The Hal Leonard Blues Guitar Method is your complete guide to learning blues guitar. This book uses real blues songs - no corny arrangments of nursery rhymes here! (well, except Mary Had a Little Lamb, but this is NOT the versionyou learned in kindergarten!) - to teach you the basics of rhythm and lead blues guitar in the style of B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, and many others. Lessons include: 12-bar blues: chords,scales and licks: vibrato and string bending: riffs, turnarounds, and boogie patterns: hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides: standard notation and tablature: and much more! Songs include: Boom Boom - Born Under a Bad Sign - DoubleTrouble - Killing Floor - Sweet Home Chicago - You Shook Me - and more. The online audio includes over 70 tracks for demo and play-along, and is available using the unique code printed inside each book.