This is one of those little mindshifts that was so helpful to me as a young man growing up learning to solo through chord changes... We usually learn the pentatonic and

I talk about counting ALL the time... and I'm well aware of that... However, I'll be the first to admit that there are some times, particularly in a slow blues, where

While this isn't the first time I've talked about this type of format for an acoustic blues... This is the first time I've approached it using basically just one or two

One of the more difficult, but important techniques you need to play with a heavy picking hand in the style of SRV or KWS is the ability to play "behind"

This video is one of my favorite "moves" around and through some of my favorite blues soloing scales and sounds. If you've ever heard me talk about what I call the,

Today is more for the beginners... The blues typically revolves around 7th chords... not major 7th, and no minor 7th, but dominant 7th chords. Those chords can come in a few different

It's fairly common using the "boxes" of the pentatonic or blues scale to get stuck in one pattern (which is often box 1 or maybe 2)... But if you can get