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- NEW ALBUM: Joe Bonamassa “Driving Towards The Daylight”
- Slow Jam The News with Barack Obama & The Roots: Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
- Guitarist Magazine Launches Deluxe Edition iPad App
- Bert Weedon, Play In A Day Author, Dies Aged 91 RIP – 1920-2012
- Tom Petty’s Guitars Stolen From Tour Rehearsal
- Axl Rose Publicly Declines His Induction Into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame In Open Letter To All
- RIP Jim Marshall OBE ~ 1923-2012
- MonkeyFest 2012 Cancelled
- Rockschool Launches Version 4 Guitar Syllabus on May 1st!
- Introducing: Phoenix Pro – The Guitar Plugin That Turns Hacks into Shredders
- SONISPHERE CANCELLED!
- 2012 G3 European Tour feat. Steve Vai, Joe Satriani & Steve Morse
- Slash performs the Allman Brothers classic ‘Jessica’ on BBC’s Top Gear show
- John Mayer forced to take “indefinite hiatus” and cancel US tour
- Eric Johnson announces first ever UK tour!
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Tag Archives: Blues
JamTrackCentral release new Denny Ilett ‘Jazzin’ The Blues’ jam package
JamTrackCental have this week released their latest jam track package by the fabulous Denny Ilett called ‘Jazzin’ The Blues’. Check it out here. Denny’s debut jam package ‘Jazzin’ The Blues’ is now available to download at Jam Track Central and includes … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Hutchings, Blues, bluesjamtracks, bone, central, Denny Ilett, Guitar, Guthrie Govan, jam, jamming, JamTrackCentral, Jan Cyrka, Jazz, Jazzin The Blues, Jess Lewis, jonas tamas, Rock, swing, track, walker
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Jamtrackcentral release Guthrie Govan and Denny Ilett jam track packages
Jamtrackcentral have been busy this summer. Not only have they overhauled their website with a fantastic new sleek design style but have also recently released a new Guthrie Govan jam track package called ‘Vintage Modern‘, too. (Buy now @ £9.99) … Continue reading
Rockin’ All Over The Web – Google pay tribute to Les Paul with interactive doodle
Yesterday Google commemorated the 96th birthday of the legendary guitarist, inventor and musical pioneer, Les Paul with a quirky Google Doodle on the homepage of their http://www.google.com website. News of the doodle spread quickly and blog posts popped up from … Continue reading
Posted in Music, News, Video, Website
Tagged 96th Birthday, Anniversary, Blues, Chords, Country, Google, Google Doodle, Google Guitar, Happy Birthday, Interactive Doodle, Joy to the World, Led Zeppelin, Les Paul, Lullaby, Pop, RIP, Rock 'n' Roll, Stairway to Heaven, Twinkle Twinkle
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Honorary Google Doodle Marks Les Paul’s 96th Birthday
Google have long been known for their quirky search engine doodles to commemorate historic dates or people – see this video montage of the best of them here, incl. Leonardo Da Vinci, Sherlock Holmes and aliens to name just a … Continue reading
Posted in News, Review, RIP, Video, Website
Tagged 96th Birthday, Anniversary, Blues, Chords, Country, Google, Google Doodle, Google Guitar, Interactive Doodle, Les Paul, Pop, RIP, Rock 'n' Roll
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RIP Gary Moore ~ 1952-2011
This is one blog post that I really didn’t expect to be writing any time soon and it pains me to write about a guitarist who has influenced me and so many others so greatly. Late yesterday afternoon the guitar … Continue reading
Posted in News, RIP, Video, Website
Tagged Albert King, Bad For You Baby, BB King, BBM, Blood Sweat & Tears, Blues, Collosseum II, David Gilmour, Gary Moore, George Harrison, Ginger Baker, Guitar, I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know, Jack Bruce, Lemmy, Mark King, Mark Knopfler, Parisienne Walkways, Phil Lynott, Rest in Peace, RIP, Rock, Rowland Rivron, Skid Row, The Easy Guitar Book Sketch, Thin Lizzy
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Modern Electric Blues Guitar Course – Student Review
Trisha Macnair – Ain’t Nothin’ Like The Blues While you have been growing damp and chilly in the English September weather, I have been out in the Charente Maritime, south of the Loire and north of Bordeaux. There, as the … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Holiday, News, Review, Website
Tagged Blues, Creative Vacances, Guitar Holidays in France, Richard Perkins, Stuart Ryan, Trisha Macnair
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Jazzy Turnaround #1
Here is a cool jazzy I, vi, ii, V turnaround in the key of C. The progression begins with C9 (I), moves to the Am6 (vi), then to the Dm7b5 (ii), then to the G7#5b9 (V) before resolving back to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bath Guitar School, Blues, Guitar, Guitar Lesson, Im A Guitarist, Jazz, Richard Perkins, Turnaround
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Stevie Ray Vaughan ~ RIP (1954 – 1990)
Stephen Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990) “On August 26, 1990, a sold out concert of 30,000 at Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wisconsin, featured an encore jam with Vaughan, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan … Continue reading
Posted in News, RIP
Tagged Anniversary, Blues, Buddy Guy, Chicago, Double Trouble, Eric Clapton, Jimmie Vaughan, Joe Bonamassa, Lenny, Rest in Peace, RIP, Robert Cray, SRV, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Stratocaster, Texas, Tribute, Twitter
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