Ploddings

Cracking open the dusty, Disney-castle-like volumes of blues history, who really were the first blues musicians? In asking that question, I think it begs some defintion and filtration. For instance, during the 1910s, there were a handful of vaudeville singers...

Tracing back the path to find our who the first blues singer really was, it turns out to be a journey with lots of unexpected twists and turns. This will be a brief exploration of who the first blues singer was, given the rough records that are left...

Looking back in time from the perspective of Rock n’ Roll, time and time again music “pundits” always say that Robert Johnson’s influence spanned far and wide. Definitely it’s quite fair to gauge that he exerted an influence, given how Eric Clapton...

Here’s a guide to help anyone who’s starting from scratch (who’s never even touched a guitar before) play their first songs, and at least get familiar with all the “must know” basics; hopefully it all helps with learning the guitar...

People are always wondering who the first to play the electric guitar was, who the first guitarist to employ the tapping technique was, who invented rock n’ roll, who was the greatest blues artist, and in this case which artist was known as the father of the...

As Son House puts it simply, the blues are nothing but the complexities of two people in love. Perhaps he especially implies any feelings of betrayal, regret, and misfortune that befall people who lay their heart on the line too far; those highest highs which...

From Jimi Hendrix to Jeff Beck, from Jimmy Page to Stevie Ray Vaughan, and from Yngwie Malmsteen to Derek Trucks, all their first guitars were acoustics rather than electrics — and the list goes on! My strongest recommendation to you, if you’re a complete...