<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar Player in Blues ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/tag/blues Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:41:15 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “She’s like Hank Williams or Jimi Hendrix. They are one in a billion.” Jack White on the understated “blessing” behind the White Stripes ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/jack-white-on-the-white-stripes-miracle nC8AKFNXXSTgqGZH2FFrgc Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:41:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I collapsed. I was sobbing. I was inconsolable.” Richard Marx mourned Nathan East for hours — but the bassist wasn’t dead ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/richard-marx-nathan-east-and-the-death-of-stevie-ray-vaughan DRuiCPhhNYkwUXs5HCUWGT Tue, 24 Mar 2026 21:53:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I'll do that in solos. I’m a cheater.” Samantha Fish on the guitar trick behind her most distinctive sound ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/samantha-fishs-pedal-steel-trick NjgxB2h5PQ6JbX5EK2CiiD Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:00:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They started chanting ‘Huey!’” Stevie Ray Vaughan bombed on opening night of a major tour ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/stevie-ray-vaughans-tour-with-huey-lewis-and-the-news Sxws3DgsRZh6GvHbSnW3rH Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:01:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Are you effing kidding me? He's one of the only guitarists that you can identify with one note.” As he releases ‘B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100,’ Joe Bonamassa relects on the most overlooked aspect of the King’s guitar genius ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/joe-bonamassa-on-the-overlooked-aspect-of-bb-kings-playing UgEyWt5RQHAhav8WqmLko5 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 13:59:16 +0000 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 15:36:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ “People don’t realize how important they are and how they just changed the world.” Jack White on the difference between blues and rock guitarists ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/jack-white-on-the-artists-who-changed-rock-n-roll-forever 7HEzfCUB35Zje578zzmYEL Thu, 05 Feb 2026 13:23:32 +0000 Thu, 05 Feb 2026 14:48:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “That is partly the reason, but he also had a bit of aggravation.” Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty on the other reason Eric Clapton left the group to join John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/the-other-reason-eric-clapton-left-the-yardbirds-according-to-jim-mccarty NvgGZTgiLMnzEDX6xDth6K Wed, 04 Feb 2026 19:25:18 +0000 Thu, 05 Feb 2026 14:48:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “This was part of my lineage, way before I came.” Eric Gales on his family’s rich guitar heritage and secret jams with Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/eric-gales-on-his-familys-rich-guitar-heritage exSwzoynFGecfbeKvphfuW Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:07:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He made it possible for everybody to see what could be done with an electric guitar.” Jeff Beck on how Jimi Hendrix changed the game ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/jeff-beck-on-why-the-extreme-jimi-hendrix-allowed-him-to-get-dangerous VX6qx8WzJopdfe9WiBnp64 Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:14:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Duane's got this little stinky amp and a Strat, and I'm going, ‘Well, that's not Jimi playing.’” How Jimi Hendrix inspired Duane Allman — and why his blues trio never came to fruition ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/how-jimi-hendrix-inspired-duane-allman-and-why-his-trio-never-came-to-fruition 8cvDZs8vWFRN8cQiwyQXb3 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 15:51:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He goes, ‘You want to see a cool guitar?’ and pulls out a ’53 Tele. I had never seen anything like that.” Joe Bonamassa on the blues giant who made him the guitarist he is today ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/joe-bonamassa-danny-gatton-mentorship RWaP8y4gWWie4CLUAQruK6 Tue, 06 Jan 2026 21:27:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I think the band's happier the way they are.” Steve Morse says “a couple of guys in Deep Purple” were glad to see him go ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/steve-morse-says-several-members-of-deep-purple-were-glad-he-left-the-group bvrh3dbyaZeHA8nyoYCWuQ Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:12:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I said, ‘Man, look at this.’ I didn’t know what a hippie was. But they were going crazy.” Buddy Guy on Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page — and the famous guitarist in the audience he thought he was a cop ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/buddy-guy-on-his-bizarre-first-meeting-with-eric-clapton JWXaoBe2JgEobqyMLhc7GX Wed, 03 Dec 2025 17:54:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I said, I think I can help you. Hold my beer.’” Joe Bonamassa on the artist who demanded Eric Clapton play “The Thrill Is Gone” — and why only an icon can tackle the B.B. King hit ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/joe-bonamassa-on-the-one-thing-you-need-to-play-the-thrill-is-gone Nasv6Sabn8nb3swNumB3dY Tue, 02 Dec 2025 18:13:41 +0000 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 18:14:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Between this guitar and two Fender Twins, the sound guy is always telling me to turn down.” Christone “Kingfish” Ingram says this is how Prince inspired him give Telecasters another chance ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/how-prince-inspired-kingfish-to-give-the-tele-another-chance Az54nXySKUY9Fh2LSJ6rPe Mon, 10 Nov 2025 19:16:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Every interview I've ever had, I get asked ‘Can a white man play the blues?’ I hate that question!” Buddy Guy on the players who inspire him ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/buddy-guy-on-the-players-who-inspire-him K8qDGutmmDGPSCfrtg8XXY Wed, 05 Nov 2025 16:30:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “That’s what gives it its potency. It’s a great challenge to fill that space.” Robin Trower on the secret behind every great power trio, from Cream to Rush ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/robin-trower-on-the-secret-to-a-great-power-trio 8t6YqWGhXgCMsFtMuuWy3T Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:40:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I never liked all those Les Paul guitars screaming and distorting.” George Harrison on the guitarist who changed music's landscape in the 1960s — and why he wasn't a fan of what followed ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/george-harrison-on-eric-clapton-and-cream-copyists hEKmfwFTAm9JiVP6jUHWq Wed, 15 Oct 2025 21:13:22 +0000 Wed, 15 Oct 2025 21:14:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was a dogfight. And then all the special effects came in.” Buddy Guy on the warning he gave Jimi Hendrix before he went into the British blues clubs ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/buddy-guy-on-his-first-impressions-of-imi-hendrix 9nvWSUNgWoaBSu9vggtp3h Fri, 10 Oct 2025 10:43:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He’s one of the greatest there is, not just in blues but anything. He’s an alien.” Samantha Fish names the five guitar players she says will keep the blues alive ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/samantha-fish-names-five-modern-blues-greats yBJzBCoh9mCVY3cfHbPB4L Thu, 09 Oct 2025 15:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He’s on fire, the real thing. I wish I could be like that.” Eric Clapton on the one guitarist who mastered the “difficult” art of modern blues. They’re no longer speaking ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/eric-clapton-on-the-one-artist-whos-mastered-the-difficult-art-of-modern-blues uRisPVHMnVCBMQsLv8bdh3 Thu, 18 Sep 2025 19:01:03 +0000 Thu, 18 Sep 2025 19:01:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The blues run pretty deep in my playing.” David Gilmour reveals the impact of Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix on his signature Pink Floyd guitar style ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/david-gilmour-on-eric-clapton-jimi-hendrix-and-his-blues-origins 2FF3yqXNeYYLtC3sjPdtui Fri, 25 Jul 2025 14:25:13 +0000 Fri, 25 Jul 2025 15:54:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Respect was a huge thing. If you disrespected him, he held onto that for a very long time.” Eddie Van Halen was "a pretty complex person" says his longtime friend and biographer ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/steven-rosen-on-disrespecting-eddie-van-halen XgQPJn396ZRsNTijH4Dwjc Wed, 16 Jul 2025 18:38:03 +0000 Wed, 16 Jul 2025 18:38:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Keep doing what you’re doing and divide by two.” Joe Bonamassa on the playing advice he got from Leslie West 30 years ago — and how it's elevated his live performances ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/joe-bonamassa-on-the-advice-he-got-from-leslie-west 8T96Qb88dj3eUt4kw4atek Tue, 15 Jul 2025 15:31:14 +0000 Tue, 15 Jul 2025 16:49:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Her dress tail hit the G string, and it just stayed there with distortion for about 20 minutes.” Buddy Guy reveals the happy accident that taught him about guitar feedback ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/buddy-guy-on-the-origins-of-his-feedback-methods p7LZYhLSkkyQibm32B9bNS Wed, 02 Jul 2025 15:48:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’m listening to the guitar riffs and what they’re talking about. It’s just blues music sung by white people.” How Alice In Chains' blues influences and three 1932 Dobro Cyclops guitars made 'Sinners' one of the year's biggest films ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/sinners-movie-buddy-guy-jerry-cantrell WadpJ5Zn69qpME7WPHWbFL Tue, 13 May 2025 23:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We would play to five people; they’d ignore us and we'd pack up and go home.” Watch Ian Anderson and guitarist Mick Abrahams regroup the original Jethro Tull for a return to their blues roots ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/ian-anderson-regroups-the-original-jethro-tull-in-2002 uxXDMjLiEHgnKX3PL4iefQ Sat, 29 Mar 2025 12:27:23 +0000 Sat, 29 Mar 2025 12:29:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It's a hill I’m willing to die on.” Cory Wong just set a high bar for guitar excellence. But a blues god like Stevie Ray Vaughan probably wouldn't have passed his test ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/cory-wong-advanced-guitarist-test qynHzk2tbwyBwbbXwi2aMi Tue, 11 Mar 2025 02:27:18 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:19:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ "These are six of my favorite modal licks." Molly Miller shows how to put the power of modes to work in blues and jazz using hybrid picking, finger slides, hammer-ons and pull-offs ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/lessons/these-are-six-of-my-favorite-modal-licks-molly-miller-shows-how-to-put-the-power-of-modes-to-work-in-blues-and-jazz-using-hybrid-picking-finger-slides-hammer-ons-and-pull-offs sxCfMWT5A2xCiEvHNVJMye Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:30:08 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:19:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Think you’ve heard the most jaw-dropping hardcore blues solos of all time? We don’t think so.” Guitar Player presents 50 badass blues guitar solos you must hear ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/50-badass-blues-solos-you-must-hear fMF5uapRBdjkgU3HaA7xub Mon, 10 Feb 2025 22:48:28 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:19:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “ZZ Top didn’t just happen upon becoming a trio because it was easier; it’s a lot more challenging.” Billy Gibbons explains the role Cream and Jimi Hendrix played in the creation of ZZ Top ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/billy-gibbons-on-hendrix-cream-and-power-trios oUxKip9cVzZ4sWHHKQPiUf Thu, 06 Feb 2025 19:43:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He was the whole package; I learned a lot from that.” Eric Johnson on the one thing that took Stevie Ray Vaughan’s playing to the next level ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/eric-johnson-on-austin-and-stevie-ray-vaughan vo5CmrFcnor3MLKWt3RDv Wed, 05 Feb 2025 21:59:59 +0000 Fri, 07 Feb 2025 02:01:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I can play so funky it bring teardrops to your eyes.” John Lee Hooker told us how the blues is supposed to be played— with each foot tapping to a different beat ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/john-lee-hooker-how-to-play-the-blues 7dJ6nvzrxrBnSB6UissHUV Sun, 02 Feb 2025 12:07:14 +0000 Thu, 01 May 2025 14:10:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He looked at me and said, 'I can't teach you that.' So I said, ‘Then I can't take a music class!’” Buddy Guy on the one thing every guitarist needs to play the blues ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/he-looked-at-me-and-said-i-cant-teach-you-that-so-i-said-then-i-cant-take-a-music-class-buddy-guy-on-the-one-thing-every-guitarist-needs-to-play-the-blues u467QfjrA6xNLeTauX2qeA Sat, 25 Jan 2025 17:19:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He blazed a trail and has left a lasting legacy, he deserves to be honored in his home city.” An Irish councilor is pushing for a Gary Moore statue in his hometown of Belfast ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/gary-moore-belfast-statue-planned tckLdbDGX7KqsPEVdegNoR Wed, 22 Jan 2025 18:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Eric thought he was going to have this little blues trio and be like Buddy Guy. We had different ideas." Jack Bruce on how Eric Clapton was the odd man out in Cream ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/jack-bruce-on-eric-clapton-the-blues-and-cream MQDiciDfNcPCTxdU93sLv8 Sun, 19 Jan 2025 20:56:25 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:19:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “That’s the song that made me realize I love this and want to do it forever.” Grace Bowers reveals the legends who inspired her blues ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/grace-bowers-on-slash-and-bb-king 2x3vtQtwEgAVwM9HcipWL3 Fri, 10 Jan 2025 16:48:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ "That's where you control your tone. It’s surprising to me that so few people really talk about it." Sue Foley serves up five game-changing blues guitar tips ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/lessons/advice-tips/sue-foley-offers-five-essential-blues-guitar-tips RABPSqjmjPmhaQvWxP4GjK Mon, 06 Jan 2025 17:07:43 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:19:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I