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This video is bonus content related to the September 2011 issue of Guitar World. For full print reviews, lesson tabs and more, look for the September 2011 issue of Guitar World on newsstands now!

In the latest edition of "Talkin' Blues," Keith Wyatt explores jazz-blues soloing in the first part of a multi-part series.

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