Latest about Josh Smith
“Know your history. But don’t be cliché and try to do what the guys in Chicago did in the ’60s. We don’t need more of that”: Josh Smith is on a mission to save the blues – he names 10 guitarists who are pushing the genre forward
The defender of the blues faith names the players bucking the clichés and preventing the genre going stale, and explains why anyone who says Joe Bonamassa can't play the blues is “full of s**t”
“Rocco Prestia could have held that 16th-note pattern in his sleep – it’s airtight” Halestorm bassist Josh Smith picks his top 5 bass albums
From Tower Of Power to The Beatles, Josh Smith reveals the influences that helped shape his heavy-riffing bass style with Halestorm
Why diminished phrases can be your secret weapon in a blues chord progression
Josh Smith offers a road map for harmonically interesting blues guitar playing, offering fresh ideas for connecting notes between chords
Joe Bonamassa has collaborated with some of today’s finest blues players – learn their soloing secrets with this epic lesson
The JoBo Rolodex is filled with top blues guitar talent, and here we explore seven solo examples inspired by close contacts Eric Gales, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Kirk Fletcher and many more
How to use chromatic passing tones as connective tissue in guitar solos
Please join us in the chroma-zone, where you will find new ideas for where to take your solos in a country or jazz setting
Joe Bonamassa just dropped a new single – and it features one of his “best-ever guitar solos”
Twenty-Four Hour Blues is the lead single from Bonamassa's upcoming album, Blues Deluxe Vol. 2, which features Josh Smith and Kirk Fletcher
How to use chromatic approaches to expand your blues soloing vocabulary
Josh Smith is here to make you a better blues player by showing you the musical value in outlining chords in your lead playing
Joe Bonamassa, Joanne Shaw Taylor and Carmen Vandenberg play an electrifying game of blues tag in this cover of B.B. King’s Ain’t Nobody Home
The three players trade licks and smiles – all backed by Josh Smith – on this classic King cover, albeit seemingly unaware of the irony that they’ve crowded in a room to do so
NAMM 2023: Josh Smith and Seymour Duncan release the Flat V pickup set – an unorthodox blend of Tele-style single coils
The pickups – which first arrived in the blues titan's Ibanez signature model – feature a unique combination of Alnico 2, 3 and 4 magnets in order to facilitate dynamic, expressive playing
