Originally posted by jacko11I assume you are talking about post WWII electric blues because in the acoustic era there were some real geniuses at it, Robert Johnson comes to mind, Mississippi John Hurt, Son House, Rev. Gary Davis and the modern day practitioners like Keb Mo and Rory Block and Ben Harper, people like that continue the tradition.
the blues brothers were really good
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Originally posted by sonhouseI've never really got into the delta blues stuff. I don't really know why. I much prefer the 60's R&B stuff, like...Cream and Rory Gallagher. I probably should try buying some CD's of such music - goodness knows it's cheaper!
I assume you are talking about post WWII electric blues because in the acoustic era there were some real geniuses at it, Robert Johnson comes to mind, Mississippi John Hurt, Son House, Rev. Gary Davis and the modern day practitioners like Keb Mo and Rory Block and Ben Harper, people like that continue the tradition.
I also quite like pre-war jazz/blues stuff, like Nina and Ella. For that, however, I can confidently (and rightly) blame my wife!
Originally posted by jacko11Blind boy Fuller was one of the best. Rory Block does some of his songs, Casey Jones, Pt. 1 and Pt 2 on the original and she does one long one, 'Ain't Gonna do like Cheney did' I thought was an interesting line considering our present government!
oh yea i know them their good. what about blind boy fuller
Originally posted by der schwarze Ritteras far as post WWII blues goes, I really liked Duane Allman. The cut where he plays beside Eric on Layla is a classic classic cut. It showed Duane outplaying Eric I thought and I think it showed Eric at his peak.
Freddy King is one of my favorites. If you play guitar, then you had better learn "Hide Away."
