Learn the greatest licks from over 100 years of trailblazing blues guitarists, from Robert Johnson to B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Eric Gales and more
Today, we can listen to over one hundred years of blues. Sylvester Weaverās unaccompanied instrumental Guitar Blues (1923) may be the earliest example of recorded blues guitar, with Son House, Charlie Patton, Memphis Minnie, Lead Belly, Robert Johnson and many more cutting records in the late 1920s and ā30s.Ā
These greats inspired the post-war Chicago blues explosion, which was subsequently seized upon by āBritish Blues Invasionā bands, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who and more in the mid-ā60s. From there, blues-rock was born, and the style has branched out ever since, taking onĀ wider musical influences with every passing year.Ā
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