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Hi Corey ... love the tune!  I've never played the shuffle like this in E using the open E form and my pinky to do the shuffling.  It's a bit of a stretch ... but very cool as you...

Here's a youtube link to a Taj Mahal guitar lesson where he demonstrates a Jimmy Reed 5 chord. enjoy.

VERY NICE ALL THE DAYS BEFAURE WORKING!!!!! thanks so much dom from france ps i just by a 125 tdc gibson  so merveillous  

duke you are da man, i wish i saw this 25 years ago when i first learned that last johnny guitar watson lick off the 5, it took me an hour back then to figure it out lol, also for...

great stuff, jimmie vaughan was nailing a buncha johnny guitar watson licks at our gig last week, me and my hardcore blues loving students were in the table after my set up-front...

Oh, by the way I really dig the axe Duke is playing. I've seen video and plenty of photos of guys like Hubert Sumlin playing guitars that were not considered high quality. It's the...

What a cool lesson! Many thanks Duke. This is right up my alley since I don't use a pick as well. I really enjoyed that bit right at the end. Gems like that are why I am enjoying...

Ha!  Yes, when Duke said he had small hands and then I looked at mine ... I knew I was in trouble.  I'm going to be doing it the easy way Love the bends and snaps Duke!  ... and...

Hi Guitar friends, The next lesson is on the first half of the solo chorus on 3 Hours Past Midnight. The lesson starts off with a finger buster that is hard for me to play but I do...

Thanks for the backing track, it really helps to master the tunes better  

I get it about the "quotes" as you put it. When I saw you play at Viper Alley last month, I heard you reference "Im Beggining To See The Light." a few times.

Hi Duke never heard of Eastwood Airline guitars before but it looks good and they get good reviews. I have heard good things about (Japanese made) Edwards guitars too which are...

@corey...thanks....with this diferent shot I can see better how is workin the right hand but less the left hand...would be nice to have a mix of the two things! :))

yes, Gatemouth and Guitar Slim were famous for always playing with a capo for some reason. Slim was just very basic so I believe that's why he used one. Duke

Well, I know that it's sort of esoteric.  But while you can play all  the same notes in standard tuning, I find that these unique tunings sort of fit the thinking of the player...

Sounds good Peter, keep up the good work! Duke

Yes daddyray, I remember reading that also many years ago. Duke

Hi Bob, Actually, That's my brother Gerry's artwork. He's a fabulous artist and has been doing it as long as I have been playing guitar.

Hi Lindsay, Its an Eastwood Airline, Twin Tone. Great guitar, fairly inexpensive and I love it!

Hi Peter, For some reason I can't get track to play. Maybe Mike can fix it? Sorry, Duke   

Hi Vinny, Thanks for clarifying that about Albert's tuning. Duke

This months lesson is the classic 8 bar blues, "How Long" My first lesson is learning the basic song with simplest changes for guitar in A. Basically in a simple finger picking...

Thanks Jerry.  I have been wanting to better understand how to play 1st posiition blues on the low end of the harp.

Duke I notice that you have signed the guitar.  Did you paint the beautiful beach scene yourself???

howlin wolf's sloppy old Sittin on Top of the World would be cool too  this is a nice one....nuacnes 

Frank Zappa's favorite song! thanks Duke.

This month we are working on Johnny Guitar Watson's 3 Hours Past Midnight. I spend a brief time demonstrating the chords the we go on to the introduction which starts on the 4...

Here's a good video to practice too.  Jerry and Eric in Hyde park 1996.   I agree BK ... singing the notes works for me too ... and I do it mostly for guitar.   This is going to be...

Oh, thanks for this, Jerry!  I've been waiting for this for some time How about some Howlin' Wolf riffs too?  (Smokestack Lightnin' and Forty-Four for a couple of examples.)  I...