NAMM 2012: Kenny Wayne Shepherd Interview

Posted January 25, 2012

Someone has to represent the new guard of young blues guitarists, and since 1995, Kenny Wayne Shepherd has been carrying the flag with a reckless abandon. All five of his studio albums have topped the Billboard Blues chart, the most recent being 2011′s How I Go, which was the first to feature Kenny himself on vocals along with his usual vocalist Noah Hunt.

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How to Play the Jimmy Page Extended Blues Scale

Posted December 2, 2011

Let’s first take a look at the basic, position 1 Blues Scale in they key of A minor. This is usually the first scale guitarists learn when they start to explore lead playing, so it might be review for some of you. If it is new, take some time to really work out this fingering, it is one of the most common and important scale fingerings for rock and blues guitarists to have down.

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