I just heard some stuff by Mance Lipscomb - he's utterly amazing. Has anyone else heard him? He's Texas country blues.

I love blues!!!
Hendrix and Vaughn ruled that world along with BB King

Yes. Hendrix was a blues master.

[QUOTE=jimihendrixfan14]cox is BAD luck .... both Jimi Hendrx and Stevie Ray Died while he has been in their bands .... both were accidental i guess cause i mean who pukes and chokes and dies how unlikely is that ..... and how often does a great guitarist die from an airplane crash........and what r the odds that both of these guitarists were great and had the same drummer slim to none so i say COX is a bad omen.....
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cox=/= drummer

and I don't think SRV had him as a full time drummer, did he?

Yea, Cox was the bassist.

[QUOTE=Awesome_999]cox=/= drummer

and I don't think SRV had him as a full time drummer, did he?[/QUOTE]
As magicbus said he was a bassist but you are right that he wasnt always in SRV's band.

Slide
 

I just got a slide and i was wondering if u knew any sites that i could look at to learn to use it, so far i have been messin around with it and it sounds awful, thanks

Have you tried it in open E tuning or are you just using standard.

Can anyone recommend me any good chicago blues bands?

[QUOTE=Lupus]Can anyone recommend me any good chicago blues bands?[/QUOTE]

The Red Devils - [I]King King[/I]

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

Best god damn blues album I have ever heard. I made a comment about it earlier in this topic.

[QUOTE=Slight Return]I just heard some stuff by Mance Lipscomb - he's utterly amazing. Has anyone else heard him? He's Texas country blues.[/QUOTE]
yeah mance is a great picker and songer writer too. His lyrics are just as powerful as is playing. I have some video of him from like the 40's or 50's where he just sits and plays so effortlessly. He plays slide with a pocket knife too. He never breaks a straight face either. its like he's sleeping as hes playing. I counlt beleive it when i first saw him check out [url]www.homespuntapes.com[/url] I think you can still buy the video. Its called the counrty blues collection and has lightin hopkins and bukke white and one or two others. all from east texas lol.

EDIT: if the link dont work just google "homespun tapes"

Blues is great. I'm having trouble finding modern blues though. I like the new modern tone, but the songs just suck.

What kind of stuff are you listening to for modern blues? I haven't really heard any, but I hear Kenny Wayne Sheppard is bluesy. My dad also has a few Johnny Lang albums, and he's pretty good.

If you're talking to me, I havent found anything good in modern time. I just listen to revamps of classics by guys like Clapton and Hooker in a modern tone.

By the way, I pulled out the Derek and the Dominoes live record again last week and now I [i]love[/i] it--even "Nobody Knows You". What actually bothered me about this version of this tune at first is that Eric is phrasing the vocal in such an odd way that the entire thing keeps threatening to topple, and since this is live I had every reason to expect it might. Now that I'm confident it does not topple, I'm much more comfortable listening to it, and I find the odd phrasing refreshingly pleasant.

check out [url]Http://thebluesbarn.com[/url] and also [url]http://thebluesdatabase.com[/url] and follow the links.

as far as KSW imo he's an SRV clone but not nearly as innovative

Heh, I need to post in here more. Anybody like Eric Sardinas or Walter Trout?

In about 6 days I'll be seeing Dr. John. I'm listening to Magic Sam - West Side Soul, and it's awesome.

:)

This thread's still hanging on huh? Shame I haven't posted in it....

Does anyone have any Blind Lemon Jefferson?

ok
can someone recommend me some very old Blues, I 'm no fan f the modern stuff (with Harmonica preffered:))
thank you :)

np: Buddy Guy - Fever

[QUOTE=the2stranger]ok
can someone recommend me some very old Blues, I 'm no fan f the modern stuff (with Harmonica preffered:))
thank you :)

np: Buddy Guy - Fever[/QUOTE]

Check out some Muddy Waters. Pretty old, great harmonica. If you like Buddy Guy, get Buddy Guy and Junior Wells- Alone and Acoustic. Great album with awesome harmonica playing.

John Mayell's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton is a must own and has some great harmonica and guitar playing.

[QUOTE=the2stranger]ok
can someone recommend me some very old Blues, I 'm no fan f the modern stuff (with Harmonica preffered)
thank you [/QUOTE]

There's not much in terms of pre-war harmonica besides Sonny Boy Williamson (Both of them). This is mainly because most everything that is good about the harmonica came from one guy, Little Walter.

