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21 Top New Blues Guitarists As Chosen By You Meet the young guitarists who are shaping the blues for a new generation of players
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“Everything About This Record Captured the Essence of Who I Am”: Marcus King Takes the Brakes off for New Album, ‘Young Blood’ Co-written with the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, this heartfelt rock and roll record is the guitar sensation’s most personal yet
Faherty with his Blue Teisco ET-440 Spectrum and Stubbs with his new Waterslide Guitars custom Telecaster. This was Faherty’s first Teisco, bought for the Hound Dog Taylor tribute album. “We did a lot of trial and error to find the guitar that got close to Hound Dog Taylor’s tone,” he says. He eventually sold it to buy a 1960s Kingston S4T and 1960s Kawai SD40.
“We Try to Always Make a Record That We Would Want to Listen to”: GA-20 Guitarists Matt Stubbs and Pat Faherty Show Us the Gear That Fuels Their Authentic Blues-Rock Tone Their stripped-down approach has propelled the “Lords of Lo-Fi” to the top of the blues charts

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Christone “Kingfish” Ingram performs during 2022 Shoals Fest at McFarland Park on October 01, 2022 in Florence, Alabama.

“Blues Is Life”: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Talks the Future of Blues

By Joe Bosso published 20 December 22

Here’s how the Mississippian guitarist is taking music forward

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By Guitar Player Staff published 2 November 22

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