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I come across a lot of timid blues guitar players. But what draws me in with Buddy Guy is how he can get wild and crazy or he can also get low-down and dirty.
There’s so many different labels -- blues guitar player, blues-rock guitar player, contemporary blues...And “Dirt on My Diamonds,” to me this sounds like a fresh, new and young, energetic album.
Turns out, the little wannabe guitar player would come to be known as Prince. "Prince came on stage with me and I got walked off the stage and he started playing the blues," Rush said.
From his star-studded new album, "Orgy of the Damned," to his latest show-stopping S.E.R.P.E.N.T. fest coming to Los Angeles on Saturday, the Guns N' Roses guitarist is still amping up blues ...
When Cannon was starting out as a blues musician in the 1990s, he was inspired by Guy’s guitar playing. “His music was in-your-face-type blues, and that’s what I liked,” Cannon said.
Guy has certainly been rewarded for that over the past 60-plus years. He has nine Grammy Awards — including a Lifetime ...
The Texan troubadour knew how to give the crowd their money's worth, and players such as Jimi Hendrix were watching. This ...
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Beyond their feeling and technique, lead guitar players seek to develop a signature tone, ... “Hendrix started playing rhythm and blues in the 1950s and, at heart, he’s a blues guitar player.
Hip Linkchain was more journeyman than star, but his raw west-side blues guitar continues to reverberate 35 years after his death. Printed in ink. Printed without a paywall.
We remember John Mayall on the first anniversary of the blues legend's death with a classic interview from our vault ...
Ray “StingRay” DelPriore, one of the very best blues guitar players you could find anywhere, was still at it — playing great music and, as always, with a smile on his face.