The diminished scale and its lines/arpeggios adds amazing sonic flavors to dominant chord resolving to it’s intended tonic chord. V7–>I. In the key of C, that would be G7 resolving to CMaj. However, there are other examples of a very … Continue reading
How can we get beyond the same old Pentatonic, Blues Scale licks? How about taking some hints from Blues/Rock/Fusion great Robben Ford? Larry Carlton? Mike Stern? Saxophonist Extraordinaire Michael Brecker? Dave Liebman? Bill Evans? Bob Berg? All of these world-class … Continue reading
Fuller Sound For Albert Albert King is featured performing his signature tune “I’ll Play The Blues For You” during a live performance in the early 70s. The 1970s saw King teamed with members of The Bar-Kays and The Movement (Isaac … Continue reading
Machine Gun is one of Jimi Hendrix’s greatest creative outlets. Band of Gypsys was the only live recording authorized by Jimi Hendrix before his death. It was recorded and released in order to get Hendrix out from under a contractual … Continue reading
The real Blues Brothers… It was 1969 when Patrick Ford first came onto the San Francisco blues scene with brother Robben Ford. During the 70’s he spent time working with his brothers Robben and Mark in the Charles Ford Band … Continue reading