When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Eric Gales has a true gift for foregrounding rhythm in his playing, borrowing from elements of ...

A classic Chicago blues-style shuffle. Use your first finger on the 2nd fret and add your third or fourth finger on the higher notes. Muddy Waters’ riffs were often played around the open E shape but ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Though he’d typically flip to the neck/middle position pickup for glassy cleans, the ...

There are many different forms of blues: the Delta style of Robert Johnson, the hard Chicago blues of Buddy Guy, the Texas swagger of Stevie Ray Vaughan and the psychedelic blues rock of Jimi Hendrix.

On his new album, Rhythm & Blues, guitarist and vocalist Buddy Guy sums up his approach when he sings, "People always ask me / About the blues I play / I say it just comes through me / I don't know no ...