The Blues...
The Northern Monkey
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Anyone recommend some blues for me?
Not sure how much "blues" this is, but I saw Seasick Steve on one of those morning programmes and thought his music was ace!
Completely different to what I usually listen to so its a nice change lol.
Not sure how much "blues" this is, but I saw Seasick Steve on one of those morning programmes and thought his music was ace!
Completely different to what I usually listen to so its a nice change lol.
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The Northern Monkey wrote:Anyone recommend some blues for me?
Not sure how much "blues" this is, but I saw Seasick Steve on one of those morning programmes and thought his music was ace!
Completely different to what I usually listen to so its a nice change lol.
Anything by Stevie Ray Vaughan will give you THE best guitar based blues experience,ever!!! He was the Guv'nor, nothin before, nothin since...Have a look on youtube to start you off and go from there...Enjoy! 8)0 -
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Seasick Steve is great fun. Unreal what he can do with a few strings and a box.
SRV is very good Texas blues.
British Blues - try some Gary Moore blues stuff - find Still got the blues for you live on Youtube.
But the best is probably Early Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green.
American - Albert Collins for some real Texas blues.
Clarence Brown for some swampy Louisiana blues.
Muddy Waters for some Chicago blues.
Mixture of British and US blues - BB King and Eric Clapton - Riding with the king.
Etc.I don't do smileys.
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Have a look here on Aggieboy's Blues Bar and Peter Greenand for some good info/videos."There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world, t'would be a pity to damage yours."0
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Peter Green (and early Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green in the band)
Muddy Waters
Howling Wolf
BB King
Jimi Hendrix with Buddy Miles and Billy Cox in the Band of Gypsys lineup- still very rock with a lot of blues influence. Slow Train and Red House come to mind...
Here's a good Blues reference site that covers most Blues greats...0 -
Cheers all, really liking the SRV stuff... that guys guitar playing is superb!
I need to start sifting though stuff.... any SRV albums I should particularly look at?0 -
The best is the first - Texas Flood. Also Live Alive as I like live albums.
Bear in mind anything after 1990 was issued posthumously and some are money grabbing repeats.I don't do smileys.
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cooldad wrote:The best is the first - Texas Flood. Also Live Alive as I like live albums.
Bear in mind anything after 1990 was issued posthumously and some are money grabbing repeats.
This^^...Glad you're enjoying SRV, the man was a genius. Be sure to check out Gary Moore's stuff too. Personally I prefered him during his late 80's early 90's rock era but his blues playing is jaw dropping. Only the good die young!0 -
For a lesson in blues playing, two fat bastards, especially from about four and a half minutes on.
two fat bastardsI don't do smileys.
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Great link....If only BB King was absent.
For a lesson in blues guitar-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn09Xn9JF5s
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Not bad, here he is at 12.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLB900at ... re=relatedI don't do smileys.
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And a bit of Danny Gatton playing silly buggers. Don't know if you could call it blues but..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfBF4rr7FiAI don't do smileys.
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cooldad wrote:Not bad, here he is at 12.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLB900at ... re=related
Frightening how good he was at that age.
On a similar theme, albeit slightly different flavoured I assume you'v seen this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by8oyJztzwo0 -
i would recommend Steely Dan or the Gypsy Band0
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You can't beat the delta blues. original sad. Heres a song bythe legendary robert johnson about sheepsteeths kn0bThe dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
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more reminicent of British Blues of the 60's and 70's but at the moment i cant get enough of the black keys, they swicth between striaght blues and bluesy rock
first 4 or 5 albums were just two lads, a guitar and a small drum kit, tracks done in one take on a 4 track mint
fave album thickfreakness fave track
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This is categorically The Best blues song ever made. Its perfect.
Son House - Death Letter Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jN5vqEyV7g
And a modern interpretation. The White Stripes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO4RUeyt8mY
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mak3m wrote:more reminicent of British Blues of the 60's and 70's but at the moment i cant get enough of the black keys, they swicth between striaght blues and bluesy rock
first 4 or 5 albums were just two lads, a guitar and a small drum kit, tracks done in one take on a 4 track mint
fave album thickfreakness fave track
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap5hGs5QxTU
+1 for Thickfreakness.
Have Love Will Travel has the best riff.
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Please stop this now, spent the last few nights on Youtube bouncing from one song to the next.
I hesitate to call anything absolute best, there's just such a variety, what sounds best on the day depends on mood etc.
But there is a LOT of good sh1t out there.I don't do smileys.
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Check out Jon Amor http://www.jonamor.com/ (I recommend 24Hours which you can play on the front page).
I'd never suggest he is better than SRV or any of the others mentioned but he is dam good too.Kona Stinky Six
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