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re: Some of your favorite Blues songs
Posted on 3/7/16 at 3:04 pm to lsu2006
Posted on 3/7/16 at 3:04 pm to lsu2006
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Buncha white-bred blues up in here.
The blacks may have invented it, but the whites perfected it and played it in a superior way in every way possible. SRV is the greatest blues guitar player ever and it isnt even close. No black player could match his precision, tone and intensity.
Bonamassa - Stop
SRV - Aint Gone N Give Up On Love
Kenny Wayne Sheperd - Born With a Broken Heart
Kenny Wayne Sheperd - Somehow, Somewhere, Someway
Gary Moore - Cold Day In Hell
Hendrix - Hear My Train a Comin
Hendrix - Red House
This post was edited on 3/7/16 at 3:13 pm
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Posted on 3/7/16 at 3:16 pm to dnm3305
Posted on 3/7/16 at 4:25 pm to dnm3305
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The blacks may have invented it, but the whites perfected it and played it in a superior way in every way possible.
Strongly agree to disagree. I don't think you "get" the blues, man. It's not about who can shred the fastest (See: SRV).
Posted on 3/7/16 at 5:33 pm to dnm3305
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The blacks may have invented it, but the whites perfected it and played it in a superior way in every way possible.
Bonamassa on your list? I cannot think of a more bland, stale, stiff, vanilla, soulless, "blues" player.
This post was edited on 3/7/16 at 5:35 pm
Posted on 3/7/16 at 5:40 pm to 12Pence
I live in the Blackbelt area of Alabama and grew up watching guys play in the local Jukes since I was 13. People thought I was an odd kid because I'd rather go to Red's, John Henry Hamilton's or Nite Cat's instead of the Prom, homecoming, etc. Even being at UA for 5 years I'd still drive home on many weekends to party with the old blacks. It was the sure cure for home sickness. There is only one place left in my area to hear the real Blues and these guys are dying by the day. I wouldn't trade anything in the world for some of the experiences I had in rural Perry, Hale, Marengo and Dallas counties listening to these folks play and party until the sun rises. RIP NiteCat, Jailbird, John Henry, Steel Bill, Gum Droppa. Still glad to have Dr. Throwndown, Dip Daddy and Tenderfoot still around and hope some of the promising youngsters continue the legacy of the Black Belts blues. Here is just a small sample.
Going down slow Live.... howling Wolf
Done got old Junior Kimbrough
Shaken on Down. Fred Mcdowell
See my jumper. RL Burnside
Going down to the River. Fred McDowell
Death Letter Blues. Son House
Belton Sutherland. Blues # 2
Going Down South. RL Burnside
Kill that old grey Mule. Belton Sutherland
I know Johnnie Taylor's and Bobby Rush's of the world may not be considered the Blues but they were always playing it and I listen to the old local black gospel and blues stations on the radio as opposed to country, rock or rap. Sunday PM's they play great music.
Jody's got your girl and gone. Johnnie Taylor
Juke Joint. Johnny Taylor
It's September. Johnnie Taylor
Big head Hundreds. Johnnie Taylor
Going down slow Live.... howling Wolf
Done got old Junior Kimbrough
Shaken on Down. Fred Mcdowell
See my jumper. RL Burnside
Going down to the River. Fred McDowell
Death Letter Blues. Son House
Belton Sutherland. Blues # 2
Going Down South. RL Burnside
Kill that old grey Mule. Belton Sutherland
I know Johnnie Taylor's and Bobby Rush's of the world may not be considered the Blues but they were always playing it and I listen to the old local black gospel and blues stations on the radio as opposed to country, rock or rap. Sunday PM's they play great music.
Jody's got your girl and gone. Johnnie Taylor
Juke Joint. Johnny Taylor
It's September. Johnnie Taylor
Big head Hundreds. Johnnie Taylor
Posted on 3/7/16 at 5:50 pm to 12Pence
Lockloosa by Mofro
Posted on 3/7/16 at 11:23 pm to 14caratgoldjones
I hate to admit it, but I learned about this song from the Led Zeppelin cover. Do you think this guy could have been a rockstar? Nobody's Fault But Mine - Blind Willie Johnson
Posted on 3/7/16 at 11:35 pm to Poodlebrain
Absolutely. God moves on the Water.
Posted on 3/8/16 at 7:07 am to Cdawg
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Bonamassa on your list? I cannot think of a more bland, stale, stiff, vanilla, soulless, "blues" player.
That's because you cant play. Listen to that lead in "Stop", the song I posted and find a more passionate and heartfelt lead done by any black artist ever. You can hear the pain and struggle that he is releasing from his soul through his fingers in that lead.
Im guessing you dont think Gary Moore knows anything about the blues either? What about Eric Johnson? What about Clapton? Bonamassa's style is basically derived from those three main guys (along with Kossoff). Obviously theyre style derived from the black players of Chicago, but that's not relevant here. You saying theyre stale players? Because Bonamassa plays with precision and doesnt make mistakes, people right him off as not having passion. He has one of the most aggresive fretting hands ever. Just because he can walk a pentatonic scale fast on occasion doesnt mean he doesnt play with soul.
"Stop"
strikingly similar to "Still Got the Blues"
This post was edited on 3/8/16 at 7:45 am
Posted on 3/8/16 at 9:28 am to dnm3305
Loan me a dime - Boz Scaggs
Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:00 pm to dnm3305
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That's because you cant play.
Ummmm, I do and that's doesn't matter one iota. let me guess about you. You've never been a black only juke joint in Mississippi to hear real blues music.
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the song I posted and find a more passionate and heartfelt lead done by any black artist ever. You can hear the pain and struggle that he is releasing from his soul through his fingers in that lead.
Are you serious with this crap? Pain and struggle with Joe? I hear a manufactured technical performance for sure that's been honed in to create a great recording artist and performer that came from an upper middle class up-bringing from upstate New York. I bet if you even asked Joe, he'd tell you he couldn't come close to somebody like Elmore James in any category.
But with all that irrelevant stuff you posted it's pretty obvious you prefer that. That's fine. I can't argue that. That's what you like and how you like it is polished and perfected. Give me the dirty and gritty, the fuzzy recordings, the broken string guitar, the unconventional hill country driving rhythms. That's superior in every way possible black or white. Maybe it's just preference between us but I'll take Charles Caldwell, T-Model Ford, Junior Kimbrough over anybody you listed.
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