Aggieboy's Blues Bar.....

Aggieboy
Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
edited May 2010 in The bottom bracket
..welcomes you all. Booze is cheap, the women dirty and the music 8).


Come on in, pull up a stool and listen to the sort of music that just makes you feel good to be alive. Y'all know what I'm talkin' about!
The place for links, discussion, recommendation and listening to all that's good in 'the blues'.

Where to start??? Here's a couple of places that are as good as any:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4KmbUCwkyE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ8AcEYTEFY&feature=related
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    I'm a big blues fan, used to play in bands too, but cycling took over.

    ANyway, my top 5 bluesmen

    Muddy Waters
    Son House
    John Lee Hooker
    Fred McDowell
    Willie DIxon
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  • cycologist
    cycologist Posts: 721
    Subject to change as it is a subjective matter....

    Howlin' Wolf

    Muddy Waters

    Robert Johnson

    Sonny Boy Williamson

    T Bone Walker
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  • emjayjay
    emjayjay Posts: 39
    Peter Green for me - I;m a guitar player too, and love his sound and playing.

    Deffo BB King too - saw in June and he was brilliant. The band was tighter than the preverbial.

    emjayjay
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    'Hard Work'? No Danny, not listening to you it isn't.
    Enjoy blues fans.

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  • deptfordmarmoset
    deptfordmarmoset Posts: 3,118
    [quote="emjayjay"]Peter Green for me - I;m a guitar player too, and love his sound and playing.

    Deffo BB King too - saw in June and he was brilliant. The band was tighter than the preverbial.

    emjayjay[/quote]

    +1 At times, Peter Green was up with the all-time greats for his ''vocal-style'' guitar phrasing. Probably the last white blues guitarist to let the instrument breathe and then sing. Not a bad voice, either.
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  • Westerberg
    Westerberg Posts: 652
    emjayjay wrote:
    Peter Green for me

    plus 1 million.

    Also:

    Junior Kimbrough
    Model T Ford
    Little Milton

    and...

    The Black Keys
  • mkirby
    mkirby Posts: 365
    Robert Johnson
    Charly Patton
    Bukka White
    Snooks Eaglin
    John Lee Hooker

    And if your more into barrelhouse Amos Milburn
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    Freakin' awesome!! How a concert should be. Rory Gallagher fans, and those that may not now him, watch this and enjoy.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33Jaodra7AY&feature=related
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  • guinea
    guinea Posts: 1,177
    The missus bought me an SG for my Xmas so at the moment am mostly trying to emulate Derek Trucks.

    I should really aim a little lower...

    The slide playing from the 2nd minute onwards is mind boggling - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et_4zxne ... re=related
  • Desmos4
    Desmos4 Posts: 5
    Jeff Healey and Stevie Ray Vaughan live in Toronto around 1985 2 years before Healey made it big with See The Light

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw4TSIzF0bI
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    guinea wrote:
    The missus bought me an SG for my Xmas so at the moment am mostly trying to emulate Derek Trucks.

    I should really aim a little lower...

    The slide playing from the 2nd minute onwards is mind boggling - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et_4zxne ... re=related

    Guinea. Just watched that, fantastic. Good luck with your slide playing. Have you heard of this guy? When you get this good, let me know :lol:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9yXgjcqH2E&feature=related

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf2k7WpkIxQ&feature=related
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  • guinea
    guinea Posts: 1,177
    Meh.

    Watching that just makes me want to sell my guitars...
  • Desmos4
    Desmos4 Posts: 5
    Here's up and coming bluesman Albert Cummings

    He was "discovered" by Stevie Ray Vaughans old band Double Trouble who played on and sponsored his first release. They also helped him to sign up for Blind Pig Records

    I discovered him thro' itunes genius program one of it's better finds :)


    http://www.last.fm/music/Albert+Cummings
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    Really love the new Stones single http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB5i38QzFIw&feature=related , good photos too on this version. Not bad for something recorded 28 years ago, a? Mick Taylor at his best here.
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  • downfader
    downfader Posts: 3,686
    cycologist wrote:
    Subject to change as it is a subjective matter....

    Howlin' Wolf

    Muddy Waters *

    Robert Johnson *

    Sonny Boy Williamson

    T Bone Walker *

    * Truly amazing musicians!

