When people talk about playing slide, the conversation often progresses on to open tunings, heavier strings, and a high action. It’s true that these can make things easier and, in some cases such as ...
There are far too many blues innovators to mention them all but listen to Delta pioneers Charley Patton, Son House and Robert Johnson to appreciate the roots of the genre. 13 easy drum songs every ...
The first slide guitar recording (and first instrumental blues recording) was made by Sylvester Weaver for Okeh Records (No. 8109) in 1923, the A-side being "Guitar Blues" and the B- side "Guitar Rag.
The Acoustic Blues Guitar Method Complete by Lou Manzi is a compilation of the previously released Beginning Acoustic Blues Guitar Method, Intermediate Acoustic Blues Guitar Method, and Mastering ...
A classic Chicago blues-style shuffle. Use your first finger on the 2nd fret and add your third or fourth finger on the higher notes. Muddy Waters’ riffs were often played around the open E shape but ...
Today, we can listen to over one hundred years of blues. Sylvester Weaver’s unaccompanied instrumental Guitar Blues (1923) may be the earliest example of recorded blues guitar, with Son House, Charlie ...
WHEN Roy Rogers delivers a scorching slide guitar riff that cuts through the atmosphere like lightning, there’s no confusing him with the old Western movie cowboy of the same name. His crying tone, ...