Another Delta bluesman — Walter “Furry” Lewis was a great guitarist and improviser… You might not understand everything going on in this video, but don’t worry because with the “Deep Delta Blues” package, you’ll get it all tabbed out. But even if we don’t get all the right hand picking stuff, you can learn a …
Hey Friend, I started recording some video guitar lessons for you today, but I realized I wouldn’t have time to upload them in time to get this email out to you, so they’ll have to wait till next time… Good stuff coming though, I promise 🙂 I do have a video today from instructor John …
But I should say that this video is more about inspiration and knowledge than getting some quick licks under your fingers like our last video… That’s because we need to go a bit deeper into what the right hand is doing to make it clear. However, it will all become crystal-obvious once you get the …
Hey Friend, One of the great Delta bluesmen was Mississippi John Hurt. He was a total original and an influence on other legendary guitarists like Jerry Garcia and Bob Dylan. I’m stoked about the fact that Mississippi John Hurt is one of 6 guitar legends featured on our new “Deep Delta” Blues packge. In today’s …
“Deep Delta Blues” is a new guitar learning DVD package featuring tricks and techniques from some of the greatest all time country blues guitarists. Yes, strictly speaking, the “delta” was only one area in Mississippi, and there are many other regions and influences that are a part of acoustic blues and country blues, but who …
Welcome to a lesson…great for beginners who want to learn lead! First, download the backing track.CLICK HERE PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 PART 5 Hey, it’s Claude Johnson here and I’ve got a videolesson for you today for the beginners for …
Hey Friend, I just put out a video series justfor the beginners who want tolearn lead guitar. It’s 20 minutes of video instructionwith an included backing track. What am I charging for this? Absolutely freaking nothing! 🙂 Just go watch it on my blog. CLAUDE JOHNSON BLOG I decided I needed to take careof the …
Hi Friend, A couple years ago, I bought a book called “The artists way”. Pretty much it sat on my shelf for a long while. But i’ve been thumbing through it recently, picking up little nuggets of wisdom. Here’s a cool quote: “Sometimes I will write badly, draw badly, paint badly, perform badly. I have …
Hi Friend, So, the weather has been crazy —an earthquake and a hurricanein the same week. What arethe odds? It’s kind of a funny story,because I was sitting onmy sofa, watching a roughedit of one our upcomingDVDs. And there’s this mean,rockin guitar riff withdistortion and I hadthe TV on a bit loud. And the next …
Hey, its Claude Johnson and today’s guitar lesson is Diatonic Legato Licks Part 2. Okay now, with these legato licks keep in mind that even though you’re not picking, it might be harder on the left hand because you’ve really got to get those hammer-ons and pull-offs in there to make the notes sound correctly. …