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The Blues Guitar Show — 259 episodes

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Episode #253 Is AI The Future of Amps?!

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Episode #252 Talking Practice Tips with Tim Love

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Episode #251 Talkin' Great British Guitar Shows with Tom

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Episode #250 5 Tips for Beginner Slide Players

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Episode #249 How British Blues Changed The World

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Episode #248 10 Tips For Acoustic Blues

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Episode #247 Lessons From The Slide Master - Johan Borgh

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Episode #246 Life and Legacy R.L Burnside

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Episode #245 Life and Legacy: The Muddy Waters Story

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Episode #244 Why Do We All Use Standard Tuning?!

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Episode #243 Is This Hack the Answer to Instantly Better Solos?

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Episode #242 Why You Should Study Bo Diddly

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Episode #241 Finding a Guitar Tone - Common Mistakes

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Episode #240 Are Traditional Amps DEAD!?

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Episode #239 Minor Triads For Blues Solos

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Episode #238 Open G Slide Playing

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Episode #237 Oasis VS Ozzy The Battle For Britain

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Episode #236 Chuck Berry - Maybellene Simplified

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Episode #235 Sound Test - Does Your PLECTRUM Make a Difference?

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Episode #234 How Songs Are Built & Modes

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Episode #233 Tips For Going To A Blues Jam

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Episode #232 How Well Do You Know Your Fretboard?!

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Episode #231 Single Coil VS Humbucker

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Episode #230 Is Blues the Oldest Music in the World?!

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Episode #229 The Great Slide Comparison of 2025

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Episode #228 Why You Should Be Listening to Hubert Sumlin!

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Episode #227 Why You're Not Getting Better at Guitar

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Episode #226 Is TONE really all in the Fingers?

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Episode #225 Using CAGED for Blues

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Episode #224 Fundamental Music Theory for Blues Players

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Episode #223 The Music Industry is Broken! (Rant)

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Episode #222 What's The Deal With Lightnin' Hopkins?

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Episode #221 Strat VS Tele (Sound Test)

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Episode #220 Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band

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Episode #219 Learning songs FAST (and how to remember them)

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Episode #218 The GENUIS of Hill Country Blues

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Episode #217 Which Guitar Shape Is Right For You?

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Lesson #97 Led Zeppelin Heartbreaker Riff

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Episode #216 Vintage VS6 Guitar Review

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Episode #215 Smokestack Lightnin' - Songs Simplified

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Lesson #96 B.B King Style Focus

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Episode #214 The Freddie King Trick

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Episode #213 Pedals Pedals Pedals

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Episode #212 Carl Bradychok - Talkin' Rockabilly

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Episode #211 Songs SIMPLIFIED - The Weight - The Band

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Episode #210 New Year! Goal Setting & Practice Routines

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Episode #209 End Of Year Awards 2024!

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Episode #208 Christmas Jazzy Blues

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Episode #207 How to PRACTICE Fingerpicking

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Episode #206 Top 5 Acoustic Blues Masters

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Episode #205 You've Gotta Learn These Bluegrass Licks!

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Episode #204 1950's Double Stops

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Episode #203 Where Does 'Tone' Come From?! Q & A Episode

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Episode #202 The Triad Hack You Need!

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Episode #201 5 Tips For Learning Guitar Online in 2024

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Episode #200 James Oliver Talkin' Teles and Being One of the Busiest Players in the U.K

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Lesson #80 5 Licks That Will Make You a Better Lead Player

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Episode #199 My Honest Thoughts Clapton and His New Record

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Episode #198 Using Double-Stops to SOLO

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Episode #197 Delta Blues Licks in Open G (SLIDE)

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Episode #196 Top 5 British Blues Riffs (and how to play them!)

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Episode #195 Thomas Heppell Interview

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Episode #194 THE Delta Blues Technique

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Episode #193 Top 10 Hill Country Blues Artists

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Episode #192 3 BIG Lessons I learned from going to Music College

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Lesson #72 Improvising on a 12-Bar Using the Pentatonics

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Episode #191 How to: Back Porch Blues

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Episode #190 Rolling Stones Wild Horses Lesson

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Episode #189 5 Tips for Getting into Slide Playing

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Episode #188 3 Exercises for Fingerpicking Blues

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Episode #187 Take it Easy Solo Lesson

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Episode #186 Minor Pentatonic Hacks

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Episode #185 5 Must Know Licks

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Episode #184 Top 5 Dos and Dont's for playing LIVE

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Episode #183 What to Bring to a Blues Jam and Using CAGED for Solos

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Episode #182 How to start Fingerpicking

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Episode #181 The Answer's Paul Mahon on touring & playing with one of the UK's best rock bands

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Episode #180 Information Overload! Where to start with improvising

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Episode #179 Surviving a blues jam and playing BASS

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Episode #178 Top 5 Tips for Acoustic Blues

