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10 Slide Guitarists To Add To Your Blues Playlist

10 Slide Guitarists To Add To Your Blues Playlist

Oct 24, 2018

Slide guitar is a fundamental part of the blues. When W.C. Handy first 'discovered' the blues at a train station in Tutwiler, Mississippi, it was a slide guitarist responsible for that revelatory experience: A lean loose-jointed Negro had commenced plunking a guitar beside me while I slept ... As he played,...

6 Modern Blues Artists You Need To Hear

6 Modern Blues Artists You Need To Hear

Jul 1, 2018

Contrary to popular belief, the modern blues scene is alive and well. Guitarists like Joe Bonamassa, Gary Clark Jr and Derek Trucks are filling concert halls and arenas with legions of die hard blues fans and garnering attention from a wider audience. Beyond these giants of the modern blues scene,...

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....

Stevie Ray Vaughan: Nothing but A Jimi Hendrix Rip Off?

Stevie Ray Vaughan: Nothing but A Jimi Hendrix Rip Off?

Mar 3, 2018

‘I can’t stand him mate – he’s just a total Jimi Hendrix rip off. He has no originality and no licks of his own. His music is so boring to listen to…’  So stated my local barber on a damp and dreary Saturday afternoon in London. Jimi Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys were playing...

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