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Jim Beaugez
Jim Beaugez

Jim Beaugez has written about music for Rolling Stone, Smithsonian, Guitar World, Guitar Player and many other publications. He created My Life in Five Riffs, a multimedia documentary series for Guitar Player that traces contemporary artists back to their sources of inspiration, and previously spent a decade in the musical instruments industry.

Articles by: Jim Beaugez

Christone Kingfish Ingram

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram: "There’s a lot wrong with the blues genre right now – a lot of people don’t think about the history and the significance of the actual culture"

By Jim Beaugez

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram: “Touring with Buddy Guy made me want to brush up on my showmanship. Because he’s a showman”

Dave Hause

Dave Hause on stripping back his sound and paying tribute to the Dillinger Four

By Jim Beaugez

The working class hero and former Loved Ones frontman digs into his roots on his new EPs, Patty and Paddy

Kenny Brown

Meet Kenny Brown, the greatest of the Hill Country blues sidemen

By Jim Beaugez

The 68-year-old guitarist has been there, done that, and is steeped in Mississippi Hill Country blues. This is his story...

The Black Keys

Dan Auerbach: “That reckless abandon when we play was learned from people like Kenny Brown... that’s why we can go and improvise a record together“

By Jim Beaugez

Auerbach goes to the source of Mississippi hill country blues and enlists guitarist Kenny Brown, R.L. Burnside’s right-hand man, for The Black Keys’ new collection of blues standards

The BB King Museum celebration concert

5 highlights from the weekend's star-studded B.B. King Museum celebration

By Jim Beaugez

Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Gary Clark Jr. and more paid tribute to the King of the Blues in Indianola, Mississippi

Garcia Peoples

Garcia Peoples walk us through their Tweed-powered, triple-guitar indie-rock attack

By Jim Beaugez

It's amazing what three guitarists, a bunch of effects and a little improvisation can do...

Meet Me @ The Altar's Téa Campbell

Téa Campbell on how layered melodies and lots of guitar made Meet Me @ The Altar‘s energetic brand of pop-punk take off

By Jim Beaugez

The Reverend-toting six-stringer discusses the challenges of interstate collaboration, starting out early, and learning by music video

Ian MacKaye

Ian MacKaye: ”I probably should have been a horn player. I always hear horns, melodic lines, and try them with guitar”

By Jim Beaugez

The Fugazi punk trailblazer reflects on a change of sounds, change of amps, and the influence of Jimi Hendrix