Eric Clapton called Sonny Landreth the most underestimated guitarist on the planet and probably the most advanced, lauded for his slide guitar and picking techniques alike. The King of Slydeco has ...

Welcome to a blues guitar extravaganza. The aim of this feature is to study and apply some of the technical and musical concepts employed by 30 top blues guitar icons from the 1950s right up to the ...

Something magical and profound happened to American blues guitar when some innovative early-20th-century blues players, taking a cue from Hawaiian guitarists who used steel bars with their instruments ...

Growing up in New York, Marc Stone was struck by the sound of the slide guitar at a young age. His uncle gave him a Muddy Waters album. His mother and stepfather were big fans of the Allman Brothers' ...

Marin is something of a sacred place for Derek Trucks, and not just because he and his wife, singer-guitarist Susan Tedeschi and their 12-piece blues band, are headlining Saturday’s Sound Summit ...

When people talk about playing slide, the conversation often progresses on to open tunings, heavier strings, and a high action. It’s true that these can make things easier and, in some cases such as ...

Get to the heart of traditional acoustic blues with this slide tutorial, including five examples in the style of the legendary Son House. Born in Mississippi in 1902, Son House was an early influence ...

Every music lover has defining moments in his or her listening history; turning points were exposure to an artist or song completely unhinges their way of thinking and opens their ears to a whole ...

One of Debashish Bhattacharya's most remarkable contributions is that he has taken the scope and foundation of the slide guitar, improvised it again and again, thereby designing and creating four ...