhythm Vs Lead

Q: You know the difference between the rhythm guitar and the lead guitar? A: Where they stand on the stage... (cue laugh track) I know, bad joke, but it makes a good

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May 10, 2015125Comments

Your Guitar DNA…

When I was growing up in the 1970s and 1980s... mainstream guitar players were really good. On the blues end we had guys like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Gary Moore, while

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April 28, 201533Comments

Some Recipes For Blues Songs

Like a lot of guitar players, you might have what you consider to be a pretty simple goal - to be able to play some songs. Seems easy enough, right? We

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April 8, 201563Comments

How To Sound Like You Know What You’re Doing…

A couple of weeks back I was talking about Road Maps and I asked for your feedback on what I call the "movies you see in your head" when you

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