July 22, 202016Comments

Why You Don’t Change Keys Over A Blues

This is a question I hear all the time… “If I’m playing in A, using A minor blues, and the chord goes to D7, shouldn’t I change to D minor...

by Griff

Lessons

July 8, 202011Comments

T-Bone Walker “Strolling With Bones” Style Lick

This is a lick I stole from T-Bone Walker from the tune, “Strolling With Bones,” and I noticed something interesting about it… If you’re familiar with...

by Griff

Lessons

July 5, 20205Comments

Chuck Berry’s Intro On “The Things I Used To Do”

I would wager a guess that most people are more familiar with Chuck Berry’s rock and roll playing on classics like “Johnny B. Goode,” or “Roll Over...

by Griff

Lessons

June 30, 202020Comments

How To Play Jailhouse Rock

What can you say, it’s a classic, it’s from “The King,” and it’s a blues… with some attitude! Dig it!

by Griff

Lessons

June 26, 202012Comments

Mercy Fell Like Rain

Got a request for this tune, and I have to say I really love the creative use of chords within the 12 bar blues form… There are definitely some substitutions and some...

by Griff

Lessons

Practicing

May 29, 202011Comments

END Your Scales On Beat 1

Most folks, when practicing scales, start playing on beat 1 and play through the scale… And while that makes sense academically, it often doesn’t make sense...

by Griff

Lessons

May 27, 20207Comments

The World To The Left…

If you play blues guitar solos, you probably know good old “box 1″… But that gets you really used to looking at the world from the right… Instead,...

by Griff

Lessons

May 22, 202022Comments

Double Time G Cadd9 Emin7 D

While I realize this is Blues Guitar Unleashed…. I’d be doing you a disservice if I didn’t talk about something that is important for guitar playing…...

by Griff

discussion

Lessons

May 12, 202014Comments

Jon Mayer Agrees With Me

In the guitar community, when Jon Mayer speaks… a whole lot of folks listen 🙂 Now, maybe you’re a fan, and maybe you’re not, but Jon’s a great player...

by Griff

Lessons

May 8, 202031Comments

Zep – Since I’ve Been Loving You

Again crossing over onto the “Classic Rock Unleashed” side, we’re going to look at the chord progression, and some soloing ideas, from Led Zeppelin’s...

by Griff

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