Bayou Blues Video

Jonathon shares his talent for transforming licks into a multitude of styles, from loping gospel sounds through to Delta blues and slick country riffs...

In keeping with his origins in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Jonathon Long’s guitar style is a melting pot of the many strands of Americana he heard in his young days growing up. So, not surprisingly you can hear elements of Delta blues, gospel, Southern rock and country rock, all underpinned by the legacy of the great urban blues guitar legends that went before him – the three Kings, Albert Collins, Buddy Guy and more.

In this lesson, Jonathon shows a few of his favourite licks, demonstrating how a simple idea can be extended, modified and combined with other approaches to create an almost limitless stock of licks. All of these examples are in the key of A Major, so you can immediately start dropping them into your blues solos.