The Blues..!

[gpower]

I'm surprised no one mentioned Eric Clapton or John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.

Another guy worth listening to is Canada's own Colin James. His style is very eclectic covering traditional, jump, and modern electric.

[Baltar Hornbeek]

Originally Posted by gpower

I'm surprised no one mentioned Eric Clapton or John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.

Another guy worth listening to is Canada's own Colin James. His style is very eclectic covering traditional, jump, and modern electric.

To me, Clapton's blues sounds like imitation. Damn good imitation, but not a new sound.

[elixzer]

John Lee Hooker and Ry Cooder 1992

[Aristotle]

Originally Posted by Baltar Hornbeek

To me, Clapton's blues sounds like imitation. Damn good imitation, but not a new sound.

Just out of curiosity, if this were 1965 and we were listening to the Bluesbreakers' latest, who would Clapton be immitating? Or even if this were a couple of years later, on the live version of Crossroads, who would Clapton be immitating? Keith Richards?

[Baltar Hornbeek]

um, freddie king, bb king

[elixzer]

8-Year-Old Guitar Prodigy Stuns Audiences

[elixzer]

JB Lenoir & His African Hunch Rhythm - I Sing Um the Way I Feel

[kulzak]

I am thinking when someone talks about the blues in relation to Jazz they are talking about West Coast Blues or swing blues because it has elements of jazz. Herb Ellis definatly comes from a swing blues kind of background.

[elixzer]

APART from the silly interviewer, i LOVE this!! Blues influence on Gospel music
Reverend Charlie Jackson "Wrapped Up And Tangled Up"

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Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee ~ Life Is A Gamble ~ Live 1970's

[derek]

Originally Posted by Baltar Hornbeek

um, freddie king, bb king

Absolutely. As much as I love EC, his stuff, particularly early on, is completely derivative.