Latest Blues

Ally Venable

“I Want to Be an Inspiration to Young Girls”: Blues Phenom Ally Venable Steps up to the Big Leagues With New Album, ‘Real Gone’

By Joe Bosso published

“If I can be a role model to girls and get them to pick up the guitar, then I’ll feel like I made a real impact,” says the Les Paul-toting Texan

Freddie King

Have the Same Old Blues Chord Shapes Become Stale and Boring? Here’s How to Avoid Sounding Predictable

By Guitar Player Staff published

Avoid the trap of humdrum chords by getting command of a few alternate dominant voicings

CIRCA 1968: B.B. King performs live onstage with Gibson ES-355 semi-hollow electric guitar

Fatten Your Chops With Double-Stops in the Style of Blues Legends Like B.B. King, Lightnin' Hopkins and Robert Johnson

By Guitar Player Staff published

These essential phrases will help you speak the language of blues guitar

Catfish Keith

“What Captured Me Early on Was the One-Guitar-as-Orchestra Kind of Approach”: Catfish Keith Has Copious Licks in His Bag of Tricks

By Jimmy Leslie published

From slide to fingerstyle, Catfish Keith’s modern technical virtuosity makes old-time country blues simmer with new flavors

Guy performs on the Blues Tent stage during the 40th annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, May 3, 2009.

“I’ve Dedicated My Life to the Blues, and a Lot of Other People Have, Too. What Did We Do to Be Treated Like That?”: Buddy Guy Has, Most Definitely, Still Got the Blues

By Gary Graff published

“I’ve kept doing it so people don’t forget Muddy and Wolf, B.B. – all the rest of ’em,” says the Strat-toting blues guru

The Rolling Stones in 1963 (L-R): Bill Wyman, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Brian Jones.

Watch the Rolling Stones' Iconic Television Performance of Willie Dixon’s “Little Red Rooster”

By Guitar Player Staff published

Video The producer, bassist and immensely prolific songwriter was responsible for some of the blues’ – and popular music’s – most enduring hits

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Robert Johnson and Gibson L-1

“In the Canon of the Blues, His Songs Are Really Top of the Heap”: Walter Trout Explains Why Robert Johnson Is Considered in a League of His Own

By Guitar Player Staff published

Covered by the likes of Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton, Robert Johnson’s originals are the ground zero of recorded Delta blues

Gary Moore performs in London in 1973.

Watch Gary Moore Shred the Blues

By Guitar Player Staff published

Video The late bluesman from Belfast demonstrates his world-class technique and explains what makes a great electric guitar

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Led Zeppelin perform live

“I Owe It to All of Them”: Jimmy Page Explains How His Love of the Blues Fueled the Fire for One of Rock’s Biggest Bands

By Guitar Player Staff published

“It was just an undeniable element of everything that was going on in Led Zeppelin,” says the guitarist

Lead Belly playin 12-string acoustic guitar

He Escaped From a Chain Gang, Charmed His Way out of Prison, and Was Immortalized in Music History: How Lead Belly Became a Guitar Legend

By Guitar Player Staff published

The forefather of rock and roll was charming and dangerous in equal measure

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