How to Play Country Lead Guitar
In the late nineteen thirties a cowboy musician called Bob Willis introduced the electric guitar to his audiences. Nobody knows whether they noticed this historic innovation but ten years later a whole generation sat up and took notice when Arthur Smith released his recording of “Guitar Boogie”. This hit instrumental established the electric guitar as a musical force to be reckoned with. While the world of rock and roll moved to the music of Stratocasters it took a while for country musicians to move from the more restrained tones of the Gretsch archtop to the more “biting” Fender sound.
Guitar Lesson: Play Country Licks In D – By Peter Edvinsson
By Peter Edvinsson
Have you ever wondered about how to get that ringing country sound from your guitar. In this
guitar lesson you will learn some country licks based on a combination of fretted notes and open strings.







