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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,173
    whitesnake? :tired_face:

    kenny wayne shepherd.

    the lineage was hendrix to SRV to KWS.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • hrd2imgnhrd2imgn Posts: 4,898
    edited June 2021
    Ahh yes Kenny Wayne His While we cry- his  Ledbetter- Srv song....has some great albums.  Love- Blue on Black
  • hrd2imgnhrd2imgn Posts: 4,898
    Gary Moore, not really a band, but DAMN.
  • helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,272
    huge fan of 3 piece blues bands. john mayer trio killed it

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  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Posts: 16,436
    ZZ Top
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,030
    edited June 2021
    Every time I see this thread, a very perplexing question arises in my head, one that has been asked many times.  The question arises because almost all the examples given here of rock musicians singing the blues are white bands.  So the question is:  "Can white people sing the blues?"

    There are good arguments suggesting they should not.  Here's a good example of what I mean:

    That article presents an argument against whites singing and playing the blues that is hard to argue against.  I have about 65 albums filed under blues in my collection.  Almost all of the artists represented in that section are black musicians.  My blues section does not include cross-over artists like John Mayall, Canned Heat, Harvey Mandel, or The Rolling Stones (etc.), all of whom are steeped in the blues.  In years past, I had kept some of those white artists in my blues section but eventually pulled them out.  To my way of thinking, blues is basically a black music genre.

    But then wait!  I see I still have Charlie Musselwhite and Paul Butterfield filed under "blues".  How do you not keep Charlie filed under "blues"?  Also, my John Mayall records are in their own little section (because I have several of them), but how do you not connect John to the blues?  And the same for Paul Butterfield?

    So again, that question nags at me.  I still think blues is basically a black music genre. But am I able to be as true to that notion as the author of the article linked above?  Evidently I am not.

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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,030
    Blues you say?  Oh yeahhhhh...

    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • pjpjpaulpjpjpaul Posts: 1,681
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSKKVIeE2IA


    I usually call my cousin Eli Cook for a good fix of the blues. He has played with BB King, Gary Clark jr and many others through the years. Currently working on a new album.
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  • stuckinlinestuckinline Posts: 3,367
    edited June 2021
    Buddy Guy
    Davy Knowles
    SRV
  • mvwmvw Posts: 1,690
    The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 9,462
    https://youtu.be/NqFHhBFUcwo
  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 9,462
    ^^These guys KILL it. Saw them once at a local joint. Dang!
  • GlowGirlGlowGirl Posts: 10,913
    Led Zeppelin
    Janis Joplin
    Allman Brothers
    Stevie Ray Vaughn
  • darwinstheorydarwinstheory Posts: 6,456
    Kenny Wayne Shepherd is my go-to. 

    I have lots of love for SRV, Allman Brothers and Zeppelin as well.
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  • hrd2imgnhrd2imgn Posts: 4,898
    edited July 2021
    Damn, "You Shook Me" covered by Zep is AMAZING- love the keys, the slide guitar (assuming it is slide), Plant is on...
    Post edited by hrd2imgn on
  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 38,586
    brianlux said:
    To tough to choose.  For blues/rock, probably Jimi Hendrix, but right up there is John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, Cream, Harvey Mandel, Paul Butterfeild Blues Band, and, of course The Rolling Stones.
     
    All of whom owe their fame and fortune, of course, to the real blues giants like,
    Charlie Patton
    Robert Johnson
    Blind Lemon Jefferson
    Rev. Gary Davis
    Son House
    John Lee Curtis "Sonny Boy" Williamson
    Alex Miller aka Sonny Boy Williamson II
    Leadbelly
    Big Bill Broonzy
    Howlin' Wolf
    Lightnin' Hopkins
    Otis Rush
    Mississippi John Hurt
    J. B. Lenoir
    Elmore James
    Muddy Waters
    B. B. King
    T-Bone Walker
    John Lee Hooker
    Buddy Guy
    Taj Mahal

    And others I can't think of right off the top of my head.





