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This lesson is a combination of Jimi Hendrix style heavy blues lead mixed with a Muddy Waters style blues, played together. This is intended to be played on electric guitar with overdrive although you can do most of this on acoustic (if that’s all you have). For the overdrive tone, I’m using a Fulltone OCD pedal.
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Brian says
Now live!
John P says
Another treasure of a lesson Brian. There’s a lot of great material in this one that can be used in many different situations and yet for me at least inspires even new ideas to use live when put on the spot during improv jams. Thanks Brian. : )
jimbostrat says
Anybody who doesn’t believe that they can’t take these great ideas and immediately stand out at any jam situation or use in their own original concepts, should just hang up their guitars!! Brian shows us all here how to leave any old and typical shuffles or boogies long behind us!! Just hitting the open 6th string at appropriate times for effect…….is worth learning this lesson!!
Jim
Marey - Semper Wollmann says
hello my friends frenchy guitar
Katie G says
I’ve been playing 3 years, how do I get to be able to jam??
benplay says
brian, this is just an awesome lesson, being a massive Hendrix and Mudday Waters fan this has hit the nail on the head. ben.
Bluesz says
Brian I was watching this do you have a jam track for this. Maybe I was watching another video of your where you said you had a slow jam track and a regular tempo track. And that it would be good to start off with the slow jam track first to get the timing right is it this lesson or another one. Please let me know. Thanks Brian
keith one says
Brian , an awesome lesson. keep the Hendrix and Muddy Waters lessons coming.
konk says
Brilliant, like all your lessons, Brian!
Michael Allen says
I can’t find the words to tell you how much I enjoy the lessons every week.
Thank you Brian
maradonagol says
Brian, your lessons and your patient style of teaching are a Godsend for me….I am advancing in leaps and bounds!!!
Thank you!!
KY says
awesome riffs for playing ‘Catfish Blues’ Thanks Brian
cschmidt says
This is a great lesson!! A lot of fun to play. Thanks Brian !
DKB says
Thanks again, all this music that I “borrow’, from you is really paying off. Your lessons have been incoorperated into my guitar picken.
cuvy says
The first video isn’t appearing. Could you please try and repost it. Thank you so much
BVD25 says
Any way of getting a backing track with this one?
stan06 says
This is one great lesson. Very easy to spend a lot of time working on additional licks and enjoying the feel of it.
LesPaul58 says
Backing track with bass/drums and slow walk through would be helpful.
warren james earp says
I been watching brian’s Youtube videos for some time now but I have just become a premium member, very happy with the stuff I’m learning, seems to all come together and make sense, for instance like all the riffs your creating are from the pentatonic scale thats in the key of the song you’re showing us or the riff etc. I know I should’ve understood this but watching you do it really helps. thanks Brian. Warren
butterscotchblond says
hello Brian,
would it be a advantage to name the strings E B G D A E instead of 1 2 3 4 5 6?
sometimes it s somehow confusing for me now, hope other member will agree!
otherwise it s great lesson again, thanks!!!
all the best
Peter
jeannot18 says
Great lesson. Struggling to hammer that low E when the string is not played (at the very start), so i just play it fretted.
J
marvin2000 says
Brian great lesson
Chinobi27 says
Great Lesson! 🙂
Relayer says
Great Lesson, really enjoyed it !!! thanks
timk says
I completely agree with Butterscotchblond. It would be much better to identify the strings by EADGBE. While watching various lessons, it seems as if Brian is at times confused when trying to identify the string number and fret number
SuperDave says
Super cool mix with Muddy and Jimmy . My 1st time playing anything like this. I’m learning tons Brian, Really sounds great on my new ES- Les Paul. I get a little bit closer to the lick each time. Thankyou, David
FenderBlues says
Awesome Lesson! Love your method of teaching! Keep it up
eddyjames says
Hello Brian, I just paid to subscribe to your site and lI’m earning your Muddy Waters Voodoo Blues. I haven’t been able yet to see the Jam Track for this song. Am I missing something.
guldndragn says
1st time subscriber here, although I have been following you on utube for a couple of years. Great lesson! I think your the best out there. Ever think of teaching ” Black Queen” by Stills? No one has it out there. Thx again!