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Episode #177 Talking Guitar Solos and Music with Seth Rosenbloom

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Episode #176 Blues Turnarounds & Advice for Playing LIVE

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Episode #175 Pedal Steel COUNTRY LICKS for Guitar

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Episode #175 Must Know Triads For Lead Guitar

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Episode #174 The T-Bone Walker Style Technique

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Episode #173 Ashley Sherlock Interview

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Episode #172 Albert Collins - Frosty Lead Lesson Breakdown

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Episode #171 Feedback Guitar Academy - Guitar Teacher Talk

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Episode #170 Using Hypnotic Boogie Blues to Fix Your Picking Hand

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Episode #169 Ned Evett - the King of the Glass Neck Fretless Guitar

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Episode #168 Chuck Berry Double Stop Licks

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Episode #167 Andrew Wiscombe - From Army Sniper to Award-Winning Songwriter

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Episode #166 David & The Devil

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Episode #165 3 Tips For Mastering Your Blues Fingerpicking

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Episode #164 Led Zeppelin Going to California Lesson

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Episode #163 El Nico Talks Rockabilly, Surf & the DeathRayCat YouTube Channel

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Episode #162 5 Ways to Become a Better Improviser

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Episode #161 Jonathan Wyndham Talks Guitar, Nashville, Touring & Writing

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Episode #160 You Need to Learn Chord Extensions

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Episode #159 Learn This Classic Billy Gibbons Riff

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Episode #158 How to play like Albert King

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Episode #157 Do THIS to Master the Fretboard

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Episode #156 Top 5 MUST Know Scales

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Episode #155 Merry Axemas Gear Demos

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Episode #154 Kaspar Berry Rapkin Interview

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Episode #153 You Need to Learn this Beatles Song

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Episode #152 Smokestack Lightning - Howlin' Wolf Lesson

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Episode #151 B.B King Rock Me Baby Lesson

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Episode #150 Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy Lesson

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Episode #149 Beatles - Day Tripper Lesson

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Episode #148 Honky Tonk Woman - Rolling Stones Lesson

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Episode #147 Layla Acoustic - Eric Clapton Lesson

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Episode #146 Hide Away Freddie King Lesson

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Episode #145 I'm Tore Down - Eric Clapton Lesson

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Episode #144 How To Play Hill Country Blues

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Episode #143 Rockabilly Weekend - Live Interviews & Review

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Episode #142 Howlin' Wolf - Killing Floor Lesson

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Episode #141 The CAGED Question!

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Episode #139 Eddie 9V Talks Touring, Guitar, Blues & Recording in a Trailer!

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Episode #138 Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied - Slide Lesson

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Episode #137 Martyn Roper & Rich Miller Talk Steel Guitars and Slide Playing

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Episode #136 Bassline Ties and Dwight Yoakam Licks

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Episode #135 Rhythm -The missing ingredient in your playing

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Episode #134 Jon Button on playing bass in The Who

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Episode #133 Paul Pigat talks Cousin Harley, Rockabilly & Guitars

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Episode #131 Three Solos you NEED to learn

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Episode #130 Back Porch Blues - Solo Playing Tips

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Episode #129 Garry Burnside Talks Hill Country Blues

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Episode #128 Todd Roth Talks Blues, Cigar Box Guitars & Coming Up Muddy

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Episode #127 Angus Young Riffs

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Episode #126 Rich Miller Talks Slide Guitar

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Episode #125 Guitar Teacher Talk w/ Tim Daley

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Episode #124 Learning New Solos and Making them 'Classy'

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Episode #123 That Chuck Berry Lick

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Episode #122 Dyer Davis Interview

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Episode #121 Smokestack Lightnin'

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Episode #120 Ruzz Guitar's Blues Revue Interview

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Episode #119 Top 10 Acoustic Blues Albums

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Episode #118 What Guitar Should I Buy Next?

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Episode #117 The B.B. Box

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Episode #116 Better than Epiphone?! Artist Guitars Brownburst 58 DLX Review

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Episode #115 You're Better At Solos Than You Think

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Episode #114 Top 10 Classic Rock Guitar Albums

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Episode #113 Pentatonic Solo Hacks

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Episode #112 Your Questions Answered

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Episode #111 Slide in Open D

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Episode #110 What Are The 'Blue' Notes?

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Episode #109 David Hamburger Interview - Fretboard Confidential

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Episode #108 Playing faster Solos

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Episode #107 New Guitars, Old Tricks

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Episode #106 Guitar Shopping

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Episode #105 The 5 MUST know Jazz Chords

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Episode #104 Stevie Ray Vaughan Licks

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Episode #103 Danny Bryant Interview

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Episode #102 The One Scale Hack You NEED

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Episode #101 Goal Setting for 2023

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Episode #100! Happy New Year (top 5 recs)

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Episode #99 Top 5 Riffs

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Episode #98 Guitar Solo - Pro Tips

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Episode #97 Fingerpicking Routines

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Episode #96 What guitar Do You Need?

