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Joe Bonamassa explains how to get into a slow blues jam – and, crucially, how you can get out of it

One of my favorite things to play is a slow blues song, which is something I include in every performance. Each time, without really thinking much about it, I’m faced with two questions: 1) How does ...
The Advocate

A lesson in rhythm and blues before next week's big revue at the Manship Theatre

What is R&B, where’d it come from and where’d it go? An array of five-star entertainers will give a musical answer to these questions when the Manship Theatre presents the "Rhythm and Blues Revue" at ...
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A Flying V pioneer who inspired Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page, Albert King was king of the blues – find out why with this lesson in his vocal playing style

Not many players earn the title ‘king of the blues’, but then not many players have been as influential as the great Albert King. One of the leading players of his generation alongside fellow blues ...
The New York Times

Blues’ Alexey Toropchenko recalls lessons from Vladimir Tarasenko: ‘Be a good guy’

ST. LOUIS — Born in Moscow, Blues forward Alexey Toropchenko grew up watching Vladimir Tarasenko on the Russian national team, at the Olympics and the world championships. “He was a superstar,” ...