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B.B. King performing in 1969.
"You Don’t Want to Play Like B.B. King or Somebody Else. You Want to Be You": Some Collected Words of Wisdom From B.B. King Himself

By Michael Molenda Published

"Try to ‘borrow’ a little bit from each guy. And, like that, you become you," said the King of the Blues

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Erja Lyytinen
"Open C Tuning With a Slide Gives It a Whole New Approach": Watch Blues Rocker Erja Lyytinen’s Up-Tempo Live Rendition of Jimi Hendrix’s “Crosstown Traffic”

By Rod Brakes Published

Video The Finnish guitarist’s latest track appears ahead of new double live album, ‘Diamonds on the Road – Live 2023’

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Christone "Kingfish" Ingram performs in concert during Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on June 16, 2023 in Manchester, Tennessee.
"Blues Music Is My First Love": Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Reveals Five Life-Changing Riffs

By Jim Beaugez Published

Video The Fender signature artist and Grammy-winning bluesman talks vital influences from Albert King and B.B. King to Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Hazel

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Eddy Clearwater poses for a studio portrait in 1975, holding a Fender Telecaster guitar, in the United States.
Ten of the Greatest Chicago Blues Songs

By Guitar Player Staff Published

Return to the source of inspiration with these Windy City blues guitar classics

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Bonnie Raitt performs on stage at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, on August 6th, 1977. She is playing a Fender Stratocaster guitar.
Five Incredible Under-the-Radar Blues Guitar Solos by Fender Stratocaster Players

By Guitar Player Staff Published

From Jimmie Vaughan, Doyle Bramhall II and Kenny Wayne Shepherd to Robert Cray and Bonnie Raitt, these deep cuts are bound to have you reaching for your Strat

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Samantha Fish performs with a white Gibson SG guitar in the documentary film 'Love Letters: Samantha Fish Live from New Orleans'
Watch the Essential ‘Love Letters: Samantha Fish Live from New Orleans’ Documentary Concert Special

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

Video This unmissable film offers an intimate look into the life and career of one of today’s most vital blues artists

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Blues Hall of Fame inductee Charlie Musselwhite, guitar detail, performs onstage at Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine on January 17, 2023 in Malibu, California.
The Mixolydian Blues Scale Could Be the Most Useful Scale of All

By Guitar Player Staff Last updated

This scale reigns supreme as the chief source for carving those major/minor blues-based licks that sound so good over dominant 7th chords

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Muddy Waters’ Chess Blues Masters Series
“It’s so Raw, It’s Bloody”: Jim Campilongo Explains Why Muddy Waters’ Chess Blues Masters Series Album Is His Undisputed Desert Island Blues Disc

By Jim Campilongo Published

The father of modern Chicago electric blues along with Little Walter, Willie Dixon, James Cotton, Otis Span, Tat Harris and others work their mojo on this collection of groundbreaking masterpieces

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Joanna Connor performs at a sold-out show at Rosa's Lounge on March 26, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois.
“I Was Going to Do It and No One Was Going to Stop Me”: Joanna Connor Talks Breaking into the Chicago Blues Scene

By Sue Foley Published

“You had to be tough to play there,” says the KTBA Records star

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Del Rey
“How can you make a cult figure of Robert Johnson, who recorded 30 Sides, and ignore Memphis Minnie, who recorded 200?” Del Rey speaks up about female guitar History

By Sue Foley Published

“Girls are just empowered to do whatever they want to do now… It’s a good thing,” says the blues virtuoso

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