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Post by Sgt Rock on Sept 29, 2020 19:09:34 GMT
who is or who was your inspiration ?
many years ago(1969 or so), I bought a "Greatest Hits" album by Sam "Lightnin" Hopkins for $1.98. one of the best purchases I've ever made. here's some samples :
so, who influenced your "blues" playing ?
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Post by Bill h on Oct 23, 2020 20:58:58 GMT
I’ve always been a huge fan of both Clapton and SRV. Never really listened to a lot of old school blues.
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Post by Sgt Rock on Oct 24, 2020 0:53:23 GMT
I’ve always been a huge fan of both Clapton and SRV. Never really listened to a lot of old school blues. the "old school guys" is who they both listened to. even BB King respected "Lightnin". I never heard of Robert Johnson until Clapton and Cream recorded "Crossroads". SRV was a big fan of Albert King. Hendrix looked up to Buddy Guy.
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Post by Bill h on Oct 24, 2020 3:27:17 GMT
I’ve always been a huge fan of both Clapton and SRV. Never really listened to a lot of old school blues. the "old school guys" is who they both listened to. even BB King respected "Lightnin". I never heard of Robert Johnson until Clapton and Cream recorded "Crossroads". SRV was a big fan of Albert King. Hendrix looked up to Buddy Guy. Never listened to much old school stuff but Robert Johnson was one of ones I have listened to. Crazy what that guy could do with an acoustic, you would swear he was playing rhythm and lead at the same time. My brother is into old school blues, he got me a cd set of most of Robert Johnson’s recordings for Christmas one year. The sound is pretty raw but can hear crazy stuff he does. Need to listen to the guys you mentioned.
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Post by infant on Nov 12, 2020 5:11:13 GMT
Back when I was in high school, I was given a BB King album by a teacher. It was my introduction to the blues. From there, I started listening to Buddy Guy, Albert Collins, Albert King, Muddy Waters etc. I fell in love with the blues. I must have seen BB about 8 or 9 times, Buddy Guy a few times. I had tickets to see Albert Collins but he got sick, cancelled the tour and passed away shortly thereafter.
Many years ago, the local TV station here in Hamilton did a weekly 1 hour show called "In Session". They would get a couple of musicians together and have them jam. Some interesting recordings came from that show. One of the episodes had Albert King and SRV and a buddy of mine lent me a copy of the CD...it was amazing. The two just played off of each other.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2020 20:05:17 GMT
I played music for a lot of years before I developed an appreciation for the blues. One of my favourite songs to play is "Sweet Home Chicago". This is a great version with a showcase of fine guitar players. Incidentally, the pickups for the guitar that Johnny Winter's playing were wound by a local luthier, 'Limey'Green, who used to do setups on some of my guitar builds.
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Post by infant on Dec 7, 2020 21:39:02 GMT
I love Buddy Guy. I took my wife to see him for our anniversary a few years back. At the end of the night, he usually walks up and down the aisles playing his guitar while the band plays on stage. I had an aisle seat and he came up right beside me and then walked into the row behind me and started playing. I got a couple of lousy pics but at least I got something.
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Post by Sgt Rock on Dec 7, 2020 23:46:08 GMT
I love Buddy Guy. I took my wife to see him for our anniversary a few years back. At the end of the night, he usually walks up and down the aisles playing his guitar while the band plays on stage. I had an aisle seat and he came up right beside me and then walked into the row behind me and started playing. I got a couple of lousy pics but at least I got something. View Attachment I went to see Buddy Guy play once. I was hoping to meet him. we are from the same hometown - Baton Rouge, Louisiana. right after the show was over I got a chance to talk to his piano player. he told me that as soon as he walks off the stage, he goes straight into a waiting car and leaves. so much for visiting.
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Post by infant on Dec 8, 2020 4:55:29 GMT
A coworker of mine was in Chicago a few years back with his wife and some friends and they went to Buddy Guys club there. They walk in and there's a band playing and BG is sitting at the bar. After a while, my friend, who has an immense knowledge of blues and has met many blues players, goes over and starts chatting with him, has some photos taken with him and gets BG to go sit at the table with his wife and friends. BG gave them a round of drinks on the house and spent an hour with them. He said he was a pretty down to earth guy..
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Post by johnreardon on Dec 8, 2020 9:14:37 GMT
I wouldn't say I had any inspirations or influences. I always preferred the song rather than the people playing it. I play within my limitations and never try to copy or imitate people, well apart from the early days when most in the UK tried to copy the Shadows.
When we have started doing something 'new' for us, I usually just google the song and whatever comes up is what I use to get lyrics and chords. It's been difficult for us to rehearse as band members live in different places, one even in Southern Spain.
We will often play a new song at a gig for the first time. As most will be either 12 bar or single chords, it's not as hard as it sounds. Al of the band have been playing since the 60s and are good at improvising
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Post by zontar on Dec 9, 2020 10:13:55 GMT
I got into blues like many--via rock bands that play bluesy stuff & talk about the blues in interviews.
