There are few figures in blues history as notable as Muddy Waters. Born McKinley Morganfield in 1913, Muddy was cetral to the evolution of the genre, from its beginnings as the folk music of the ...

Of all the alternative tunings in use today, open G must be a contender for ‘most popular’. But before we continue, please allow me to be pedantic for a moment and point out that ‘altered’ and ‘open’ ...

Non-standard open or altered tunings crop up frequently in blues, folk and country music. One reason for this is that they can greatly facilitate slide playing. But another is that unusual chord ...