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September 8, 201486Comments

Grandma Rides a Bicycle

30 days has September... April, June, and no wonder... All the rest eat peanut butter... Except Grandma, she rides a bicycle! Like my literary genius?! This was a poem I learned as a kid and,

by Griff

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August 1, 201477Comments

Being Ready For Your First Open Jam

Sweaty palms... check! Tunnel vision... check! Forgetfulness... check! Panic... check! Do it again? Absolutely!!!!!! There are very few things in this world as thrilling and at the same time petrifying as getting up and playing

by Griff

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June 24, 2014111Comments

Counting Vs. Feeling

I make a big deal about counting... a REALLY big deal. But this is the blues we're talking about around here and I get a good number of "You're supposed to

by Griff

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April 5, 201417Comments

BGU Live 2014 Recap

Last weekend was my annual Blues Guitar Unleashed Live event for 2014. And now that it is all wrapped up, I have a bunch of great photos and a video

by Griff

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March 10, 201489Comments

What Makes An Intermediate Guitar Player?

Someone asked me the other day, "what makes a guitar player an intermediate guitar player?" And what he really meant was, "what skills do I need to know to make it

by Griff

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August 30, 201315Comments

Fastest (Blues) Man On Record…

Buddy Guy seems to be a household name for us blues players, but most people don't know how Buddy got his start and what you can learn from that. I've been

by Griff

Blues Artists

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August 7, 2013189Comments

Classic Blues Songs: “Hide Away”

Freddie King turned a lot of heads when he recorded "Hide Away." As he tells the story, it's a song influenced by a bunch of other song pieces; and like

by Griff

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July 17, 2013175Comments

I’ll Give It An 85 – It’s Got A Good Beat And You Can Dance To It…

Remember Dick Clark and the old American Bandstand? There was the "Rate-A-Record" part where they would play a new song, and ask a couple of the dancers to rate the song

by Griff

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May 10, 201397Comments

Mastery Is Overrated…

You might have heard many people say that it takes 10,000 hours of "work" to master a skill... I suppose there is likely a lot of truth to that if you

by Griff

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April 26, 2013101Comments

Blues And CAGED

There seems to be a huge amount of confusion when it comes to the CAGED philosophy... both what it is, and what it isn't. Since this is "Blues Guitar Unleashed" I'm

by Griff

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