Boogie Blues Birthday Bonus

hi Friend, Was just on the phone with my mom… She asked me how I felt on my birthday. Overall, I feel great! Like Joe Walsh said, “life’s been good to me so far.” On a total side note, if you ever get a chance to watch Joe Walsh play the blues on the “crossroads” …

How to Play Blues Turnarounds for Beginners

hi Friend, I’m more exhausted than a one-legged chicken in a butt-kickin contest 🙂 Par for the course for NAMM, though. My mission now is to recover my energy and get back to Rhode Island! yeahhhh…. Let me show this video that Jon Maclennan did. It’s pretty much a beginner lesson on blues turnarounds, but …

How to Play Blues Guitar Solo With Fast Fingerpicking Licks

Here’s another video from Jonathon “Boogie” Long… It’s a clever way to supercharge your blues lead guitar playing without spending years working on your picking chops. You might already know about it, but Boogie definitely adds his knowledge to the mix here… Stay tuned because on Feb 6 (that’s only one and half weeks!) we …

Claude at NAMM 2013

Ok, so I’m at NAMM, (National Association of Music Merchants) Convention in Anaheim, California. If you don’t know what that is, it’s pretty much the biggest music convention in the world. Technically, there was one in Germany that used to be bigger, but whatever… Its still FREAKING HUGE… Ok, so I mentioned before that I’m …

Simple Shred Pattern – Box Pattern

This one is one of the more advanced because it gets into the “Shred Speed Zone”. Still, the patterns are very simple and you can play slower and still have a cool effect. I’ll have more “Boogie Blues Magic” for you next time. Without further ado, check out my “Simple Shred Pattern Lesson”. Hey, guys …

Road Trip!

hi Friend, Filming Boogie Long was an adventure. In a momentary lapse of reason, I thought it would be a good idea to DRIVE down to Baton Rouge Louisiana rather than fly like I usually do. I guess I didn’t realize how far west Louisiana is…haha… Or when I heard “23 hour drive”, it didn’t …