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 #170 Using Hypnotic Boogie Blues to Fix Your Picking Hand
How to use droning delta/hill country blues/hypnotic boogie to fix your picking hand rhythm.
Using tunes like John Lee Hooker, T Model Ford, Robert Belfour & more to work on your rhythm and hand techn…
Episode #169 Ned Evett - the King of the Glass Neck Fretless Guitar
“Ned Evett is the Master of the Glass-Necked Guitar” -USA TODAY
Ned is THE man when it comes to playing fretless guitar and has appeared with artists such as; Leon Russell, George Thorogood, Jonny Lan…
Episode #168 Chuck Berry Double Stop Licks
In this episode we are covering the awesome double-stop licks from Chuck Berry's No Particular Place to Go.
If you want the TAB for this one make sure you're signed up to my mailing list over at www.…
Episode #167 Andrew Wiscombe - From Army Sniper to Award-Winning Songwriter
In this episode I'm talking with Utah-based songwriter and US Army vet Andrew Wiscombe.
A former Army Sniper turned Berklee trained award-winning songwriter, Andrew’s ability to clothe stories, words…
Episode #166 David & The Devil
In this episode I'm talking with David & the Devil.
I first heard of this guy through Tony Polecastro's Acoustic Tuesday show and his old Charley Hicks moniker.
This was an awesome chat and big cheer…
Episode #165 3 Tips For Mastering Your Blues Fingerpicking
Three tips to help you learn and master acoustic blues fingerpicking.
These are three of the things I would do differently if I was to re-approach learning the style.
to get your hands on THE TRIAD ME…
Episode #164 Led Zeppelin Going to California Lesson
We're looking at one of my absolute favorite acoustic songs to play. Going to California has some awesome finger picking parts and its a totally hypnotic one to play so tune yourself to Double Drop D…
Episode #163 El Nico Talks Rockabilly, Surf & the DeathRayCat YouTube Channel
In this episode I'm talking with El Nico.
Nico is the front man for the X Ray Cat Trio and runs the Death Ray Cat youtube channel, he is a stellar guitarist, Gresch artist and all round great guy.
His …
Episode #162 5 Ways to Become a Better Improviser
In this episode I take you through my top 5 tips for becoming a better improviser. These are really useful if you're looking to get into playing jams or writing solos.
to get your hands on THE TRIAD M…
Episode #161 Jonathan Wyndham Talks Guitar, Nashville, Touring & Writing
In this episode I'm talking with Johnathan Wyndham.
Jonathan is a Nashville based touring artist and guitarist who plays for pop and country artists like Colbie Calais and Jessie James Deker as well a…
Episode #160 You Need to Learn Chord Extensions
In this episode I take you through chord extensions. These are so much fun and will take your chord playing from Cowboy to Oh-boy! (terrible I know) But you gotta learn them.
to get your hands on THE…
Episode #159 Learn This Classic Billy Gibbons Riff
In this episode we're looking at a classic ZZ Top riff from the song Tube Snake Boogie. This is one of my favorite Billy Gibbons parts and there's loads to dive into with it.
to get your hands on THE …
Episode #158 How to play like Albert King
In this episode we're doing a bit of a deep dive on Albert king's solo style. We listen to a couple of different AK solos in the keys of A and G and learn some of his signature licks and discuss how …
Episode #157 Do THIS to Master the Fretboard
In this episode I talk you though one of the biggest light bulb moments I had learning guitar. We look at playing three note triads and double stops on the bottom three strings to unlock that whole n…
Episode #156 Top 5 MUST Know Scales
In this episode I breakdown the 5 scales you need to know to play effective blues, rock & country. We look at 2 octave scale shapes for each of them and do a deep dive into the theory behind them.
to …
Episode #155 Merry Axemas Gear Demos
Merry Christmas Everyone! Today I'm bringing you all some holiday cheer and playing you some sound demos of my gear!
In a rare occurrence I have a bunch of instruments all in one place so I thought i…
Episode #154 Kaspar Berry Rapkin Interview
In this episode I'm talking with a fantastic up and coming blues player Kaspar berry Rapkin. Fresh off of his Blues Chart number 1 with K.K Hammond and in the midst of writing some new material we ca…
Episode #153 You Need to Learn this Beatles Song
In this episode we're looking over the Beatles song Get Back.
This song has a great feel to it and some really fun major pentatonic country style licks.
Get Back" is a song recorded by the British rock…
Episode #152 Smokestack Lightning - Howlin' Wolf Lesson
In this episode we're looking at the blues classic Smokestack Lightning!
This is a great example of a 'one riff song' its totally hypnotic to play and has a great feel and groove to it.
At Chess' stud…
Episode #151 B.B King Rock Me Baby Lesson
In this episode we are back with the king of the blues! This is a classic blues 12 bar with some awesome licks and riffs.
We cover the main riff, some of the theory behind whats going on in the guitar…