Josh Smith's Blues Fusion

A video masterclass on progressive contemporary blues guitar with David Mead asking the questions and Adrian Clark tabbing the examples.

- Adrian Clark

Anyone who has witnessed one of Josh Smith’s live performances comes away in awe of the man’s ability to fuse jazz, blues and country into one impressive package – with a feel and musicality that has to be seen to be believed. Armed with a T-style guitar strung with a set of 13s, his playing is both fluid and seemingly effortless.

Josh was open as can be when it came to showing us some of the ideas behind his extraordinary music. And while the following eight examples only hint at the depth of knowledge - both instinctive and learned - behind what he does, they should certainly give you something to think about. In fact, we’d be surprised if you don’t come away with several new ideas to add fresh life and harmonic colour to your solos.