But if by "very old" you mean pre-Stevie Ray Vaughan, then check out James Cotton Blues Band. Cotton's been one of the most exciting harpists (atleast I think so) in post-war blues.

Other great harpists to check out: Paul Buttersfield, George "Harmonica" Smith, Big Walter Horton.

[QUOTE=robo2448]Check out some Muddy Waters. Pretty old, great harmonica. If you like Buddy Guy, get Buddy Guy and Junior Wells- Alone and Acoustic. Great album with awesome harmonica playing.

John Mayell's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton is a must own and has some great harmonica and guitar playing.[/QUOTE]

Maybe if I ignore this post it'll just go away.

[QUOTE=DemBonez]Maybe if I ignore this post it'll just go away.[/QUOTE]

Why? He recommended some great blues albums. It isn't pre-war, but how do we know what the2stranger meant by "old"?

Another great harp player is Sonnny Boy Williamson.

To add to DemBonez's list.

[QUOTE=magicbus]Why? He recommended some great blues albums. It isn't pre-war, but how do we know what the2stranger meant by "old"?[/QUOTE]

he's right, I didn't say what I meant by óld' this is because I'm not too big on the genre.

but thanks everyone for the help :D

Has anyone got B.B.Kings new '80' album? or listened to it? I don't know if I should get it or a different blues album.

Here is some blues songs ive got recorded on my computer
[url]http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=440127[/url]

[url]www.soundclick.com/jessejansen[/url]

if the links dont work just copy and paste them into the address bar
hope you enjoy.
Nuts Nuts Nuts is just a rock song with some weird blues stuff in it not to much tho the other to are stricly blues.
Thrill is gone is a cover obviously( thought id say that just so none of you got confused)

[QUOTE=6stringed]Has anyone got B.B.Kings new '80' album? or listened to it? I don't know if I should get it or a different blues album.[/QUOTE]
I'd get a different blues album if I were you.

[QUOTE=Livewired]I'd get a different blues album if I were you.[/QUOTE]
Agreed.

Is it a compilation? Or an actual album?

[QUOTE=JonG]Agreed.

Is it a compilation? Or an actual album?[/QUOTE]

It's an actual album and I liked it. It's not a must have or even that amazing, but it is pretty interesting how different artists collaborated with him. If you don't have any B.B. King at all, I suggest getting [I]Live In Cook County Jail[/I] instead since I find its his best. To me, B.B. was the most exciting live blues guitarist and it feels weird listening to his studio work.

If you are just looking for Blues in general, I made a [url=http://rateyourmusic.com/list/DemBonez/top_20_blues]list of my favorite blues efforts[/url] be it a studio, live, compilation, or whatever. While it's not in any real order, I felt that the first 10 are essential to any blues collection and the second 10 are just stuff I really enjoy.

[I]Turning Point[/I] is a cool album.

I only have a few of those though.:(

I have 14 of those :)

I've collected about 10 from him alone.

West Side Soul is amazing. I'm listening to Taj Mahal's s/t right now.

I'm seeing Buddy Guy in a month or two. :THUMB:

So, I finally got some SRV, very, very long overdue. That man, is a guitar wizard.

[QUOTE=(*The Noonward Race*)]I'm seeing Buddy Guy in a month or two. :THUMB:[/QUOTE]

I saw him in July. You're in for a great show :thumb:

ive sceen BG like 5 times and its always the same boring show. he'll spend more time talking then playing then start telling abuot the history of blues and how muddy and T bone taught him what he knows. then he'll play lil tid bits of songs to tease you. then tell you he taught jimi and srv what they knew. then he'll do about a 15 minute solo walk around the auduiance then walk off stage. my god what he plays is amazing but its very sparce and short except for the solo.

[QUOTE=Bluesman]ive sceen BG like 5 times and its always the same boring show. he'll spend more time talking then playing then start telling abuot the history of blues and how muddy and T bone taught him what he knows. then he'll play lil tid bits of songs to tease you. then tell you he taught jimi and srv what they knew. then he'll do about a 15 minute solo walk around the auduiance then walk off stage. my god what he plays is amazing but its very sparce and short except for the solo.[/QUOTE]

He didn't seem to talk too much at the show I went to. He did walk around the audience, which was pretty cool, but he played a lot of songs mostly.

he was definitely a talker. but the show he puts on and the playing he does just blew me away.

who wrote 'Superstitous'?

Willie Dixon

Do you mean "I Ain't Superstitious"? Cause Willie Dixon did that one.