    Me I'm a big fan of:

    Buddy Guy
    BB King
    John Lee Hooker
    Rory Gallagher
    Early Peter Green

    But I'll listen to Clapton, Jeff Beck, pretty much anyone with that feel for the guitar
  • brakelever
    brakelever Posts: 158
    just where do you start , john lee hooker , rory gallagher , sonny landreth , peter green , john myall . this list is endless thank god :lol:
  • stratcat
    stratcat Posts: 160
    brakelever wrote:
    just where do you start , john lee hooker , rory gallagher , sonny landreth , peter green , john myall . this list is endless thank god :lol:

    I was just thinking the same thing.
    There are so many good blues guitarists but for me it's always the ones with their own personal sound and phrasing that do it for me. So SRV is the boss - strat strung with 13's - what a sound :shock: . BB King- one note is all you need, but boy what a note 8)

    Sorry there are just too many. I'd be here all night especially if I got into the Jazzy guys - Kenny Burrell (big influence on SRV) and Grant Green (my hero)
  • downfader
    downfader Posts: 3,686
    stratcat wrote:
    brakelever wrote:
    just where do you start , john lee hooker , rory gallagher , sonny landreth , peter green , john myall . this list is endless thank god :lol:

    I was just thinking the same thing.
    There are so many good blues guitarists but for me it's always the ones with their own personal sound and phrasing that do it for me. So SRV is the boss - strat strung with 13's - what a sound :shock: . BB King- one note is all you need, but boy what a note 8)

    Sorry there are just too many. I'd be here all night especially if I got into the Jazzy guys - Kenny Burrell (big influence on SRV) and Grant Green (my hero)

    Never really got into the Jazz side. Just couldnt click with it, lol! Herbie Hancock though - really, really good stuff imo.
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    How about this, not sure if it's strictly blues, but sounds pretty good to me...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5imPpWkZo8
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    How about this, not sure if it's strictly blues, but sounds pretty good to me...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5imPpWkZo8

    Ah yes, John Mayer. Young, talented and he's sh*gged Jennifer Aniston, no wonder he sings the blues! :lol:
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  • stratcat
    stratcat Posts: 160
    downfader wrote:
    Never really got into the Jazz side. Just couldnt click with it, lol! Herbie Hancock though - really, really good stuff imo.

    I can understand that, but...... get your lug holes around this

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP0flneNfaQ

    Jazz is just the blues with some "interesting" notes.....nice 8)

    :lol:
  • Flasheart
    Flasheart Posts: 1,278
    Did someone say cheap women?
    How much for a dance? (no not a lapdance ..a slow one with me)
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  • cee
    cee Posts: 4,553
    2 from me that havn't been mentioned before..but first...

    Otis Spann...played with the muddy waters, but i much prefer his solo efforts.....the last great blues pianist... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnAqQ1zXihQ

    Chill out with Big Bill Broonzy!....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X15AmdrU90

    and not forgetting big joe williams who has been covered my many of the artists already mentioned...here he is with the original ...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikxLNaAYu5k
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  • ridelikeapro
    ridelikeapro Posts: 139
    Blues fans check out the movie "Cadillac Records"... absolute classic covering Howling Wolf, Little Walter, Etta James and more. Amazing performances.

    Wanna complete this cyclists" blues...?...

    Woke up dis mownin
    pain in mah thigh
    a flint in mah tyre
    and a fly in my eye

    .....
  • ridelikeapro
    ridelikeapro Posts: 139
    Blues fans check out the movie "Cadillac Records"... absolute classic covering Howling Wolf, Little Walter, Etta James and more. Amazing performances.

    Wanna complete this cyclists" blues...?...

    Woke up dis mownin
    pain in mah thigh
    a flint in mah tyre
    and a fly in my eye

    .....
  • SteveR_100Milers
    SteveR_100Milers Posts: 5,987
    Great thread!

    in no particular order:

    BB King
    Ry Cooder
    Buddy Guy
    Robert Johnson
    SRV (though maybe a bit too rock n roll to be a true bluesman)
    Albert King

    I could go on....

    Some great you tube clips of Guy and King playing together, but the way Ry Cooder plays slide just makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck. I find him a bit too eclectic these days, well since the mid 80s really.
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