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The Who’s Keith Moon was one of  the wildest men in rock in the sixties. His energetic style complemented John Entwistles bass playing to create a fantastic powerhouse rhythm section. Moon was a true rock n roller. Famous for throwing tvs out of hotel room windows and driving cars into swimming pools he lived hisContinue reading “Keith Moon. The legend lives on.”

      1 Pink Floyd . Money 2 The Stone Roses. I wanna be adored 3 U2. New Years Day   4. Red Hot Chilli Peppers. Give it away. https://youtu.be/exCEcmLw-Hc 5. Led Zeppelin. Immigrant Song.            

I mainly play the blues but I do love the playing style of the great Charlie Christian. He played a lot more with the major third and sixth instead of the minor pentatonic giving him a lighter jazzier sound. Playing a Gibson es 150 straight into a Gibson valve amp his sound was clean andContinue reading “Charlie Christian”

I Was listening to Use Your illusion part 2 by Guns n Roses the other day on my car stereo and was struck by how many great songs this band wrote. Everyone knows their classics like Sweet Child o’ mine and Welcome to the jungle but check out the middle section of this album! PrettyContinue reading “Use your illusion.”

Here are 5 easy riffs that you can learn that are fun to play and sound great! 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUwEIt9ez7M&feature=share 2 3 4 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mln0RciE2o0&feature=share There you go. 5 great riffs that will make you sound like you have been playing for years! Enjoy!

I always have a laugh with one of my students about this because he loves his les Paul and I prefer strats. Both guitars are giants in the guitar world and pretty much all the guitar greats have played one or the other( apart from Angus who plays a SG). The guitars make very differentContinue reading “Strat v les paul.”

Every guitarist has their own preference for which guitar and amp they like best but for me the Deluxe Reverb by Fender wins hands down! The amp has two channels with the only difference being one has reverb.  First introduced in 1963 the amp has an onboard spring reverb tank which gives the amp aContinue reading “The deluxe reverb”

When I think of the term “blues rock” I instantly think of Led Zeppelin. For me they are the ultimate band when it came to playing heavy blues rock. Formed in 1968 they had the archetypal set up of lead vocals, guitar, bass and drums. On guitar was Jimmy Page who was somewhat of aContinue reading “Why Zep remain the ultimate blues rockers!”

Whenever i pick my 335 up for a jam i always play the blues. i love the sound of that minor pentatonic scale. Sad and mournful. You don’t play the blues. You feel the blues! Playing the notes is one thing but its the subtle techniques of vibrato, slides, micro and quarter bends that bringContinue reading “Why it always comes back to the blues!”

Most of my blogs are about the guitar but I also teach the bass which I have played for 30 years! Its actually a fantastic instrument and one I love playing when I’m in the wedding band. The job of the bass is to keep rhythm with the drums and but you can be veryContinue reading “Being a bass man!”