Blues Riffs

After a brief return to his hard rock roots in 2002's Scars, guitarist Gary Moore comes back to the blues where his heart seems to be. But really, Moore's forte is his knack of combining the meaty licks and rugged tone from his gutsy rock to energize the electric blues music he has embraced since 1990's Still Got the Blues. To that end, Scars' drummer Darrin Mooney returns and Bob Daisley, veteran of such thundering outfits as Ozzy Osbourne's band, Uriah Heep and Rainbow, joins on bass. Hence this album's title is appropriate, since the power trio format pounds out this music with clenched-fist authority. Moore is an exceptionally tasty musician but even when the amps are turned up to eleven, as they are for most of this disc, there is feeling in his fiery licks…

When Ray Charles' musical director has the words "blues" and "soul" in large type on the covers of his own releases, there's a strong chance that's what the listener will find inside. They're definitely there in this compilation that reissues two of altoist Hank Crawford's Atlantic albums from the late '60s. The Mr. Blues set from 1968 is Crawford and a small horn section playing rocking blues riffs with a crack rhythm section. Instrumental R&B doesn't get much hipper. Crawford's tough but lyrical sound – informed by a bebopper's command and facility – is tailor-made for this blues-charged music.

The House of Blues and producers of The Rock House Method join together to bring you this unique and comprehensive Blues Guitar Course! With this course designed by world renowned instructor/guitarist John McCarthy you will develop a solid foundation for playing Blues guitar by learning essential blues chords and scales, the BB Box, lead techniques used by greats such as Stevie Ray Vaughn, Buddy Guy and B.B. King, string bending, vibrato, hammer-ons, pull-offs and complete blues rhythms including the 12 bar blues. The second part of the course encourages you to cultivate your own style by emphasizing the techniques and components needed to develop creativity. You'll learn full form blues chords and scales, triplet lead patterns, the shuffle feel and swing effect, challenging blues riffs and turnarounds and much more.

The more than 90 minutes of one-on-one lessons with instructor and guitarist John McCarthy encourages you to cultivate your own style by emphasizing the techniques and components needed to develop creativity. Learn advanced playing techniques such as full form blues chords, blues scales, triplet lead patterns, the shuffle feel and swing effect, challenging blues riffs, turnarounds and more techniques make famous by greats like Gary Moore, Lighting Hopkins, and Freddy King. The complete song rhythms with full bass and drum backing tracks will prepare you for the stage.

Blues riffs licks and songs have served as a great platform for many guitar players for many years, no matter how a technical a run or flurry of notes can be, placing a blues phrase or lick at the end always grounds the passage and brings the listener back to a familiar musical place. Regardless of whether you are using blues licks in a rock or metal genre or playing pure blues you can never have enough blues licks in your repertoire. This DVD offers 51 great usable licks in the shuffle rhythm. This style forces the player to deliver licks and phrases that offer taste and timing to the ear of the listener. By learning these licks you can build an arsenal of blues motifs that can be puled into other styles or simply played along with the included backing track. This DVD offers fun, education and above all great licks. Whatever your style there is something here for you.