Yea I think it would fail, that's why I tried it in here. Any Luther Allison fans? He is an amazing blues guitarist.

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john mayer and buddy guy at the jammy's. only 3 tracks.

[QUOTE=magicbus]Yea I think it would fail, that's why I tried it in here. Any Luther Allison fans? He is an amazing blues guitarist.[/QUOTE]

lol never heard of him.....i should probably get to know my blues a little more...... its my favorite genre but i knwo little about it

....and yah not enough people come in here and give input i had to wait a day to get my reply....maybe there isn't jst enough bluesfans :( .... thats why i like ultimite guitar better it has a forum dedicated to blues and jazz.......... i don tget why they don tput blues and jazz together anyways..... or you could put rock and blues together and put metal in a whole new categorie cause personally i dislike metal and i hate having all these metal threads in rock and metal....theres tooo many metal fans :(

[QUOTE=magicbus]Yea I think it would fail, that's why I tried it in here. Any Luther Allison fans? He is an amazing blues guitarist.[/QUOTE]
Bad Love?

[QUOTE=umbilical_mind]nothin like a bit o' stevie ray vaughan or rory gallagher. luvvin BB King at the murment too, I'm pretty new to blues as you can probly tell but do like to delve into it from time to time. Great fun to play though, I prefer playing blues on the electric than listening to it.[/QUOTE]
Rory Gallagher is alright, he is so generic though.
Not to mention he tears up the blues book and rips off random artists.

[QUOTE=IAJP]Rory Gallagher is alright, he is so generic though.
Not to mention he tears up the blues book and rips off random artists.[/QUOTE]

Rips off?

Gallagher was purely a live musician, his studio work is crap (much like Buddy Guy is). He was so incredible live though; extended improvisations are always the best. I have yet to hear a blues musician with better live shows.

[QUOTE=DemBonez]Rips off?

Gallagher was purely a live musician, his studio work is crap (much like Buddy Guy is). He was so incredible live though; extended improvisations are always the best. I have yet to hear a blues musician with better live shows.[/QUOTE]
buddy guy could rival his live shows. especially now. hes still a monster showman.

missisisisppsipi john hurt is cool
:(
haha

I am personally a massive fan of good old stripped down 12 bar blues songs. To me often, having only a couple of instruments- acoustic, harmonica and a deep down-to-earth toned singer really is great blues.

Actually one of my favourite recently released 12 bar songs is Whorehouse Blues, an acoustic song that is stuck unexpectedly on the end of Motorhead's Inferno Album. Lemmy's harmonica and voice is actually great for that sort of old bluesy tone.

[QUOTE=DemBonez]Rips off?

Gallagher was purely a live musician, his studio work is crap (much like Buddy Guy is). He was so incredible live though; extended improvisations are always the best. I have yet to hear a blues musician with better live shows.[/QUOTE]
There are plenty of better live Bluesmen than Gallagher, that's my opinion though.

Chicago and New Orleans blues is the best.

[QUOTE=Livewired]Bad Love?[/QUOTE]

That's a sweet song he does, but I like Cherry Red Wine the best. I can upload a few of his songs if anybody is interested.

[QUOTE=PinkFreud]buddy guy could rival his live shows. especially now. hes still a monster showman.[/QUOTE]

Buddy puts out too many crappy shows by simply clowning around more than caring about the music. Every night you know you are going to get Buddy the showman, but it is a question whether Buddy the guitarist will show up. Lately, a live Buddy show is the only reason to actually pay attention to him. Maybe he has gotten better in recent times, this year was probably the best I've seen him.

And anyways, I've never seen a Buddy Guy show rival Gallagher's performances. When Gallagher was up there, all bets were off what he was going to play. The only things you knew, it was going to be long and it was going to be good. I'm starting to doubt anyone here has heard him play live.

Got Robert Johnson?

[QUOTE=DemBonez]Buddy puts out too many crappy shows by simply clowning around more than caring about the music. Every night you know you are going to get Buddy the showman, but it is a question whether Buddy the guitarist will show up. Lately, a live Buddy show is the only reason to actually pay attention to him. Maybe he has gotten better in recent times, this year was probably the best I've seen him.

