The GREATEST Blues solo of all time

[@frederickthompson8686]

Okay, I'll save all you KZbinr guitar nuts a lot of time. Trust me, watching this very basic video will save you from watching all the other 323,564 blues guitar instruction videos on KZbin. Now, aren't you thankful?

[@hans-joachimbierwirth4727]

It's the other way tround. This video steals people's time like no ther does.

[@jonmurph589]

Too late, I'm already 287,445 in 😉

[@DJDOGMEAT17]

I'm over 40 and I've been trying for decades to play guitar. Any guitar. It finally clicked today for me. Thanks dude. I subscribed

[@bryantcochran5065]

I listen to Peter Green, Carlos Santana, BB, Jeff beck for phrasing. I was lucky to get to ask BB about his phrases, he told me "talk to yourself, then play the same way. It's easy man."

[@KevinKraushaar]

Every once in awhile I come across a video that takes me to a new level - This is one of those gems.

[@jimbrown3511]

I like the way you teach. You don't stumble over your words. Content is easy to absorb. The pauses are so valuable. Thanks for the lesson.

[@bryantcochran5065]

Having started as a jazz guy I'm really getting into the blues at 72 and I'm loving these lessons

[@MartinGrubb-o3k]

Hey Brayant. I just turned 71 and was a drummer for 40 years. I played with some great guitar players and of course they made it look so easy! Now that I'm retired from drumming I still have music in my soul. I dearly love the blues. It speakes to me. So, I bought a guitar and with my limited ability set out to conquer the blues. Needless to say it is sooo hard to get what's in my head down to my hands. It's extremely frustrating when I keep dropping picks, they spin in my fingers, it's a true battle to practice every day and can't enjoy it. I admire you being a jazz guitarist. That's one language I can't speak. I do wonder if I am too old to continue this journey. 😊

[@bryantcochran5065]

@MartinGrubb-o3k you're only to old when you've moved across the veil. Look at Robin Trower, Eric Clapton, etc. BB King was playing right up to the end. It just takes us oldies a bit longer to get the body parts moving well.

[@MartinGrubb-o3k]

@@bryantcochran5065 Thanks for the reassurance. It was nice to meet a player my age...Be well.

[@Brykk]

I believe bb king is one of the most influential players ever. He has had a very profound impact on several generations. I love his expressiveness when he plays. Now, with all of that said, i also wholeheartedly believe that he isnt a very technical player. His phrasing and general technique is very rudimentary. His superiority isnt in the difficulty of what he puts together, its HOW he puts it together. He is a living master class on playing with soul. His feelings and expressions are what comes out of his fingertips. Its not over intricate chords, or piling as many notes as possible into a space. Its about the timing of the notes, the bends, the slides, and all of the other basics that he has mastered and puts together to get his message across. Can you tell i highly respect his work?

[@MACROTHIS]

Saw him live when he was 74 years old blew me away how much he expressed himself with 3 notes

[@patrickian8843]

This is probably the most helpful blues guitar instruction I’ve found on KZbin so far…and I’ve been looking for a while now.

[@frankdardano3182]

You make it as easy as a driving test at 16. Thats due to your ability,attitude,and ability to teach while easily playing, demonstrating your knowledge of the guitar, especially blues.You know where to bend, so you can cover anyone.Nice tone, feel and the notes are so well articulated, its easy to bend, if you know where to do it, and how you phrase is so important in blues, know where the notes are.😊

[@davesowards5096]

40 years of fumbling around and now this, finally! Spend the majority of my time in the Minor and a minor amount of time in the Major?

[@pdxfun4888]

You are a blessing for those trying to understand the best genres for playing feel good music and intro to soloing. Thank you.

[@alexandermikrievskij5332]

Amazing man 😦 I'm almost 37 and it just made click after watching your video! How!? You have serious skills as a teacher😃 . I grew up in Siberia, live currently in Germany and looove the blues. You really made my day.

[@gwoody4003]

Super helpful. I am 100% self taught... so I am terrible 😂. But I been doing these things without understanding them for years, and had some difficulty putting them together cus I never had it layed out for me. I am immediately better after watching this.

[@acousticguitars123]

I was just working on a song that was a 12 bar in A and this totally helped me! thanks!

[@joseaqui]

You seriously just opened up my eyes how to see the fretboard learning to play the blues. Thank you so much!!!

[@Psychodermia]

I like when the lightbulb flickers on in my head about these licks and how to connect them, then about 10 seconds later, you say what I'm thinking. I think I'm getting it. 👽✌️

[@neneturner6522]

My first Blues lesson I nearly aced within a week.

[@newori.v-europe9650]

Well, This is The-BEST! Blues Guitar Lesson I Ever Learnd .Period. You are Epic! Most gratitude and Thank you 🎉

[@petersutton523]

Great tips. Finger picking is so good for dynamics.

