Ike Turner, One Of The Founders Of American Rhythm And Blues , Passes At 76!

Ike Turner, who turned 76 on November 5th, passed away at 11:50 AM this morning of a heart attack in San Marcos, California.

Ike was one of the original A&R men who discovered Blues artists such as Howlin' Wolf, Elmore James and Otis Rush. Moving them onto labels for which he worked including Sun Records, Modern and RPM Records and King/Federal Records. During that period, Ike was described as, "One of the most valuable and talented men in the record business."

Mr. Turner Played piano on Jackie Brenston's "Rocket 88" which is credited as one of the first Rock and Roll records made in America. He also played piano on many of B.B. King's first releases on various labels.

Of course, most folks know Ike as the male half of the groundbreaking duo, Ike and Tina Turner whose flurry of hits during the sixties and seventies included the John Fogerty song, "Proud Mary".

We at BluePower are greatly saddened by this tremendous loss to music in the world.

We will bring you more information as the day goes by.

God Speed Ike!

John Rhys
BluePower.com

Guitar Basics With Brian Rhys!

For months BluePower has threatened to come up with Basic Guitar Lessons. We are now proud and happy to announce the opening of our Company Store which is now featuring the first episode in the Guitar Speak - Basic Guitar Lessons series.

This first lesson is a study of The Key of A, which includes the chords A/D/E. These three chords or changes are called a triad and are essential for just about any non-complex song; great for Blues, Country and Folk. My son, Brian, who has been teaching guitar for over 5 years, teaches the lesson. Defining terms as the lesson progresses, his love for teaching makes the lesson easy and fun to follow.

Purchase Guitar Speak - Basic Guitar Lessons from the Company Store located on the sidebar and before you realize it, you'll be playing the guitar the way you never thought you could.

We at BluePower and Guitar Speak thank the good folks who have already told us how much they enjoyed this lesson. We hope to have the next lesson, The Key of E up soon. Also keep on the look out for our future guitar lesson series: Advanced Guitar Lessons, which will be taught by me.

Thank You All,
John Rhys

Here is the preview link: Guitar Basics....The Key Of A
Here is the link to purchase the lesson: Guitar Basics....The Key Of A