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A glimpse of how we discovered new music in the 90's
Posted on 9/9/21 at 4:01 pm
Posted on 9/9/21 at 4:01 pm
Now that I'm in my 40's working on 50 I find that songs can bring me back to those times in the past when I was young. Random music can trigger memories I've long forgotten. I was listening to Spotify yesterday and a Robert Cray song came on after I started a song radio based on the Beatles "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". I discovered Robert Cray as an impressionable 16 year old almost 30 years ago and he's been a favorite of mine ever since. I saw him live at the Bijou in Knoxville and that to this day is my favorite concert I've ever attended.
But Robert Cray isn't a name you see on pop charts and 9 out of 10 people on the street have never heard of him. Without the internet how did we discover great musical artists such as Robert?
It all started with the Eric Clapton Unplugged album. That's the album that was my gateway into blues music and more specifically into Robert Cray. I had turned 16 the spring of '92 and EC's Unplugged came out that fall and was a smash hit. Back then finding new music meant going into music stores filled with cassettes and albums and rummaging to see what's new talking to people on the shop to find out what's new and hot that's not on the charts yet. I was browsing through the Clapton section looking for a used copy of Slowhand because I was too poor to afford the new stuff. Guy beside me asked me if I liked the unplugged album and then asked me what my favorite song off the album was.
That was easy, "Old Love" was by far my favorite song of the album.
The guy said "You must be a Robert Cray fan then".
"Who?"
I had no idea who Robert Cray was but the guy tells me Robert Cray and Eric Clapton wrote the song together. That leads me to finding a bootleg VCR recording of a late night music show with Eric Clapton and Robert Cray jamming together singing Old Love.
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After Robert's face melting solo I had to have more. Next Album I ended up buying that fall was "Strong Persuader" and "I was Warned". "I was Warned" has one of my favorite studio cut blues guitar solos of all time.
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So a random comment by a stranger in a music store brought me to Robert Cray and began my life long love affair with blues music. Cray, Buddy Guy, BB King, Hooker, SRV etc. I always wondered if that random stranger with a little bit of random music trivia had not spoken to me that day would I still have eventually become a fan of the blues?
But Robert Cray isn't a name you see on pop charts and 9 out of 10 people on the street have never heard of him. Without the internet how did we discover great musical artists such as Robert?
It all started with the Eric Clapton Unplugged album. That's the album that was my gateway into blues music and more specifically into Robert Cray. I had turned 16 the spring of '92 and EC's Unplugged came out that fall and was a smash hit. Back then finding new music meant going into music stores filled with cassettes and albums and rummaging to see what's new talking to people on the shop to find out what's new and hot that's not on the charts yet. I was browsing through the Clapton section looking for a used copy of Slowhand because I was too poor to afford the new stuff. Guy beside me asked me if I liked the unplugged album and then asked me what my favorite song off the album was.
That was easy, "Old Love" was by far my favorite song of the album.
The guy said "You must be a Robert Cray fan then".
"Who?"
I had no idea who Robert Cray was but the guy tells me Robert Cray and Eric Clapton wrote the song together. That leads me to finding a bootleg VCR recording of a late night music show with Eric Clapton and Robert Cray jamming together singing Old Love.
LINK
After Robert's face melting solo I had to have more. Next Album I ended up buying that fall was "Strong Persuader" and "I was Warned". "I was Warned" has one of my favorite studio cut blues guitar solos of all time.
LINK
So a random comment by a stranger in a music store brought me to Robert Cray and began my life long love affair with blues music. Cray, Buddy Guy, BB King, Hooker, SRV etc. I always wondered if that random stranger with a little bit of random music trivia had not spoken to me that day would I still have eventually become a fan of the blues?
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Posted on 9/9/21 at 4:07 pm to DeoreDX
Posted on 9/9/21 at 4:16 pm to Zappas Stache
Imagine a world where your fm or internet radio plays good music that you like by new and current artists without you having to do anything but turn it on and tune to the easily findable and clear station.
Posted on 9/9/21 at 4:35 pm to DeoreDX
MTV, Guitar World, Guitar Player, older & cooler friends
Posted on 9/9/21 at 4:42 pm to Decatur
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MTV, Guitar World, Guitar Player, older & cooler friends
Add Rolling Stone and Spin before they went to shite.
1992
2020
This post was edited on 9/9/21 at 6:03 pm
Posted on 9/9/21 at 5:39 pm to Decatur
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older & cooler friends
Posted on 9/9/21 at 9:09 pm to cgrand
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older & cooler friends
Yes especially if they worked in a music store.
Posted on 9/9/21 at 9:57 pm to DeoreDX
I can't remember how I first discovered Robert Cray but would love to hear him with this guy -
Kingfish - 22nd birthday
How did I discover this guy? Well, from this little girl -
Angie mashup
Of course the arrangements weren't created to be played together, but it is illustrative of their talents. And if you haven't discovered her yet, then much to learn have you, young padawan.
And how did I discover her? Well, from this guy -
AW
And how did I discover him? Probably through a Bulgarian EDM Dark Zone something or other.
Kingfish - 22nd birthday
How did I discover this guy? Well, from this little girl -
Angie mashup
Of course the arrangements weren't created to be played together, but it is illustrative of their talents. And if you haven't discovered her yet, then much to learn have you, young padawan.
And how did I discover her? Well, from this guy -
AW
And how did I discover him? Probably through a Bulgarian EDM Dark Zone something or other.
Posted on 9/10/21 at 9:54 am to DeoreDX
quote:
how we discovered new music
in the 1980s
KLSU
hanging out at the local record stores and talking to woody dumas
sometimes MTV would slip up and put something good on
1990s: going online and finding a few good 'email listservs' and exchanging mix tapes with folks.
This post was edited on 9/10/21 at 9:56 am
Posted on 9/10/21 at 10:09 am to DeoreDX
Saw Robert Cray a couple of times at Jazz Fest & House of Blues in the 90's. We got up to the front of the stage at HOB; was a great show.
We actually had to read the newspaper and check the Advocate Fun Section for Jazz Fest lineups back then. Archaic LOL.
If you like Clapton you've probably listened to "24 Nights", but if not, check it out. His "blues band" lineup has Buddy Guy & Robert Cray on stage with him.
We actually had to read the newspaper and check the Advocate Fun Section for Jazz Fest lineups back then. Archaic LOL.
If you like Clapton you've probably listened to "24 Nights", but if not, check it out. His "blues band" lineup has Buddy Guy & Robert Cray on stage with him.
This post was edited on 9/10/21 at 10:13 am
Posted on 9/10/21 at 10:48 am to DeoreDX
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DeoreDX
In a sense, I still find music a similar way. Just sub "music store" with "online forum" and the story is the same. I know we have additional tools now, like spotify radio, pandora, etc, but the best music that I've discovered since 2000 was from suggestions on music forums like this one.
Posted on 9/12/21 at 1:02 pm to SUB
For me, in the 2000’s, most music I discovered was either played on fm radio (shoutout to 104.9 The X), in video games (especially Tony Hawk’s pro skater and guitar hero), or through friends.
In the 2010’s, most music was discovered by going to concerts and hearing bands. There’s a ton of bands that ended up getting heavy rotation in my playlist because I saw them open for someone else, loved them immediately, and bought their album at the show.
In the 2010’s, most music was discovered by going to concerts and hearing bands. There’s a ton of bands that ended up getting heavy rotation in my playlist because I saw them open for someone else, loved them immediately, and bought their album at the show.
Posted on 9/12/21 at 1:13 pm to Zappas Stache
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Zappas Stache
What a fig
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