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"Andy Aledort can make his guitar scream and cry, and swing in a unique and stunning blues rock style. He's been my new favorite guitarist for a long time now." 
 ~ Joe Satriani
(For more about what Joe Satriani has to say about Andy Aledort, Please see: Musician's Friend's Exclusive In-Depth Interview
with Joe Satriani, Part I )

"Over an hour of burning blues and rock--a must-have for fans of Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan." -Guitar World
"I love it--it's great!" ~ Johnny Winter

"Taste, tone, chops--Andy's got it all!" ~ Warren Haynes

"What a soulful player. Andy know this music inside and out."
~ John Scofield

"Andy plays with tons of heart and soul, and draws from a depth of influences to emerge with his own unique voice."
~ Mike Stern

"Burning technique!" 
~ Pat Thrall (Meat Loaf)

"You have the knack to pass what you know on in a manner that I can understand (even though I can't play everything) and I want you to be assured that it is appreciated so much out here in guitar playing land. Thanks. ...Sincerely, Al Watson"

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ANDY ALEDORT & THE GROOVE KINGS – LIVE AT NORTH STAR 2009 The new CD is here! ANDY ALEDORT & THE GROOVE KINGS – LIVE AT NORTH STAR 2009 is a sprawling, 70+ minute live document of intense improvisation and band interaction. "Live at North Star 2009" is a vivid representation of my band—Mike DiMeo (kybd., voc.), Dennis Metzler (bass), and Vito Luizzi and Richard Rosch (drums)--and offers some smoldering blues, blues/rock and intricate original material. I'm very, very happy with the way this record turned out, and I think you all will dig it, too. Recorded at one of our regular haunts, the beautiful club/restaurant NORTH STAR located in Pound Ridge, NY, "LIVE AT NORTH STAR 2009" is a great example of the kind of insanity the band and I venture into at every gig. The album includes covers of such classic blues tunes as Freddie King’s “Big Leg Woman,” Ray Charles’ “I Don’t Need No Doctor,” B.B. King’s “Gambler’s Blues,” Albert King’s “Wrapped Up in Love Again,” Albert Collins’ “Bending Like a Willow Tree,” and Little Walter’s “Last Night,” plus two original compositions, “Right by Your Side” and “Do You Have a Sister.” Check out the latest issue of GUITAR WORLD article, JUNE 2010: Feature article on “Live at North Star 2009!! Click here to read it

$15.99 + $3 S&H OR, send a U.S. Bank Check or Money Order for $18.99 to: Andy Aledort PO Box 81 Sea Cliff, NY 11579 Note: Andy Aledort's "Put A Sock In It" CD is also now  available for online ordering here

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My how times change. If this was the 70's, a major label such as Capricorn would have released Andy Aledort and the Groove King's "Live at North Star 2009." It would have spent a year on the Billboard album charts and gone multi-platinum. Unfortunately, blues rock has fallen out of favor. So much the worse for us. I can listen to this record over and over and find new meaning with each hearing. Maybe that's because Andy Aledort teaches rock stars such as Joe Perry of Aerosmith how to play the blues. Maybe because he plays guitar in Dickie Betts (of Allman Brothers fame) band. Maybe because he replaced Jimi Hendrix in The Band of Gypsies for a Japanese Tour. Or maybe because he's been the senior editor of Guitar World Magazine for seemingly forever. No matter what the reason, "Live at North Star 2009" captures Aledort at the peak of his vocal, instrumental, and improvisational powers. He proves himself a "Master of the Stratocaster." ~ Continued here... TheWorkingMusician.com

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Andy Aledort grooven the funky blues!
 

by Guitar Doc
Full disclosure..Andy Aledort through his transcriptions and instructional videos has taught me about 1/3 of what I know about playing the guitar! His detailed mastery and passionate understanding of not just the greats of rock and the blues but of the guts under the belly of the beast is on full display here! Great performances on classics and toneful heartfelt guitar driven funky blues. 
Maybe I am just a little too much of a guitar geek but Andy plays with almost a spiritual reverence to the roots and then takes it up a notch by fusing say a Albert king double bend with a buddy guy/Hendrix groan.. Really never loses your attention and always supports the groove of the song. 
Really worth downloading the album to get the longer songs that give him elbow room to show his power and finesse. The groove kings are a crack band with a total pocket lock on all these songs! Andy obviously knows the best and they all nail every song on this album.
 

blues you can sink your teeth into...

 

by 54'LesPaul
One of my faves after just one listen. Sophisticated renditions of some great classics. Soulful playing. And what TONE!!! Like warm maple syrup!

Only a handful of people on the planet can deliver the instructional goods on slow blues as well as Andy Aledort. Andy has served as senior editor for several top guitar magazines, has authored over 200 guitar instruction books, and has studied the styles and techniques of virtually every major electric blues and rock guitar artist in history. You'd be hard pressed to find anyone better qualified to present a more thorough slow blues curriculum than Andy Aledort.