[@scottclydesdale1674]

Hi Eddie, Your teaching strategy seems to be getting more comprehensive as I'm catching up to your videos. I really appreciate the preparation and thought you must do. The breathing technique to create phrasing brevity reminds me of the blues greats who would mouth singing as phrases were played, like the guitar became their singing.

[@tanakamasatoshi]

I’m 18 but I wanna learn blues! Thanks for great video 😌

[@matzedapresi3862]

Do it !!!

[@slotto4922]

Excellent video! I wish i would have seen it 30 years ago! I picked up so much

[@susanacaban8646]

You are a fantastic teacher!!!! Thank you for opening up a whole new world for me.

[@shamusokingsley2412]

Wow, Eddie this is an awesome lesson, thank you! Man I could have used this 40 years ago when I was first learning! 😅

[@adamwaygood9852]

You have helped me more than you will ever know.. Thank you so much ❤

[@ibberman]

Love the look of those frets, got to get a guitar with those.

[@meinhendl]

it is so fantastic what you are composing with just a few notes. thank you for teaching !

[@GaryStephenson]

Thank you you've broken my lifelong dream love u brother hug😅

[@winwinwin1724]

Merci pour la leçon, c'est toujours très intéressant !

[@ralfs1093]

Great lesson! It was really helpful for me. There are some smaller parts of your advices I have found out for myself, but you combined them with each other und gave me some new.

[@juliotorres6868]

Congrats, nice editing, not everyone can be a teacher. You did a good job

[@keventaylor]

I can't wait to get to this in the course. Your a legend Eddie Haddad. Loving what I'm learning. I wish I could tell my 14r old self these skills.

[@packerjetmin4]

Plenty of great info here. Especially the breathing exercise.

[@MustafaBaabad]

Thank you very much for a very enlightening lesson. Cheers from Indonesia.

[@raymondortizrivera4368]

Awsome:^) Just started playing again but i never learned the blues. Thanks man

[@leighsayers2628]

Great video..learned heaps as a beginner ..thank you

[@robertiddon9270]

Man I have learned more from you watching a few of your videos, I don't what to say except thank you . Can I ask you a question, the sound of the guitar has a lot to do with the feel of the blues how do you set up your amp and guitar to get the beautiful sound yours has ?

[@susandaniels4879]

you are the 4th KING, Eddie KING, great lesson :)

[@kenmosholder1935]

Nice lesson, Thank You

[@ungwigwi]

Thanks Eddie !

[@olaftheissen9533]

Man, I've seen so many videos here teaching soloing on guitar. Your way to get us there seems to be the most effective. Thank you. Great work.

[@KayakCampingOffGrid]

My goodness, this makes sense! Aja moment for me! 😂😂

[@andrewdashgdotcom]

Man, you're a genius! Truly inspiring, thank you. I have to go away now and practice for a few years 🙂

[@chesterburnett3466]

Do a whole lesson on the "cowboy" blues rhythm plus those fills. It sounded nasty. Thanks for all the great videos!

[@OnwardAndEdward]

Hey Chester! I actually have a lesson from a few months ago where I touch on that topic. Go back on this channel til you find a lesson titled “say goodbye to your amateur sounding guitar solos” or something similar to that haha

[@chesterburnett3466]

@@OnwardAndEdward Thank you, I will

[@irondoger]

Your lessons are what I’ve been looking for thank you ❤

[@thinkzen]

Well done! Thank you for this great lesson, keep kickin’ 🎸

[@davidallen527]

Thanks Eddie. Man

[@alkettle9780]

Your awesome you played 4 eddy money love hes songs

[@joshuaburton7163]

This video is a big help. You’re good at having it make sense thank you

[@Tilbily]

This is great stuff ! Thank you.

[@alfredosarmento666]

You are great guitar teacher, sir.

[@Anthony111-y8k]

love this these lessons

[@Blueslurch]

Great stuff, thank you!

[@frankdardano3182]

Best I have seen for starters,thanx,keep it up,nice tone.

[@GuitarMasteryMethod]

Cheers Frank!

[@ReidFriedson]

Excellent insights.

[@jackschijven8219]

Excellent. Basic and profound. Thanks.

[@gergemall]

Great stuff

[@franksDk]

Thanks Mr.Eddie Haddad for this awesome video - i really dig you calmness and the slowness. I learned how to improve my solos - and as a bluesharpeplayer i will remember the "saxophone" breathing. As a beginner type and an old man (pushing 60) i would like if you put in a scheme for the BB. King og Freddie Boxes. Im not as quick as i were as an youngster.... Thanks Mr. Guitar guru and keep uo the good work - damn good ! 🙂 Greeting from Denmark.

[@brandonbowman5270]

Awesome video for improving you playing

[@nitinelangovan5361]

Bro how does your guitar sound so Bluesy ... it's so sweet! please hell me understand... is it the pedal? If so pls mention which pedal you're using

[@jayroc9933]

You guys are the best!

