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 #128 Todd Roth Talks Blues, Cigar Box Guitars & Coming Up Muddy
Today I'm chatting with Todd Roth from the blues band Coming Up Muddy. We talk about gear, cigar box guitars and about his bands gigs and recordings.
We had a great chat, you can follow Coming up Mud…
Episode #127 Angus Young Riffs
Today I'm taking you through one of my favorite Angus Young riffs! I also talk a little bit around the theory and give you this weeks blues news.
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Episode #126 Rich Miller Talks Slide Guitar
Blues in Britain Magazine say Rich's 'Stunning guitar work is second to none'
Rich is a true virtuoso guitarist and we get into all things slide and delta blues as well as chatting about gear, turnin…
Episode #125 Guitar Teacher Talk w/ Tim Daley
In this episode of the podcast I chat with the great guitarist, teacher and YouTuber Tim Daley.
Tim has a great channel focused on everything blues guitar and in this talk we cover improvisation, cag…
Episode #124 Learning New Solos and Making them 'Classy'
Today we talk about how I approach learning new songs and guitar solos, we also look at some awesome minor scale licks to throw into our arsenal.
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Episode #123 That Chuck Berry Lick
Today we look at that Chuck Berry lick hes always using.
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Episode #122 Dyer Davis Interview
Dyer Davis is an American singer / guitarist, who is currently working on his debut album for WildRoots Records. He's spent the last 8 years of his young life as a rock artist, recently departing fro…
Episode #121 Smokestack Lightnin'
Today we look at the classic riff from Smokestack Lightnin'. We look at how to build a tricky finger picking part from the melody and bassline to create this awesome sounding guitar riff.
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Episode #120 Ruzz Guitar's Blues Revue Interview
In this episode I talk to Blues & Rockabilly guitar virtuoso Ruzz Evans from Ruzz Guitar's Blues Revue.
Ruzz is a hugely accomplished musician and we catch him just on the cusp of a mammoth US tour. D…
Episode #119 Top 10 Acoustic Blues Albums
In this episode I take you through my top 10 acoustic blues albums, I play a bit from each one and talk about why I think it deserves a slot in my top 10. Let me know what your top 10 are by leaving …
Episode #118 What Guitar Should I Buy Next?
In this episode I talk about the new range of Squier guitars and give some insight into what guitar you should add to your collection.
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Episode #117 The B.B. Box
In this episode I talk about the BB King Box, what it is, how we can best use it and how it can make us better guitar players.
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Episode #116 Better than Epiphone?! Artist Guitars Brownburst 58 DLX Review
A special episode for this week with my review of the Artist Guitars Brownburst DLXL
Thanks to Artist guitars for sending this absolute beast over for me to play. You can check out the specs and get y…
Episode #115 You're Better At Solos Than You Think
In this episode we look at 'call and response' in guitar solos and how you can use the skills you already have to play better guitar solos today!
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Episode #114 Top 10 Classic Rock Guitar Albums
In this episode I take you through my top 10 classic rock guitar albums, I play a bit from each one and talk about why I think it deserves a slot in my top 10. Let me know what your top 10 are by lea…
Episode #113 Pentatonic Solo Hacks
In this episode I respond to questions about pentatonic scales. We look at where they come from, what they are and how to best use them to make your solo playing sound great!
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Episode #112 Your Questions Answered
In this episode I answer some of your questions from my email list including my 'mount Rushmore' of guitarists!
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Episode #111 Slide in Open D
In this episode I talk through the Music Radar top guitars of 2023 and give a little analysis on their list.
We also look through Open D tuning and how to play a cool sounding 12 bar using slide.
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Episode #110 What Are The 'Blue' Notes?
In this episode I cover what the 'blue' notes are and how to find them. This is a really useful trick for improving your improvising skills as well as your solo playing.
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Episode #109 David Hamburger Interview - Fretboard Confidential
Growing up outside of Boston, multi-instrumentalist David Hamburger first picked up a guitar at the age of 12. Through his first guitar teacher he was exposed to bluegrass music, and at home his fath…