Play What You Want To Hear
Wow man, I was so impressed by this Jimmie Vaughan interview, mainly because he goes through the thought process of how he (and how other great blues guitar players like BB, Freddie King, Eric Clapton and Gatemouth Brown) developed their own style. It’s one thing to learn the guitar, another to be able to play […]
Tyler Bryant – The Next Blues Guitar Prodigy?
He’s been paying his dues, which these days has as much to do with hitting the social networks as it does hitting the clubs. Texas blues guitar player Tyler Bryant, by all accounts, is the real deal impressing live audiences and YouTube nation…a double whammy marketing effort building his brand before his first album is […]
Congratulations MonkeyJunk!
Ottawa blues trio MonkeyJunk took away the top Canadian Blues Award at this weekend’s Juno Awards…nice icing on what has been a very busy and positive year. From day 1 – when Matt Sobb, Tony D and Steve Marriner came together for an open blues jam at Irene’s Pub – the chemistry has been strong. […]
Blues Super Group – Arc Angels
Even after all these years I find myself going back to watch clips of the Arc Angels – perhaps one of the best blues power groups ever assembled and yet they only stayed together for such a short time. I suppose it’s no surprise that the mega rhythm sections of all time (SRV’s Double Trouble) […]
Blues Concert DVD – Top Holiday Ideas
Looking for a holiday gift Christmas idea for someone you know loves blues music or blues guitar? I know in my case, I would be happy getting nothing else but a blues CD or DVD for Christmas – and for those around you, it’s so easy and quick to order them online and have them […]
Rare Picture of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Muddy Waters
I had no idea that Stevie Ray Vaughan had ever met Muddy Waters, until now, most others didn’t either. Can you imagine the stories they would have and, if a few years earlier, the kind of music Stevie and Muddy may have made together. Two giants of the blues guitar and blues music in general, […]
T-Bone Walker, Blues Guitar And The I-II-IV-V
[mc src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFqK6PBq-hA&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL37DEC2F0013CE888″ type=”youtube”]T-Bone Walker[/mc]I’ve been in a mood for going back and learning some blues guitar strategies, techniques and styles from the greats – was listening to this video of T-Bone Walker playing at the “Jazz at the Philharmonic” – the first song I noticed the often used example of T-Bone changing up the standard […]
Texas Blues Guitar – Johnny Winter – Roots
I still remember fondly one of my very first concerts back in the mid 1990’s saw Johnny Winter play the National Arts Center Theatre here in Ottawa…a venue typically reserved for proper theatre goers rather than loud, heavy drinking bikers, youth and blues revellers – but that night turned out to be magic. It was […]
Robert Randolph – If I Had My Way
When Robert Randolph brings his family band along anywhere near where I live (and sometimes not so near) I make sure I see him. Part revival meeting, part instrumental master, with equal parts new age and old soul Robert Randolph has never disappointed always bringing a fresh approach with massive passion to anything he plays. […]
Keith Richards With Some Acoustic Blues
We all know the Rolling Stones are a blues-based band, and at times that blues even shines through in their playing, but rarely do we get to hear some roots delta blues coming from the likes of Keith Richards like this: Who knew he had all that individual blues guitar talent — it’s not everyone […]