Favorite Blues/Rock songs/guitarists

[Ivoryman]

This Rob Buchanan dude is pretty cool. Playing mean style guitar while casually drinking beer. Hmmmm. Check out the 3:35 mark of Down By The River where he's still playing and casually picks up and drinks his beer. Wooooooooooe.


https://www.youtube.com/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMcjPZg ... rt_radio=1


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDOIL5OqvYs

[Ivoryman]

I-man, I appreciate Mr. Buchanan, but no one can hold a candle to Jimi Hendrix's "Hey Joe" in my book.

Zero argument from me about that.

[Mumbleypeg]

Hard to beat this.





Ken

[Mumbleypeg]

I guess that’s why they make chocolate, strawberry and vanilla!

Ken

[Mumbleypeg]

I guess that’s why they make chocolate, strawberry and vanilla!

Ken

OUCH!

You just called me a "basic" bitch. LOL.

Sorry you took it that way - it was certainly not my intent. I was simply agreeing with your right to disagree, by saying having different opinions isn’t a bad thing. If we all liked the same thing this old world would be a pretty boring place!

Now, having been raised in the South and taught from a young age to always be respectful toward women, if I had wanted to disparage you I’d have prefaced my comment with “Bless your heart…….”

Ken

[Mumbleypeg]

“Bless your heart” is a southern saying, and it is not always a bad thing. It depends on the situation, and the tone, or inflection. Probably not something you hear in your neck of the woods, so here’s a good explanation.




https://www.southernliving.com/culture/ ... t-response

Ken

[1OldTreeClimber]

Favorite Blues/Rock songs/guitarists?? One of my first thoughts would have to be Terraplane Blues by Foghat.,It aint Easy by Long John Baldry.

[Mumbleypeg]

Sorry Kim, but I like this guy - he’s a blues slide guitar genius. No less than Eric Clapton called him the best live guitarist alive today.

Ken

[Ridgegrass]

Just reading this very good book on the history of American guitar. As a life long picker, I find it extremely interesting that before the 1920's, guitar was really a percussive background instrument. Very rarely used as a lead. The book begins with Lonnie Johnson who was the first nationally known blues guitar recording artist. It ends with Ry Cooder, Ralph Towner, and Lenny Breau. (It's 1982 copyright predates some later greats.) All in all it hits on the movers and shakers who made guitar what it is today. Eddie Lang, Roy Smeck, Charlie Christian, Riley Puckett, T-Bone Walker, George Barnes, Hank Garland, Wes Montgomery, Mike Bloomfield, just to mention a few. Excellently written and researched. J.O'.

[1OldTreeClimber]

Yes,It Ain't Easy. Next up,Foghat Terraplane Blues from fool from the city. But only if you like blues rock.

[1OldTreeClimber]

Let us not forget Stevie Ray Vaughan, "Texas Flood",studio or live.

[Mumbleypeg]

Let us not forget Stevie Ray Vaughan, "Texas Flood",studio or live.

SRV is not forgotten - he’s in several posts in this thread. Texas Flood is one of them. viewtopic.php?p=809443#p809443

viewtopic.php?p=819832#p819832.

Or just go to the first page of this thread and scroll down to find more SRV!

Ken

[1OldTreeClimber]

Yes I should have known,didn't see the beginning of the thread. Long work hours-limited reading time.

[Gtrclktr-351]

Let us not forget Stevie Ray Vaughan, "Texas Flood",studio or live.

First couple of times I heard SRV it was him doing Jimi Hendrix covers. I thought, wow he can play like Hendrix. But as I heard more of Mr. Vaughan’s music, I thought damn he can play. He became one of my favorites. My all time favorite blues guitar player would have to be B.B.King. Throw Sonny Landreth and George Thorogood in that on any given day you’d have my Mt.Rushmore. Of course, one of the most underrated guitar players ever was Prince. And probably, for me, the most versatile guitar player was Jerry Garcia. And I’ve just scratched the surface of “great” modern blues guitarists.

[Donmartin1]

Sorry Kim, but I like this guy - he’s a blues slide guitar genius. No less than Eric Clapton called him the best live guitarist alive today.

Ken

Great guitarist! This style of playing is awesome plus the powerful vocal ....