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Jessie Mae Hemphill’s Feel-Good Music
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Jessie Mae Hemphill’s Feel-Good Music

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A “Jazz” Guitar for Surf Rockers
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A “Jazz” Guitar for Surf Rockers

Rig Rundown: Kenny Wayne Shepherd [2023]
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Rig Rundown: Kenny Wayne Shepherd [2023]

Hooked: Katy Guillen on John Lee Hooker's "Baby, Please Don’t Go"
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Hooked: Katy Guillen on John Lee Hooker's "Baby, Please Don’t Go"

Hooked: Laur Joamets on Led Zeppelin's "Travelling Riverside Blues"
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Hooked: Laur Joamets on Led Zeppelin's "Travelling Riverside Blues"

Singer Bessie Smith influences Duke Ellington, Elvis, Chuck Berry, the Beatles, the Stones, Miles Davis, Prince, Zeppelin, and more.
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Last Call: An American Bach

While watching the Ken Burns documentary Jazz, I realized all the music I love was born from the jazz and blues of Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong.

Hound Dog Taylor
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Forgotten Heroes: Hound Dog Taylor

Cheap guitars, cheap booze, and amps on stun—the shaggy tale of the legendary court jester of Chicago slide-guitar blues.

Cristina Vane on Blind Willie Johnson's "Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed"
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Cristina Vane on Blind Willie Johnson's "Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed"

The Italian-born, Nashville-based folk-blues songstress and slide guitarist honors (and carries on) the freewheeling energy and definitive exactitude exuded by the Texas bluesman.

Hooked: Kenny Wayne Shepherd on Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"
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Hooked: Kenny Wayne Shepherd on Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"

The platinum-selling blues rocker highlights the Electric Ladyland hit's innovative wah work and swaggering groove.

Paramount Home Entertainment Announces Joe Bonamassa Documentary
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Paramount Home Entertainment Announces Joe Bonamassa Documentary

Guitar Man chronicles the three-decade career of the best-selling bluesman and arrives on Video-On-Demand and for Digital platforms on December 8, 2020.

Hooked: Joe Bonamassa on Jeff Beck's "Let Me Love You"
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Hooked: Joe Bonamassa on Jeff Beck's "Let Me Love You"

Rig Rundown Best-Ofs: Blues-Rock Pedalboards
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Rig Rundown Best-Ofs: Blues-Rock Pedalboards

See how Doyle Bramhall II maximizes his stompbox real estate, firebrand Eric Gales adds bling to his setup, Jonny Lang upgrades to “spaceship” lighting, while Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Samantha Fish can’t let go of irreplaceable favorites.