I wonder if everyone remembers the first time they heard Jimi Hendrix? I was about 14 years old and had been playing guitar for a number of years but somehow had never encountered the music. I remember reading an article about him in a guitar magazine and deciding on the spot to get to the local record store where I bought Are You Experienced on cassette tape. I remember feeling excited on the bus home (buying albums was a big deal back then) and when I got home I put it into my ghetto blaster, lay on the floor and transcended into another place.
I remember feeling quite bewildered but in a great way. It was incredible. Genius. So different to anything else that I’d ever heard before and I didn’t really understand what was going on - he used blues vocabulary, some of which I recognized, but it sounded completely different. Unison bends with wide vibrato and lots of gains blew my mind (it took me ages to figure that out). It was like he was coming from another place, somewhere that I wanted to visit but had no idea how to get there. Looking back, I assume some of it was to do with the era and substances that were popular at the time - certainly nothing I was aware of at 14 years old. He certainly had some kind of special energy in the way that he played. It was totally captivating.
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PAT METHENY
Nick Mellor offers an insight into the jazz great's 16th-note lines, and his approach to improvising over static Minor and Dominant 7th chords.
MARTIN MILLER
Another fabulous JTC guitarist demonstrates his impressive techniques for us, focusing on an approach called Rythmically Dependent Alternate Picking.
THE KINKS' RAY DAVIES
This month Stuart Ryan takes a virtual trip into to North London to get to grips with the acoustic style of the original Muswell Hillbilly.
STEVE LUKATHER
This month Andy G Jones looks at the fluent soloing style of the LA guitarist who co-founded Toto in 1977 then ruled the 80s session scene.
JEFF HANNEMAN
This month Charlie Griffiths Shows No Mercy as he lays down the gauntlett with five shred licks from Slayer's undisputed master of attitude.
10CC
This month Martin Cooper checks out Eric Stewart and Lol Crème, whose distinctive styles helped give this UK band its unique sound.
T-BONE WALKER
From the heart of Texas to the cool West Coast, join David Gerrish on the journey of this hugely influential electric blues guitar innovator.
FERDINANDO CARULLI Andantino In G (Opus 241)
This month Declan Zapala goes back to basics to explore core classical technique with this emotive miniature by the pioneer of classical guitar playing.
THE CROSSROADS Steely Dan's Mu Chord
This month John Wheatcroft shows us how Donald Fagen and Walter Becker dressed their harmony to the 'nines, as he explores their trademark chord voicings.
GET YOUR MOJO WORKING! 60 Years Of Blues Licks
From the Kings to Jimi and Eric, Blackmore, Stevie Ray, Gary Moore, John Mayer, JoBo and beyond, Jon Bishop introduces six decades of blues guitar innovation.
