The likes of Willie Dixon, Albert Collins, James Cotton. It was here in 1969 through 1972 that turned me into a forever blues nut.
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He managed to book a huge number of blues players bound for bigger venues in Vancouver Canada where I got to see Canned Heat and the original Fleetwood Mac and later the Rolling Stones. There was a small kickass beer joint (Pluto’s) in Bellingham WA near the Canadian border that was owned by a Blues lover. I am an old dude and being so was lucky enough to see a lot of the old blues masters before they left us. and have also found a few new ones I will look into. I enjoyed looking over the lists of blues artists listed, surprised that some of my old favs are listed. I could go on for hours on this subject matter….Paul
A guitarist I follow today who is outstanding is Buckethead, this guy can really play. I am also a huge fan of Carlos Santana whose “Europa” still gives me goose bumps every time I hear it. I was big into Robin Trower with Bridge Of Sighs, anything that Gary Moore did, Jeff Beck when he joined the Yardbirds and Clapton formed Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Albert King and a whole slew of others, but I have to say the first time I heard Led Zepelin I was not knocked out, which led me to following guitarists playing heavy metal with the best lead, in my opinion, by Vivian Campbell on Ronny James Dio’s “The Last In Line”. Everytime I heard a great lead on a song I would go buy the record or if I knew certain guitarists were on albums I would buy the album. I was a big Motown fan for a lot of years with Mary Wells on top of the heap of artists I really liked, and then one day a friend of mine told me to get this album by the Yardbirds called Rave Up with Eric Clapton as the lead guitarist and that album changed my life forever in musical taste as from there I became a guitar freak. So interesting to see the opinions and be reminded of stuff we have listened to over the years. What an interesting post and the comments are outrageous. PEACE AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL HAPPY HOLIDAYS Just got some friends in the music biz just to many to list. Matt from phycial grafitti is a great guitarist also he and i know each other. band Steve the guitarist is awesome he played at a place the night after my band played. Once got a nod from Huey lewis at the agora ball room he was on the cat walk special apperance after a concert at hartford civic center. When i mentioned his former band he almost cried because he sold most of his music rights to his songs ,but if you listen to Als stuff he has a hit called a little bit of bad. He still plays at a place in Hartford Ct. I have been playing guitar since i was 10 or so I am 54 now and I would like to mention that I was introduced to Al Anderson who was NRBQ had a beer with him at his local hang out which is gone now. Who doesnt like BB king or his friend Kennie wayne Shepard I hear thoes 2 jam together. Creadence early stuff, I got one record which has stuff I have never heard before. Tom Petty break down running down a dream cool solos there and easy to learn. Joe Satriani summer song i believe others also Santana who doesnt like his style. LED ZEP 2 Mark Bolan or T REX Lean woman blues is very cool. I couldnt solo very well so now I have a better understanding of the guitar. I have a band and we play out now an then. So now it’s up to you… leave you favorites in the comments below for all to see and learn from…. Robben Ford’s Handful of Blues album – every tune on it is awesome. If you haven’t listened to Sonny you owe it to yourself to check him out.ĥ. Wind in Denver by Sonny Landreth – A very cold, dark, minor blues by the slide master himself. It’s one of my favorite BB tunes, and when Joe redid it, it quickly became one of my favorites of his.Ĥ. Never Make Your Move Too Soon by BB King, though I’ve been listening to the Joe Bonamassa recording a bit lately. Texas Flood by SRV – I think I could listen to that 1000 times in a row and hear something new every timeģ. Me and My Guitar by Freddie King – just such a killer grooveĢ. So I’ll start with some of my personal favorites…ġ. Hopefully in the process of looking through the comments at other people’s lists, you’ll find someone new to listen to and some new inspiration in your blues playing. Or possibly what some of your favorite blues songs are. I thought it would be fun to chime in on what we’re listening to these days.
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