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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Buddy Guy, live onstage with his Stratocaster in 2023. Today, we can listen to over one hundred years of blues. Sylvester Weaver’s ...

The first slide guitar recording (and first instrumental blues recording) was made by Sylvester Weaver for Okeh Records (No. 8109) in 1923, the A-side being "Guitar Blues" and the B- side "Guitar Rag.

While Pinetop Perkins is still going strong at age 95, all that remains from his contemporaries are their stories, recordings and ” most importantly ” their influence. If National steel guitarist ...

GUITAR HERO Bay Area bluesman Roy Rogers is considered one of the world’s preeminent master Delta slide guitarists. (Photo courtesy of Roy Rogers) Though named after the King of the Cowboys, guitarist ...

"When a woman gets the blues, she hangs her head and cries / When a man gets the blues, he catches a train and rides." That's a traditional blues verse, from the liner notes of "Blues Guitar Women" ...

There’s no need arguing about who is one of the top five living blues guitarists. It’s Ronnie Earl and although not a household name, he has been hiding in plain sight for decades. Praise like that ...

This story was originally published by ArtsATL. Those who argue that the blues is dying as a musical artform have obviously never visited Atlanta. Not only are we fortunate to have a vibrant blues ...

The first slide guitar recording (and first instrumental blues recording) was made by Sylvester Weaver for Okeh Records (No. 8109) in 1923, the A-side being “Guitar Blues" and the B- side “Guitar Rag.