In the early 1970s, PBS Television in the USA showed an extended special entitled The World’s Greatest Unknown Guitarist. But this wasn’t strictly true; by 1971, Roy Buchanan had earned himself a ...

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Why it matters: Blues guitar blends emotional storytelling with technical skill, making it one of the most expressive genres to play. Core building blocks: Dominant 7 chords, pentatonic scales, and ...

One of the difficulties I have faced in learning to play the guitar has been in finding books that match my level of proficiency. There are hundreds of titles out there for the beginner, and there are ...

Kirk Fletcher's Texas Blues Legends course on the Gibson App offers 20-plus lessons in rhythm, lead and full song for all skill levels.

When you're looking to refresh your blues guitar vocabulary, you can turn things around with these characteristic and enduring motifs One of the staples of blues playing, both ancient and modern, is ...

In American music, slide guitar (also known as bottleneck guitar) is a technique employed primarily by blues guitarists. It involves the use of a smooth cylinder that can fit over a player's finger, ...

From Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s gospel-infused riffs to B.B. King’s precise pick technique and Albert King’s thumb-driven bends, blues rock guitar has been shaped by innovators with distinctive ...

Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson is best known as a sideman to Magic Sam and Muddy Waters, but he could tear up a stage all by ...