There isn’t anything more that I enjoy at the end of a hard day than to flop down in my lounge chair and listen to so smooth and relaxing music. No one is better at putting out soothing music than George Carter. His sounds of blues guitar backed by gentle strings and piano accompaniment isn’t an assault on the ears. His newest CD titled appropriately stop sweating the hard stuff is in my opinion his best yet.

The next time you want something easy to listen to, pick up Georges new CD.

A lot of the old time players will tell you that there is no such thing as a blues guitar lesson and that you have to learn it all on your own from the pits of your soul. That is a little extreme and although playing blues guitar
 is a lot about feel there are some techniques you can learn at a blues guitar lesson that will make you a better player and help you to get your message out to people when you try and play.

The Blues as an oral tradition can be traced back to the mid 1800s, and finds its roots from Europe and Africa. However, the Blues
 as we know it today is purely an American style of music. It first began to be popularized in the early 1900s, with guys like WC Handy writing songs such as “Memphis Blues” & “St. Louis Blues.”

There is a vast amount of room for innovation and improvisation for those who want to learn how to play blues guitar. And, with so many wonderfully talented budding guitar enthusiasts who aspire to play the blues, hopefully, that vast room will soon fill up with the next T-Bone Walker, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton and B.B. King. Playing the blues provides the guitarist with an immense sense of freedom, motivation and a great deal more. Blues guitar is one of the purist forms of guitar playing, and it is with little wonder why the aspiring musician would want to learn how to play the blues guitar. 

Anyone who appreciates good music that carries profound messages should own at least one Bob Dylan CD. This artist is a true master of songwriting and performing…

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