[@tuningforx]

Really good practical examples to bring together a bunch of concepts. Subscribed.

[@michaelj.noctor5190]

Brilliant 👏

[@NicoleEhrhardt-y5w]

Beautiful.....

[@brianphelps1183]

Always informative

[@jeffskyberg5615]

Your videos are always so good. You show “simplified” boxes to jam with! All so great! But you or others never tell us or show us how to make it sound musical. You play it and it sounds amazing, using 4 freaking notes!! I do it, it sounds not musical and way too slow. Can you please dumb these down to a point to show, do this like this, keep doing this until you get fluid with it, then try this…? I keep playing these boxes you show and keep sounding exactly the same on all of them. What should I do? Thank you, great lessons!

[@misterclutchabc]

Extra beautiful

[@ShaneSeymour-z9r]

Great lesson for someone wanting to dabble in the blues field”

[@Andy_Ross1962]

With regards to Saxohone playing. Listen to Brian May, his riffs are all 'one breath' long as though he was singing them rather than playing on guitar.

[@jque35ify]

I am over 40 and can't confidently play the blues. But I have the blues

[@times9835]

Awesome

[@RickHardcore]

Great job man!! like 60

[@RH-vl2wy]

Foghat used 2 guitars using phrases like that going back and forth…..

[@thomasl2193]

Awesome, where do I find the backing track?

[@OnwardAndEdward]

We have a backing track playlist on the GMM channel! I believe the one I was using is called “Slow Blues In A”

[@zoocru67]

Awesome lesson, my problem is remembering any kind of phrasing. I can spend an evening learning a cool blues lick, then the next morning i can remember the notes in the lick but the actual phrasing of the lick completely eludes me, and i just end up with a chromatic run in the correct key with the correct notes and zero personality. Not sure what to do to help me remember these killer phrases???

[@OnwardAndEdward]

With stuff like this, listening is the best thing you can do. Actively listen to the phrases you’re wanting to emulate until they’re stuck in your head. Listening to blues records is another thing you should do! You’ll hear all the different ways that the pentatonic scales are played and it will start to show up when you play through the scales yourself. It will take time but it’s worth it!

[@jfson4321]

App called Sound Recorder. Hope this helps.

[@zoocru67]

​@@OnwardAndEdward yes, I grew up listening to the blues through my dad's music he listened to Clapton Allman Brothers band Marshall Tucker band etcetera. And I run around listening to Sirius XM BB King bluesville all day. David Gilmour is my Guitar hero and my favorite but I love Hendrix, Robert Cray, SRV, all the Kings of course especially Albert King. Pretty much playing to backing tracks now but been stuck in the pentatonic box and I think adding this BB King box (major scale part of it) along with pentatonic box and extended box will help with a bit of variety

[@eastbayjay]

This was very helpful. I might be able to solo Yet....BTW I'm still waiting for my Blues Guitar Solo Cheatsheet. I entered my email and no dice.

[@johndaugherty4127]

I see you know the right guitar to use! lol

[@Alfreds.Romero]

Punksawtaune Phil in New York cool 😎 Sunny Beaches.

[@1291-i1k]

Leaving town blues Rory Gallagher

[@davidburke4249]

No one is better than Eddie.

[@mussie302]

Nice 😃

[@gregthompson6651]

are you related to Eddy Haddad from Omaha, Nebraska?

[@sebastianmusic6205]

I didn't recognize you without the cap... 😅

[@OnwardAndEdward]

😂😂

[@mjt106]

Mega top 👌🤪🙏😎

[@burgercide]

On tip six what does over the neck mean? I'm blind so I couldn't see what you were doing.

[@larryhagman3543]

He is strumming the guitar with his pick hand over the neck close to the 22nd fret rather than over the body to give a more sharp tone.

[@burgercide]

@@larryhagman3543 thank you

[@Joseph124269]

If i may ask; what is that cow behind you for?

[@IAMMASED]

Why would you not show the third position of that a scale .. all same notes but they just connect horizontalky up

[@anthony-ju6qo]

SRV. Enuf said.

[@lukebable]

I have been playing for near 50 yrs and I still can't play the blues !!!

[@persiaguitar]

I am not sure I can play any thing professionally even after 100 :) Lost faith on me

[@TheTwangKings]

Yes, but I don't want to play blues. There's more to guitar than blues. 😅😅😅

[@OnwardAndEdward]

Which is why we have plenty of other lessons on other styles

[@TheTwangKings]

@@OnwardAndEdward thx, will have a look.

[@ShemMaso]

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[@GaryStephenson]

😮😊😅

[@gianclaudiocitarda2608]

Bravissimo well done

[@wsurferdude]

Great lesson, Thanks!

[@avischachter6377]

Great lesson, thanks!