Chuck Berry is most famous for his double string solos – giving him a much fatter tone and more of a rhythmic quality. This lesson is full of Chuck Berry style double string solo licks which I hope you will learn and incorporate them into your own playing. Also, a great video to watch is called “Hail Hail Rock N Roll” which has Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Robert Cray, and Chuck playing Chuck Berry songs – a must watch for guitar players! … [Read more...]
Jazzy Blues Lead Guitar Lesson – Big Band Style – EP051
In this lesson you'll learn how to play a jazzy / bluesy guitar lead in the key of A. Something that you might hear an artist like Brian Setzer play. This has a big-band feel and would sound great with a horn section. … [Read more...]
Rockabilly, Carl Perkins Style Guitar Lesson – EP024
In this guitar lesson, I’ll break down this Carl Perkins inspired Rockabilly guitar solo into 2 parts. Rockabilly is sort of a hybrid between country twang and blues and can be a lot of fun to play. However, one of the challenges of playing this style of guitar is that it can be very fast. I mention in the video that I’m really not a very fast guitar picker (in the traditional sense), but I’ve managed to learn a few tricks that involve slides, pull-offs, and hammer-ons with the left hand that … [Read more...]
Acoustic Blues Guitar Lesson – Brian Setzer Swing Style – EP008
So the requests for more acoustic blues guitar lessons continue to come in - in fact of all the videos I've done, these acoustic blues lessons seem to be the most popular on YouTube - so I thought I'd continue to create new ones from time to time. I'm not 100% sure where this little riff came from.. I found myself lounging around the house playing this the other day and thought it would make a nice lesson (if anyone knows what this came from let me know!). Anyway, I thought it definitely had … [Read more...]
