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In our final part of our look at the stylings of the legendary Three Kings, we tackle the searing style of Freddie King.

Continuing our journey through the guitar styles of the legendary Three Kings, this time it’s the turn of Flying V-toting blue icon Albert.

He may be gone, but Peter Green peerless guitar playing will continue to inspire guitarists of every stripe for generations to come.

Or, otherwise known as ‘The importance of delivering the right note at the right time’.

He’s one of the most imitated and highly regarded guitarists of the modern era, but John Mayer's style is unabashedly inspired by the greats.

The Texan bluesman’s style is as influential as it unique. Here’s how to incorporate some SRV into your playing.

The kinetic fingerstyle of Jared James Nichols has made him a modern blues colossus. Here’s how to make it your own.

The Led Zeppelin icon’s influence on rock guitar is impossible to overstate, but at the core of his signature style were some classic blues fundamentals.

Now that you’ve mastered the basics of the pentatonic scale, it’s time to look at the masters themselves to see how the most legendary blues players utilise the shapes we’ve learned in their own playing. First up, it’s Old Slowhand.

We round-up our year-long exploration of the basics of blue by finishing off the five basic shapes of the pentatonic scale.