Podcasts by Free Lesson Friday

SRV’s Iconic“Tell Me”Lick from 2023-05-19T17:58

Track Your Progress And Celebrate Your Wins from 2023-04-14T16:48

Killer Blues Lick From Prince from 2023-04-07T18:20

This Vibrato Technique Makes You Sound More Like SRV from 2023-03-31T12:31

SRV Never Played This Hendrix Embellishment In Little Wing from 2023-03-24T15:45

You Don’t HAVE To Practice from 2023-03-20T17:24

Learn Two“Texas Hustle”Rhythms from 2023-03-10T16:14

Develop Your Bending Vibrato With This Simple Exercise from 2023-02-24T12:42

Smooth Hendrix Style Chord Embellishment (E To C-Form) from 2023-02-17T14:51

This Is The Fastest Way To Build Endurance In Your Fretting Arm from 2023-02-10T12:44

SRV’s“Lenny”Ending (El Mocambo Version) from 2023-02-03T19:26

What EXACTLY Are You Working On RIGHT NOW? from 2023-01-27T17:45

Those HUGE Sounding SRV E-Form Chord Licks from 2023-01-17T12:41

Why Were SRV’s Songs So Memorable? from 2022-04-15T16:01

SRV’s Favorite Strumming Pattern from 2021-11-12T13:25

Every Blues Player Needs To Know These Two Simple Rhythm Embellishments from 2021-10-15T11:56

The Rhythm In Your Head (should never stop) from 2021-10-08T09:55

Rhythm Is The Foundation from 2021-10-01T11:08

A Classy IV Chord Transition For Blues Guitar from 2021-09-03T11:15

How SRV Used Box 5 Over the vi Chord in Life Without You from 2021-08-06T17:59

Pull-vs-Push Bends For Blues Guitar from 2021-07-30T16:33

A Simplified SRV Texas Flood V Chord Lick from 2021-07-23T16:02

A Very Strange Hendrix V Chord Lick From Red House from 2021-07-16T17:05

Three Blues Shuffle Positions Every Player Must Know from 2021-07-09T00:38

Using“Rolling Pull-offs”To Spice Up Swing Leads from 2021-07-02T17:15

Buddy Guy-Sweet Home Chicago Walkdown Lick from 2021-06-04T18:52

The Secret to Mixing Blues Rhythm& Lead WELL from 2021-03-11T22:54

Clapton Slow Blues V-IV Chord Lick from 2020-12-18T16:11

Rhythm Workout:“Cry”by Doyle Bramhall II from 2020-11-20T08:47

Learn SRV’s EPIC Final Solo from 2020-08-28T12:55

SRV Honey Bee Alternate Intro from 2020-08-21T10:35

How To Mute Bends Without String Noise from 2020-07-17T09:29

Do You NEED To Use This Grip To Play Like SRV or Hendrix? from 2020-07-09T23:07

Those Weird Hendrix Sliding Chords in Little Wing from 2020-07-02T22:56

Using Your Middle Finger To Play Scuttle Buttin’ from 2020-06-26T14:58

In this lesson we will literally be giving the song “Scuttle Buttin’” the finger. Trust me, it makes sense.

Accents: Instant Blues Magic from 2020-06-19T00:00

What if there was a simple way to instantly make whatever blues licks you already know sound MUCH better? Well, that kind of magic exists, and it’s called “accents”. In this lesson I’ll show you ho...

That Hendrix Sliding IV Chord Lick From Red House from 2020-06-12T13:19

In this lesson I’ll teach you how to play a short, but very memorable sliding lick that Jimi Hendrix used in Red House over the IV chord. I’ll also show you how to use it over the I and V chords.

The OTHER Minor Blues Pattern You Must Know from 2020-06-05T12:57

There’s a particular kind of blues song that uses a very aggressive minor blues soloing theme, and in this lesson I’ll show you the simple pattern on the fretboard (outside the normal blues boxes) ...

Easy B.B. King Slow Blues Starter Licks from 2020-05-29T12:19

B.B. King had a few signature licks that he’d use to kick off a Slow Blues song. The great thing about those licks is that they’re very simple to play, and instantly recognizable. In this lesson I’...

Scorching Philip Sayce Lick From “Out Of My Mind” from 2020-05-22T10:59

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In this lesson I’ll break down a lick from Philip Sayce’s live performance of “Out of My Mind” at Q107 (video link above). This lick happens at a break where everyone stops, a...

The “Easiest” SRV Songs To Learn on Guitar from 2020-05-14T23:37

I’ve got plenty of courses that help players of almost any skill level start learning SRV’s style of playing, but some people want to learn on their own. I’ve had so many people ask me over the yea...

Beginner 12-Bar Blues Cheatsheet from 2020-05-01T00:56

In this lesson we’re going back to basics and dissecting the 12-Bar blues structure. I’ll review what a 12-Bar progression is, then teach you several options for the beginning and ending. We’ll use...

My 5 Favorite Easy Blues Turnarounds from 2020-04-23T22:30

Nailing the turnaround in a 12-bar blues song is as important as any other part of the song. I don’t care how fast you can play, if you don’t nail the turnaround you sound like an amateur. In this ...

Clapton’s Infamous “Crossroads” Second Solo Opening Lick from 2020-04-17T13:28

In this lesson you’ll learn the opening two licks from Clapton’s infamous second solo in “Crossroads”, taken directly from the live performance we all know. This lesson is a sample from my course “...

A Layla Style Acoustic Blues Lick from 2020-04-10T11:25

My new course “Clapton’s Influence: Worried Mind” is available now for TXBA Locals, and in this lesson you’ll learn one of the opening licks of the solo.

A Spectacular Chris Cain Blues Lick from 2020-04-03T00:52

Sometimes I hear a lick that makes me drop whatever I’m doing and listen to it (or watch it) over, and over, and over. This is one of those licks. Chris Cain is a monster blues player with a style ...