Yes, I know, there isn’t just one Albert King lick…
But, this lick, or some variation of it, shows up in darn near every… single… song.
So, it’s probably worth learning.
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The TABUse this link to download the TAB for each of the licks.
27 replies to "The Albert King Lick"
ALWAYS get something out of it! Thanks Griff.
Griff thank you for all the stuff you allow me to steal from you without charge… service connected disabled vet and medically retired federal merchant marine
Great Lessons I like getting lesson like this I normally play by ear. I have been watching you video here and YouTube I started back playing 6 years ago.
from watching some of you video lesson over time I have improve, in between work.
Now that I retired, I can put more time in catching. up on lesson as an intermediate player ‘I play piano, Bass and Drums and guitar.
The tabs with note helped a lot when sight residing.
Thanks
Absolutely! You just mention Albert King and Immediately that is the lick I here in my head…thank Griff!
Hey Griff,
Just a quick note just to say thanks, been following you for a couple of years now, you have helped me to develop some depth in my playing to a level I’m really beginning to enjoy my guitar even more in that I’ve gotten out of an a typical rut that all learners go through.
You are a logical thinker and great teacher.
I’m sure you get lots of great feedback, but I just wanted to personally say thanks.
Long may you continue to make music understandable and enjoyable.
Regards
Rob C
Love that lick! Whenever I hear one of his songs playing, I’ll know just when it’s about to come up and hum along with it. Thank Griff!
9/6/19
Hey Griff – just a head’s up to check the levels between your guitar and the looper when recording.
This video, and one other recently, I found the looper a little hard to hear.
Thx.
Thank you so much for this lesson. Nice job.
Love this stuff Griff. I’m always watching for licks like this
Great lesson GRiff
Nice licks, thanks Griff
Nice lick,thanks!
Great lick and lesson . Thanks for sharing.ccm
this is great article
thanks Griff.
Hi Griff. Thanks for another very useful lesson.
I love the tone you are getting in this lesson. What are your settings, and are you using any pedals?
Hi Griff, what guage strings are you using on your guitars , acoustic and electric ? Thanks.
Cheers Griff
Nice lick hours of fun playing around with it 😎🎶
great lesson. would you consider doing the same thing with Stevie Ray’s intro to Texas Flood?
I too would love a lesson on the Texas Flood intro~!
Great lick(s), Griff! So cool the way you can dissect and explain so many classic blues ideas!
As someone just starting to improvise a blues solo, this really is encouraging – even if I’m only comfortable with just
Box 1! Thanks!
Without playing the video I knew exactly which lick you were going to use. Yes, it’s his signature.
Thanks for spelling it out for us Griff…
Sweet. Got to love the licks you can get Alot of use out of. I use that Dvd of SRV and Albert all the time as like a jam track. Just try and copy what there doing. The songs are long and they both repeat there licks so ya get a good chance to copy them. (If) you can could you pull a few rhythm parts of that some time ?
You seem to use a looper quite a bit these days. I think one would help my practice, which one should I get?
Cheers, Rick
There is a super cheap but effective looper by “Ammoon” it sells for about $30 new on eBay or amazon. It is fairly simple but well worth the money. I love mine!!
Any one will do… I have a Boss one (the small pedal) and I have one built into my Line 6 M13. A couple of my delay pedals also have loopers in them.