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Mike Zito
Mike Zito Blues Guitarist MIKE ZITO discovered his love for rock n roll after receiving a Van Halen record for his birthday. He eagerly picked up an electric guitar and headed to his local guitar shop in St. Louis, Missouri. There he found the legendary Chuck Berry and Bennie Smith who played in the…
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“Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out” by Eric Clapton
Difficulty: Intermediate Intro Here’s an acoustic challenge for you from the Clapton MTV Unplugged session. It alternates bass notes on the bottom strings with melodic chord phrases on the higher strings. Pratice it very slow at first and slowly try to build it up to speed.
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The Basic Blues Shuffle Rhythm
Let’s take a shuffle rhythm in 12/8 time but, instead of playing full chords, we are going to use two note power chords. One note will be the root note of the chord we are on in the progression and the other note will be varied or shuffled between the 5 and 6 notes of the chord to give us…
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Sweet Home Chicago by Robert Johnson
“Sweet Home Chicago” is a popular blues standard in the twelve bar form. It was first recorded and is credited to have been written by Robert Johnson. Over the years the song has become one of the most popular anthems for the city of Chicago despite ambiguity in Johnson’s original lyrics. Difficulty: Intermediate
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Meet Tommy Castro
Tommy Castro Blues Guitarist Winner of the 2008 and 2010 Blues Music Award for Entertainer of the Year TOMMY CASTRO took up the guitar at the age of 10, inspired by blues guitar gods like Eric Clapton and B.B. King. Hardly out of his teens, he had begun playing professionally in the bay area…