Can anyone recommend a bsic book which will help get me started in this?
https://www.guitarnoise.com/article.php?id=486
Not a book, but a good article writen by Arjen here on guitarnoise.
Other things that will help: Learn some blues solos. Learn them slow, and get the licks down. Then use those licks in your own solos. Agood one: Crossroads (the first solo has some great licks in it)
You talking about Clapton's Crossroads ?
The best thing you can do IMO is to spend lots of time listening to recordings of players whose work you admire. It soaks in and eventually starts coming out.
"A cheerful heart is good medicine."
Thanks for that advice. I was thinking about this approach and I believe it has some merit.
For example I love guitar solos by bands like Pink Floyd, Free, Camel, Zeppelin, etc. I was thinking recently opf learning solos from this range of music from these bands. Analysing their techniques may give me some ideas. After all, isn't that how the greats got started? (not that I will ever be a great!)
Ricochet's advice is on the money. If you still would like a book, however, I recomend Blues You Can Use I bought it a while ago when I was first starting out and found it quite helpful. Introduces you not only to soloing but 9th,11th, 13th chords and such. There's a "sequel" to the book called More Blues You Can Use that's supposed to be pretty good as well, and apparently goes a bit more in depth.
