[QUOTE=ggd02ms]Where do you lot stand on slide guitarists?

I've heard a few but never been that bothered, but then last night there was a bloke in the pub playing slide really well.

Any recommendations?

Cheers[/QUOTE]
slide guitarists are great if they can play good. its hard to find true slide guitarists and im only familiar with a few songs that are strictly slide.

Has anyone heard The White Stripes blues stuff? I really like it, especially his cover of Son Houses Death Letter.

[QUOTE=cortez the killer]slide guitarists are great if they can play good. its hard to find true slide guitarists and im only familiar with a few songs that are strictly slide.[/QUOTE]

Thats the thing, its so easy to sound very bad with a slide. Its a wicked sound in acoustic blues (in the right hands).

think i might just pick one up and give it a go, whats the worst that could happen!

[QUOTE=Walrus Gumboot]Your username is the kind of username that I wish I thought of first :)

I love the blues, and someday I hope to be an acomplished blues harmonica player

/dreams[/QUOTE]
Cortez is not a girls name. :p

:lol: [QUOTE=Livewired]Cortez is not a girls name. :p[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=ggd02ms]Thats <a href='http://67.15.154.58/cmapp/zx-hclick.php?hid=2' target='_blank'>the</a> thing, its so easy to sound very bad with a slide. Its a wicked sound in acoustic blues (in <a href='http://67.15.154.58/cmapp/zx-hclick.php?hid=2' target='_blank'>the</a> right hands).

think i might just pick one up and give it a go, whats <a href='http://67.15.154.58/cmapp/zx-hclick.php?hid=2' target='_blank'>the</a> worst that could happen![/QUOTE]
yea well the worst is youll sound like everyone else who plays, lol, but then theres a chance you could get real good. i say go for it :thumb:

Hey I've not posted on this forum in a long while but I'm on a bit of a blues kick at the moment so I thought I'd post here and try and keep this alive.

I don't understand all the SRV hating in this thread. I think he's a fantastic guitarist, a pretty good singer and his own material is sometimes a little lacking but usually he puts enough covers (and does them very well usually) on an album to make it worth it. And when your debut album is John Lee Hooker's favourite all time blues record you can't be all bad can you. ;)

I got a cheap 5 disc blues set comprising one disc each from Robert Johnson, Lightnin' Hopkins, T Bone Walker, John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters this morning, haven't had time to listen to it all yet but no doubt I will.

[QUOTE=RockerGav]Hey I've not posted on this forum in a long while but I'm on a bit of a blues kick at the moment so I thought I'd post here and try and keep this alive.

I don't understand all the SRV hating in this thread. I think he's a fantastic guitarist, a pretty good singer and his own material is sometimes a little lacking but usually he puts enough covers (and does them very well usually) on an album to make it worth it. And when your debut album is John Lee Hooker's favourite all time blues record you can't be all bad can you. ;)

I got a cheap 5 disc blues set comprising one disc each from Robert Johnson, Lightnin' Hopkins, T Bone Walker, John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters this morning, haven't had time to listen to it all yet but no doubt I will.[/QUOTE]

We don't "hate" Stevie Ray Vaughn, we just think he's collected a disproportionate amount of attention and praise over the years. He could play with fire, but he didn't seem to be able to play with much depth or nuance, and his singing was perfunctory. I have his debut album (that is, the first record he recorded as a leader; I also have his debut on David Bowie's "Let's Dance"), and it's okay. It's a perfectly fine little insignificant record that I very rarely listen to. He'd have done better to remain a sideman.

[QUOTE=RockerGav]Hey I've not posted on this forum in a long while but I'm on a bit of a blues kick at the moment so I thought I'd post here and try and keep this alive.

I don't understand all the SRV hating in this thread. I think he's a fantastic guitarist, a pretty good singer and his own material is sometimes a little lacking but usually he puts enough covers (and does them very well usually) on an album to make it worth it. And when your debut album is John Lee Hooker's favourite all time blues record you can't be all bad can you. ;)

I got a cheap 5 disc blues set comprising one disc each from Robert Johnson, Lightnin' Hopkins, T Bone Walker, John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters this morning, haven't had time to listen to it all yet but no doubt I will.[/QUOTE]

I think SRV is a fantastic guitarist, but is lacking in songwriting and singing skills. I'm perfectly content with a greatest hits, I don't think I need to get any more of his stuff.

[QUOTE=EightMilesHigh]I prefer delta blues. Wasn't Muddy Waters delta blues?[/QUOTE]




muddy was at first considered country

[QUOTE=Ned]We don't "hate" Stevie Ray Vaughn, we just think he's collected a disproportionate amount of attention and praise over the years. He could play with fire, but he didn't seem to be able to play with much depth or nuance, and his singing was perfunctory. I have his debut album (that is, the first record he recorded as a leader; I also have his debut on David Bowie's "Let's Dance"), and it's okay. It's a perfectly fine little insignificant record that I very rarely listen to. He'd have done better to remain a sideman.[/QUOTE]


You've got a point actually, imagine his guitar playing with the singing of John Lee Hooker or some other great blues singer.

