For all of us aspiring guitarists who have long dreamt of playing with – or even like – Grammy and Blues Music Award-winning guitarist and the reigning king of the blues Buddy Guy, a new book of tabs from Hal Leonard publishers may be the closest many of us will ever get to fulfilling that dream. The latest in the music publisher’s Guitar Play-Along series (this is volume 183, joining others ranging from the likes of Clapton, Hendrix, B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, T-Bone Walker, Albert King and ZZ Top to David Lee Roth, Duane Allman, AC/DC, Taylor Swift, and Iron Maiden), the Buddy Guy – Guitar Play-Along allows guitarists to see the tab, hear clips of the music – including the ability to slow the audio down, set loop points, and change keys, among other functions – and then play along to eight of Guy’s most popular tracks, from the brazen swagger of “Damn Right, I’ve Got the Blues” and “Man of Many Words” to the softer, more refined “Feels Like Rain” and “What Kind of Woman Is This”, along with “Someone Else is Steppin’ In”, “Midnight Train”, “Stone Crazy”, and “Hoodoo Man Blues”.
The book may not win you quite the awards Guy has received, but it will make it easier to impress your friends with some of Guy’s most killer riffs!