Blues You Can Use - Blues and Jazz Guitar Lessons, Books and more

Blues You Can Use - Blues and Jazz Guitar Lessons, Books and more

FLASH! November 27, 2013

The Blues You Can Use Backing Tracks CD is now available as a full album download through CD Baby. More new stuff is coming. Check out the BYCU Store.

New LICK OF THE WEEK
December 4, 2013

Overdrive Blues in C - Part 4
This week’s installment of Overdrive Blues in C, the current Lick of the Week tune, is played over the turn-around of the first chorus (first time through the 12-bar progression) and leads into the second chorus...

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Here's a nice little medley by Buddy Guy. He plays snippets of Cream's "Strange Brew," Hendrix' "Voodoo Chile" and a teeny bit of John Lee Hooker's "Boom, Boom," all the while giving us a lecture on the role of the Brits in bringing the blues back to American audiences. Fun and interesting.

Going back a few long years, here are the Yardbirds in 1966, playing "Train Kept a Rollin'," with Jeff Beck on guitar. They were an important part of the British blues explosion that brought the genre back to audiences in the US.

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