Johnny Burgin

Tune in @WEVL Memphis community radio 6.30-7.15 for an interview on "Soul Stew" by long-time dj Brett Flemming. Awesome harpman Jacob Huffman will join me for a couple tunes and a chat.

Heading back to Memphis, and then Copenhagen tomorrow. Sad to leave Mexico! I love playing and visiting this wonderful and complex country. Here's a highlight from one of my shows (with Emiliano Juarez and his band) in Mexico City.

ticketweb.com/event/johnny-b… This show will sell out, get your tickets now. I can't wait for this remarkable showcase. Very rare Aki Kumar and Noah Wotherspoon Chicagoland appearance, and kinda rare for me as well-- don't miss this Blues Summit!

youtu.be/z51XSeClIlM My hotel room in Mexico City was a perfect Ferriday Cage, so uploading was a lost cause til now! Here's my latest lesson on Sunnyland's Slim's "Lonesome Ride". Subscribe to my YouTube channel and join me on Patreon to support these free weekly lessons.

youtu.be/6HuCF3O0wlI?si… Latest lesson is on Freddie King's version of "Remington Ride". Freddie's on fire on this one and it's interesting to hear him over these different changes. Subscribe to my YT channel and join me on patreon to support these free weekly video lessons.

Along with Chris Matheos and Bob Corritore, I taught a brief master class to these music students at Centro Municipal de las Artes, Mazatlan, Mexico today. Very sharp, talented and nice students, it was such a pleasure!

This weekend at Parker y Lenox in Mexico City. FRI 9.30-10 duo show. SAT full band, all night long.

youtu.be/MYebqVKcGt8?si… playing at MOJO last month with a great young player Oscar Mukherjee. I'll be back in April, but right now I'm still getting some sun and blues in Mexico!

First time in Mazatlan! I can't wait. Several shows will feature Bob Corritore on harp, all shows have my road dawg bass bro Chris Matheos. ALSO: 3.13-14: Parker y Lenox, Mexico City ft Emiliano Juarez, who's a GREAT guitarist!

Great times last night at La Rosa in Tucson w Chris Matheos, bass, and Brian Fahey drums, and Benny Rickum from Milwaukee WI sitting in! photos: Marilyn Stringer. Tonite: Prescott AZ. Thanks to the Southern AZ Blues Heritage Foundation and co-billed band Black Cat Bone!

youtu.be/mkJA9qn7UEU my latest lesson looks at three versions of Bobby Bland's "I Don't Believe" ft Clarence Holoman on gtr-- the live Magic Sam version and another killer live one by Hi Tide Harris. I'd love to learn more about HI Tide, lmk any memories or stories about him!

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@VeryBigBlues thanks a lot! that's a really cool record, and hope our paths will cross soon.

Charlie Barath w/@burginjohnny "I Gets Around" Issaquena Getaway ...Please give a listen at 89.5 FM or streaming at millikin.edu/wjmu

youtu.be/sQ1gDwVIrKk?si… I post blues guitar lesson/chats every week, almost always on Monday. These aren't about 'licks', 'shredding' or some kind of guitar 'system', they're about interesting and compelling blues guitarists of the past, and what they actually played.

I'm excited to be in the premiere show of The Call of Loneliness at Biblioteket Rentermestervej. I'm playing guitar throughout this staged exploration of the loneliness epidemic, performed by Salman Bandish and Lotte Arnsbjerg.

youtu.be/JPJEtTu1HLk?si… latest lesson is on Blue Guitar by Earl Hooker, the true GOAT of electric post war blues guitar imo! Subscribe to my YT channel and join me on Patreon to support these free weekly blues lessons, and meet for an online weekly guitar chat.

Sad news from Chicago, I'll miss you Rob Lorenz. I first met him when he was playing with Dave Myers at The Checkerboard. He played w Lurrie Bell, Tail Dragger for a long time, and a few years in my band. He loved his family, his friends and playing the blues.

youtu.be/uadXVqZJmiA?si… Premiering now, my latest lesson, sponsored by a student, on "Lonely Man" by Robert Lockwood from the Trix recordings. Subscribe to my YT channel and join me on Patreon to support these free weekly videos.

youtu.be/RcaX3rnuGVY?si… Hey Good Lookin by DK pianoman Esben Just w yours truly on git-tar. My next MOJO appearance is hosting the jam on February 12. After that: Mazatlan Mexico w RJ Mischo.

DK/EU blues peeps, this Copenhagen workshop and duo show is coming up a week from today.