Books by Richard Johnston

HOW TO PLAY RHYTHM GUITAR THE BASICS AND BEYOND

Packed with musical examples charts and photos this is a complete step-by-step course for learning acoustic or electric blues guitar. In-depth lessons teach you to build your own style while exploring the music of traditional bluesmen and modern stars. From practicing your scales and turn-arounds to breaking out Chicago-style this book from the former editor of ÊGuitar PlayerÊ brings you: essential lessons on blues basics; insights into the music of masters like B.B. King Eric Clapton John Lee Hooker T-Bone Walker Albert Collins Buddy Guy and many others; advice on selecting gear and setting up your guitar; a great blues discography; and even free access to audio lessons on the web!

In this long-awaited book, Richard Johnston combines an arsenal of recently developed analytic tools with a deep understanding of history to makes sense of the Canadian party system.