Originally Posted By: Lame Newbie
Thanks for the encouragement. At this point, I believe it is more important that each note be clear and expressive than to play lots of notes. Hence BB King as a starting point.



B.B. King is harder than he sounds, lots of subtle stuff going on there.

I would recommend you check out some of Albert Kings playing as a starting point to learning basic blues guitar playing, he basically stuck to playing within the blues scale his entire career, and the licks he came up with sound great and work over pretty much anything.

Listen to Stevie Ray Vaughn's playing on that David Bowie "Let's Dance" album, pretty much pure Albert King licks.

Once you get Albert King under your belt it's easier to understand what other players are doing. That's how I got started anyway back in the 70's, worked for me smile

Good luck and have fun!

Dave

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