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Lenny Kravitz Blues Infusion

Lenny Kravitz is one of our most pure misunderstood geniuses. 
If more people “got him” — Lenny would be the most popular Blues-infused musicians working today.

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Sister Rosetta Tharpe Sings the Gospel Blues

Sister Rosetta Tharpe is a musical whirlwind of a stepping stone between Gospel music and The Blues.

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Freddie King and the 1966 Beat

We love Freddie King and his classic DVD — “Freddie King The!!!!Beat 1966” — is an instant classic that deserves your rabid attention and ultimate devotion.

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Gibson Brite Wires Review

My D’Addario strings review is one of the most popular articles here on BolesBlues.com, so I decided to crack open my Anvil flightcase and share more of my guitar strings experiences with you.  Today, we’ll take a look at Gibson Brite Wires.  These strings are installed by default on all new Gibson Les Paul guitars.  When your Les Paul Standard is the guitar headstock shown on the Brite Wires packaging, you begin to get the idea that Gibson especially wants you to use these strings on that guitar.

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Best for The Blues: The Gibson Les Paul Standard or Fender Eric Clapton Stratocaster Review

What is the best guitar for playing the electric Blues?  A Fender Eric Clapton Custom Shop Stratocaster or a Gibson Les Paul Standard?  I’m narrowing the Gibson vs. Fender debate to a couple of guitars since I have one of each in hand and I play The Blues on both.  Better men than I have been broken trying to make this comparison fairly sing — so I will do my best to give you a competent, if not persnickety, breakdown of
my experience.


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Gibson Builds the Keb' Mo' Bluesmaster

Gibson have created a fantastic new acoustic Blues guitar called the “Bluesmaster” to honor the great Keb’ Mo’.

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Some of Our Favorite Music Articles

This BolesBlues.com blog was founded on the notion to better centralize our articles on music, reviews and thoughts and contemplations on melody.  Here is how we came to land here.

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