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Episode #95 Writing Blues Solos

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Episode #94 Learning the Keys

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Episode #93 Vamping Improvisation

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Episode #92 Dylan Asena Interview

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Episode #91 The Washboard Resonators

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Episode #90 Mark Knopfler

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Episode #89 Jerry Garcia

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Episode #88 Blues Improvisation Special

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Episode #87 Slide Basics & DADGAD

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Episode #86 The Cinelli Brothers Interview

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Episode #85 Eric Clapton - Hey Hey

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Episode #84 Ryan Lee Crosby Interview

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Episode #83 Robert Johnson - Main Section

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Episode #82 Robert Johnson - Kind Hearted Woman Blues

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Episode #81 Flatpicking III - Killer Jazz Licks

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Episode #80 How to: Flatpicking II - Cowboy Shredding

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Episode #79 How to: Flatpicking

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Episode #78 How to: Blues Solos III

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Episode #77 How To: Blues Solos II

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Episode #76 How to: Blues Solos

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Episode #75 Fingerpicking the Blues III

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Episode #74 Fingerpicking the Blues II

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Episode #73 Fingerpicking the Blues

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Episode #72 The Blues Scale

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Episode #71 Led Zeppelin III

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Episode #70 John Lee Hooker

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Episode #69 J. J Cale

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Episode #68 The Who

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Episode #67 Grateful Dead

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Episode #66 B B King

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Episode #66 Jimi Hendrix Blues

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Episode #65 Rolling Stones Blues

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Episode #64 Led Zeppelin Blues

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Episode #63 Robert Johnson & Clapton Blues

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Episode #62 Freddie King Blues

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Episode #61 Muddy Waters Blues

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Episode #60 Howlin Wolf Blues

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Episode #59 Fingerpicking Country

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Episode #58 Flatpicking Bluegrass

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Episode #57 New Year, New Licks

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Episode #56 Blues Melody

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Episode #55 Bluesmen of the Year

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Episode #54 Thumb Pickin'

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Episode #53 Ragtime Licks

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Episode #52 Travis Picking Again

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Episode #51 Blues Harmony 101

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Episode #50 Improvising Solos

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Episode #49 Simple Spanish Guitar

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Episode #48 Clapton - Classic Riffs

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Episode #47 Eagles - Classic Riffs

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Episode #46 The Jimmy Page Riff You Need to Know

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Episode #45 Tasty Jazz Chords

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Episode #44 Keeping it Simple

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Episode #43 No Nonsense Music Theory

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Episode #42 One Lick Country Solos

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Episode #41 The 3 Things You Need to Practice Daily

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Episode #40 The Peidmont Roll

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Episode #39 The Delta Blues Pattern

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Episode #38 Minor Pentatonic Practice-A-Long

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Episode #37 Pick Like a Pro

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Episode #36 How to "Country-up" Your Chords

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Episode #35 Practice Routines and How to Structure Them

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Episode #34 Practice-A-Long 30 Minute Practice Session

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Episode #33 Hacks to Improve Your Guitar Playing Quickly

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Episode #32 Can You Learn Guitar On Youtube?

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Episode #31 Eric Clapton's Acoustic Blues

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Episode #30 DADGAD Celtic Blues & Rory Gallagher

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Episode #29 B.B King Solos & Why They Rock

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Episode #28 Learn Arpeggios Not Scales

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Episode #27 The Blues Lick You Need To Know

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Episode #26 Country Triads & My New Guitar

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Episode #25 What is Chord Stacking?

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Episode #24 Theory of Blues Solos

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Episode #23 Tasty Robert Johnson Licks

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Episode #22 The Delta Blues of Big Joe Williams

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Episode #21 Blues You Can Use

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Episode #20 The Coolest Fingerstyle Licks

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Episode #19 Country Licks & Solos

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Episode #18 One Scale Blues Solos

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Episode #17 Playing in Every Key (with just two chords)

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Episode #16 Country Licks and Scales

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Episode #15 Fingerstyle Blues in A

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Episode #14 Country Blues

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Episode #13 Unlocking The Fretboard

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Episode #12 Flat Picking & Bluegrass Runs

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Episode #11 Slide Techniques and Open D

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Episode #10 Essential Travis Picking Techniques

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Episode #9 Gear Review and D'Addario Re-String Event

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Episode #8 Self Accompaniment Blues

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Episode #7 - Practice Routines - What, How When & Why

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Episode #6 Essential Scales for Blues

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Episode #5 Fretboard Visualization Part 2

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Episode #4 Delta Blues Picking

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Bonus Episode Jimi Hendrix style focus

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Episode #3 Fretboard Visualization

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Episode #2 12Bars and 7ths

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Bonus Episode Stevie Ray Vaughan (Style Focus)

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#1 Travis Picking the Blues