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Talkin' Blues: The Visionary, Pioneering Soloing Style of Johnny "Guitar" Watson

Posted 05/03/2013 at 1:47pm | by Keith Wyatt

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The following content is related to the June 2013 issue of Guitar World. For the full range of interviews, features, tabs and more, pick up the new issue on newsstands now, or in our online store.

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Talkin' Blues: The Signature Up-Tempo Soloing Style of Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

Posted 03/29/2013 at 6:35am | by Keith Wyatt

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The following content is related to the May 2013 issue of Guitar World. For the full range of interviews, features, tabs and more, pick up the new issue on newsstands now, or in our online store.

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Talkin' Blues: Mickey Baker's Powerful and Influential Guitar Style

Posted 02/14/2013 at 6:00am | by Keith Wyatt

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The following content is related to the March 2013 issue of Guitar World. For the full range of interviews, features, tabs and more, pick up the new issue on newsstands now, or in our online store.

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Talkin' Blues: Using Tremolo Picking to Pump Up a Simple Melody

Posted 01/25/2013 at 9:45am | by Keith Wyatt

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Tremolo is the technique of sustaining (actually rearticulating) a note with fast, controlled alternate picking (not to be confused with amp tremolo, which varies the volume). Tremolo originated as a way to maintain notes on acoustic stringed instruments beyond their natural decay time to emulate the long, sustaining notes of the human voice or a wind instrument. While the electric guitar offers other options for sustaining a note, tremolo picking a simple melody gives it a kinetic quality that can transform it into something energetic and memorable and create a virtual “wall of sound.”

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Talkin' Blues: All-In-One Shuffle Rhythm

Posted 09/11/2012 at 8:16am | by Keith Wyatt

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Thirty years ago this November, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble laid down the tracks that would become Texas Flood, and among the many jaw-dropping skills Vaughan displayed on his debut album was the massive shuffle groove on "Pride and Joy."

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