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BLUES KEEPS CALLING

Guitar Player • Vol. 57 No. 1 JANUARY 2023

RED ALERT • Salvaged old-growth redwood finds new life in Grez Guitars models like this Mendocino DC.

CARDINAL VIRTUE • As he puts his old band back together for their debut album, blues guitarist Chris Buck emphasizes playing for the song.

TIP SHEET • Slide virtuoso Sonny Landreth delivers 10 pointers for everyone from beginners to pros.

MY CAREER IN FIVE SONGS • With more than five decades of road behind him, George Thorogood picks a handful of tunes that brought smiles to the miles.

You Dirty Rat • Introduced in 1979, the ProCo Rat Distortion Pedal is the OG overdrive.

Raw Power • The Beatles’ 1970 swan song finds its groove in this 2003 redux.

PLAYING by the RULES • Known his work as a guitarist, writer and producer with artists like Kacey Musgraves and Brett Eldredge, Daniel Tashian follows three guidelines on his newest solo set. The result is an album’s worth of gems.

THE NEW BREED OF BLUES • MEET 25 YOUNG GUITARISTS WHO ARE SHAPING THE BLUES FOR A NEW GENERATION OF PLAYERS.

LEARNING TO BREATHE • Eight years into his career, Marcus King has shown he has what it takes to go the distance. With Young Blood, his latest solo excursion, he does it with all six strings blazing.

SIX OF ONE • Marcus delivers a half-dozen tips to help you become a singular guitarist.

SOMETHING IN THE WATER • Hailing from Clarksdale, Mississippi, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram is a born and bred blues guitarist. Just don’t call him a purist.

TAKE FIVE • Kingfish delivers his top guitar tips.

RIFFING ON CLASSICS • Rebecca and Megan Lovell reveal the secrets behind Larkin Poe’s alchemical magic for turning classic blues riffs into modern fuzzed-out blues-rock hooks.

GOING HORIZONTAL • Want to give the lap steel a go? Here are Megan Lovell’s four tips to help you get started.

THE LORDS OF LO-FI • GA-20’s stripped-down, lo-fi approach has propelled them to the top of the blues charts. As they release their latest album, Crackdown, guitarists Matt Stubbs and Pat Faherty show us the gear that fuels their authentic blues-rock tone.

THE NEW BREED OF BLUES

THE EVOLUTION OF JIM LAUDERDALE • His main goal has always been to write great songs. As he drops his 35th album, Game Changer, the Americana stalwart is learning to be a better guitarist.

GAME ON • Chris Scruggs and Craig Smith explore the licks that make Game Changer a winner.

FLYING HIGH AGAIN • On the 40th anniversary of Randy Rhoads’ death, we celebrate his metal mastery with a lesson devoted to his genre-defining style.

EPIPHONE • Joe Bonamassa 1962 ES-335

PRS • Horsemeat Transparent Overdrive, Mary Cries Optical Compressor and Wind Through the Trees Dual Analog Flanger

VICTORY • V1 the Duchess and the Jack Overdrive

BOSS • Dual Cube LX

EARTHQUAKER DEVICES • Special Cranker

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How I Wrote… “867-5309/Jenny” • Jim Keller recalls how he helped dial in Tommy Tutone’s 1982 smash hit.