You've probably heard me talk about playing the blues alone, solo, or what most folks call acoustic blues... And there's a pretty straightforward way to "build a blues song," using the

While SRV probably does this as much or more than most... It's not something that is unique to him, it's just easy to recognize in his playing. Really, most blues players use

Chances are that you've run across "box 1" for playing the pentatonic/blues scale... But you might not have realized that most of your favorite blues riffs from your favorite blues songs

As I often like to say, the pentatonic/blues scale is never wrong, when you solo over a blues... But you can be right-er, at certain times ;) In this video, you'll see

I often get requests for more "major blues" licks, and this is a good one from Clapton's performance of "Crossroads," with Cream... In particular, this shows using the somewhat standard Box