Raise a Glass to the Mountain: Hunter's Guitar Journey Part 1 (Tommy Shaw, Paul Kossof, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix and more) Part 1

Hunter talks and plays about some of his favorite guitarists, and how they have shaped his guitar journey.

House of the Rising Sun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4bFqW_eu2I

All Right Now  by Free: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wiF6b4rxno

Be My Friend by Free (Hunter's favorite): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P00-KBLqPwI

Joe Bonamassa on Paul Kossoff and Free: https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/joe-bonamassa-paul-kossoff

Crossroad Blues by Robert Johnson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ_7nYEpkBo

Please don't take my word for it. Read and watch more about Robert Johnson and blues history: https://www.amazon.com/Up-Jumped-Devil-Robert-Johnson/dp/1641600942

https://www.aaihs.org/the-historical-roots-of-blues-music/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_of_the_blues

Other guitarists important to the blues:

Muddy Waters, BB King, Albert King, Freddie King, Son House, Leadbelly and many more.

Jimi Hendrix's effects and partnership with Roger Mayer (a sound engineer who designed the fuzz face and Octavia): https://reverb.com/news/nailing-it-achieving-the-tones-of-jimi-hendrix

Origins of slide guitar: https://www.byarcadia.org/post/the-hawaiin-roots-of-blues-slide-guitar

More on Slide guitar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_guitar

Romans 8:26 "...the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words."