I thought it would be fun to chime in on what we’re listening to these days. Or possibly what some of your favorite blues songs are.
Hopefully in the process of looking through the comments at other people’s lists, you’ll find someone new to listen to and some new inspiration in your blues playing.
So I’ll start with some of my personal favorites…
1. Me and My Guitar by Freddie King – just such a killer groove
2. Texas Flood by SRV – I think I could listen to that 1000 times in a row and hear something new every time
3. Never Make Your Move Too Soon by BB King, though I’ve been listening to the Joe Bonamassa recording a bit lately. It’s one of my favorite BB tunes, and when Joe redid it, it quickly became one of my favorites of his.
4. Wind in Denver by Sonny Landreth – A very cold, dark, minor blues by the slide master himself. If you haven’t listened to Sonny you owe it to yourself to check him out.
5. Robben Ford’s Handful of Blues album – every tune on it is awesome.
So now it’s up to you… leave you favorites in the comments below for all to see and learn from….
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I have a 2 CD Album called ‘ All Electric Blues ‘ which includes the likes of John Lee Hooker, Lightnin Hopkins, Sonny Boy Williamson, T Bone Walker, Howlin’ Wolf and many more. If you want inspiration baby, look no further. Great names, great music.
I love Johnny Winter- Be Careful With a Fool, Savoy Brown- Tell Mama, Ring in His Nose, And Train to Nowhere. I also love listening to the music of Joe Louis Walker, it’s kind of a gospel blues, but the guitar is outstanding. Lately, I’ve been trying to learn “Mary Had A Little Lamb” for my two daughters, the SRV version, of course. It’s slow going. Love all the lessons Griff. If I had the money to spare I would buy your videos. I like your teaching style.
oh yes, I listen to the live version of texas flood loads of times, the one on youtube (long version).
Also the allman brothers band these days live with derek trucks has some of the best solos ever.
Eric Clapton and Freddy King “have you ever loved a woman”. Other than that, I like the Robert Johnson stuff (I don’t use a finger style, I kind of make up my own flatpicking style for the blues)…I’d like to see more of that.
Eric Clapton and Freddy King \"have you ever loved a woman\". Other than that, I like the Robert Johnson stuff (I don\’t use a finger style, I kind of make up my own flatpicking style for the blues)…I\’d like to see more of that.
Eric Clapton and Freddy King \\"have you ever loved a woman\\". Other than that, I like the Robert Johnson stuff (I don\\\’t use a finger style, I kind of make up my own flatpicking style for the blues)…I\\\’d like to see more of that.
Hard Time Killing Floor- Thomas King
Joanne Shaw Taylor’s White sugar. Awesome guitarist from England with a maturity way beyond her 20-odd years. Clapton (though not much of his dissapointing recent studio output), SRV, Hendrix, Freddy King, Buddy Guy. One guitarist whoI can’t understand the fuss about is John Mayer- far too sanitised for my liking.
Led Zeppelin’s ‘Since I’ve Been Lovin’ You’ has always been one of my favorite blues numbers, Griff… even if it’s blues with the ‘Brit-grit’ flavor! I know it’s not exactly ‘traditional’, but you can see where its roots are; and who can deny the power of Plant’s vocals and Page’s incredible guitar solos…
By the time you teach me how to play this guitar solo, Griff, I reckon I might be able to call myself a decent guitarist! (Of course, if this number isn’t part of your course, I’m pretty sure that, one way or another, you’ll teach me how to work it out for myself anyway!)
I’m gonna try to download a few more blues guitarists though… the three ‘Kings’ look like a good place to start… time to start annoying the neighbours!
a local Detroit Michigan blues band that is up and coming called The Broken Arrow Blues Band…LOVE GARY MOORE and of course Joe Bonamassa is AWESOME! slide blues of Dave Hole, Walter Trout is also a fav…Davy Knowles, Joanne Shaw Taylor is Amazing!,
I like Stevie Ray Vaughn and Albert King doing Stormy Monday (Fantastic)
I also like Stevie Ray Vaughn playing Pride and Joe
Yeah I’m a life member of the 3 Kings, Clapton, SRV fanclub. Check out the Oli Brown Band, a British trio that played at the GTaranaki festival the weekend just gone. The guitarist solos like SRV.
