The best in blues and blues-based licks riffs and techniques with a dose of historical perspective to put it all into place are presented in this book. It includes standard notation and tab plus online access to 86 demonstration audio tracks.Lessons include: scales and target notes chord subsitution open-string turnarounds blues vamps boogie-woogie alternatives bottleneck blues cool blues 8-bar blues Memphis soul British blues-rock Delta blues and more; plus artist-specific lessons on B.B. King John Lee Hooker T-Bone Walker and Freddie King.