Grateful Dead Music Forum

any know what scales and modes to solo in U.S. Blues?

Try the mixolydian modes, or plain old minor pentatonics work well also.

I personally wouldnt play mixolydian over this tune at all...Id play the major scale, Pentatonics (switch between major and minor) and arpeggios. oh and if used correctly the blues scale would sound nice

If you add the major and minor pentatonic scales together, you get a mixolydian scale plus the flat 3rd. There's a lot of blues licks that use these notes. You can also add the flat five as another "blue note". Using the notes in each chord and moving chromatically to them is also useful.