by admin | Jan 3, 2016 | Guitar Lessons
Album Review: Riffiti by Tempest Kings The words unapologetic, melodic, groovy and energetic are some of the first that come to mind when trying to describe the raunchy, riffomatic masterpiece that is the debut album Riffiti from Tempest Kings. The album was conceived...
by admin | Dec 12, 2015 | Guitar Heroes, Guitar Lessons
Eric Clapton Eric Clapton was born Eric Patrick Clapton in Ripley, Surrey on the 30th of March 1945. The son of 16 year old Patricia Molly Clapton and 25 year old Canadian soldier Edward Walter Fryer, Eric was raised by his Grandparents after his Father shipped off to...
by admin | Dec 12, 2015 | Guitar Heroes, Guitar Lessons
B.B. King B.B. King was born Riley B. King on the 16th of September, 1925 on a cotton plantation near Itta Beana, Mississippi. At a young age B.B. King sang in a church gospel choir lead by a minister who played the guitar, this same minister taught B.B. King his...
by admin | Dec 12, 2015 | Guitar Lessons, Video Lessons
Solo Like Jimi Hendrix Today we are going to be learning a lick in the style of one of the most influential rock guitarists of all time, Jimi Hendrix. Jimi Hendrix was renowned for his fusion of rhythm guitar and lead guitar, his use of octaves in both his lead and...
by admin | Dec 12, 2015 | Guitar Heroes, Guitar Lessons
Jeff Beck Jeff Beck was born Geoffrey Arnold Beck in Wallington, London Borough of Sutton on the 24th of June 1944. At the age of 10 Jeff learned to sing in a school choir, in his teens Jeff began learning the guitar on one he borrowed from a friend. After falling in...
by admin | Dec 12, 2015 | Guitar Heroes, Guitar Lessons
Albert King Albert King was born Albert King Nelson on a cotton plantation in Indianola, Mississippi on the 25th of April, 1923. One of 13 children, Albert spent his childhood singing with a family gospel group at a church where his father played guitar. Albert began...