David Delarre

This week I've decided to amalgamate a bunch of licks from the fingers of Ishman Bracey into a 12 bar blues. This is like a short hand version of what he plays for the song 'Saturday Blues'. I love the…

This slinky little lick comes from the amazing fingers of Son House from his 1930's recording of 'Dry Spell Blues'. Due to my woeful lack of skill in the slide department I've attempted to arrange his lick to work in…

This lovely little lick comes from the amazing fingers of Robert Johnson. Its the intro lick to 'Phonograph Blues (Take 1)' - its a lovely song that really hasn't recieved the amount of attention it deserves I think mainly because…

This lick is based on barre chord shapes so you can move it around the guitar neck with relative ease - very useful to memorise so you can play it in multiple keys. The phrase built around the D7 chord…

Yep. Another week has passed. It’s Monday.. it’s #deltabluesmondaytime! Grab your guitar and spank the plank! Learn the lick here:

It’s #deltabluesmonday time! Grab your guitar and crack on with this beauty! This is a lovely lick that uses a triplet rhythm to give it a nice skip in measure 3 (watch out for the timing!) I also love the…

It’s that time of the week where I stare into the middle distance and try not to feel self conscious about filming myself... oh and teach you guys a #DeltaBlues lick. Click on the link to learn it!

Get out your guitar guys and learn a great lick all the way up in the dusty end! Great fun to play once you get the timing sorted. I love the way it switches between swung quavers, straight semi-quavers and…

Its that time of the week again when I tell you all to get out your guitar and spank the plank. This weeks #DeltaBluesMonday features all of those lovely colour tones b3, 3, 4, b5 and b7 but it also…

This lick couples really nicely with Delta Blues Lick #6 - it carries on the triplet theme and really plays on the b9 sound again.

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This lick makes full use of the colour tones! The b3, b7, b9 and the 11th are all used over these 4 measures. I also like how it moves into the upper register of the guitar - good to get…

Here's a great line that uses the b9 of the D7 chord - jazzy but still very much in the Delta blues vibe. Take care with the rhythm of the bass, its very easy to slip into playing on the…