Blues “I Want to Be an Inspiration to Young Girls”: Blues Phenom Ally Venable Steps up to the Big Leagues With New Album, ‘Real Gone’ “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 Have the Same Old Blues Chord Shapes Become Stale and Boring? Here’s How to Avoid Sounding Predictable Avoid the trap of humdrum chords by getting command of a few alternate dominant voicings Fatten Your Chops With Double-Stops in the Style of Blues Legends Like B.B. King, Lightnin' Hopkins and Robert Johnson These essential phrases will help you speak the language of blues guitar Latest Blues Blues Turnarounds (Part 2) By Phil Capone published 14 October 21 How to play soulful, harmonically effective melodies over the last four bars of a blues progression in the styles of the genre’s greatest players. Steve Hackett Reveals the Beatles’ Crucial Influence on Genesis By Michael Molenda published 12 October 21 The guitarist discusses the progression of modern music and his own evolution as a musician. “Girl, How Crazy You Was and How Dangerous It Was”: Blues Icon Jessie Mae Hemphill Looks Back on Her Remarkable Life in Music By Sue Foley published 11 October 21 The one-woman band shares some hard-won wisdom. No One Works Harder to Keep Guitar in the Nashville Sound than Lindsay Ell. By Jim Beaugez published 8 October 21 The Canadian country star talks Strats and touring with A-listers. Five Reasons Alan Wilson Remains a Guitar Legend By Guitar Player Staff published 30 September 21 The Canned Heat founder helped bring Son House out of retirement and was dubbed “the greatest harmonica player ever” by John Lee Hooker. Here’s Why Blind Lemon Jefferson Was a Guitar Genius By Jim Campilongo published 29 September 21 The Father of Texas Blues helped shape the future of rock 'n' roll. Watch Joe Bonamassa’s New “Time Clocks” Music Video By Rod Brakes published 29 September 21 Video Jo Bo releases title track from his forthcoming ‘Time Clocks’ album. Video Award-Winning Aussie Guitarist Fiona Boyes Reveals She Didn’t Start Playing Until Her Mid to Late 20s By Sue Foley published 23 September 21 “I should have been old enough to know better,” says the Wonder from Down Under. Definitive B.B. King Biography ‘King of the Blues’ Available to Pre-Order By Rod Brakes published 22 September 21 Read this sneak peek telling the story of “3 O'Clock Blues” – the song that launched the great man’s career. Carolyn Wonderland Talks Going from the Sidelines to Center Stage By Sue Foley published 14 September 21 Following in the footsteps of Eric Clapton, Peter Green, and Mick Taylor the Texan powerhouse has filled some of blues guitar’s biggest shoes. 123456789Archives Get The Pick NewsletterAll the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox!Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors MOST READ1Follow the lead of players like Mark Knopfler, Albert Collins, and Lindsey Buckingham, and open the door to new techniques and textures, with this primer in fingerstyle rock guitar2“If a modern shred axe with a bayonet-sharp headstock and a floating Floyd suits your musical vibe, you’ll be thrilled with how useful this new guitar is”: Jackson American Series Virtuoso review 3“I was playing the Breeders' Divine Hammer, and my whole hand cramped up, I couldn’t move it... It seemed so simple, but it was something I would never play”: J Mascis went electric for his new solo album, but (mostly) without his usual Jazzmaster4“I was using a Telecaster because it had a really clean tone for my fingerstyle approach. Fleetwood Mac's pre-existing sound was much fatter, and they felt the Tele really didn’t fit”: Lindsey Buckingham on his turn to Turner guitars 5“I went to Mickie Most's office with an acoustic guitar and played it. It was almost like one of those clichéd movie moments: he said, ‘That’s going to be a hit!’”: Session guitar ace Chris Spedding reveals the stories behind five of his best songs
Blues Turnarounds (Part 2) By Phil Capone published 14 October 21 How to play soulful, harmonically effective melodies over the last four bars of a blues progression in the styles of the genre’s greatest players.
Steve Hackett Reveals the Beatles’ Crucial Influence on Genesis By Michael Molenda published 12 October 21 The guitarist discusses the progression of modern music and his own evolution as a musician.
“Girl, How Crazy You Was and How Dangerous It Was”: Blues Icon Jessie Mae Hemphill Looks Back on Her Remarkable Life in Music By Sue Foley published 11 October 21 The one-woman band shares some hard-won wisdom.
No One Works Harder to Keep Guitar in the Nashville Sound than Lindsay Ell. By Jim Beaugez published 8 October 21 The Canadian country star talks Strats and touring with A-listers.
Five Reasons Alan Wilson Remains a Guitar Legend By Guitar Player Staff published 30 September 21 The Canned Heat founder helped bring Son House out of retirement and was dubbed “the greatest harmonica player ever” by John Lee Hooker.
Here’s Why Blind Lemon Jefferson Was a Guitar Genius By Jim Campilongo published 29 September 21 The Father of Texas Blues helped shape the future of rock 'n' roll.
Watch Joe Bonamassa’s New “Time Clocks” Music Video By Rod Brakes published 29 September 21 Video Jo Bo releases title track from his forthcoming ‘Time Clocks’ album.
Award-Winning Aussie Guitarist Fiona Boyes Reveals She Didn’t Start Playing Until Her Mid to Late 20s By Sue Foley published 23 September 21 “I should have been old enough to know better,” says the Wonder from Down Under.
Definitive B.B. King Biography ‘King of the Blues’ Available to Pre-Order By Rod Brakes published 22 September 21 Read this sneak peek telling the story of “3 O'Clock Blues” – the song that launched the great man’s career.
Carolyn Wonderland Talks Going from the Sidelines to Center Stage By Sue Foley published 14 September 21 Following in the footsteps of Eric Clapton, Peter Green, and Mick Taylor the Texan powerhouse has filled some of blues guitar’s biggest shoes.