Andy G Jones

Andy G Jones

A professional guitarist for many years, Andy G Jones has played with Van Morrison, James Ingram, Lamont Dozier, Queen (Brian May and Roger Taylor), Robben Ford, Billy Cobham, John Illsley (Dire Straits), KT Tunstall, Albert Lee (featured on Andy's upcoming CD), Mike Finnigan, Dave Landreth and Ryan Voth from The Bros. Landreth, Malford Milligan, The BBC Radio Big Band, Patti Austin, Hamish Stuart (Average White Band), Lalo Schifrin (Hollywood film composer Bullitt, Mission Impossible), Hank Marvin, James Dean Bradfield (the Manic Street Preachers), Grady Tate, Agnetha from ABBA, Cliff Richard, Dudley Moore, Nathan James (Inglorious), Joey Tempest (Europe) and Kelsey Grammar.

Latest articles by Andy G Jones

Larry Carlton

How to weave the Mixolydian mode into your jazz and blues solos

By Andy G Jones published

A lesson in Larry Carlton-inspired G7 jazz-blues-rock action that will expand your lick vocabulary and open up all new soloing ideas

Lessons
Robben Ford

Solo in the style of Robben Ford and Josh Smith with this primer on Dorian blues-rock leads

By Andy G Jones published

Ford is a master of modal expression and this in-depth lesson takes us through his style, as well as Josh Smith's, and the ways in which the Dorian mode informs our blues-rock vocabulary

Lessons
Led Zeppelin

How using the wrong pentatonic scale can actually sound great

By Andy G Jones published

We all know the rules... But what if we break them a little? Some less obvious intervals will add intrigue to your solos, like Jimmy Page did on Led Zeppelin's Rock and Roll

Lessons
James Bond chord

How to play the James Bond guitar chord – and 007 ways you can solo over it

By Andy G Jones published

To celebrate the release of James Bond's 25th outing, No Time To Die, we show you how to play its iconic theme chord, and give you a license to thrill with your own accompanying leads

Chords
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