50 Country Masters Licks You MUST Know

No other style of popular music demands such guitaristic mastery of right and left-hand techniques as does country guitar and that's why so many blues, jazz and even rock guitarists beg, borrow and steal techniques and licks from the master of country guitar. As with any musical style, studying its history and evolution is key to its understanding and proficiency. So, grab your guitar and jump on Jason Loughlin's time machine - he'll guide you through the history of country music across the fretboards of 34 country guitar masters in 50 Country Masters Licks You MUST Know.

Your trip starts back in the day with Jimmy Wyble's opening lick fromThe Texas Playboy's Roly Poly, a tasty gem from Hank William's Moving It On Over, one of the first chicken pickin' lick sever recorded from Mr Guitar Chet Atkins, an emulated lapsteel move inspired by Long Gone Lonesome Blues, a must-know Hank Garland lick from Sugar Foot Rag, a double-stop move from the virtuosic Jimmy Bryant, another Chet Atkins trick where he uses a forward roll over three strings, a beauty from Pork Chop Stomp, another from Joe Maphis' Fire on the Strings, and a cool roll pattern from Merle Travis.

Your time traveling adventure continues with a beautiful turnaround from Hank Garland's Baby Guitar, a Leon Rhodes' diddy from Honeyfingers, a Scruggs-style banjo lick, a trucker-billy lick from Jimmy Colvard, a Don Rich Wham Bam lick, the opening lick of the famous Waylon Jennings tune Mental Revenge, chicken pickin' double-stops from the great James Burton, Merle Haggard lickage from Mama Tried, faux-pedal steel lick ala Clarence White, and a signature move from Jerry Reed. OK, take a breather but hurry back... there's more.

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