Welcome to Blues Guitar World. If you are like me, you have probably watched many "Kings of the Blues" and imagined being able to play as well as they can. BB King once said "I don't think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow". That's exactly what I have tried to achieve with this site. I am not a guitar teacher, or an expert guitarist in any way, shape or form - I'm just keen to learn. These days we are so lucky to have the Internet, and more importantly, people who are prepared to share knowledge and experience. Blues Guitar World is intended to borrow that knowledge and experience, and keep it one place.

Blues Guitar World has now launched a web store in partnership with Amazon to provide you with excellent Blues Tuition books, CD's and DVDs. Please feel free to browse the store, I'm sure you will find something of interest in there.

A "Web Store" link can be found in the menu at the top of the page and in the Blues Links panel on the left.

One of the best ways to learn your fretboard is to put it into the context of a song. Luckily there are some fantastic backing tracks available from 50 Blues that should help you to do just that. The tracks come in many tempo's and keys so why not try something different.

Well, its finally arrived. I've been working hard for weeks now to get the new look finalised - but I had to rewrite the blog engine from scratch in order to get it all working. I hope that all my readers like the new look and feel. I've also combined some of the categories together as well which hopefully makes more sense. The main category sections are now along the top. Watch out for a new link called "Blues 101" which I hope to have active by the end of the week. In this category I am going to provide all the lessons you need to play the blues - but right from the very start.

Feel free to comment on the new look - I'm always in

Well, it seems that our long wait for a Blues edition of Guitar Hero may be over soon, as breaking news suggests. The new product, tipped to be named 'Guitar Hero - Blues Extreme', has the early signs of being hugely popular. It was always suggested before that such an edition would not be popular enough with the younger generations, but the marketing departments have obviously thought otherwise. Maybe this is just what the console makers have wanted, a vehicle to selling more to a slightly older audience. I know that I myself certainly fall into that category, and may just have to buy a console when this Guitar Hero hits the