What's the consensus here on Buddy Guy? I for one, think he is an astounding guitar player.

Buddy Guy needs to stop making albums and just become a live musician. I really can't say he's had a good album since [I]Buddy Guy & Junior Wells Play the Blues[/I] in 1972.

[QUOTE=DemBonez]Buddy Guy needs to stop making albums and just become a live musician. I really can't say he's had a good album since [I]Buddy Guy & Junior Wells Play the Blues[/I] in 1972.[/QUOTE]

I love that album!

It's the perfect thing to drive to.

Buddy GUy is an amazing guitarist/performer. He's a huge influence on my guitaring, and if you see he live, he's crazy. Did you hear "Blues Singer", DemBonez? That was a good acoustic album, and it came out like last year or something.

[QUOTE=Grutte Pier]I heard he is doing his very last tour ever? is that true?

would be a shame, haven't seen him live yet.[/QUOTE]
I honestly have no idea, but I'm really excited for it either way. I'm going with my mom hehe. :cool:

Anyone ever heard of the Red Devils? Listened to their live album [I] King King [/I], and I must say, 'tis grand. I have this sweet teacher who gives me the CD and says, "Listen to it and tell me what you think." Me thinks it is great.

For a great bluesician, you cant get better than Rory Gallagher

[QUOTE=scotch]That's a strange thing to say.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I suppose it was. I know people get old, there isn't any way around it. I'm just saying it's too bad he ain't gonna be around much longer.

Corey Harris anyone?

Anyone into blues guitarist Dave Hole?

[QUOTE=Delta_King]For a great bluesician, you cant get better than Rory Gallagher[/QUOTE]

rite shame, i take it you were at the festival :thumb:

[QUOTE=OnePartHarmony]Anyone ever heard of the Red Devils? Listened to their live album [I] King King [/I], and I must say, 'tis grand. I have this sweet teacher who gives me the CD and says, "Listen to it and tell me what you think." Me thinks it is great.[/QUOTE]

It never leaves my cd player for more than a week. I thought I was the only one in the world with this album. It's my favorite blues album EVER! Everything is how it should be, they really know how to deliver the goods on stage. My dad had the pleasure to see them live, I'm so jealous. Shame the singer died, such a great talent.

I reccomend everybody to get it. It really is a must have in every blues collection. Here's a great review I found.

[url]http://www.guypetersreviews.com/reddevils.php[/url]

[I]"With the possible exception of the Butterfield Blues Band's East-West, this is the best white boy blues album I have ever heard."

"The Red Devils were a blues band in the purest sense of the word. They were real, they were destined to be heard in juke joints and there was nothing fancy about 'em. No silly retro-shtick, no boring imitations. There are probably hundreds of bands that have the technical chops to play a blues tune or two, but they don't have "it," you know (and if you're not into this kind of music, you probably don't understand a ****ing word about what I'm writing here), aren't capable of delivering the goods on stage, in front of a bunch of blues fans."

"Disliking this album sounds a lot like blasphemy to me. If you're into the blues and like some bad-*** Chicago-styled partyin' once in awhile, this is required listening. If you're looking for a perfect introduction to (modern) blues, this is an ideal pick. The downside of it all is that you'll have a hard time finding something that measures up to it, but hey, life is short (unfortunately - remember Butler) and I always try to get the best as well, so I suggest you do the same. As the name suggests, King King deserves to be treated like royalty. Get it."[/I]

[QUOTE=Passion,Grace and Fire]What's the consensus here on Buddy Guy? I for one, think he is an astounding guitar player.[/QUOTE]
ive sceen BG play about 4 or 5 times in the last 12 years and its always the same show with the same songs. he acts like he is 100 years old on stage when in reality hes about 70. I hate when he uses a hankercheif as a pick and you cant hear a thing. This goes on for about 10 minutes whilest he tells stories of his influeneces when he started out.

The last time i saw him about 6 months ago he played for about 1:15 then walked off stage without a word. we were all sitting around waiting for a 2nd set then the lites came on the the MC told everyone to go home.

I think he is a powerful player and is/was very influential to all the great players of the 60's and 70s. And hes very influencial to me.

What he plays is great and he's pretty fast too. but he needs to change his act for live shows and maybe do some acoustic stuff as well. Most people dont know that BG is a supurb acoustic player. I dont think id go see him again any time soon unless i know for a fact that hes changed the act.

[QUOTE=Bluesman]
The last time i saw him about 6 months ago he played for about 1:15 then walked off stage without a word. we were all sitting around waiting for a 2nd set then the lites came on the the MC told everyone to go home.[/QUOTE]

That's weird, didn't he have the strength to carry on?

If anyone is interested, here are links to interviews with Duane Allman:

[url]http://allmanbrothers.com/index.php?module=My_eGallery&do=showpic&pid=1789&orderby=dateD[/url]

[url]http://allmanbrothers.com/index.php?module=My_eGallery&do=showpic&pid=1788&orderby=dateD[/url]

It really sends chills down your spine hearing the man.

I don't understand why punk has it's own forum, when punk isn't really a style of music, just content, and blues gets no lovin'.

