Aug 6, 2018 | Guitar Players
Here’s a name that you might not have heard for a few years – Eric Gales. If you go back in time to the late Eighties there were tons of new guitar heroes coming out each and every day. Because of the influence of mainly EVH and SRV (and all the hair...
Apr 15, 2018 | Guitar songs
If you want to get schooled on Muddy Waters, aka McKinley Morganfield – The Chess Box collection is the way to get started. For a man that made blues music from 1941 to 1982 you’re certainly not going to capture it all in this three disc set, but you can...
Apr 10, 2009 | Guitar Players
Josh White was a blues master who influenced some very famous musicians from Nat King Cole, to Bob Dylan, Merle Travis, and John Fogerty. It’s pretty rare when primarily blues player influences musicians in soul, folk, country, and rock and roll. Josh was known...
Jun 20, 2008 | Guitar videos, Joe Bonamassa
I love Joe Bonamassa. He has a distinctive blues guitar playing style that is a mix of Gary Moore and Pat Travers – in my opinion. The thing about him is he kind of burst on the scene when he was about 12 years old as a prodigy, and now that he’s 31 his...
Apr 7, 2008 | Guitar videos
This is an incredible performance you may not have seen yet, it’s Billy Gibbons of “that little ‘ol band from Texas” – ZZ Top! He’s playing at the Fender gala at NAMM – and he belts out his rendition of “Texas...
Mar 2, 2008 | Guitar videos
Today is a very sad day for guitarist as we lay another of our own to rest. Jeff Healey who had been battling cancer for most of his life died at age 41. Jeff meant a great deal to me since he’s only two years older, and I can remember first hearing of him just...
Feb 26, 2008 | Guitar videos, Ronnie Earl
There are a lot of unsung blues guitar heroes, but the one I find a lot of guitarists still don’t know is Ronnie Earl. I can’t remember the first time I head him, but he’s incredible. I like guitar players that have a distinctive voice – and he...