He also doesn't seem to be able to hold himself back on slow blues a lot of the time as well. Having said that I still really like him.

One thing I'd like to echo from earlier in the thread is [i]just how good is Lightnin' Hopkins, and why do so few people know it??[/i]

The 2 songs I have by him are absolutley amazing.

Shotgun
Don't Think Cause Your Pretty

Anyone like Taj Mahal?

Natch'l Blues is a good album.

I have his greatest hits, its so good.

This Willie Dixon album rules. Everyone check out "I Am The Blues".

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Buddy Guy's "Buddy's Blues"...a great cd, basically a "best of" of his recording at the chess studios.

I just got that from a used record store a week ago. It's great because that's my favorite Buddy era and I didn't have any cd's with that stuff on it.

I love "Evil" and "Killing Floor" by Howling Wolf. Seriously, that guys voice is AMAZING. It's unlike anything I've ever heard before, except maybe for Robert Johnson doing a "milder" version. Anyone who's heard "They're Red Hot" knows what I'm talking about.

By the way, Derek and the Dominoe's's "Live at the Fillmore" arrived Saturday. I've only listened to the whole thing once so far, but there seems to be a lot of good stuff on it. This version of "Nobody Knows When You're Down and Out" seems fairly pointless to me though.

So my friend was trying to tell me how Led Zeppelin is the greatest "blues" band ever.. To which I replied that they weren't really a blues band.. I personally consider them rock. I'm aware Jimmy was influenced by the blues but so were a lot of artists from that era and too call them all blues bands seems a little...stupid. So I tried to get him to listen to some Robert Johnson too which he complained about the sound quality... then some cream which he was a lil bit interested.

I was just wondering if anybody has any reccomendations for the guy. To show him what REAL blues is. Preferably some electric stuff. I'm sure he'd dig that more.

[QUOTE=Flaminghotchino]So my friend was trying to tell me how Led Zeppelin is the greatest "blues" band ever.. To which I replied that they weren't really a blues band.. I personally consider them rock. I'm aware Jimmy was influenced by the blues but so were a lot of artists from that era and too call them all blues bands seems a little...stupid. So I tried to get him to listen to some Robert Johnson too which he complained about the sound quality... then some cream which he was a lil bit interested.

I was just wondering if anybody has any reccomendations for the guy. To show him what REAL blues is. Preferably some electric stuff. I'm sure he'd dig that more.[/QUOTE]

Corey Harris, Worried Life Blues. He's a good coptempery bluesman, and it's good sound quality. If you wanna paly him some electric, I'd go for B.B. King or SRV.

[QUOTE=Gypsy Campervan]Corey Harris, Worried Life Blues. He's a good coptempery bluesman, and it's good sound quality. If you wanna paly him some electric, I'd go for B.B. King or SRV.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the recs.

I actually let him borrow my SRV greatest hits for a while, and he said he listened to the "Little Wing" cover once and thats about it. haha.

Why does he want to expand his horizons but then give nothing a chance.. :rolleyes:

Link: [url]http://s8.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0VYHUUYKVJQZ80C6WERMZTJ9MR[/url]

[QUOTE=Gypsy Campervan]Link: [url]http://s8.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0VYHUUYKVJQZ80C6WERMZTJ9MR[/url][/QUOTE]

Oh nice, thanks. Haha I really can't imagine that kid diggin this but I liked it so thank ya! That was good quality but it sounded like a blast from the past. I'm pretty sure though he's into more... "flashy", "electric" "fast" stuff, but what the hell I'll show it too him anyways!

[QUOTE=Flaminghotchino]Oh nice, thanks. Haha I really can't imagine that kid diggin this but I liked it so thank ya! That was good quality but it sounded like a blast from the past. I'm pretty sure though he's into more... "flashy", "electric" "fast" stuff, but what the hell I'll show it too him anyways![/QUOTE]

Try Kenny Neal, it's quite fast.

[QUOTE=Ned]By the way, Derek and the Dominoe's's "Live at the Fillmore" arrived Saturday. I've only listened to the whole thing once so far, but there seems to be a lot of good stuff on it. This version of "Nobody Knows When You're Down and Out" seems fairly pointless to me though.[/QUOTE]
excellent. i agree that nobody knows you is pretty much exactly the same as studio and is thus, rendered pointless, but its still a nice song. haha. the best guitar s ongs, as far as im concerned, are have you ever loved a woman and why does love got to be so sad.

Robin Trower?

[url]http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0PWCYF10THFQ3IL9WH8OPXGLP[/url]

Five blues song. I just made it for a friend and thought, why not?

What does everybody here think of Jeff Beck?

Personally, I love the guy. Experimental, articulate and tasteful.

hes great. only blues for a bit though. haha. i personally prefer his 70's fusion work.