Webster tells us "eclectic" means selecting the best from various doctrines, methods and styles. Gus from My Big Fat Greek Wedding, would tell you "the word eclectic come from the Greek word 'eklektikos' which is mean choose the best." Jeff McErlain would freely admit that he skipped his etymology classes to catch any and all blues artists playing in town but we can tell you that he certainly went to school cherry-picking this killer collection of eclectic blues licks.

Video Introduction

Click below for a sample video from the course

About the Guitar Lesson Plan

Interactive Video Guitar Instruction

Mix up a bit of T Bone Walker with Mike Stern, blend some Robben Ford with Jeff Beck, fuse Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix with Eric Johnson and David Grissom, spice heavily with the likes of Muddy Waters, Allman Brothers, Michael Landau and Roy Buchanan -- Voila! Eclectic blues.

McErlain has dedicated the better part of his life to exploring and analyzing all styles of the blues and fortunately for we students of the blues, he’s also the consummate instructor. Author of several TrueFire blues and blues-rock course, McErlain presents yet another fiery collection of tasty blues lines, rhythms, phrasings and artist-inspired lickage.

You'll learn how to apply techniques and bluesy moves for comping, tri-tones, hybrid picking, hammers, pull-offs, sixths and thirds, chromatics, diminished lines, intervallic lines, major-minor pentatonic phrases, double and triple-stops, open-string phrases, half and full bends, muting, scratches and all of the other requisite tools and tricks of the contemporary blues trade.

50 Eclectic Blues Licks You MUST Know has it all and much more; these 50 interactive video lessons will majorly round out and spice up your blues bag. Dig in!

About Your Instructor

Jeff McErlain

One of the closest friends of the 'Fire, Jeff McErlain is a New York City based guitarist, songwriter, teacher and producer. He has contributed to Guitar Player Magazine, Guitar World and is the author of Modern Rock Techniques. He has taught at the National Guitar Workshop as well as the Bath International Guitar Festival. He was also the guitar instructor and musical consultant for the Warner Bros. movie August Rush. Jeff has shared the stage or worked with Scott Henderson, George Clinton, Zakk Wylde, Will Lee, Hiram Bullock, Omar Hakim, Anton Fig, and Keith Carlock to name a few. His main musical focus is his instrumental trio which performs regularly in NYC.