Enhance Your 12-Bar Blues Shuffle | Fishman
By: Fishman
July 21, 2022
Learn how to add walk-ups and turnarounds to a blues in E.
Join Richard Hoover and Catfish Keith | Santa Cruz Guitars | Facebook Live, Friday, February 12
By: Dan Gabel
February 1, 2021
The blues master and Santa Cruz Guitars founder talk about the Catfish Special guitar and much more!
Tags: Blues, Santa Cruz Guitars
Orville Johnson: “Salty Dog Blues”
By: Scott Nygaard
June 3, 2020
Peghead Nation’s fingerstyle blues instructor plays a Mississippi John Hurt–inspired version of the traditional song.
Mike Compton and Scott Nygaard: “Bring Your Clothes Back Home”
By: Dan Gabel
January 22, 2019
Peghead Nation mandolin and guitar instructors play John Hartford’s humorous blues song.
Derk’s Discoveries: Pete Don’t Sing the Blues, But He Sure Can Pick ‘Em
By: Derk Richardson
September 11, 2018
On his new album, guitarist Pete Madsen yields the lead vocals to Celeste Kopel as they travel the blues highway from Mississippi to Chicago.
Molsky’s Mountain Drifters: “K.C. Moan”
By: Scott Nygaard
June 7, 2017
Peghead Nation old-time fiddle teacher and his trio play and sing the Memphis Jug Band’s old-time blues favorite.
Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley: “Pride and Joy”
By: Dan Gabel
March 22, 2017
The celebrated duo plays a guitar and dobro version of the hit Stevie Ray Vaughan song.
Orville Johnson: “Let the Mermaids Flirt with Me”
By: Scott Nygaard
August 23, 2016
Peghead Nation to launch new Fingerstyle Blues Guitar course on September 1.
Tim Sparks: “Chasin’ the Boogie”
By: Scott Nygaard
August 2, 2016
Fingerstyle guitar virtuoso plays an original up-tempo blues.
Alex De Grassi: “St. James Infirmary”
By: Scott Nygaard
July 5, 2016
Contemporary fingerstyle legend interprets the early jazz classic.
Mike Compton and Scott Nygaard: “Cream and Sugar Blues”
By: Dan Gabel
June 28, 2016
Peghead Nation mandolin and guitar instructors play classic blues mandolin tune.
Orville Johnson: “I Found a Dream”
By: Scott Nygaard
June 1, 2016
Peghead Nation blues guitar instructor plays and sings a classic Lonnie Johnson blues ballad.
Orville Johnson: “You’ll Work Down to Me Someday”
By: Scott Nygaard
March 15, 2016
The song “You’ll Work Down to Me Someday” was recorded by Memphis bluesman John Henry Barbee in the late 1920s. Peghead Nation instructor Orville Johnson teaches you how to play the fingerstyle guitar part (including two different solos) in his Blues Guitar course, but in this video Orville just lets loose and sings the song in his own inimitable style. To learn more blues guitar techniques, including fingerstyle, lead guitar, and slide soloing, enroll in Orville’s Blues Guitar course on Peghead Nation today.
Fraulini Angelina
By: Teja Gerken
January 26, 2016
Fingerstyle blues virtuoso Mary Flower demonstrates her vintage-inspired flattop.
Orville Johnson: “The Glory of Love”
By: Scott Nygaard
October 21, 2015
Peghead Nation blues guitar instructor plays and sings a Piedmont-style version of the classic pop song.
REVIEW: Pokey LaFarge, “Something in the Water”
By: David McCarty
October 15, 2015
The roots singer/songwriter/guitarist’s rollicking debut for Rounder Records.
Guitar Power Acoustic | Luther Dickinson
By: DAddario
October 13, 2015
D'Addario presents Jackie Greene in conversation with Luther Dickinson, guitarist with the North Mississippi Allstars, in this episode of Guitar Power Acoustic.
R.E. Phillips Large Parlor Guitar Demo
By: Teja Gerken
September 17, 2015
Orville Johnson demonstrates his custom metal resonator guitar.
National Reso-Phonic El Trovador and ResoRocket
By: Teja Gerken
August 25, 2015
Mike Dowling demonstrates his pair of National Guitars.
Orville Johnson: “When He Calls Me”
By: Dan Gabel
August 13, 2015
Peghead Nation's Blues Guitar instructor plays and sings the traditional spiritual in our studio.
BB King Remembered
By: Orville Johnson
May 19, 2015
The embodiment of blues music took audiences on a soulful ride with his lyrical guitar style and one-of-a-kind voice.
Recording King Dirty 30’s Harmonella
By: Teja Gerken
May 14, 2015
Recording King releases guitars inspired by classic blues flattops.
Orville Johnson, “Blueprint for the Blues”
By: Scott Nygaard
September 28, 2014
Tags: Blues, Fingerstyle
