Essential Guitar Licks: Stevie Ray Vaughan's "The Sky Is Crying" Bends By Guitar World Staff TAB/AUDIO: Stevie Ray Vaughan puts a little thumb into today's killer lick, based on Elmore James' Texas blues.
Essential Guitar Licks: Albert King Funk-Blues à la “Born Under a Bad Sign” By Guitar World Staff TAB/AUDIO: Here's an Albert King funk-blues lick à la “Born Under a Bad Sign,” this lick—like so many classic blues licks—originated from a Delta slide lick.
Five Essential Blues Licks from Jimi Hendrix, T-Bone Walker, Elmore James, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Johnny Winter By Guitar World Staff
Essential Guitar Licks: Paul Gilbert's Crazy Chromaticism and Legato By Guitar World Staff TAB/AUDIO: Shred guitar extraordinaire Paul Gilbert comes up with some of the wackiest yet coolest guitar licks imaginable. This one features some crazy chromaticism and lots of legato.
Essential Guitar Licks: Bending Up a Storm with Johnny Winter By Guitar World Staff Johnny Winter is a bluesman who shreds absolutely, here he is in action in today's lick.
Essential Guitar Licks: Yngwie Malmsteen-Style Tension Builder By Guitar World Staff TAB/AUDIO: This series of arpeggiated diminished 7th inversions fuels the fretboard fury of such shredders as Yngwie Malmsteen and Tony MacAlpine.
