The Blues Guitar Show
By Ben Martin
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Welcome to The Blues Guitar Show! Your free audio guitar teacher, focusing on all things blues guitar, records, rocking music theory and gear.
Covering all the genres in the Blues world from Delta to Rockabilly.
Each Monday I release an episode packed with information, exercises, songs, licks and interviews with some of the best players around to give you Passion, Practice and Perseverance for your guitar playing journey!
I'm a born and raised blues guitarist, studio musician and teacher on a mission to help you master the music you love.
Through this chart-topping podcast and interviews with some of the worlds best, our mission is to help dazed and confused blues pickers like you grasp the skills you need to go from ‘campfire’ to on fire.
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Website: www.thebluesguitarshow.com
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🔒 Lesson #55 Using chords to SOLO
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May 03, 2024 |
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Episode #174 The T-Bone Walker Style Technique
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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🔒 Lesson #54 Adding Chords Into a 12 Bar
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Episode #173 Ashley Sherlock Interview
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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🔒 Lesson #53 Chord Theory - Essential Barre Chords
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Episode #172 Albert Collins - Frosty Lead Lesson Breakdown
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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🔒 Lesson #52 Major Pentatonic Licks You Can Use
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Episode #171 Feedback Guitar Academy - Guitar Teacher Talk
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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🔒 Lesson #51 Minor Pentatonic Standard Tuning Slide Licks
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Episode #170 Using Hypnotic Boogie Blues to Fix Your Picking Hand
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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🔒 Lesson #50 Minor Pentatonic Licks You Can Use!
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Episode #169 Ned Evett - the King of the Glass Neck Fretless Guitar
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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🔒 Lesson #49 Sunshine of your Love
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Episode #168 Chuck Berry Double Stop Licks
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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🔒 Lesson #48 Old Scales, New Tricks
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Episode #167 Andrew Wiscombe - From Army Sniper to Award-Winning Songwriter
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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🔒 Lesson #47 Adding Jazz Chords to a Blues
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Episode #166 David & The Devil
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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🔒 Lesson #46 The MODES (Mixolydian specifically!) Licks you can use
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Episode #165 3 Tips For Mastering Your Blues Fingerpicking
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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🔒 Lesson #45 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Full Lesson
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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Episode #164 Led Zeppelin Going to California Lesson
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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🔒 Lesson #44 The One Note to add to your Minor Pentatonics
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Episode #163 El Nico Talks Rockabilly, Surf & the DeathRayCat YouTube Channel
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Episode #162 5 Ways to Become a Better Improviser
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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🔒 Lesson #43 The Minor Scale
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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Episode #161 Jonathan Wyndham Talks Guitar, Nashville, Touring & Writing
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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🔒 lesson #42 Since I've Been Loving You
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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Episode #160 You Need to Learn Chord Extensions
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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🔒 Lesson #41 Triplets for playing with Speed
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Episode #159 Learn This Classic Billy Gibbons Riff
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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🔒 Lesson #40 3 Great Rock and Roll Licks
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Episode #158 How to play like Albert King
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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🔒 Lesson #39 7th Chord Inversions for lead playing
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Episode #157 Do THIS to Master the Fretboard
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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🔒 Lesson #38 Rock and Roll Double Stop Licks
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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Episode #156 Top 5 MUST Know Scales
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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🔒 Lesson #37 Free Bird Solo pt.2
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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Episode #155 Merry Axemas Gear Demos
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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Episode #154 Kaspar Berry Rapkin Interview
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Dec 23, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson #36 Free Bird Slide Solo
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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Episode #153 You Need to Learn this Beatles Song
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson #35 Swamp Style Blues
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Episode #152 Smokestack Lightning - Howlin' Wolf Lesson
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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🔒 lesson #34 Slide in Open D Tuning
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Episode #151 B.B King Rock Me Baby Lesson
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson #33 A Complete 12-bar in Open G
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Episode #150 Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy Lesson
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson #32 Slide Riffs
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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Episode #149 Beatles - Day Tripper Lesson
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson #31 Slide Playing 101
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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Episode #148 Honky Tonk Woman - Rolling Stones Lesson
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson #30 The Arpeggio Trick
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Episode #147 Layla Acoustic - Eric Clapton Lesson
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson #29 Travis Picking Out of the Box
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Episode #146 Hide Away Freddie King Lesson
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson #28 Using the fretboard and playing with 'Feel"
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Episode #145 I'm Tore Down - Eric Clapton Lesson
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson #27 Fretboard Recognition
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Episode #144 How To Play Hill Country Blues
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson 26 - Triads for Acoustic Playing
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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Episode #143 Rockabilly Weekend - Live Interviews & Review
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Episode #142 Howlin' Wolf - Killing Floor Lesson
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson #25 Inversions and Scale Degrees
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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Episode #141 The CAGED Question!