Andy covers a diverse range of soloing styles and techniques within the context of eight different key centers (E, F, G, A, Bb, C and D). Each key center series of lessons features different forms, feels and progressions and includes performances and detailed breakdowns covering requisite techniques, solo development, improvisation and application of theory. The soloing examples demonstrate a wide spectrum of both right- and left-hand articulation techniques, phrasing concepts and the stylistic signatures that are found in the playing of all blues guitar masters, ranging from Albert King, B.B. King, T-Bone Walker, Buddy Guy, and Freddie King, to the blues/rock virtuosos such as Jimi Hendrix, Duane Allman, Johnny Winter, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Aledort also takes you to grad school on doublestop sixths, sliding sixths, triads, opens strings, vibrato, hammers, ghost bends, pull-offs, fingerpicks, rolls, diminished 7th lines, cascading lines, expressions, forearm vibrato, B.B.'s box, thematic soloing, improvisation, two-to-three equivalency, repeating triplets, anticipating changes, stretching time, repetition, solo development, dynamics, oblique bends, slides, intervallic jumps, tremolo picking, ascending the fretboard, trills, glissandos and applications of composite blues, Mixolydian, Dorian, and major, minor, and dominant pentatonic scales.

Slow Blues Power is indeed an extraordinary learning experience and virtually bottomless resource of insight for any student of electric blues guitar.

If you know Andy's incredible talents as a monster guitarist and teacher and want to learn how to master the blues, then save time and purchase below right away or click here to learn more and then place your order...

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NEW! 4 Order Options for Slow Blues Power
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Kings of Blues & Rock examines the playing styles of eight of the greatest blues and rock guitarists that have ever lived: Eric Clapton, Duane Allman, Jimmy Page, Johnny Winter, T-Bone Walker, B. B. King, Albert King and Freddie King. To view demo click Play button above. Click Here to begin lessons!

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NEW GUITAR WORLD INSTRUCTIONAL DVDS!

BLUES/ROCK MASTER CLASS:
In our Blues Rock Master Class DVD, Guitar World’s own esteemed associate editor Andy Aledort teaches you beginning, intermediate and advanced levels of blues rock guitar. Learn to play shuffles like Stevie Ray Vaughan, make your ax sing like Eric Clapton, solo like Duane Allman and command the 12-bar blues like Johnny Winter. With more than 90 minutes of lessons, our Blues Rock Master Class DVD will help you play like a blues master in no time! SOLOING IN THE STYLES OF: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Johnny Winter, Dickey Betts, Duane Allman, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robin Trower, Leslie West.

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HIGHWAY CALL: ON THE ROAD AGAIN with DICKEY BETTS 2009!
"BACK with the Ramblin' Man in '09!

Andy will be performing with the great Dickey Betts and his band Great Southern for the fourth straight year

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How to Play All of the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s Electric Ladyland!

Available exclusively at the Guitar World Online Store, How to Play All of the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s Electric Ladyland is our complete guide to performing ALL of the songs on this groundbreaking album.
Containing eight hours of lessons on three discs, How to Play All of the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s Electric Ladyland will show you the guitar parts to the entire album, including tracks like “Voodoo Child,” “All Along the Watchtower,” “Gypsy Eyes” and “Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland).”
Plus, the accompanying 12-page booklet is filled with the behind-the-scenes story of the making of Electric Ladyland, complete with rare photographs of Jimi Hendrix.
 
Hendrix authority Andy Aledort walks you through every guitar part on Jimi’s timeless masterpiece. What’s more, each track was meticulously recorded and videotaped at Electric Lady Studios in New York, the facility that Hendrix owned and helped design.

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News Oct. 3, 2004 ~
Andy Aledort appeared with Stevie Ray Vaughan's "Double Trouble" band for the 10th Anniversary Remembrance Ride & Concert & Stevie Ray's 50th Birthday Celebration in Dallas, Texas on Sunday, October 3, 2004 More - Pics - Site

Andy Aledort appeared at the Mount Fuji Rock Festival with The Jimi Hendrix Experience July 31st & Aug 1st, 2004 with over 200,000 concert goers! 

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April 24, 2007
Andy Aledort: Guitar World Magazine Presents...
Jimi Hendrix: Axis Bold As Love Complete Guitar DVD Lessons. Get one at your local new stand today!

For other Andy Aledort: Guitar World DVDS: PLAY ROCK GUITAR, HARD ROCK/HEAVY METAL, BLUES & BLUES/ROCK...CHECK 'EM OUT HERE...

COMING SOON! NEW STUDIO AND LIVE CDS!!! PROMO SINGLE “OUT FOR A RIDE” PREMIERE MAY 1!

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