[QUOTE=Lupus]I don't understand why punk has it's own forum, when punk isn't really a style of music, just content, and blues gets no lovin'.[/QUOTE]

I agree, there should be a

Blues / Classic Rock section

because the metal and rock section is overflooded with metal threads.

and we have nothing is common with the metal and punk players etc. we want to chat blues. I dont know jack about becker and YM and anyone else who plays arps and chromatics at 2000 BPM with 500 effects going at once and i dont want to know :). lets petition the site for a blues room. i think we have to go to the site room and start up a thread like this and keep posting till someone listens.

[QUOTE]and we have nothing is common with the metal and punk players etc. we want to chat blues. I dont know jack about becker and YM and anyone else who plays arps and chromatics at 2000 BPM with 500 effects going at once and i dont want to know . lets petition the site for a blues room. i think we have to go to the site room and start up a thread like this and keep posting till someone listens.[/QUOTE]
I tried asking again in the site forum...still no luck.

Ok...heres something for discussion(i was thinking about making seperate thread/poll for this, btw): Best/Favorite Blues Lyrics? I think right now for me its a tie between Death Letter and The Crossroads...What do you think? (also, would this make a good thread?)

I am new here... and am shocked to find no Blues Forum..

[QUOTE=superjoe 2.0](also, would this make a good thread?)[/QUOTE]

Sure, make it

i'd think 'squeeze my lemon till the juice runs down my leg' is pretty **** good

[QUOTE]I am new here... and am shocked to find no Blues Forum..[/QUOTE]
Me and alot of the other blues fans are trying to get one, but unfortunatly none of the mods give a crap about making the site better...actually now that i think about it, theres not a single mod that likes blues.

Anyways, I think ill make that thread...oh and one of the mods said that if 70% of the other music traffic was blues related, theyd consider making a forum.......so lets get this shi started.

[QUOTE=superjoe 2.0]Me and alot of the other blues fans are trying to get one, but unfortunatly none of the mods give a crap about making the site better...actually now that i think about it, theres not a single mod that likes blues.

Anyways, I think ill make that thread...oh and one of the mods said that if 70% of the other music traffic was blues related, theyd consider making a forum.......so lets get this shi started.[/QUOTE]

Lots of new blues threads. Good job :)

I'll make some blues thread soon when I can think of a good topic.

Edit- 10 pages :cool:

Now if maybe we could get this up to 100... we could get a blues forum. We need more people interested in blues.

[QUOTE]Lots of new blues threads. Good job

I'll make some blues thread soon when I can think of a good topic.[/QUOTE]
please do

Everyone check out my Lyrics thread, and please post and make is worthwhile to keep up with on my part.

[QUOTE=superjoe 2.0]please do[/QUOTE]

You think anyone would post if I made a thread on the Bluesbrothers?

[QUOTE]You think anyone would post if I made a thread on the Bluesbrothers?[/QUOTE]:lol: The movie? Im sure someone would, but doesnt really need a thread.

[QUOTE=superjoe 2.0]:lol: The movie? Im sure someone would, but doesnt really need a thread.[/QUOTE]

They had a couple of good cds too. I'm digging them right now, so that's what popped into my head when you said make a thread. I'm kind of new to blues, so I don't really have enough blues cds to make a thread about a blues band.

[QUOTE]They had a couple of good cds too. I'm digging them right now, so that's what popped into my head when you said make a thread. I'm kind of new to blues, so I don't really have enough blues cds to make a thread about a blues band.[/QUOTE]
go make a suggestions thread, thatd prolly go over well.

Hey its good to see some Blues threads. I didn't know many people listened to Blues on here.

We definitly need a Blues/Classic Rock forum. The Rock/Metal forum is nothing but metal threads.

[QUOTE=Brewer14]We definitly need a Blues/Classic Rock forum. T[B]he Rock/Metal forum is nothing but metal threads.[/B][/QUOTE]

I wonder why


If the blues forum comes it will be strictly blues though.

OK just to clear something up .... early Jethro Tull stuff is blues right?

[QUOTE]Anyways, I think ill make that thread...oh and one of the mods said that if 70% of the other music traffic was blues related, theyd consider making a forum.......so lets get this shi started.[/QUOTE]

So you're going to spam up Other Music just to bother the admins/mods into making a forum that will be sparsely populated?

Good work.

[QUOTE=Illmatic]So you're going to spam up Other Music just to bother the admins/mods into making a forum that will be sparsely populated?

Good work.[/QUOTE]

As much as I'd like a blues forum, I have to agree with this post. I think we've got enough blues threads in other music for now, and if they do well, then maybe we consider asking for a rock/blues forum, or maybe add on blues to jazz/funk since that forums dead. If nobody but the 5-6 of us is interested though, we can just discuss blues in this thread. I don't think a forum is necessary now, and there'd have to be a lot more interest to make one necessary.

I think the best living blues guitarist would be Robert Lockwood Jr.

[QUOTE=Collis]OK just to clear something up .... early Jethro Tull stuff is blues right?[/QUOTE]

There were a few blues tunes on their first record "This Was". There was also rock and some attempts at jazz ("Serenade to a Cuckoo" and the out-take "One for John G.").

[QUOTE=rockinbass17]Yeah, I suppose it was. I know people get old, there isn't any way around it. I'm just saying it's too bad he ain't gonna be around much longer.[/QUOTE]

Ouch. It's getting worse. I should have left it alone.