Len Cnut Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Is there any delta blues that you would recommend me except Robert Johnson?Bukka White, Son House, Mississippi John Hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Broue Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 All these black poor guys from prehistoric times! Where is Eric - his strat, his armani suit and fifty nights at the Albert -when you need him? Blues for the British middle classes. haha great point, i lol'd so much at Eric ClaptonI mean, he is a good guitarist and all, but really not my cup of teahe even whoring on reggae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Broue Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 There is no music I dislike more than rap/hip hop (whatever the difference is?) except numetal, 1990's grunge and 1990's rave. In fact I think I hate rap more than rave? I would rather listen to the spice girls than gangster rap. Horrendous shit liked by pasty faced chavs pretending to be american black gangsters: baggy jeans; boxer shorts; baseball caps; effecting a black guy swagger walk (as if you have a carrot lodged up your rectum). ''Look at me, I'm from the hud''. No you're not, you are from North Shields. Cunts. Horrid music. Horrid people.what if we concentrate on what we like instead of what we DON'T like?Personallly i disliked a lot of genres when i was a teenager, then i grow up and started to like literally every music genre except mainstream pop music (aka 2-300 million views on youtube within 2 days) my music listening experience is much better since thenMusic diversity is a great thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 Clapton is at his best when he does the blues. Especially when he is playing with guitarists that inspire him to better himself, like he did with Derek and the Dominos. Duane brought the best out of Clapton and he could hold his own without Allman and he proved it with the In Concert album of Dominos. Example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 (edited) There is a side of me which feels he ruined the blues genre. Granted he is a good bluesman but he did turn the genre into this excruciatingly dull 'lounge music' for the middle aged middle classes. Clapton was at his best when he played a Les Paul (or SG). Wasn't it so disappointing to see him with his Strat during the Cream reunion? With that one omission the whole thing sounded nothing like Cream. Edited December 8, 2015 by DieselDaisy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 what if we concentrate on what we like instead of what we DON'T like?But its so much fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicrawker Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 There is a side of me which feels he ruined the blues genre. Granted he is a good bluesman but he did turn the genre into this excruciatingly dull 'lounge music' for the middle aged middle classes. Clapton was at his best when he played a Les Paul (or SG). Wasn't it so disappointing to see him with his Strat during the Cream reunion? With that one omission the whole thing sounded nothing like Cream. I lost interest in him after Derek and the Dominoes and he played a strat in that band......I agree his solo stuff can be pretty bland.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicrawker Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Is there any delta blues that you would recommend me except Robert Johnson? So many good ones but some of my favorites include John Lee Hooker Big Jack Johnson Lead Belly Robert Lockwood Jr.- Got lessons from Robert Johnson Pinetop Perkins Elmore James- Huge influence for the Stones guitarist Brian Jones who was calling himself Elmo Lewis when Keef and Mick met him in honor of James 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeanGenie Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Thanks, guys for the recommendations. I really like Robert Johnson for his guitar playing. I listened to Bukka White but somehow I cant get into his playing. I really like the bottleneck guitar sound. Son House is great I like his playing. Im looking for some Elmore James next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Thanks, guys for the recommendations. I really like Robert Johnson for his guitar playing. I listened to Bukka White but somehow I cant get into his playing. I really like the bottleneck guitar sound. Son House is great I like his playing. Im looking for some Elmore James next.Have a listen to Dust My Broom, Elmore James is the king. Trivia: Bukka White is BB Kings cousin. If I'm not mistaken Bobby Dylan covered him on his debut. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeanGenie Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 (edited) Yeah thats great. I like the piano playing too. Great song. Edited December 9, 2015 by JeanGenie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Try Little Walter, i reccomend Boom Boom (out goes the light). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I've been in love with Freddie King's lead playing, and how much of it I hear in all the 70s British rock guys. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicrawker Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I've been in love with Freddie King's lead playing, and how much of it I hear in all the 70s British rock guys. He is more Dallas and Chicago blues, as that is where he grew up, then Mississippi Delta blues but a fantastic bluesman........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-Pit Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Somebody wanted more Zeppelin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I thought that said Move to the Clit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted December 10, 2015 Author Share Posted December 10, 2015 I've been in love with Freddie King's lead playing, and how much of it I hear in all the 70s British rock guys. He is more Dallas and Chicago blues, as that is where he grew up, then Mississippi Delta blues but a fantastic bluesman...........Texas still has some good stuff. Chicago Blues pretty much started out in places like the Delta and Texas. Then Chicago found its way back in Texas. There is a side of me which feels he ruined the blues genre. Granted he is a good bluesman but he did turn the genre into this excruciatingly dull 'lounge music' for the middle aged middle classes. Clapton was at his best when he played a Les Paul (or SG). Wasn't it so disappointing to see him with his Strat during the Cream reunion? With that one omission the whole thing sounded nothing like Cream.I lost interest in him after Derek and the Dominoes and he played a strat in that band......I agree his solo stuff can be pretty bland....He had that phase of his career that few seem to like. Maybe when Stevie Ray Vaughan got big he took up interest in the blues. But he is just an aging bluesman like Buddy Guy. Comes out to play every now and then. Hope he does another Crossroads Festival but it won't be the same with B.B. King. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Broue Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 why don't you post some slash's blues ball instead of GNR? that would be less trollish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 why don't you post some slash's blues ball instead of GNR? that would be less trollishI don't think he's trolling, bless him, i just don't think he knows much about The Blues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted December 10, 2015 Author Share Posted December 10, 2015 Is this forum had a refrigerator, Snake-Pit's Slash videos would go on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeanGenie Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 (edited) Heres Ry Cooder playing slide guitar. If theres a discussion whether white people can play the blues or not this is the proof. Edited December 10, 2015 by JeanGenie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 I don't think he's trolling, bless him, i just don't think he knows much about The Blues.How many hard rock fans can you say that about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 (edited) Heres Ry Cooder playing slide guitar. If theres a discussion whether white people can play the blues or not this is the proof.They can play it...and play it well...some even earth shatteringly well...in the same way Eminem can rap and not only can he rap he can rap anybody, on his day anybody out of the room...but the best of it is still the black fellas. In the same way you can find black people that play punk well...and the best are up there with the best of all races i.e. Bad Brains...but no one does it like the white boys. It's not so much to do with a genetic or racial inability to do it but more to do with it being a specific cultural experience that one race is more entrenched in than another...the same way you won't find a white sitar player like Ravi Shankar, despite there, I'm sure, being some brilliant ones out there.A lot of these genres were conceived when there was more division amongst races, thats it more than anything, something like Dance Music, seeing as how the dance music revolution was at a time when cultural divosion according to race was not really a thing anymore, has both white and black and asian and all sorts doing it equally well as each other, cuz it has been a shared experience from the get go. Thats my opinion anyway. Edited December 10, 2015 by Len B'stard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeanGenie Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Fair play. I think the blues is a universal genre that everybody can relate to. Feeling blue is something thats not limited by the colour of your skin. Thats what makes the blues so great and authentic. A white boy from the suburbs of a small town can be authentic. Unlike rap which I think is something else. However I agree that the specific social and economical situation of black people in the south of the US back then created the best blues players ever. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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