Brian May will go down as many music fans' favourite guitarists. But who does he cite as his influence? Read more about it ...

For many, Jimi Hendrix is the ultimate influence, the man who taught musicians how to use a guitar. But he too had influences ...

From Son House to Eric Gales, John Lee Hooker to Albert Collins, these classics highlight how blues guitar has changed over the years – its stories, tones and techniques all passed down and ...

Popular YouTube guitar teacher Marty Schwartz claims that Slash from Guns N’ Roses learned blues techniques from his videos. In a new upload to his channel, where he has more than 4.5 million ...

This turnaround in E uses a common descending pattern in bar 1 that’s based on an E major arpeggio, moving down chromatically. The B9 chord in bar 2 is a bluesier variation on B7 (made more bluesy by ...

Guitar lessons: The most common chord progression is known as a ‘12-bar blues’, which, predictably is 12 bars long (eight-, 16- and 24-bar versions are common, too). What the name doesn’t tell you is ...

Eric Gales has announced a new album paying tribute to his brother, the late blues guitar maverick Little Jimmy King – and its first single finds Gales trading licks with the great Buddy Guy and ...

Recommended He added: “Whatever can help the blues stay alive, I’m all for it, and I will try anything. I said, I don’t know if I’m good enough to do that.

But in Mexico City in 1975, Tito was very much the young bluesman. As seen during one part of the show, which was filmed for release, Tito, then all of 22, begins the interlude with mellow blues ...

Matt "Guitar" Murphy, best known as the guitarist for the Blues Brothers, died Friday (June 15). He was 88. By Mitchell Peters Matt “Guitar” Murphy, best known as the guitarist for the Blues ...

In a new interview with Guitar World, Tyrone Vaughan reflects on his own blues journey, from the pressures of inheriting the Vaughan surname and touring with his father, to following in the ...