get disrespected before I even play. People take one look at me and immediately get a thought in their head of what I am." How teen blues guitar sensation Grace Bowers is winning over critics one gig at a time ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/grace-bowers-i-get-disrespected ntcyk6opiBFUFnQf3AcRd8 Tue, 31 Dec 2024 21:42:37 +0000 Thu, 02 Jan 2025 19:27:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “This is the biggest challenge of my musical life.” Joe Bonamassa on the honor and pressures of his upcoming Rory Gallagher tribute shows in Ireland ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/joe-bonamassa-on-his-rory-gallagher-tribute-shows 7oksWPJ572UMqV9g8QCkSj Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:20:54 +0000 Sat, 28 Dec 2024 13:01:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ "That's his DNA right there." Joe Bonamassa plays Rory Gallagher's "other" Strat. But his excitement isn't about the guitar ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/joe-bonamassa-on-the-legacy-of-rory-gallaghers-guitars 8ake539Wr88haZWUStJbzZ Thu, 19 Dec 2024 13:13:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I could hear the amps humming.” Derek Trucks says playing with Buddy Guy taught him the secret power of turning down your volume ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/derek-trucks-on-playing-with-buddy-guy iG8SGE8srLnka9sXS5U4Go Tue, 17 Dec 2024 19:17:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If you're playing with a flatpick full-time, you're only half playing the guitar.” Rory Gallagher delivers a master class in blues in Guitar Player’s 1978 interview ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/rory-gallagher-talks-the-blues-in-a-1978-Guitar-Player-cover-story Rh9mcX3j7duEVojS9AY3EW Sun, 15 Dec 2024 19:08:25 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:19:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I got backstage and gave the watch back to him. He had a light — an aura or energy —about him." Guitarist Jim Suhler recalls meeting Stevie Ray Vaughan and the career-shaping advice he gave him ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/jim-suhler-stevie-ray-vaughan QmvYsbC6svJdyds5YrS3s5 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 13:48:59 +0000 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 13:52:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He let everyone know he was the new dangerous kid on the block. It started me on a relentless mission to find out just who this man was”: Eric Clapton reveals the guitarist that inspired him to quit the Bluesbreakers and form Cream ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/eric-clapton-on-buddy-guy-and-cream kNZBKALvx9KCULxDXmwGFb Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:17:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I might have done better in the Bluesbreakers than in the Yardbirds. But I didn't want to be mimicking Chicago blues musicians forever." Jeff Beck said he turned down a spot in John Mayall’s group, only for Jimi Hendrix to nearly derail his career ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/why-jeff-beck-turned-down-john-mayall-and-the-bluesbreakers 3Eu35Mwoe5ofcG6sT9QL74 Fri, 08 Nov 2024 17:05:43 +0000 Fri, 12 Sep 2025 12:24:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “John Mayall said I was the best guitarist he’d heard since Eric Clapton. I tried to float on that.” Peter Green recalled talking his way into Eric Clapton’s Bluesbreakers shoes. That's when his struggles began ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/peter-green-on-the-bluesbreakers-and-eric-clapton-comparisons yZLSzYuTkUcVCMBVzTohZX Thu, 07 Nov 2024 13:50:06 +0000 Thu, 07 Nov 2024 13:50:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We brought in some Marshalls and stacked them, and my friend started playing some bad blues”: Ritchie Blackmore once protested hotel construction by cranking his amps at 3 a.m. – but didn't know that Eric Clapton was in the room next door ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/ritchie-blackmore-marshall-stack-hotel-room-eric-clapton 8B5B3WBpvnmB6nwXJ58gN9 Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:36:55 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A blues powerhouse that answers the question, ’What if Jerry Lee Lewis played guitar?’” He was one of jazz guitar’s greatest tutors, but on Wildest Guitar, Mickey Baker’s playing is unhinged in the best possible way ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/mickey-baker-wildest-guitar mogvViaQg9ApzJ7mohKWjV Thu, 29 Aug 2024 12:27:36 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:08:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A new and unique take on the classic Bluesbreaker with boutique-style modded tones”: Origin Effects honors Marshall’s iconic 1990s drive pedal with the Halcyon Blue Overdrive ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/origin-efects-halycob-blue-overdrive-pedal U9GfXXLziaRgn6fg4wwwJH Thu, 29 Aug 2024 11:16:38 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:55 +0000