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How To Sound Like Gary Moore

How To Sound Like Gary Moore

Sep 4, 2020

From the moment I first heard ‘Parisienne Walkways’ I have wanted to sound like Gary Moore. He has a fiery blues tone that is powerful and intense, yet full of soul. It is a beautiful tone that will serve you well as a blues guitarist, regardless of whether you are...

How To Sound Like Rory Gallagher

How To Sound Like Rory Gallagher

Aug 17, 2020

I have wanted to sound like Rory Gallagher since I was 13 years old. I had only just started to play the guitar, when my parents bought me a CD called ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’. It featured a collection of some of the most iconic guitar solos of all time...

10 Lessons You Can Learn From Peter Green

10 Lessons You Can Learn From Peter Green

Jul 25, 2020

Record producer Mike Vernon once described Peter Green as  the 'very best blues guitarist' that England has ever produced. That is saying something, considering that Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page - amongst others - all grew up calling England home. Yet it was a sentiment that was shared by...

Happy Bluesman Records #5:<em> John Mayall’s Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton</em>

Happy Bluesman Records #5: John Mayall’s Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton

Jul 3, 2020

John Mayall's Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton is an album that changed the history of music. It helped to set the British Blues boom in motion, which in turn led to the birth of rock music. Indirectly, this led to a major shift in youth culture and created the hippy movement...

10 Lessons You Can Learn From Gary Moore

10 Lessons You Can Learn From Gary Moore

Jun 20, 2020

Gary Moore is one of most gifted and technically skilled guitarists in the history of the blues. He is also one of the most interesting. Moore took the traditional form of the blues and fused it with heavy rock, shred guitar, and glam rock. In a totally unique way, he combined the...

How To Sound Like Peter Green

How To Sound Like Peter Green

Nov 7, 2018

I have wanted to sound like Peter Green from the moment I first heard 'Black Magic Woman' as a teenager.  In my opinion, Green's playing represents everything that is so brilliant about the blues. He plays with pure emotion. His playing is not fast, nor is it flashy. He doesn't use...

Peter Green: The Most Underrated Guitarist In British Blues?

Peter Green: The Most Underrated Guitarist In British Blues?

Mar 27, 2018

Fleetwood Mac are one of the most commercially successful bands of all time. They have sold more than 100 million records worldwide, won countless awards and accolades and until recently have continued to sell out packed arenas and stadia. Their album Rumours alone clocked up over 40 million sales, placing it amongst the top 10 best selling albums ever....

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