By: Stephen Rose Little Axe is the alias for Skip McDonald, a blues guitarist who has spent his career at the forefront of emerging musical trends. At Sugar Hill Records, he laid down the ...
This week we brought back our old buddy Jack van Breen and took a look at an unusual triple-necked instrument (more than just a guitar). Be sure to check out the video on the Mermer, which happens ...
A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall is one of Bob Dylan’s earliest examples of some of his interesting chord shapes and rambling lyrics. The song first appeared on his second album, The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan and ...
Mr. Soul is a Neil Young song that has gone through many incarnations, not unusual for his songs. It started out as a rockin’ hit for The Buffalo Springfield in 1968 and later appeared as ...
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More Than A Feeling is the first hit from Boston, released in 1976 on their debut album. It features a memorable guitar arpeggio opening then a driving chorus with syncopated strumming. This lesson goes over ...
I Walk The Line is one of Johnny Cash’s earliest hits and a great example of a simple chord progression and strumming pattern expanding into a very interesting example of moving through different keys (modulating). ...