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Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 9:05 am
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I have a book called It's Easy to Fake...Blues Guitar by Joe Bennett. It takes kind of a light-hearted approach, but it does contain some very useful and usable information. Oddly enough, my copy has the word "fake" on the cover, but the picture on Amazon has the word "bluff" instead. I guess it's out there with two different names.

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Did the book had you get a dog and pickup drinking like on the cover? :)


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Hey Hey Fellow Stratheads-

I have the "Blues You Can Use" Series and I think it is great. The nice thing about it is that the book teaches you licks but within the context of a progression- You learn what works where. and the lessons get progressively more advanced.

I also use the National Guitar Workshop Series on the blues - I like that it teaches theory along with teaching riffs and techniques.

Along with any printed/CD/DVD Lesson series you decide, it is important that you listen to as much music as possible. Listen with a guitar in your hands and pick out licks and rhythms. You need to train your ear to find things on the fretboard.

Lastly...once you get a few licks in your bag of tricks....Go to a local Blues Jam and begin to play with them. The players at jams are generally pretty cool and will give a newbe the opportunity to learn- Start out by just playing the progression...once you feel confident kick off a riff or two.

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Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 9:46 am
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Does anybody know of any really, really good Blues instructional books or DVD's out there? I have always loved the Blues but since I got my new Strat it seems that's all I want to play. It just feels right playing the Blues with a Strat. I know the minor blues scales so I'm looking for something more advanced like blues chords, turnarounds, licks and solo ideas. I'm a huge fan of SRV, Clapton, Mayer, Hendrix, Page, Pearl Jam and so on.


Hi pjrocks: here's a couple of suggestions.

A useful book (with CD) is John Wheatcroft's Improvising Blues Guitar...

http://www.amazon.com/Improvising-Blues ... 906&sr=8-1

It is essentially a compendium of "in the style of" examples covering absolutely everyone you can name (and some you possibly can't) from Robert Johnson to Eric Johnson, via Clapton, Page, Beck, Bonamassa et al. And they're grouped into sections such as Chicago Blues, Delta, British Invasion, Jazz Blues, etc, so's you can home in on what interests you. Plenty of advice, discussion, TAB and the rest. Very useable.

On DVD try some of Lick Library's materials. Neville Marten's Learn to Play Blues Lead Guitar is a good place to jump in:

http://www.licklibrary.com/store/nevill ... ead-guitar

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Thanks guys. There is great info and great advice on this thread. I actually have "Blues Guitar Secrets" by Dan Denley but not sure if it's really what I need. It seems a little bit basic but I'm sure as I go through it, it will get more challenging. Does anybody have these books by Dan Denley and what do you think of them?


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Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 4:18 pm
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I really don't know but you should ask some of the staff at guitar center because that might know some books or dvd's that might help you.

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You might check out:

http://www.justinguitar.com/

He has a pretty good blues intro section. His approach is to teach blues guitar like a language. Each lick is a word so first you learn licks, then you learn how to put them together into a sentence. With some practice you can eventually create some original paragraphs. :D

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As some have mentioned already, I have had success with "Blues You Can Use" and the "House of Blues" learn the blues dvd works for me as well.
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atolleter wrote:
russianracehorse wrote:
I have a book called It's Easy to Fake...Blues Guitar by Joe Bennett. It takes kind of a light-hearted approach, but it does contain some very useful and usable information. Oddly enough, my copy has the word "fake" on the cover, but the picture on Amazon has the word "bluff" instead. I guess it's out there with two different names.

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http://www.amazon.com/Easy-Fake-Blues-Guitar-Bluff/dp/071198008X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234962098&sr=8-1


Did the book had you get a dog and pickup drinking like on the cover? :)

I already had a dog, and I'm better at drinking than I am at playing the guitar. So I'm on my way to becoming a real blues musician (middle-aged white guy version). 8)

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