Buddy Guy Still Nailing It With Live Blues Guitar

Great to see this recent write-up about Buddy Guy’s impressive headline show at the Aurora IL blues festival held earlier this year…not only is he making his 74-years look like a 40-year old, one could argue that Buddy’s brand of Chicago blues gets better with age.  3 Things You Are Guaranteed At Any Buddy Guy […]

Robert Johnson Legend Lives On

Every great movement has its legends, for blues – and blue guitar especially – no legend is greater than that of Robert Johnson. A mystery man that was known by many names, by all accounts a transient who never stayed in one place very long, and a man who died young under very suspicious circumstances.  […]

Jimmy Vaughan – Rhythm, Timing and Melody

You’ve heard it a thousand times right – blues guitar is as much about when you play the notes as the quantity of notes you play on the guitar.  After all, it is the combination of steady, infectious rhythm with creative melodies crafted with an instinctive sense of timing that creates the masters of the […]