The Blues...

The Northern Monkey
The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,174
edited June 2011 in The hub
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.
Santa Cruz Butcher

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  • Fenred
    Fenred Posts: 428
    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) :lol:
  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,174
    Brilliant cheers fella... will go google now :D
    Santa Cruz Butcher
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    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.
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  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    Have a look here on Aggieboy's Blues Bar and Peter Greenand for some good info/videos.
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  • Raymondavalon
    Raymondavalon Posts: 5,346
    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...
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  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,174
    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?
    Santa Cruz Butcher
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    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.
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  • Fenred
    Fenred Posts: 428
    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! :cry:
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    For a lesson in blues playing, two fat bastards, especially from about four and a half minutes on.
    two fat bastards
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  • Fenred
    Fenred Posts: 428
    Great link....If only BB King was absent.

    For a lesson in blues guitar-

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn09Xn9JF5s

    Enjoy....
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Not bad, here he is at 12.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLB900at ... re=related
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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    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=xfBF4rr7FiA
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  • Fenred
    Fenred Posts: 428
    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=by8oyJztzwo
  • steamboat
    steamboat Posts: 54
    i would recommend Steely Dan or the Gypsy Band
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    You can't beat the delta blues. original sad. Heres a song bythe legendary robert johnson about sheepsteeths kn0b
    The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
    momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
  • mak3m
    mak3m Posts: 1,394
    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 :D

    fave album thickfreakness fave track

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap5hGs5QxTU
  • ThePriory1978
    ThePriory1978 Posts: 563
    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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  • ThePriory1978
    ThePriory1978 Posts: 563
    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 :D

    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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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    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.
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  • MrChrisP
    MrChrisP Posts: 321
    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.
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