Omar Kent Dykes is an American blues guitarist and singer from McComb Mississippi. He formed the band Omar & the Howlers in 1973, and has also had a successful career as a solo artist, regularly touring European countries. His solo albums include Blues Bag and Muddy Springs Road. Dykes started playing guitar when he was …
Blues guitarist Robert “Pete” Williams (March 14, 1914 – December 31, 1980) was born to a family of sharecroppers in Zachary, Louisiana. At the age of 20, he bought a cheap guitar and began to play for small events such as dances and church gatherings. In 1956, Williams shot a man dead in a local …
Booker T. Washington White (November 12, 1906 – February 26, 1977), also known as Bukka White, was a delta blues guitarist and singer from Mississippi. “Bukka” is actually not a nickname, but a misspelling of his given name Booker by Vocalion, his second record label. White started his career playing the fiddle at square dances; …
Here, Mehran shows you a typical “Sevillana” flamenco form. Notice the use of “falsettas” – little melodies that you play in between the chords. When you buy your copy of “Flamenco Guitar Secrets”, you’ll get the tabs to all of it… Check it out: They’re all the different keys. Most of the stuff I’m going …
Blues guitarist Johnny “Guitar” Watson (February 3, 1935 – May 17, 1996) was an American blues, funk guitarist and singer from Houston, Texas. His father who was a pianist taught him piano, but Watson was more attracted to guitar as a young child and when he was 11, his grandfather gave him a guitar. Watson …
James “Blood” Ulmer is an American jazz and blues guitarist and singer. He was born on February 2, 1942, in St. Matthews, South Carolina. Ulmer began his career playing with various soul jazz ensembles, first recording in 1969 with organist John Patton. In 1971, he moved to New York and played with different artists including …
Walter Trout, an American blues guitarist, singer, and song writer, was born on March 6, 1951, in Ocean City, New Jersey. His career as a musician began in the late 1960s in New Jersey and later he moved to Los Angeles where he became a sideman for Percy Mayfield and Deacon Jones, and also worked …
Morris Holt, also known as “Magic Slim” is an American blues guitarist and singer. He was born on August 7, 1937, in Grenada, Mississippi. Slim used to play piano but had to give it up when he lost his right pinky, and he began playing bass with his mentor Magic Sam’s band in Chicago. Soon …
Kenny Wayne Shepherd is an American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter from Shreveport, Louisiana. Born on June 12, 1977, Shepherd began playing guitar when he was only seven. His first performance at the Red River Revel Arts Festival in Shreveport led to a multiple album record deal with Giant Records. Shepherd has sold millions of …
Sol Philcox is back! He’s not only amazing at “Chicken-Pickin Style”, buthe’s a heck of a blues player too, with a deep bag of secrets to share with you. Here’s a sample clip from the upcoming “Blues Master Class” DVDs. See how that works? You can use that sliding technique. This is almost like a …