The joke here in Nashville is that there are more guitar players per capita than any other city. It may actually be true, but, regardless, the fact is there are tons of great guitar players here. That's why it's really interesting when a newcomer gets noticed, as Daniel Donato has over the past couple of years. Donato is currently guitarist for the Don Kelley Band, which has … [Read more...]
Anthony Stauffer and TrueFire: 50 Monster SRV Guitar Licks You Must Know
Anthony Stauffer of Texas Blues Alley has recently created a course for TrueFire called 50 Monster SRV Guitar Licks You Must Know. Learning SRV ’s licks note-for-note will only get you halfway there, but understanding the underlying harmonic approaches and technical construction of those licks will take you all the way home. And that’s precisely how Anthony Stauffer … [Read more...]
David Grissom TrueFire Course and A1 Blues Interview
TrueFire has released a new course featuring one of my favorite guitarists, David Grissom. The course is titled Open Road Guitar and features 60 videos and 222 minutes of content. From the description: David organized Open Road Guitar into two sections. In the first section, he presents the 25 key concepts and techniques that comprise his signature style: Hand Position, … [Read more...]
Texas Blues Alley
Anthony Stauffer, of StevieSnacks fame, has recently relaunched his site as Texas Blues Alley. If you've visited this site before, you probably already know that I'm a big fan of Anthony's lessons, and it sounds like this new direction will allow him to more easily create lessons that complement his Stevie Ray Vaughan lessons. I'm excited to hear about Anthony's new direction, … [Read more...]
Jack Pearson Guitar Academy
Nashville guitarist Jack Pearson is not nearly as well known as he should be. He was a member of the Allman Brothers Band from 1997-1999 and has played with a host of legends, including Vince Gill, Tommy Emmanuel, Earl Scruggs, Lee Roy Parnell, Jimmy Buffett, Keb Mo', and many more. I had the pleasure of seeing Pearson perform with Double Trouble a few years and really enjoyed … [Read more...]