Thanks to Guitar Lifestyle where we first saw this video of a Guitar World interview with John Mayer discussing his unique cover of Crossroads. The intro to the video consists of several comedic false intros by John Mayer. Some of Mayer's other comedic endeavors have included some misses (nsfw) but these mostly hit the mark. The meat of the interview is where it gets interesting. John discusses how he came up with the idea for his version, his tones, takes a very detailed look at his right hand technique, and discusses the music theory behind some of his choices.

For more guitar instruction on this topic, check out Jody Worrell's John Mayer Style Solos and Guy Fenocchi's lesson on playing Clapton's Crossroads.

The Strat-O-Blogster has tipped us to the announcement that Scott Henderson will begin answering questions from fans over at Online-Discussion.com. Below I've included some of my favorite questions and responses from Scott's last answer session on June 24th as well as the youtube version of Guy Fenocchi's "Scott Henderson Style Lick" lesson:

Question: Is touring work or fun for you? I mean you gig almost every day, so do you get tired of it after some gigs in a row?

Scott: I love playing every night even though I wish I had more new tunes. The only part I hate is flying because it fucks up my ears and just sucks in general. When you add up the playing hours vs. the travel, setting up/tearing down hours, it does sometimes feel more like the moving and storage business, but a great night on stage more than makes up for the hassle and I feel like I'm lucky to do what I do.

Question: ...and do you agree that Simpsons started to suck after season 9??

Scott: What I heard was that they were using the A team writers for the movie and the B team for the show, but now that the movie is over, I've seen it get a little better. Still not as good as the classics though...

Question: How many "fusion" standards do you know? I mean things like Actual proof, Havona, Humpty Dumpty...can you please name a few that you think are interesting and fun to play?

Scott: I can think of more than a few, if you're like me and consider about 50 Weather Report tunes as great fusion standards. You can find a lot of them in various Real Books.

Jazz fusion guitarist Scott Henderson may not be a widely known name but he certainly has a devout following. He first came to fame with his band Tribal Tech in the late 80's and early 90's. More recently he's recorded with bass virtuoso Victor Wooten and drummer Steve Smith. In this free lesson Guy Fenocchi takes a look at Scott's use of the melodic minor scale. In addition to Guy's video I've also included a lesson from Scott Henderson himself explaining the way he likes to break the guitar neck up into a series of 5ths to create chordal sounds.