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Rock Mandolin: Jimi Hendrix’s “Angel” – Lesson Part 1

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This is the first part of a 3 part series in learning my arrangement for Hendrix’s “Little Wing.” Tablature is available for

I first recorded Angel for YouTube in 2006. This is updated for the lessons that will be done on this tune on

Freddie King, Freddie King, Freddie King. The Texas Cannonball. As a guitarist, all I would want to be is Freddie King. Frankly,

I’m stuck on bass lines. I don’t think that many mandolinists think about playing “bass lines” behind others. Don’t think you can

Time for another Jim Richter mandolin blues instruction lick of the day. Today is the “lumpty” bass pattern, often heard in Chicago

Hi all! This a cool major pentatonic lick heard in blues and other other blues forms (country, rock, jazz). Simple little lick

If you only were to own one acoustic duet album, you could do no better than Blake and Rice. The two Tony

To me, Free was one of the most important rock bands of the 1970’s. They helped move the blues-based rock of the

This was probably the tune that made it ok for me to like (and eventually love) Led Zeppelin. As a teen bluegrass