3 jamtracks with authentic song structure: intro, verse, chorus & ending

Hybrid picking, bending, sixth intervals, harmonics in a texas rock setting.

The Texas Hybrid is a mash-up of the playing styles of some of the Lone Star State's greatest bluesmen, in the likes of Freddie King, Billy Gibbons and Stevie Ray Vaughn, just to name a few. I'll share with you some of the ideas and methods that I used to create this greasy sounding hybrid and show you some typical Texas Blues motifs that I like to include in my playing.

Want to improve your rhythm playing? Here is a blues/rock rhythm lesson with a shuffle feel in the key of A minor, pretty much influenced by Stevie Ray Vaughan!

A twangy rendition of an American folk song.

Classic Blues, Modern Blues & Texas Blues

From basic Blues Rock to Modern Blues

In this lesson we will discuss the Texas Shuffle played in SRV's style.

In this lesson we're going to combine two different scales - the minor pentatonic and the major pentatonic, to create a classic blues sounding lead line. We're also going to look beyond "just" combining these scales, and talk about the chord shapes and tones that reside within these shapes.