One reason why I mentioned Paul Butterfield.Originally Posted by Reid
Yep, there are too many who are emulating the blues, but not really projecting it at all, because they likely never experienced it.
One reason why I mentioned Paul Butterfield.
Yep, there are too many who are emulating the blues, but not really projecting it at all, because they likely never experienced it.
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I already posted a Scott Henderson video on this thread, but let's try this one. You can't deny the blues influence here, but not many blues artists would even think about writing a tune as quirky as this one:
Well.....I guess I was just trying to post something from this century instead of all of the same old classics that I assume most blues fans would already be familar with. I tend to lean toward guitar oriented blues, but am open to anything. Some non-guitar oriented blues artists that I have seen live and dig:
Deanna Bogart. She has been around a while, but is an incredible keyboard / sax player and vocalsit:
Another favorite of mine that has been around a long time is Rod Piazza And The Mighty Flyers featuring Rod on harmonica his wife honey on on keyboards:
Good post but I'm thankfull that there are kids who just seem to have a knack for playing electric blues guitar. I'm not seeking out any of these kids because I'm just not into the blues these days. But I like that these kids are keeping "rock" honest. If it wasn't for the blues we might've never had a "guitar hero" era. It all started with the blues. When we were kids in the late 60s/early 70s, any kid who wanted to strap on a Stratocaster or Les Paul first learned to play the blues scale (which was easy to figure out on your own) and from there the kid would develope beyond that.
You've got a lot of good suggestions so far. For starters, you can't go wrong with Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker. I'll see if I can list some of my faves that haven't been mentioned. The category of blues can cover a pretty wide spectrum of styles
Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials - great party-blues type of band, been around a long time and Ed does the slide guitar thing.
Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers - raw electric 3-piece that will have your ass shakin', more slide guitar
Dave Hole - an old, white slide player from Australia. Blistering electric slide.
Then there's the older acoustic guys...
Mississippi Fred McDowell - I absolutely love this guy. He does have some albums later in his career with electric guitar and he's great either way. He has this polyrhythmic style and I played one of his CDs for a guy once and he thought it was several guitarists playing.
Rev. Gary Davis - blind guy doing some very complicated picking, a lot of spiritual-themed songs. A favorite of Jorma Kaukonen of Hot Tuna.
Furry Lewis, Bukka White, Son House - all great
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THEN there's the haunting Mississippi hill country blues style, the main proponents being RL Burnside and Junior Kimbrough. Raw, gritty, emotional, riveting, hypnotic... but you have to be careful checking out Burnside albums because he quickly became the darling of several rockers, and there are albums out there of him practically doing trashy punk rock (Ass Pocket of Whiskey) and another in which his vocals and guitar licks are sampled into dance/trance/dub/whatever the hell that style is called.
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That song belongs on this radio show: http://www.oddtimeobsessed.com/
Why? It's in 4/4.
^ cause it's so awkward. I didn't realize it was in 4/4, but I took another listen, and gee, you're right
Funny. I remember back in the mid or late 80's, I saw a review of a rockabilly revival release. I've forgotten who it was, but they had one of the original rockabilly guitarists playing on it, I wanna say Paul Burlison, but I'm not sure. Anyway, the reviewer noted that the vet unfortunately stuck to playing rhythm guitar most of the time and let the other guitarist (a younger guy, I gather) do most of the "heavy lifting". And then he noted that the other guitarist was playing a Gibson Corvus! Remember the Corvus, it had this ridiculous sort of semi bottle cap opener body shape:
I briefly owned an early 80s hunk-of-crap Ibanez EX series Destroyer about 20 years ago. I DID use it for a hired-gun country gig and I also used it for a hired-gun 50s/ Elvis/ Doo Wop show......needless to say, I never worked with either act since
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About Gary Moore: I liked him better in his 80's era metal guitar god persona. I gather he went further in that direction than he really wanted, I guess due to the association with Thin Lizzy and record company pressure and all that, but good heavens, Victims Of The Future is a killer record! So are Rockin' Every Night: Live In Japan, Dirty Fingers, and G-Force.
Jimi used lots of guitars besides Strats. He was frequently seen playing a couple reissue Flying V's, one of which had psychedelic artwork on it, the other was a black one with custom inlays that Gibson made especially for him (you can see him playing the black V on the Isle Of Wight video, during Red House).
He also had a white SG Custom he used occasionally, there's a Les Paul Special that he's pictured with during the South Saturn Delta session, and I'm pretty sure I've seen at least one photo of him playing a Fender Jaguar. I think he used a Jazzmaster, also, during his early sideman era, like when he was playing in Little Richard's band.
Makes me wanna join a blues band for some lighthearted fun.
A spirit with a vision is a dream with a mission!
For those interested in something of a little more vintage, there' same three-CD/1-DVD Mike Bloomfield box coming in February. I've has it for a little over a month now, and am loving it. A great career retrospective....
^^ Man could he play. Too bad he also tried singing. Still, I'm sure it's great stuff. I have a few live recordings of his and am a huge fan of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band.
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
Just curious, do those have any collector value or are they in that pile of Gibsons that may be "vintage" but not have a whole lot of worth (like the Sonex)?
Hell, they ain't even old-timey ! - Homer Stokes
Buy some SRV that man is a pleasure to listen to. He had that little extra spark that only the rarest of em ever have.
Of course, not being of the daily persuasion in this opinion laden public prog bathhouse, my diatribe of recent lucubration is perhaps as welcome as a rats teat. One often is forced to weigh the desire to flash judgment within against the effort required as well as the value this knowledge will be to the greater good of all mankind or whatever inhabits the current spa. At best, its a slippery slope.
Pretty much the latter. A lot of times when you see the value of a supposedly "vintage" guitar sky rocket, it's because of it's association with a particular musician or musicians. For the longest time, Jazzmasters were going for chump change, until bands like Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine were seen playing them in the early 90's, and suddenly a guitar that used to sell for around $500 was suddenly worth three or four times that amount. Oy!
I haven't checked the prices lately, but I imagine the same thing happened with the Gibson Trini Lopez model after Dave Grohl started playing one a lot.
I'm a fan of Waters, Hooker, SRV, King.
Ian
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Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
I'm one of the 212.
Which King?
BB
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-a...re-happy-hour/
Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
I'm one of the 212.
Big fan of BB but Albert and Freddie are worth anyone's while.
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
BB's Blues Is King is a great record! BB whips the crowd into a frenzy, and the women go crazy.
You can't find records like that today.
I just finished listening to Muddy's Folk Singer, and it's a stone cold classic. The sound is fantastic
and it contains some of the finest blues singing and accompaniment from Willie Dixon and Buddy Guy.
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