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Here’s How Bottleneck Master Son House Set a Precedent for What Blues – and, in Turn, Rock and Roll – Could Be
A part-time preacher, the blues legend – born Edward James House Jr. – influenced generations
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
The forefather of rock and roll was charming and dangerous in equal measure
Watch Howlin’ Wolf’s Electrifying “Smokestack Lightning” Performance Featuring Hubert Sumlin on Guitar
Video The biggest, baddest voice of the Chicago blues scene, Wolf was a far-reaching inspiration
On ‘The Memphis Sounds,’ Lonnie Mack Shreds and Displays a Virtuosity That Could Humble Blues Breaker-Era Eric Clapton
His Gibson Flying V played through a Magnatone 460 amplifier sounds truly iconic
Every Guitar Player Can Learn Something From Listening to Les Paul and Mary Ford’s ‘Bye Bye Blues!’
Featuring great melodies, bends, trills, slides and raking, the electric guitar innovator always puts the listener first on this ‘50s gem
The Mixolydian Blues Scale Could Be the Most Useful Scale of All
This scale reigns supreme as the chief source for carving those major/minor blues-based licks that sound so good over dominant 7th chords
Watch Tommy Emmanuel and Molly Tuttle's Spectacular Studio Performance of Townes Van Zandt’s “White Freight Liner Blues”
Video In this ‘Guitar Player’ exclusive, we reveal the first track from Tommy Emmanuel's upcoming full-length collaborations album, ‘Accomplice Two’
“We Copied Them Exactly”: Marshall’s Steve Smith Introduces the New Guv’nor, Bluesbreaker, Drivemaster and Shredmaster Reissues
Handmade in the U.K., Marshall’s new gain pedals are authentic replicas of the original ‘black box’ units
