Each guitar has its own character and personality, which can be magnified once the player engages in beatin' it up

Lightnin' Hopkins was something of a fixture on the Houston coffee house scene so we were witness to eccentric blues brilliance close up. Then, believe it or not, along came the wave of the English cats like John Mayall, Eric Clapton and the Stones embracing the great American art form - the blues.

Turn on, tune up, rock out.

Most of the reggae awareness is still among music industry people and people who are already into all types of music.

Our skin colours may vary, but what's upstairs - there's certain things we've all got in common.

I probably owe as much to Jeff Beck as I do to Son House with connections to the blues.

I too once belived in the heavier gauge string as a superior tone source. However, thanks to the graciousness of B.B. King I learned that a lighter-gauge string offers superior playing comfort ... try it, you may like it.