And anyways, I've never seen a Buddy Guy show rival Gallagher's performances. When Gallagher was up there, all bets were off what he was going to play. The only things you knew, it was going to be long and it was going to be good. I'm starting to doubt anyone here has heard him play live.[/QUOTE]
i have. in fact, the only cd i own by him are live. i still think guy is a more aggressive, more adventurous player. besides, showmanship is part of the live spectacle. otherwise, why not just download bootlegs or buy live albums instead of actually going to concerts?

I just got the Complete Robert Johnson Recordings.

29 Songs, 1 Hour, 16 Minutes and 23 Seconds.
What an amazing acomplishment for someone so young to have done. And nearly every song off the album is brilliant, I love it already.
:).

^My favorite Blues singer

To bad he couldn't have lived longer.

personally i think hendrix whoops srv's a**.
with hendrix yet get great voice, great guitar and great songs.
with srv you get great guitar, great voice but the songs arent as good as hendrix.
although i do prefer srv's version of voodoo child. probly because its a better recording.

[QUOTE=ledzeprock]personally i think hendrix whoops srv's a**.
with hendrix yet get great voice, great guitar and great songs.
with srv you get great guitar, great voice but the songs arent as good as hendrix.
although i do prefer srv's version of voodoo child. probly because its a better recording.[/QUOTE]
You must not have heard the Woodstock version of VCSR ;)
Trust me, I listened to it a lot everyday, it's twelve or thirteen minutes, I memorized almost everything note for note, vibrato for vibrato. Once you play it through you'll really understand just how brilliant it is...that's what I'm getting at.
Woodstock Voodoo Child is the same as Stockholm '69 Red House as far as brilliance goes IMO.

Don't let this thread die now!

[QUOTE=IAJP]I just got the Complete Robert Johnson Recordings.

29 Songs, 1 Hour, 16 Minutes and 23 Seconds.
What an amazing acomplishment for someone so young to have done. And nearly every song off the album is brilliant, I'm absolutely hot on it already.
:).[/QUOTE]
I have that on my computer.

[QUOTE=Livewired]I have that on my computer.[/QUOTE]

So do I. I really like how the production sounds.

im more of an electric blues type. i know its wrong, but i cant seem to get into johnson and the other acoustic pioneers.

Out of the three pre-war Johnsons (Tommy, Robert, Lonnie), I find the least mythical, Lonnie, to be the best. There was a reason Robert idolized him (to the point he'd introduce himself as his brother), because he was **** good. Kind of a shame that he gets so over looked, yet paved a way for both Blues and Jazz guitar to follow.

[QUOTE=PinkFreud]im more of an electric blues type. i know its wrong, but i cant seem to get into johnson and the other acoustic pioneers.[/QUOTE]

Why is that wrong?

because its like, i dont know. ignoring the roots of what i like. but i guess i cant help it. its all preference.

I recently learned how to 12-bar blues on my guitar. I'm happy.

[QUOTE=Woodstock]I recently learned how to 12-bar blues on my guitar. I'm happy.[/QUOTE]
Um.

Uh.

Sweet?

[QUOTE=EightMilesHigh]Jimi Hendrix, in my opinion, was one of the first guys to really play the blues LOUD.[/QUOTE]

wow

[QUOTE=Livewired]Um.

Uh.

Sweet?[/QUOTE]
It was a disguised bump.

I agree that Stevie Ray Vaughan was, and continues to be, vastly over-rated. And way too many people are currently unfairly down on Clapton. His "Cradle to the Grave" was absolutely brilliant, and his Robert Johnson record is very good in a completely different way.

Very few guitarists can play with as much personality as B. B. King does even in his old age.

Anybody bump into the bit about Robert Johnson in Dylan's "Chronicles"? I was surprised, but it makes sense. The influence of Johnson on Dylan is actually very obviously apparent.