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson #24 Improvising and Picking the Modes
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Episode #139 Eddie 9V Talks Touring, Guitar, Blues & Recording in a Trailer!
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson #23 Fingerpicking Exercises
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Episode #138 Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied - Slide Lesson
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson #22 Using the Pentatonic Shapes from Chords
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Episode #137 Martyn Roper & Rich Miller Talk Steel Guitars and Slide Playing
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson #21 Fingerpicking & Inversions
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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Episode #136 Bassline Ties and Dwight Yoakam Licks
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson 20 - Blues Improvisation & Soloing re-cap
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Episode #135 Rhythm -The missing ingredient in your playing
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson 19 - Top 5 licks
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Episode #134 Jon Button on playing bass in The Who
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson 18 Using chords in Solos
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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Episode #133 Paul Pigat talks Cousin Harley, Rockabilly & Guitars
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson 17 Licks, Phrasing and Ornaments
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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Episode #131 Three Solos you NEED to learn
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson 16 - Double stops and harmony
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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Episode #130 Back Porch Blues - Solo Playing Tips
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson 15 - Mixing scales together
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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Episode #129 Garry Burnside Talks Hill Country Blues
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson 14 - Playing the Changes and Chord Spelling
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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Episode #128 Todd Roth Talks Blues, Cigar Box Guitars & Coming Up Muddy
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Episode #127 Angus Young Riffs
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson 13 - Chord Tones & The Thrill Is Gone
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Episode #126 Rich Miller Talks Slide Guitar
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson 12 - Arpeggios
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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Episode #125 Guitar Teacher Talk w/ Tim Daley
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson 11 - Finding Notes & CAGED
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Episode #124 Learning New Solos and Making them 'Classy'
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson 10 - Triads and Licks
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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Episode #123 That Chuck Berry Lick
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson 9 - Major Licks
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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Episode #122 Dyer Davis Interview
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson 8 - Major pentatonics
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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Episode #121 Smokestack Lightnin'
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson 7 - Scale Runs & Improv
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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Episode #120 Ruzz Guitar's Blues Revue Interview
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May 29, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson 6 - Playing the Changes
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May 26, 2023 |
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Episode #119 Top 10 Acoustic Blues Albums
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May 22, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson 5 - Blues Licks for Better Solos
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May 19, 2023 |
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Episode #118 What Guitar Should I Buy Next?
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May 15, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson 4 - The Five Shapes
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May 12, 2023 |
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Episode #117 The B.B. Box
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May 08, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson 3 - The Blues Scale
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May 05, 2023 |
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Episode #116 Better than Epiphone?! Artist Guitars Brownburst 58 DLX Review
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May 01, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson 2 - Learning the Fretboard by soloing
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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Episode #115 You're Better At Solos Than You Think
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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🔒 Lesson 1 - Minor Pentatonics
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Episode #114 Top 10 Classic Rock Guitar Albums
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Episode #113 Pentatonic Solo Hacks
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Episode #112 Your Questions Answered
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Episode #111 Slide in Open D
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Episode #110 What Are The 'Blue' Notes?
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Episode #109 David Hamburger Interview - Fretboard Confidential
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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Episode #108 Playing faster Solos
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Episode #107 New Guitars, Old Tricks
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Episode #106 Guitar Shopping
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Episode #105 The 5 MUST know Jazz Chords
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Episode #104 Stevie Ray Vaughan Licks
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Episode #103 Danny Bryant Interview
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Episode #102 The One Scale Hack You NEED
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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Episode #101 Goal Setting for 2023
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Episode #100! Happy New Year (top 5 recs)
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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Episode #99 Top 5 Riffs
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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Episode #98 Guitar Solo - Pro Tips
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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Episode #97 Fingerpicking Routines
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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Episode #96 What guitar Do You Need?
