The Blues Guitar Show
Welcome to The Blues Guitar Show! Your free audio guitar teacher, focusing on all things blues guitar, records, rocking music theory and gear.
Covering all the genres in the Blues world from Delta to Rockabilly.
Each Monday I release an episode packed with information, exercises, songs, licks and interviews with some of the best players around to give you Passion, Practice and Perseverance for your guitar playing journey!
I'm a born and raised blues guitarist, studio musician and teacher on a mission to help you master the music you love.
Through this chart-topping podcast and interviews with some of the worlds best, our mission is to help dazed and confused blues pickers like you grasp the skills you need to go from ‘campfire’ to on fire.
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Website: www.thebluesguitarshow.com
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 21 minutes
- Episodes
- 251
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Episode #68 The Who
In this episode I talk you through a simple 3 chord riff by the mighty Who. We look at the staccato technique and how to effectively replicate this classic intro.
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Episode #67 Grateful Dead
In this episode I talk you through one of my favorite Grateful Dead guitar parts and we look at the chords and scale that make it up.
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Episode #66 B B King
In this episode I take you through a classic B.B King guitar solo. This is a great one for working on your feel, timing and vibrato.
NOTE: This solo is entirely using the B Minor Pentatonic scale!
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Episode #66 Jimi Hendrix Blues
In this episode I take you through a classic Jimi Hendrix guitar riff. This is a great one for whipping out at any live show or jam session!
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Episode #65 Rolling Stones Blues
In this episode I take you through a classic Rolling Stones guitar riff. This is a great one for working on your finger picking skills, fretting hand precision and timing!
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Episode #64 Led Zeppelin Blues
In this episode I take you through the Led Zep classic 'Over the Hills and Far Away' A beautiful piece of guitar with some killer hammer-ons and pull-offs to work through.
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Episode #63 Robert Johnson & Clapton Blues
In this episode I take you through a Robert Johnson classic, covered by Slowhand himself on the Cream album - Fresh Cream.
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Episode #62 Freddie King Blues
In The Blues Guitar Show Podcast episode (62) I talk you through the classic intro to the Freddie King song - 'I'm Tore Down'. A great tune for working through your clarity on the bass strings and th…
Episode #61 Muddy Waters Blues
In this episode I take you through the Muddy Waters tune 'I Cant Be Satisfied'. We look at this iconic intro and learn the intricacies of the fingerpicking blues style.
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Episode #60 Howlin Wolf Blues
In this episode I take you through the Howlin Wolf classic 'Sitting on Top of the World'. We look at this iconic intro and learn the intricacies of the fingerpicking blues style.
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Episode #59 Fingerpicking Country
In this episode i take you through some great tips for improving your fingerpicking skills using a class country bass-line.
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Episode #58 Flatpicking Bluegrass
In this episode I talk you through two great sounding flkatpicking bluegrass licks you can play over a G and D chord. Just grabv your guitar and let's get pickin'.
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Episode #57 New Year, New Licks
It's 2022! Happy New Year Everyone! In this episode I talk you through some really fun country guitar licks. We look at how to play the major pentatonic scale across three chords and how to transpose…
Episode #56 Blues Melody
In this episode I take you through a simple melody you can use over the | and V| chords in your 8, 12 or 16 bar blues.
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Episode #55 Bluesmen of the Year
In this episode I talk you through my top 5 bluesmen of the year 2021 and give you some killer recs for what to listen to over the holiday season.
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Episode #54 Thumb Pickin'
In this episode I talk you through the dos and don'ts of using a thumb pick and how to get the best sound out of one.
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Episode #53 Ragtime Licks
In this episode I talk you through a really fun ragtime blues lick that is sure to challenge your fingerpicking.
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Episode #52 Travis Picking Again
In this episode I talk you through a simple and cool travis picking trick to help you work on differentiating between your thumb and fingers to highlight to laverly country sounding bass parts.
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Episode #51 Blues Harmony 101
In this episode I talk you through the basics of blues harmony including the 12 bar form, 8 bar form and 16 bar form as well as a couple of tasty and useful blues scales.
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Episode #50 Improvising Solos
In this episode I talk you through how to unlock the fret board and start making those blues solos sing! We look at an exercise that will help you play the major pentatonic scale across three octaves…