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Rebecca Salinas
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“So well-versed in the art of blues that B.B. King said ‘he was like another one of my sons’”: 12 blues guitar albums that chart the genre – and the instrument’s – evolution
guitarworld.com - By Ellie Rogers
Caught the blues guitar bug bad but not sure what to listen to next? We’ve got you covered with 12 of the best albums from some of the greatest …
jha
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23 hours ago
“My three mentors are B.B. King, Albert King and Jimi Hendrix. I don’t think it does Hendrix any service for me to be compared to him, because he was a genius”: How Robin Trower crafted his blistering tonal triumph, Day of the Eagle
Guitar Player - Joe Matera
“It’s probably the best rock and roll song I’ve ever written,” Robin Trower says about Day of the Eagle, the frenetic, heavy blues track from his …
Guitar World
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4 hours ago
“When I play the trill with my finger, my hand is not on the neck at all. It all comes from the wrist”: The story of B.B. King, the greatest blues guitar player of all time
guitarworld.com - By Neville Marten
The man born Riley B. King had every right to play the blues. Revered by peers such as Buddy Guy, Freddie King, Albert King, Chuck Berry and Otis …
Apr 10
Learn the greatest licks from over 100 years of trailblazing blues guitarists, from Robert Johnson to B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Eric Gales and more
guitarworld.com - By Richard Barrett
Today, we can listen to over one hundred years of blues. Sylvester Weaver’s unaccompanied instrumental Guitar Blues (1923) may be the earliest example …
Gravel Pit
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5 days ago
Buddy Guy, 87, On Farewell Tour, Chess Records And City Of Chicago
Forbes - Jim Ryan
In 1957, at the age of just 21, Buddy Guy left Louisiana for Chicago in search of the blues. Born to sharecroppers in Lettsworth, Louisiana, not far from the Mississippi border, Guy worked on the farm. While he channeled Guitar Slim in his frenetic, often distorted playing of the electric guitar, …
dwight miller
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6 days ago
“We’re the birthplace of blues, country and rock and roll music, and the guitar is at the core of all of it”: The America at the Crossroads exhibit charts the guitar’s history with instruments owned by Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, and more
yahoo.com - Jim Beaugez
Guitar players and enthusiasts will find a coterie of familiar faces adorning the Hall of Fame rotunda at the Mississippi Arts + Entertainment …

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6,218 Followers

#B.B. King

“So well-versed in the art of blues that B.B. King said ‘he was like another one of my sons’”: 12 blues guitar albums that chart the genre – and the instrument’s – evolution

“My three mentors are B.B. King, Albert King and Jimi Hendrix. I don’t think it does Hendrix any service for me to be compared to him, because he was a genius”: How Robin Trower crafted his blistering tonal triumph, Day of the Eagle

“When I play the trill with my finger, my hand is not on the neck at all. It all comes from the wrist”: The story of B.B. King, the greatest blues guitar player of all time

Learn the greatest licks from over 100 years of trailblazing blues guitarists, from Robert Johnson to B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Eric Gales and more

Buddy Guy, 87, On Farewell Tour, Chess Records And City Of Chicago

“We’re the birthplace of blues, country and rock and roll music, and the guitar is at the core of all of it”: The America at the Crossroads exhibit charts the guitar’s history with instruments owned by Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, and more

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