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May 6, 201918Comments

Playing “Acoustic” On Electric

These last few days we've been talking a lot about "acoustic" blues, in the sense that it's blues you play by yourself - and not with a band... But I really

by Griff

Uncategorized

April 27, 201961Comments

Holy Smokes We Did It – Thank You!!!!

Wow! What a day yesterday... in case you didn't hear, our new album, I'll Drink To That, hit #1 on the iTunes blues charts!!! Thank you so very much for all

by Griff

Lessons

April 22, 201924Comments

Twisting Up A Jimmy Page Lick

Let's take a simple, 4 note Jimmy Page style sequence of minor pentatonic notes, and look at some quick ways we can manipulate it into some different sounds without changing

by Griff

Lessons

April 17, 201925Comments

That Texas “Chunka Chunka” Rhythm Thing…

In today's lesson we'll talk about how to get that Texas-style "chunk" out of your blues rhythms. Also, we'll talk about where a lot of those different classic riffs in the

by Griff

Blues Artists

April 16, 2019141Comments

The New Album Is Coming!!!

I think it's only been about 7 years, or so, that I've been talking about doing a new album (and only 19 years since my last one...) But the wait is

by Griff

Lessons

April 10, 201938Comments

Soloing In E Without Box 1

This is a short video based on a question from a viewer who was struggling with soloing over a blues in E... which I understand (because I had the same

by Griff

discussion

Practicing

April 8, 201940Comments

How To Find All 5 Boxes – No Matter What Key

Certainly in people that I work with every day, wrapping your head around "the boxes" and being able to truly find all of the possible places to play your pentatonic/blues

by Griff

Lessons

April 7, 201923Comments

BB King 4 Note Lick

There are very few blues players that can do what BB King did... He could play just a handful of notes with more soul than most of us will ever be

by Griff

Lessons

April 5, 201919Comments

How To Find I, IV, And V – And More…

In this video, filmed live, we'll talk about how you use the major scale, and some basic music theory to find the I, IV, and V chords in any key

by Griff

Lessons

April 3, 201920Comments

Blues Phrasing Using Rhythm Figures

This is a lesson aimed at anyone trying to do some blues soloing, but struggling to make sense with what you're playing. It's easy to just throw stuff against a wall

by Griff

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