One of the keys to being able to play varied blues is simply knowing a a l ot of riifs… In “How to Play SMokin’ Blues Guitar”, i spend a lot of time going over various riffing examples…
 In this section, i am just showing a few riffs with similar themes, based on the root pentatonic position and featuring the 3rd of the I and also the 3rd of the IV.
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Heya folks…
you know,
B.B. King is known for bending the guitar strings. In a way, he was the first
to use this really technique as we know string bending… But to me, the
true “BB King” sounding bends are the 3-fret bends….
In this video, first you’ll see me just finishing up a demo on SRV/Albert King inspired vibrato and bends….Then, I demonstrate a couple of sweet blues licks inspired by BB and his wailing
bends. Probably his most charateristic bend is the 1 1/2 note bend from the fifth
to the seventh as I show here…
In “How to Play Smokin Blues”, I also do a section Freddy King, who might just be might my favorite blues player of all time… But you’ll probably have to get the DVD to
see that… But don’t worry, it’s coming out in less than 2 weeks!
Keep riffing,
Claude Johnson
Lots more examples… Here’s just a few…
Yo yo yo… Whats up, its Claude J here with another video update!
The DVDs are just about to ready to be pressed… Check this out - it’s
just a few of dozens of examples showing harmonization patterns.
In this case, we start on the E7 chord, harmonize it via the
major scale… Then add some open strings, and into some
other variations. Check it out! 
Hey now… Claude J here… And i’m just getting ready to send the
blues DVDs into production… Woo hoo! There’s 3 DVDs, jam packed with
245 examples of the coolest blues licks, riffs, principles, and
exercises. Plus all examples will be tabbed out… You’re gonna love it.
Here’s a few examples on Disc 2 with the electric…
In “How to Play Smokin’ Blues”, I teach a wide variety of riffs
to add flavor to basic blues structures… Here’s a 2 minute
clip where I’m talking about using the 3rd of the IV chord from
the root pentatonic position… and combining this with various
pulls offs to create blues licks…