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Baybeh, i got thuh blues....

Started by KYGOTC, October 21, 2009, 12:50:51 PM

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KYGOTC

October 21, 2009, 12:50:51 PM
Ive really been wanting to get into some mellow-yellow drown your sorrows in strawberry Jello blues music lately. Only problem is that I'm unfamiliar with the genre and don't know any of the significant artists. Any suggestions?
"I'm a man too, you know! I go pee-pee standing up!"

Psycho Circus

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October 21, 2009, 12:59:24 PM
My favourites are Stevie Ray Vaughan (can't recommend him enough!) John Lee Hooker, Robert Johnson and Jeff Healy (only his first two albums though). It's worth listening to some 90's Great White and very early Whitesnake too.  :smile:

Some Super Stevie:  :thumbup:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnR_WWGRLIg

AndyC

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October 21, 2009, 04:44:24 PM Last Edit: October 21, 2009, 04:48:55 PM by AndyC
My favourite blues-rock artist has to be David Wilcox. Don't know how well known he is in the states, but he's had a huge following in Canada going back to the early 70s. He's got about the smoothest voice I know, and plays a wicked guitar. Just be careful to get the right David Wilcox. There's an American folksinger by the same name.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWXNhOiWLFE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbTS7jS4UHw&feature=related
Oh, and he puts on one heck of a good stage show.
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WingedSerpent

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October 21, 2009, 07:20:31 PM
At least, that's what Gary Busey told me...

the ghoul

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October 21, 2009, 08:57:23 PM Last Edit: October 21, 2009, 08:59:10 PM by the ghoul

Rev. Powell

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October 21, 2009, 09:00:01 PM
I like the delta/country blues (acoustic and old-timey), but I wouldn't recommend it for most folks to start off with.  Try Chicago style: Stevie Ray, B.B. King, Bobby Bland... Howlin' Wolf is great, and he still sounds fairly modern.  The Black Keys are a grungy modern garage band with deep blues roots that may be good for beginners.  Taj Mahal is also a nice place to start.  Most people dig John Lee Hooker too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TwEYuues6Y

If your willing to try the classic acoustic blues look for Robert Johnson, Lightnin' Hopkins, Leadbelly, Big Bill Broonzy....
I'll take you places the hand of man has not yet set foot...

Rev. Powell

#6
October 21, 2009, 09:10:03 PM
Oh, and Led Zep I, while not strictly a blues album, is the album that made me able to appreciate the blues. 
I'll take you places the hand of man has not yet set foot...

AndyC

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October 21, 2009, 09:44:48 PM
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KYGOTC

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October 21, 2009, 10:59:11 PM
So far Im really diggin' Howlin' wolf and Jay hawkins is hit or miss. As for Stevie Ray, my uncle got me a greatest hits 2 disc thingy a few years ago i never listened to. Maybe I should break that out. Mostly what im lookin' for is that classic 50s and 60s black man blues type a' stuff. Know what I mean?
"I'm a man too, you know! I go pee-pee standing up!"

Psycho Circus

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October 22, 2009, 01:06:49 PM

Rev. Powell

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October 22, 2009, 07:51:52 PM
I'll take you places the hand of man has not yet set foot...

voltron

#12
November 04, 2009, 08:39:37 PM
He's been mentioned before, but John Lee Hooker is da s**t. He lived in Detroit, but he had more of an old school delta blues vibe, and he was the sole inventor of the "boogie" style.  His guitar playing is so unique, and he's amazing at improvising his lyrics and playing. A good place to start is the 20th Century Masters compilation - it's an awesome example of his 50s/60s (arguably his best) era.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYrVwGxlcFA

Also, RL Burnside is pretty cool if you're looking for some old school delta blooz.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V9mb__6yVY
"Nothin' out there but God's little creatures - more scared of you than you are of them"  - Warren, "Just Before Dawn"

Allhallowsday

#13
November 04, 2009, 10:00:08 PM
JOHN LEE HOOKER is it.  More lost, and not so well known, or recovered from having been lost, was rediscovered, then lost, SKIP JAMES: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB2POWSnStU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv-_mzVBSF8&feature=related
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Psycho Circus

#14
November 07, 2009, 04:20:10 PM
Funnily enough W.A.S.P. recorded a parody blues song that is really good:  :thumbup:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d877vsx0l1A&feature=related
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