In the style of Papa Ain’t Salty

Learn how to play in the style of T-Bone Walker!

In Papa Ain’t Salty we get a more up tempo feel than we had in Call It Stormy Monday.

The licks are however similar with perhaps a few more double stops and runs.

As usual, use the neck pickup and pick close to the bridge if you don’t have a large jazz guitar with heavy strings.

T-Bone’s note choices are far more complex than many of his followers.

Using full modes like Mixolydian and Dorian, as well as all possible pentatonic framework T-Bone was fitting well in with the Jazz scene which at this time was thriving.

In many ways, blues guitar solos have become simpler since T-Bone, talk about being ahead of your time!