Supersonic Blues Machine recruit Eric Gales, Sonny Landreth, Josh Smith, Ana Popovic, Charlie Starr and more for new album, Voodoo Nation By Matt Owen published 19 April 22 Hear the swampy lead single featuring Sonny Landreth, 8 Ball Lucy, now
Eric Gales recalls Stevie Ray Vaughan asking him for an autograph when he was just 15 years old By Sam Roche published 7 April 22 “I told him my name was Eric Gales and he said, ‘I'm very aware of who you are!’”
30 left-handed guitarists who flipped the instrument on its head By Jenna Scaramanga published 5 April 22 We chart some of the most inspiring southpaws to ever pick up a six-string
Eric Gales and Devon Allman to host two-night Albert King tribute concert with Gibson Gives By Matt Owen published 17 March 22 The event will also benefit the National Blues Museum, which has appointed Gales as the newest member of its board of directors
Watch Eric Gales and Carlos Santana share the stage at the 1994 Woodstock Festival By Matt Owen published 23 February 22 A young Gales featured alongside his godfather for a blistering five-minute performance, which included all the hallmarks of what would become his own brand of blues
Eric Gales: “I could just look at a guitar and almost start crying! I have never been more in touch with myself than I am now” By Andy Aledort published 7 February 22 The undisputed champ of electric blues guitar unpacks the styles and inspirations behind his latest album, the Joe Bonamassa-produced tour-de-force aptly titled Crown
Watch Eric Gales and Joe Bonamassa treat an intimate Memphis crowd to a 13-minute, dueling solo-fueled I Want My Crown By Jackson Maxwell published 31 January 22 Gales invited his friend – and fellow blues guitar maestro – to the stage at the release party for his new, Bonamassa and Josh Smith-produced album, Crown
Eric Gales marks the release of his highly-anticipated album, Crown, with powerful new Stand Up music video By Jackson Maxwell published 28 January 22 Gales opens the deeply personal video with a dedication to "anyone who has ever felt discriminated against"
Eric Gales, one of the greatest electric guitar players on the planet, reveals he actually prefers playing acoustic By Matt Owen published 27 January 22 The bluesman says he has a whole acoustic double album in reserve that will "take the world by storm"
Eric Gales reveals what it cost to get Joe Bonamassa to produce his new album By Matt Owen published 30 December 21 It turns out JoBo's production rates are far cheaper than you'd imagine – Gales managed to get him onboard for just two cans of Diet Coke
Eric Gales lights a fire under the blues shuffle form on explosive new single, You Don't Know The Blues By Jackson Maxwell published 9 December 21 The second single from the Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith-produced Crown is a feast of fretboard-melting blues guitar fire
Magneto Guitars unveils new-and-improved iteration of Eric Gales’ Strat-style signature, the RD-3 By Matt Owen published 29 October 21 Newly voiced Metro-Pole single-coils, Gotoh hardware and a luxurious Sunset Gold finish head up Gales' latest Magneto model
Watch Eric Gales turn in one of 2021's most astonishing live guitar solos onstage with Gary Clark Jr. By Jackson Maxwell published 28 October 21 Joining Clark for an 11-minute rendition of When My Train Pulls In in Greensboro, North Carolina, Gales stole the show with an extended blues-rock guitar workout for the ages
From high-octane blues duels to lush baroque-pop: here are this week's essential guitar tracks By Matt Owen, Michael Astley-Brown, Sam Roche, Jackson Maxwell published 21 October 21 Craving new guitar music? Satiate your appetite with new songs from Eric Gales & Joe Bonamassa, Jack White, Big Wreck, Anjimile, Vended and more
Eric Gales trades guitar solo blows with Joe Bonamassa in dueling new single, I Want My Crown By Matt Owen published 21 October 21 The release was initially teased last week as the “World Heavyweight Guitar Battle”, and is the first single from Gales’ upcoming solo album, Crown
Eric Gales will take on Joe Bonamassa in a live “World Heavyweight Guitar Battle” next week By Matt Parker published 15 October 21 Which blues guitar titan would you put your money on? Who will float like a tremolo and sting like a B? Will they wear guitars at the weigh in?
All-star Allman Family Revival tour announced By Jackson Maxwell published 14 September 21 The touring celebration of the life and music of the late Gregg Allman will feature The Allman Betts Band, plus Robert Randolph, Lilly Hiatt, Eric Gales, Joanne Shaw Taylor and many more
Bring some of Eric Gales' sweet, stinging, overdriven blues sounds into your rig with Overloud's new TH-U Eric Gales Pack By Jackson Maxwell published 21 July 21 15 effects, three cabs, Gales's DV Mark Raw Dawg Signature head and more come standard in this $59 plugin
Watch Eric Gales deliver jaw-dropping Jimi Hendrix, Billy Gibbons and Robin Trower covers as he puts his signature MXR Raw Dawg pedal through its paces By Matt Owen published 29 June 21 The blues master makes the riffs of Purple Haze, Just Got Paid, Bridge of Sighs and Red House his own in a playthrough that demonstrates his elite tone and virtuosic feel
Eric Bibb teams up with Eric Gales for swampy new single, Whole World’s Got The Blues By Matt Owen published 23 March 21 Drumming icon Steve Jordan also performs on the new track, which is set to appear on Bibb's new album for Provogue/Mascot Label Group