Muddy Waters………….”Deep Down in Florida”. Need I say more?
T- out
Thanks, Griff for everything.
I’ve been listening to Joe Bonamassa,Walter Trout,Gary Moore and my latest discovery,Frank Latore and the Killer Bees.They are a local band from Long Island I saw at a blues music festival and they were great!
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J.J. Cale- The River Runs Deep.
It took forty years of “searching for the lost chord” to discover the resonance of the blues is really where it’s at. Some favorite artists now in my collection are:
Everything I can find by Warren Haynes/Gov’t Mule/Allman Brothers
Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi
Harry Manx (can’t wait for his September shows)
Eric Clapton (again…everything!)
Joe Bonamassa
Kenny Wayne Shepherd (10 Days Out)
Bob Brozman
Ronnie Earl
Duke Robillard
Tony Joe White (full of great grooves and fills)
Buddy Guy
Paul Rodgers & Free (the best white blues voice?)
Chris Whitley
Diesel and Time Gaze – a couple of Aussie boys who know their way around a fretboard.
SRV – (anybody got a copy of a live acoustic version of Dirty Pool?)
and of course working back through the Kings, Lightning, Mississippi John Hurt, Leadbelly, Howlin’ Wolf, T-Bone, Robert J, etc. So much music to uncover but only two ears and so little time…
I’m listening to a wide variety recently: Ana Popovich, Blues for M; Aynsley Lister, Got It Bad and All Along The Watch Tower; Joe Bonamassa, Blues Deluxe; Coco Montoya, Back In A Cadillac; and Los Blancos, Shakin’ That Thing.
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Brother Yusef, “A long way from home”; Davy Knowles, a young British artist, making his way in the US, “Tear Down the Walls”; and not so much guitar orientated, but a real driving vibe, R.L.Burnside – it’s bad you know. A beginner at guitar and love blues dancing, hence the last track. Great thread to check out.
HEY GRIFF ! LOVE EVERYTHING YOU DO , HOPE TO GET THE FUNDS SOON TO BUY SOME OF YOU TOOLS.. AGAIN THANKS… IM A HUGE FAN OF SRV TO BAD ALOT OF THE GREATS LEAVE US TO SOON . STEVIES LIFE BY THE DROP IS A GREAT TUNE , BUT ONE OF MY FAV’S IS THE ONE HE DID AFTER HE GOT CLEAN LIFE WITHOUT YOU , I THINK ITS COOL WHEN HE STOPS MID SONG AND WANTS TO TALK , HE STARTS BY THANKING GOD HES ALIVE AND WELL ENUF TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT… AND TELLS EVERYONE TO STAY AWAY FROM DRUGS , THANKS STEVIE CANT WAIT TO HEAR YOU PLAYIN IN HEAVEN…. ANOTHER ONE I ALWAYS LIKED IS JONNY LANG , ROCK ON , GREG
Been diggin’ deep for some Skip James, whose unusual tunings provide some of the most mysterious blues, tied in with his singing style. ‘I’m so glad’ is such a contrast to Cream’s version; both are great but different. Freakin’ same song but whole ‘nother levels…
thanks for the lessons .keep up the good work
walter trout excellent together with coco montoya and John Mayall.E clapton, Buddy Guy, peter green,john mayer,hendrix,johnny winters,jeff beck to many of them to mention.All excellent artists in there own right
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this might take some of you way back in time, when blues were real blues just copy and paste link to the browser..and enjoy
Ry Cooder’s “Feelin’ bad blues”. Beautiful slide work!
