More Photos added to TCB Flickr Group
TwinCitiesBlues.com is sending a reminder that there is a Minnesota Blues Group on the photo sharing web site Flickr. This web service allows anyone to store and share photos with the world. Flickr allows users to post photos in groups that are easily organized. To post to the Minnesota Blues Group on Flickr just join the group and add all your favorite photos for others to see and enjoy. Very simple. Here are...

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Used Blues CD Sale
TwinCitiesBlues.com is announcing a USED BLUES CD SALE with all proceeds benefiting the upkeep and maintenance of this site. The money will be used to help improve Twin Cities Blues by adding new upcoming features. Please take this time to consider purchasing a few CDs and help support Twin Cities Blues. First come, first serve so act fast. If a CD is crossed out, it is currently on hold awaiting payment. All CDs...

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Cool Disposition Photos
Here are a few more photos from the Blues Harmonica Bash that took place on May 11, 2008 at Minnesota Music Cafe. These photographs have also been uploaded on the Flickr Minnesota Blues group (2 Members Strong) which allow anyone with a Flickr account to post to the group. Sign up and share your photographs with the world!

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Teach Me Tuesday

Teach Me Tuesday, Vol. 13

Apr 7th

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If you didn’t know already, April is officially International Guitar Month… how about another Teach Me Tuesday in honor of the six string beauty…

Guitar: Blues/Jazz Progression Part. 1

Guitar: Muddy Waters Style Lick

Guitar: Lonnie Johnson Licks

Guitar: Slow Blues in E – Part 1

Guitar: Slow Blues in E – Part 2

Teach Me Tuesday, Vol. 12

Feb 10th

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In today’s world it is amazing to think about all the great things that technology has brought to the music world for both musicians and fans. With all sorts of resources available including Social Networking websites like MySpace, Facebook and Twitter including media sharing sites like YouTube and Flickr there are many ways to connect with the music or musicians you love.

One of the coolest things to me as a blues musician and fan is the ability to have multimedia access to all sorts of music and musicians. There are really cool things to enjoy like music lessons on YouTube from professional musicians to discovering new musicians on MySpace. Some famous musicians also keep blogs and social networking profiles that allow fans to interact with them.

Look for some upcoming posts about how these tools can help blues musicians and fans alike.

For the 12th installment of Teach Me Tuesday I have included videos by world known professional musicians.

Guitar: BB King Blues Boy Lesson

Guitar: Blues Guitar Lesson with John Mayer

Harmonica: Cadillac Records Harmonica with Adam Gussow

Harmonica:Basic Chromatic for the Blues Diatonic Player

Teach Me Tuesday, Vol. 11

Jan 6th

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It has been a while since the last Teach Me Tuesday but here we go…

Guitar: R.L. Burnside Style

Guitar: Grant Green Swing Licks

Harmonica: Introduction to Blues Harmonica (Part 1)

Harmonica: Introduction to Blues Harmonica (Part 2)

Upright Bass: Breakdown of Triple Slap

Piano: Left Hand Boogie

Do you dig this series or don’t care for it? Leave you thoughts in the comments.

Hook ‘n Heat

Nov 18th

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Today I had a great blues experience listening to the actual LP of John Lee Hooker’s “Hooker ‘n Heat” recorded on May of 1970 that featured Canned Heat as the backing and it has changed my life forever. This has to be one of the greatest records of all time and listening to it on a actually stereo system in LP format was a small piece of heaven on earth. This jaw dropping recording features the last recording of harmonica virtuoso Alan “Blind Owl” Wilson who would later die just a few months after this session.

Just holding the album cover in my hand reading the recording notes and hearing that band connect on a fourth dimension level was soul shaking. Music just is not made like this anymore, plain and simple. Not even close.

Here are a few videos I found of this recording… and for a Teach Me Tuesday lesson watch the cool Jason Ricci videos.