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Sometimes It’s Not So Lonely.

Published July 19, 2010 at 10:48 a.m.

Sometimes it’s not so lonely when your only friend walks, looks thinks and feels like you and you do just the same as him. My shadow, and sometimes I think that it is my only friend. I’m a big boy now and am growing fond of my only friend, at least we agree on everything, [ ... ] ...

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Continuation: The Blues, The Blacks and The Whites-3

Published July 17, 2010 at 3:44 p.m.

Here Goldman repeats the old stereotype of black culture as simple, instinctive, and carefree, unencumbered by the white burden of intelligence, introspection, and responsibility. Historically, this particular Othering of blackness has been traced by David Roediger to the resentments of immigrant white workers toward a perceived competition in the form of freed black men in [ ... ] ...

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2 Hot Blues Riffs to Spice Up Your Playing

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Published July 14, 2010 at 11:11 a.m.

In this guitar lesson, I’m going to show you 2 blues riffs you can use to create a cool blues guitar rhythm groove. These type of riffs are used by SRV, Clapton, and Derek Trucks as well as countless other blues guitar giants. You can use these riffs to create a monstrous sounding rhythm groove. [ ... ] ...

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Neil Young’s Guitars Updated

Published July 13, 2010 at 5:07 p.m.

We take every opportunity we can get to see an all-time classic guitarist. (I do this in part because I don’t know if I’m ever going to get over the fact that I never saw Johnny Cash live.) So when I had the chance to see Neil Young at the newly restored Fox Theater in [ ... ] ...

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Guitar Pricing Explained

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Published July 12, 2010 at 4:14 p.m.

Because we publish a website to help aspiring musicians choose a guitar, we get a lot of questions about guitar pricing. Because we too are always trying to figure out how to get the best deal possible (why do you think Fretbase pays its expenses using an Amazon Credit Card?), we thought it might be [ ... ] ...

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Build a Guitar Instead of Play The Guitar on Saturday..

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Published July 12, 2010 at 9:06 a.m.

On Saturday afternoon, my friend Allan and I got together and started to plan out a guitar. Allen is a master woodworker himself. He has some serious woodworking equipment, not your ordinary home owners tools. He probably got my vibes when I mentioned in my last ‘Black Walnut guitar‘ post the need to employ a [ ... ] ...

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Warren Haynes Lead Guitar Lesson: 1 1/2 Step Bending

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Published July 12, 2010 at 3:37 a.m.

In today’s lead guitar lesson, I want to show you a cool way to add some flavor to your blues guitar playing in the style of Warren Haynes. He didn’t invent this style, but he sure is good at making it sound incredible. I think he got this concept from listening to such blues greats [ ... ] ...

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A Lesson In Guitar Amps And Speakers.

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Published July 9, 2010 at 9:45 a.m.

Things are looking up. My shoulder is rehabbing like crazy. Quite frankly, I’m more than satisfied with my progress. The pain is gone, I do my rehab every day, and rehab makes the muscles in my shoulder sore, but the ‘pain’ is gone. And sore is good, that means the muscles are working and getting [ ... ] ...

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I Wish Steve Vai Would Give Me A Few Guitar Lessons.

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Published July 5, 2010 at 9:43 a.m.

We had a blast on the 4th of July, my wife and the dogs and I. We had a low key day, just sat back and grooved on a rainy day (Jimi Hendrix). You should listen to the song if you have not, because Jimi and I both agree on how to spend a rainy [ ... ] ...

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Continuation: The Blues, The Blacks and The Whites-2

Published July 1, 2010 at 9:13 a.m.

Continuation: The Blues, The Blacks And The Whites: Found a Quiet Place To Read, Eh? Robert Cantwell characterizes the entire folk revival as “a complex response … to the ongoing adjustment of newcomer groups, whether racial, ethnic, or generational, to the conditions of life under an industrial and post-industrial social and economic system” (Cantwell 53). [ ... ] ...

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