Every player is aware of the minor pentatonic, but not everyone knows how to make the most of it. These examples – in the style of some prolific pentatonic players – will help you master the shape eve ...

“So sad to hear Wizz Jones has died, two days after his 86th birthday. One of the great pioneers of UK folk blues guitar along with Bert Jansch, John Renbourn and Davey Graham,” one wrot ...

At the Grammy Awards earlier this month, the accomplished guitar slinger was up for his fifth nomination in the best contemporary blues album category for his blistering 2023 release ...

Stevie Ray wrote the soulful blues ballad about his good friend Charlie Wirz, who had died earlier that year. Wirz, who owned a Dallas guitar shop, was a mentor to Vaughan. He helped customize a v ...

Provided Share Carl Weathersby, a guitarist who came up in the Chicago blues scene and was a protege of guitar great Albert King, died Friday. He was 71. Mr. Weathersby was born in Jackson ...

And Slash, he’s an amazing guitar player. I definitely tried to figure out how to play like Slash at one point in time or another.” What led you to the blues? “I’ve always been the person ...

Grace the guitar player embodies a focus and a command that isn't present when she's just Grace the bubbly teenager. She can dish about '60s and '70s blues guitarists ... scale until a few years ...

Grace the guitar player embodies a focus and a command that isn't present when she's just Grace the bubbly teenager. She can dish about '60s and '70s blues guitarists ... scale until a few years ...

To get you started we’re looking at some chords in the guitar-friendly key of A. You’ve probably heard of a I-IV-V (one-four-five) progression - it’s a common blues chord sequence and its name tells ...

Polyphia's Tim Henson answers the internet's burning questions about guitar playing. How do you get a great guitar tone? Are expensive guitars a scam? What is a boomer bend? Why are barre chords ...