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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Episode #95 Writing Blues Solos
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Episode #94 Learning the Keys
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Episode #93 Vamping Improvisation
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Episode #92 Dylan Asena Interview
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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Episode #91 The Washboard Resonators
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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Episode #90 Mark Knopfler
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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Episode #89 Jerry Garcia
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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Episode #88 Blues Improvisation Special
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Episode #87 Slide Basics & DADGAD
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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Episode #86 The Cinelli Brothers Interview
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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Episode #85 Eric Clapton - Hey Hey
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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Episode #84 Ryan Lee Crosby Interview
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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Episode #83 Robert Johnson - Main Section
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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Episode #82 Robert Johnson - Kind Hearted Woman Blues
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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Episode #81 Flatpicking III - Killer Jazz Licks
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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Episode #80 How to: Flatpicking II - Cowboy Shredding
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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Episode #79 How to: Flatpicking
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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Episode #78 How to: Blues Solos III
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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Episode #77 How To: Blues Solos II
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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Episode #76 How to: Blues Solos
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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Episode #75 Fingerpicking the Blues III
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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Episode #74 Fingerpicking the Blues II
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May 23, 2022 |
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Episode #73 Fingerpicking the Blues
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May 16, 2022 |
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Episode #72 The Blues Scale
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Episode #71 Led Zeppelin III
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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Episode #70 John Lee Hooker
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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Episode #69 J. J Cale
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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Episode #68 The Who
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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Episode #67 Grateful Dead
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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Episode #66 B B King
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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Episode #66 Jimi Hendrix Blues
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Episode #65 Rolling Stones Blues
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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Episode #64 Led Zeppelin Blues
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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Episode #63 Robert Johnson & Clapton Blues
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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Episode #62 Freddie King Blues
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Episode #61 Muddy Waters Blues
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Episode #60 Howlin Wolf Blues
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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Episode #59 Fingerpicking Country
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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Episode #58 Flatpicking Bluegrass
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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Episode #57 New Year, New Licks
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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Episode #56 Blues Melody
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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Episode #55 Bluesmen of the Year
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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Episode #54 Thumb Pickin'
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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Episode #53 Ragtime Licks
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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Episode #52 Travis Picking Again
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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Episode #51 Blues Harmony 101
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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Episode #50 Improvising Solos
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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Episode #49 Simple Spanish Guitar
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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Episode #48 Clapton - Classic Riffs
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Oct 10, 2021 |
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Episode #47 Eagles - Classic Riffs
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Oct 03, 2021 |
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Episode #46 The Jimmy Page Riff You Need to Know
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Sep 26, 2021 |
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Episode #45 Tasty Jazz Chords
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Sep 19, 2021 |
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Episode #44 Keeping it Simple
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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Episode #43 No Nonsense Music Theory
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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Episode #42 One Lick Country Solos
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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Episode #41 The 3 Things You Need to Practice Daily
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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Episode #40 The Peidmont Roll
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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Episode #39 The Delta Blues Pattern
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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Episode #38 Minor Pentatonic Practice-A-Long
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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Episode #37 Pick Like a Pro
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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Episode #36 How to "Country-up" Your Chords
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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Episode #35 Practice Routines and How to Structure Them
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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Episode #34 Practice-A-Long 30 Minute Practice Session
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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Episode #33 Hacks to Improve Your Guitar Playing Quickly
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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Episode #32 Can You Learn Guitar On Youtube?
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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Episode #31 Eric Clapton's Acoustic Blues
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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Episode #30 DADGAD Celtic Blues & Rory Gallagher
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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Episode #29 B.B King Solos & Why They Rock
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May 24, 2021 |
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Episode #28 Learn Arpeggios Not Scales
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May 21, 2021 |
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Episode #27 The Blues Lick You Need To Know
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May 17, 2021 |
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Episode #26 Country Triads & My New Guitar
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May 14, 2021 |
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Episode #25 What is Chord Stacking?
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May 10, 2021 |
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Episode #24 Theory of Blues Solos
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May 04, 2021 |
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Episode #23 Tasty Robert Johnson Licks
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Apr 25, 2021 |
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Episode #22 The Delta Blues of Big Joe Williams
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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Episode #21 Blues You Can Use
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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Episode #20 The Coolest Fingerstyle Licks
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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Episode #19 Country Licks & Solos
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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Episode #18 One Scale Blues Solos
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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Episode #17 Playing in Every Key (with just two chords)
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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Episode #16 Country Licks and Scales
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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Episode #15 Fingerstyle Blues in A
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Jan 16, 2021 |
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Episode #14 Country Blues
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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Episode #13 Unlocking The Fretboard
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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Episode #12 Flat Picking & Bluegrass Runs
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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Episode #11 Slide Techniques and Open D
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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Episode #10 Essential Travis Picking Techniques
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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Episode #9 Gear Review and D'Addario Re-String Event
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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Episode #8 Self Accompaniment Blues
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Jun 16, 2020 |
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Episode #7 - Practice Routines - What, How When & Why
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Jun 09, 2020 |
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Episode #6 Essential Scales for Blues
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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Episode #5 Fretboard Visualization Part 2
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May 09, 2020 |
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Episode #4 Delta Blues Picking
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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Bonus Episode Jimi Hendrix style focus
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Apr 16, 2020 |
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Episode #3 Fretboard Visualization
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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Episode #2 12Bars and 7ths
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Apr 02, 2020 |
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Bonus Episode Stevie Ray Vaughan (Style Focus)
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Mar 30, 2020 |
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#1 Travis Picking the Blues
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Mar 23, 2020 |