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10 of the best slide guitar songs

By Damian Fanelli

From Derek Trucks to Elmore James, these slide tracks are essential listening

Essential Guitar Licks: Stevie Ray Vaughan's "The Sky Is Crying" Bends

By Guitar World Staff

Pick up a useful, Albert King-inspired bending lick by Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Five Essential Blues Licks from Jimi Hendrix, T-Bone Walker, Elmore James, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Johnny Winter

By Guitar World Staff

Regardless of what style music you play, it will do your ears and your chops good to go through each of these licks.

Fabulous Thunderbirds Frontman Kim Wilson Channels Elmore James on "Searched All Over"

By Damian Fanelli

10-Year-Old Girl Plays Elmore James' "Dust My Broom" on Slide Guitar — Video

By Damian Fanelli

Johnny Winter and Ben Harper Cover Elmore James' "I Can't Hold Out" — Listen

By Jackson Maxwell

Listen to Johnny Winter do a searing cover Elmore James' blues classic, "I Can't Hold Out" with Ben Harper.

Exclusive Premiere: The Slide Brothers — "Motherless Children"

By Damian Fanelli

101 Amazing Licks - Lick 48

By Guitar World Editors

Bring a little electricity to your blues licks with this gem from Elmore James!