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Memphis Minnie
Listen to Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe’s 1929 Original “When the Levee Breaks”

By Guitar Player Staff Published

Here’s why the artist born Lizzie Douglas remains a blues guitar legend

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Mark Morton (right) and Willie Adler pictured in 2009.
“I’m a Blues Guitarist in a Metal Band”: Blues-Rock Aficionado Mark Morton and Hardcore Metalhead Willie Adler Talk Lamb of God’s Unlikely Guitar Pairing

By Joe Bosso Published

Despite their “deep-seated rivalry,” the axmen peacefully co-exist with some “friendly competition”

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Walter Trout
"I Just Don't See Any Need for Pedals”: Walter Trout Shows Us How He Gets All the Tones He Needs From His Vintage Mesa/Boogie Mark IV Amp

By Scott Rowley Published

VIDEO “My pedalboard right now is this carpet and my shoes,” says the bluesman in the final episode of 'Pedalpocalypse'

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21 Top New Blues Guitarists As Chosen By You

By Mark McStea, Jimmy Leslie, Joe Bosso, Matt Thayer Published

Meet the young guitarists who are shaping the blues for a new generation of players

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Larkin Poe: Rebecca (left) and Megan Lovell
“We Are Crazy About Riffs”: Rebecca and Megan Lovell Reveal the Secrets Behind Larkin Poe’s Alchemical Magic

By Vinnie DeMasi Published

The southern sibling songsters talk turning classic blues riffs into modern fuzzed-out blues-rock hooks on their latest album, ‘Blood Harmony’

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B.B. King 'Sing Sing Thanksgiving'
Watch B.B. King’s Awe-Inspiring ‘Sing Sing Thanksgiving’ Performance 50 Years On

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

VIDEO Filmmaker David Hoffman says the legendary bluesman called this “the best recording of his music he had heard”

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Vote for Your Favorite New Blues Guitarist

By Guitar Player Staff Published

Take part in our “New Breed of Blues” poll

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Junior Kimbrough performs at Junior’s Place, a.k.a. Junior’s Juke Joint, in Chulahoma, Mississippi, in 1999
The Evolution of Hill Country Blues

By Jim Beaugez Published

From Mississippi Fred McDowell to Cedric Burnside, here’s how a new generation is taking the juke joint sound forward

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Charlie Musselwhite
“There Was More to It Than Just Music”: Charlie Musselwhite Talks Blues

By Jim Beaugez Published

The revered harp player finds his way back to the guitar on new album, ‘Mississippi Son’

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Stephen Dale Petit
Listen to Stephen Dale Petit’s ‘2020 Visions’ – One of the Most Exciting Guitar Records We’ve Heard This Year

By Joe Bosso Published

This fascinating interview tells the story of a career that has seen the U.S. expat cross paths with everyone from Randy Rhoads to Albert King to Eric Clapton and Mick Taylor

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