This indispensable six-string barre requires strong fingers, but it’s worth persevering because it’s an essential shape for ...

The blues evolved further in the 30s and 40s with migration to cities such as Chicago and Memphis where it become electrified and beat-driven. Performers such as BB King and Howlin' Wolf played with a ...

Rock 'n' Roll is often described as the energetic lovechild of black rhythm and blues and white country music ... hence the swing feel to many of those early songs. The invention of the electric ...

The mournful pull of guitar strings meets the quivering thud of bass and drum, permeating the void and bringing to life ...

By his teens he was supporting his powerful voice with intricate blues guitar work and harmonica ... over a slow shuffle in E ...

Jazz and blues are types of music that can trace ... In jazz bands, you might also find a double bass, drum kits, piano or guitar which make up the rhythm section. Below you can watch and listen ...

and the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame. In the late 1950s, Davis was the lead guitar player for Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, who wrote and performed the original version of “The Twist ...