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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 38,586
    Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
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    Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
    you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
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    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,030
    mickeyrat said:
    brianlux said:
    To tough to choose.  For blues/rock, probably Jimi Hendrix, but right up there is John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, Cream, Harvey Mandel, Paul Butterfeild Blues Band, and, of course The Rolling Stones.
     
    All of whom owe their fame and fortune, of course, to the real blues giants like,
    Charlie Patton
    Robert Johnson
    Blind Lemon Jefferson
    Rev. Gary Davis
    Son House
    John Lee Curtis "Sonny Boy" Williamson
    Alex Miller aka Sonny Boy Williamson II
    Leadbelly
    Big Bill Broonzy
    Howlin' Wolf
    Lightnin' Hopkins
    Otis Rush
    Mississippi John Hurt
    J. B. Lenoir
    Elmore James
    Muddy Waters
    B. B. King
    T-Bone Walker
    John Lee Hooker
    Buddy Guy
    Taj Mahal

    And others I can't think of right off the top of my head.





    Skip James

    Oh man, yes!
    mickeyrat said:
    Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac

    Yes!  And the correct name... nice!
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 38,586
    brianlux said:
    mickeyrat said:
    brianlux said:
    To tough to choose.  For blues/rock, probably Jimi Hendrix, but right up there is John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, Cream, Harvey Mandel, Paul Butterfeild Blues Band, and, of course The Rolling Stones.
     
    All of whom owe their fame and fortune, of course, to the real blues giants like,
    Charlie Patton
    Robert Johnson
    Blind Lemon Jefferson
    Rev. Gary Davis
    Son House
    John Lee Curtis "Sonny Boy" Williamson
    Alex Miller aka Sonny Boy Williamson II
    Leadbelly
    Big Bill Broonzy
    Howlin' Wolf
    Lightnin' Hopkins
    Otis Rush
    Mississippi John Hurt
    J. B. Lenoir
    Elmore James
    Muddy Waters
    B. B. King
    T-Bone Walker
    John Lee Hooker
    Buddy Guy
    Taj Mahal

    And others I can't think of right off the top of my head.





    Skip James

    Oh man, yes!
    mickeyrat said:
    Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac

    Yes!  And the correct name... nice!

    Albert King
    Albert Collins

    Jimmie Vaughn
    Billy Gibbons

    Kenny Wayne Sheppard
    Johnny Lang
    Joe Bonomassa


    MIKE FUCKING MCCREADY
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    Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
    you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
    memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 38,586
    Warren Haynes
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    Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
    you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
    memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • pjpjpaulpjpjpaul Posts: 1,681
    mickeyrat said:
    brianlux said:
    mickeyrat said:
    brianlux said:
    To tough to choose.  For blues/rock, probably Jimi Hendrix, but right up there is John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, Cream, Harvey Mandel, Paul Butterfeild Blues Band, and, of course The Rolling Stones.
     
    All of whom owe their fame and fortune, of course, to the real blues giants like,
    Charlie Patton
    Robert Johnson
    Blind Lemon Jefferson
    Rev. Gary Davis
    Son House
    John Lee Curtis "Sonny Boy" Williamson
    Alex Miller aka Sonny Boy Williamson II
    Leadbelly
    Big Bill Broonzy
    Howlin' Wolf
    Lightnin' Hopkins
    Otis Rush
    Mississippi John Hurt
    J. B. Lenoir
    Elmore James
    Muddy Waters
    B. B. King
    T-Bone Walker
    John Lee Hooker
    Buddy Guy
    Taj Mahal

    And others I can't think of right off the top of my head.





    Skip James

    Oh man, yes!
    mickeyrat said:
    Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac

    Yes!  And the correct name... nice!

    Albert King
    Albert Collins

    Jimmie Vaughn
    Billy Gibbons

    Kenny Wayne Sheppard
    Johnny Lang
    Joe Bonomassa


    MIKE FUCKING MCCREADY
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    DC 2010 (Jiffy Lube Live)
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