Featured

Funky Texas Blues Lick (Guitar Lesson with TAB)

328 Views
Published
Texas Style Funky Blues Lick – a la Stevie Ray Vaughan meets Reggie Young and Cornell Dupree

Please help support my lessons by donating here: http://markzabel.com/donations/donate/

Nothing says “Texas Blues” like SRV. For this lick we blend SRV’s hard-edged blues with Reggie Young’s (and Cornell Dupree’s) R&B style double stops to create one funky little lick you can use over this chord progression.

Here’s the TAB: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tjaxui1goanj4ei/Funky%20Texas%20Blues%20Lick.pdf?dl=0

Stevie Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, and one of the most influential guitarists in the revival of blues in the 1980s.
Vaughan was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He began playing guitar at the age of seven, inspired by his older brother Jimmie. He dropped out of high school in 1971 and moved to Austin the following year.

Reggie Grimes Young Jr. (December 12, 1936 – January 17, 2019) was an American musician who was lead guitarist in the American Sound Studio house band, The Memphis Boys, and was a leading session musician. He played on various recordings with artists such as Elvis Presley, Merrilee Rush, B.J. Thomas, John Prine, Dusty Springfield, Herbie Mann, J.J. Cale, Dionne Warwick, Roy Hamilton, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, the Box Tops, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Merle Haggard, Joey Tempest, George Strait, and The Highwaymen.

Cornell Luther Dupree (December 19, 1942 – May 8, 2011) was an American jazz and R&B guitarist. He worked at various times with Aretha Franklin, Bill Withers, Donny Hathaway, King Curtis and Steve Gadd, appeared on David Letterman, and wrote a book on soul and blues guitar: Rhythm and Blues Guitar. He reportedly recorded on 2,500 sessions.
Category
Funky