Richard Barrett is on a mission to make you a better blues player – with full audio examples and backing tracks

SINCE HIS EARLIEST days with Aerosmith, Joe Perry has been the epitome of guitar-related cool. Sure, he’s got the licks, the songs and the solos, but he’s also got a massive cache of iconic, quirky an

SOME GUITAR GREATS are historically associated with one guitar and one amp. For instance, you’ve got your Brian May (Red Special into a Vox AC30), your Angus Young (Gibson SG into a Marshall) and your

This month Richard Barrett embellishes some open-position chords to find that satisfying jangle

WHEN I WAS about 12, my friend’s dad was hipping me to all kinds of incredible music. He gave me the 1974 Gram Parsons album Grievous Angel, which includes “Ooh Las Vegas,” a song that features some r

Recorded at Edward Van Halen’s fabled 5150 Studio, the latest album from Alter Bridge could very well be their most riff-laden to date