Albert King, BB King, Freddie King, Otis Rush, Son Seals, Buddy Guy & others like that were some of the first. And it spread from there.
As well it was learning to play (badly I might add) the intro solo to Albert King's Cross Cut Saw is when playing solos & the pentatonic just clicked.
Albert King is probably one of my main influences. (Although nobody will ever confuse us.)
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Post by zontar on Dec 9, 2020 10:15:41 GMT
This one also had a lot of impact
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Post by zontar on Dec 11, 2020 8:05:24 GMT
Sometimes you find blues in unexpected places.
Lead Vocals by Brian May, with Freddie joining in on the chorus.
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Post by Bill h on Dec 11, 2020 17:18:43 GMT
Sometimes you find blues in unexpected places. Lead Vocals by Brian May, with Freddie joining in on the chorus. Ha, that was pretty cool. If I listened to that not knowing who that was I would have recognized that guitar tone from a mile away.
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Post by zontar on Dec 13, 2020 10:07:05 GMT
I was able to see BB King live twice before his health issues affected his ability to play. Incredible Much to learn in addition to just soaking it all in. This clip is from Italy--so I wasn't there. But it is reminiscent of what I remember.
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Post by zontar on Dec 14, 2020 7:10:54 GMT
Of course if you want something smoother--may I present Robert Cray.
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Post by infant on Dec 14, 2020 18:34:38 GMT
Oh man, I love Robert Cray! I saw him about 5 years ago here in town, front row seats. Such a smooth sounding voice and great guitar player. I loved his tone so much that I built myself a hard tail Strat.
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Post by zontar on Dec 16, 2020 0:26:29 GMT
And if you also like it rough (or you like smooth & rough--liek I do), there's Hound Dog Taylor.
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Post by infant on Dec 16, 2020 5:09:13 GMT
Didn't Hound Dog Taylor have a 6th finger on his hand(s)?
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Post by zontar on Dec 16, 2020 5:21:21 GMT
Didn't Hound Dog Taylor have a 6th finger on his hand(s)? Yes.
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Post by johnreardon on Dec 16, 2020 8:25:38 GMT
Didn't Hound Dog Taylor have a 6th finger on his hand(s)? Yes. That's cheating
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Post by Die Bullen on Dec 16, 2020 16:54:09 GMT
I'm a big fan of WC Handy and Fats Waller
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Post by zontar on Dec 17, 2020 6:33:36 GMT
I'm a big fan of WC Handy and Fats Waller I think "The Blues" encompasses a wider range of styles & music than many people realize. I was once listening to some Buddy Guy and commented on liking blues music--a friend commented that what I was listening to wasn't blues. I was confused. She told me it was R&B. Two things--one--what does the B in R&B stand for? -and it's Buddy Guy--he plays it--it's a blues song. As well, a lot of what was called R&B at the time tis happened--let alone now, sounds like the took "Blues" out of R&B. Oh well, it was & is blues. (Although this wasn't the song the comment was made about)
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Post by Die Bullen on Dec 17, 2020 12:49:01 GMT
I'm a big fan of WC Handy and Fats Waller I think "The Blues" encompasses a wider range of styles & music than many people realize. One could say exactly the same thing about jazz. People think that jazz= hardbob. Truth is that most Broadway pre- 1970's fall in the jazz category as well as most popular music 1914-1949, including late ragtime, Dixieland, swing, etc etc.
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Post by zontar on Dec 18, 2020 4:09:23 GMT
I think "The Blues" encompasses a wider range of styles & music than many people realize. One could say exactly the same thing about jazz. People think that jazz= hardbob. Truth is that most Broadway pre- 1970's fall in the jazz category as well as most popular music 1914-1949, including late ragtime, Dixieland, swing, etc etc. You could say that about many genres, but I often am baffled by those who don't realize how broad jazz can be. my main into to jazz was probably all the old TV themes that were at least a little jazzy--if not outright jazz of some sort.
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Post by zontar on Dec 18, 2020 4:28:33 GMT
And of course there' a lot of stuff that straddles blues & jazz
Is it bluesy jazz or jazzy blues?
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Post by Die Bullen on Dec 18, 2020 13:26:05 GMT
Yeah huge crossover between blues and jazz and then later blues and rock.
What's interesting is that the I IV V progression common in blues and rock doesn't make sense at all to some classical guys.
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Post by zontar on Dec 19, 2020 8:19:04 GMT
Yeah huge crossover between blues and jazz and then later blues and rock. What's interesting is that the I IV V progression common in blues and rock doesn't make sense at all to some classical guys. It doesn't make sense to some blues & rock guys as well.
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Post by zontar on Dec 19, 2020 8:21:04 GMT
And sometimes you kind of get semi-funky, or more.
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Post by Die Bullen on Dec 19, 2020 16:10:08 GMT
Yeah huge crossover between blues and jazz and then later blues and rock. What's interesting is that the I IV V progression common in blues and rock doesn't make sense at all to some classical guys. It doesn't make sense to some blues & rock guys as well. Ha ha!
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