Latest about blues
What really happened with Cream behind the scenes? Ginger Baker’s daughter reveals all
Nettie Baker’s new book Cream Chronicled debunks a few myths about one of rock’s most influential power trios
T-Bone Walker’s Gibson ES-5N helped give rise to electric blues – and it’s been listed for $2 million
The workhorse guitar from the blues pioneer was thought to be lost forever until its recent re-emergence
What we can learn from Mike Oldfield about breaking free of the pentatonic box
In this lesson, we reimagine folk, jazz, blues and Celtic music for a blues roadmap that takes the road less traveled
![Five contemporary blues heroes [l-r]: Marcus King, Samantha Fish, Zach Person, Philip Sayce, Jared James Nichols.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eB6QVhAGnzFKyhwBXCfJfW-840-80.jpg.webp)
5 modern blues guitar heroes on the impossible task of imitating the blues greats
Blues and rock is still being shaped by the British blues boom of the ’60s – and the O.G. bluesmen who influenced them. But how can today’s players nail their tone and sound? Marcus King, Samantha Fish, Zach Persons, Philip Sayce and Jared James Nichols have their say
The late Michael Rhodes provided an unshakable foundation for Buddy Guy’s 2013 salute to his home town
Rhodes played his ’57 Fender P-Bass for the Meet Me in Chicago session at Nashville’s famed Blackbird studios
Gary Clark Jr. comes full circle with a new signature Gibson ES-355 that pays homage to his hero
The stunning signature is a recreation of Gary Clark Jr.'s one-of-one Custom Shop model – and it channels his love for B.B. King
Joe Bonamassa on the ‘unorthodox’ Marshall hack he nicked from Zakk Wylde
The bluesman turned to the former Ozzy guitarist to get the most out of his Marshalls
Demystifying 13th chords, the voicing that Stevie Ray Vaughan used to stunning effect in Lenny
This primer in 13th chords will give you five voicings to use in your playing – and an explanation on how they get their name
Bernard Allison grew up surrounded by blues legends – and hid the fact he was learning guitar for years
Luther Allison’s son played with Stevie Ray Vaughan for his 16th birthday, toured in a band where pedals were forbidden, and achieved his ambition of being in his father’s band, and even leading it