Gary Moore …He can make his guitar sound like a cannon or a violin ! A super, underrated player to say the least. Arlen Roth is probably one of the most versatile players and excellent teachers.
Hey Griff… love your stuff! Keep sending those basic lessons? Hey…and check out Jimmy Thackeray’s recordings w/ The Night Hawks and his other band “The Asassain’s”. I actually watched BB King once lay Lucille down at his his feet and offered him to play her….and he did. His licks almost equal or sometimes even surpass SRV’s
With ALL these comments, no-one seems to mention Chris Duarte, I wonder why? Too modern or commercial (oh dear)? Nah, listen to ‘.32 Blues’ it takes me back to JJ Cale’s brilliant years. Or try ‘Big-legged Woman’ or ‘People Say’. Otherwise I listen to and drool over far too much to mention. I must mention something tho’ that I just can’t get enough of. It’s Eric Clapton, from the Martin Scorsese film Nothin’ But the Blues – the whole film is brilliant but it has simply the best version of ‘Crossroads’ ever and also listen to ‘Motherless Child’, simple but just look at how much Clapton enjoys playing it!
Freddy King and Carlos Santana and outside of the the Blues genre, Barney Kessel and Charlie Byrd. I can’t resist Carlos “Devil Woman”
I was introduced to Freddy about 5o years ago and still play his stuff weekly at he least. Barney Kessel could get extremely funky as well as melodic Find “The Good Little Man” and Charlie Byrd’s “Nuages” in his classical style will grab you and drag you right in to it.
robert cray , paul cossof , oh yeah and peter green , srv , the 3 kings need i say more
Rory Gallagher. Nuff said!!!!!
Johnny Winter-Be Careful With A Fool
Texas Sugar Strat Magik is still one of my all time favorite discs. Good call!
My favourite artist is Nils Lofgren. He’s not really a Blues player, but has written some really good Blues tracks in his time, for example ‘Too Many Miles’ taken from one of his albums. He’s also produced music for a film score – ‘Every Breath’, this is his link to Blues, with a lot of the tracks being very soulful, with good use of guitar and vocals.
A favourite artist of mine since ’73, he’s touring here in the UK in October ’10 – ‘Nils Acoustic Duo Tour’ – I’m sure there will be a few Blues licks within his playlist, and I’ll be paying special attention to these and his techniques.
Peter Green and Rory Gallagher. My personal favorites for 30 years.
Check out JD & the Straight Shot as well as Jimmy Thackery & the Drivers.
I think you’ll be both pleased & surprised.
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Blues Around the World from Putumayo Presents. This is an album with songs from all over the world such as Brazil, Ireland, Portugal etc… Some big players like Bonnie Rait appear on the album, but most are from bands I’ve never heard of. All the songs, however, are Really Good. Listen My Son by The Unseen Guest is my current favorite….
Joanne Shaw Taylor “White Sugar”
anything by Walter Trout
agree about Gary Moore
#187 who counts 12/8 blues 1, 4, 7 , 10. one, four, sen ,10 so it can be fast enough for Griff ;>) Seriously folks I’ve never a problem with Texas Swing.
I like to play the fundamentals I learned in 1958. Jimmy Reed; etc;
There have been more than a thousand since. Not many can count.
I asked a drummer to play a 2 stick shuffle in 28/16 at 1000 beats a minute.
He hit me and missed out on the gig…….Cheers, Russ
russell the polyphonic (#187) September 4, 2010 at 10:30 pm
#187 who counts 12/8 blues 1, 4, 7 , 10. one, four, sen ,10 so it can be fast enough for Griff ;>) Seriously folks I’ve never a problem with Texas Swing.
I like to play the fundamentals I learned in 1958. Jimmy Reed; etc;
There have been more than a thousand since. Not many can count.
I asked a drummer to play a 2 stick shuffle in 28/16 at 1000 beats a minute.
He hit me and missed out on the gig…….Cheers, Russ
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