Gibson Les Paul says
Do you have a slow jam track for this?
SLStormin says
Great lesson Brian! - lots of fun, despite the fact that I DO get the Billy Squire reference 😉
ScoobySnacks says
Definitely digging this lesson. Wouldn’t mind a follow up lesson with more ideas to go over this type of vamp.
deltaelk says
That is a very enjoyable and useful lesson. Excellent job of teaching by the way
Chinobi27 says
I think the first part is Robert Petway - Catfish Blues… And modified by Muddy Water and Jimi Hendrix is another great version.
Cheers!!!
hld1965 says
Why cant the hd videos play just youtube anyone know thanks
WJW says
This was a real eye opener, man! I’ve been playing “Voodoo Child” and other Hendrix stuff for a long time, but I was stuck on my standard licks, always looking to break out a little more. You opened my eyes to a lot of things that were hiding right there in plain sight. Great lesson!
Lulu Maude says
Yow!
Smokin’ piece!
goodtooogo@verizon.net says
Brian,
Are the Muddy Waters/Jimi Hendrix lesson video still available for download.
I have an extremely slow internet connection and the buffering is really slowing things down.
With a download I can stop and start when needed.
Regards,
Martin
Cattuli68 says
Thanks Brian Great lesson. This the first one I’m going to tackle! Just became a member a few days ago
DirtyFingers says
Awesome lesson, I love this style of blues.
ieldepiel says
best of the best
HarryJoe says
Thumbs up!! Another great lesson!!!
Jeem says
Brian: “…if you didn’t get the reference to Billy Squire, that’s probably a good thing…”
That struck me as all kinds of funny!
Great Lesson!
jfn3000 says
I gotta say, lessons like these do a lot more for me than teach me how to play something. Hearing your take on related sounds completes the puzzle and really paints a picture of the style as a whole. After watching this, I can’t un-hear the Muddy Waters influence in Jimi, and I feel like I understand this corner of the blues that much better now.
sunburst says
nice , learning the second half too very fun!
Lefteris B says
Excellent lesson. I’m a new member and I’m really enjoying everything played and taught by Brian. A lot of thanks from Greece!
mikeanders says
Great stuff! Inspired me to go back and revisit Muddy’s works, and also some of the people who played in his band like “Steady Rollin'” Bob Margolin, whom I believe is still around!
Captivating, is Muddy and Bob on “Blow Wind Blow!” along with Willie “Big Eyes” Smith on drums, Jerry Portnoy on harmonica and Luther “guitar” Johnson on guitar! What a rhythm section! Killer! There is Muddy right there, with capo on the third fret, steady, thumb thumping along, steady as a metronome! Awesome! I wish I could do that! I would rule the World with that thumb!
Katie G says
Muddy is a hero!!
Andrew G says
Great lesson can you do more Hendrix please
Guillermo V says
Hi Brian,
please, could you add the video tab??? 🙂
Thanks in advance!
Guille
Matt C says
Awesome.
pheartscott says
Obviously many came before Gary Clark Jr., but Catfish Blues popped in my head immediately.
So many great blues players, Brian being one of em!
richard c says
Aint nothing wrong with that Billy Squier album! “Dont Say No” was a classic!
John A says
sounds like Jimi’s Catfish blues. i love it
John K says
What is the timing in bar 7 of the tab? It looks like there is an eight note missing. The measure starts with a triplet. Second beat looks like 2 eighth notes. 3rd beat looks like 2 sixteenth notes followed by 2 eighth notes.
Katie G says
Doing the Hendrixy bend at the end and feeling like a total rock Goddess! xD thanks Brian I’ve loved this one!