When the lifelong guitar player and freedom fighter Michael Gregory Jackson found himself burdened by the weight of systemic racism in an increasingly hostile climate, he found solace in the healing power of his git boxes and a new solo album.
In addition to his work on Little Willie John's 'Fever' and Charles Brown's 'Please Come Home for Christmas,' Paul was on the original recordings for nearly every Freddie King song.
Jules Leyhe is gonna piss off some blues guitar purists.His main passion is the blues, and he cuts the best blues-slide licks since Derek Trucks maybe even Duane Allman. But you won’t find one blues song on his newest release, Your First Rodeo. In fact, they’re not really on any of his albums. His s.
Jules Leyhe is gonna piss off some blues guitar purists.His main passion is the blues, and he cuts the best blues-slide licks since Derek Trucks maybe even Duane Allman. But you won’t find one blues song on his newest release, Your First Rodeo. In fact, they’re not really on any of his albums. His s.
Just as open open tunings have opened up new sound worlds for singer-songwriters and guitarists like Richard Thompson, Joni Mitchell, and Laurence Juber, so too do they play a major role in the blues guitar vernacular. Here we explore some of the open tunings most frequently heard in the blues. Which Alternate Tunings are Most…