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Dimples John Lee Hooker Guitar Lesson + Tutorial

One of the secrets to John Lee Hooker’s sound is how he played fingerstyle on electric guitar. A lot of early blues players played fingerstyle or even used a thumbpick quite a bit.

Today I’m going to break down some of these exact techniques in this “Dimples” guitar lesson.

The combination of fingertips and electric guitar with a bit of breakup to the sound is a magical tone for blues guitar. There are two main sections we are going to cover in this lesson, the blues groove and an 8-bar blues chord progression.

“Dimples” was written by blues legend John Lee Hooker. The original version featured Jimmy Reed’s backup band. John Lee Hooker played the riff on slide guitar in the original version.

“Dimples” is in the key of E and uses just 3 chords E7, A7, and B7. These 3 chords are 3 most common chords in blues tunes and are often referred to as the I, IV, and V chords in the key.

E7 = I chord
A7 = IV chord
B7 = V chord
Check out how all the chords are dominant 7th chords. This is noted by the 7 after the letter name of each chord. This is a signature characteristic of blues songs.

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