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Good choice. I had "Stephen Stills" decades ago - forgot how good it is. Great guitar player, songwriter and singer. He sometimes tuned his guitar EEEEBE - not as far as I know a New Standard Tuning...
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07-31-2014 04:43 PM
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yea...while I'm no hippie, I do like CSNY...and Miles liked them so I guess it's alright then. hahaha
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Originally Posted by mangotango
I liked that Peter Green stuff. I know that Gary Moore really thought a lot of him and I can see a taste of why that was so.
But there is something about the bravado, bragging manner of Muddy Waters that gets your attention. He was one heck of a "trash" talker in his songs and had a way of making me laugh and smile as I listened to him or watched one of his videos!
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Now if you want to hear Blues with a rock inflection like Albert King's later tone, and Cream/BluesBreaker Blues, here is what IMHO is one of the great Blues Guitars performances from Gary Moore.
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Hard to pick a favorite but I love Albert King's playing.... big, loud and brash.
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There are many greats and it's unfair to compare them but I like Eric Clapton best. His thick, icy tone and dramatic phrases set him apart from all the others back in the day. Mayall's other guitarists, Peter Green, Mick Taylor, and Coco Montoya, copied Clapton's sound to a fair extent as has nearly everyone since. Before Clapton guitars were twangy sounding; nowadays twang is a minority (though I love a good Tele twang.) I don't want to deny Peter Green's greatness but I don't like it when people invoke him to trash Clapton. One quote I've seen is that B.B. King said that Peter Green had more talent in his left finger than King had in his whole body. That's impressive praise but I haven't been able to locate a credible source for it. You've no doubt heard the one about Jimi Hendrix being asked how it felt to be the greatest guitarist and replying 'Don't ask me; ask [fill in the blank with your favorite.]' Most people now think that quote is apocryphal, but in any case all versions of it but one are apocryphal!
I also like Wes Montgomery, Lenny Breau, Kevin Eubanks (there - a living guitarist) and many others.
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Thanks for speaking my mind! The phrasing is incredible as was the unearthly tone that Clapton introduced. I agree he should never have converted to Stratism -- though I love the Strat. The Gibson was ideal for him. It's probably that ass writer for Rolling Stone who called him 'master of the obvious' who caused him to reinvent himself. Like Mozart his phrases are 'obvious' only in hindsight and that's because they are so logical and economical. But Clapton would have had to evolve sooner or later. Sadly, blues rock was a fashion and like all fashions you can't keep doing it your whole life unless you want to end up broke.
Some of my favorite Clapton solos are from Beano - esp Double Crossing Time - and Fresh Cream - esp Sweet Wine (what a hurricane of sound!), I'm Glad (sheer perfection), and Sleepy Time Time. Also, the live version of Spoonful from Wheels of Fire is exhilarating. Any minute long chunk of it has more good licks than the average ten minute solo.
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Originally Posted by Philco
Last edited by WESTON; 08-09-2014 at 09:19 PM.
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I've always dug this from Peter Green. His taste and tone are simply awesome.
Watch Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGBgfbbCALc
Last edited by Jim8208; 08-13-2014 at 11:10 PM.
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Fred,
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Freddie King.
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RIP Peter Green
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But I don't know if anyone is better at a variety of blues styles than Johnny Winter. And the guy's still out there, playing the hell out of his guitar.
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Sadly, Johnny died in 2014 after giving his last performance at the Cahors Blues Festival here in SW France where I was proud to be one of three programmateurs. He died in Switzerland in his hotel room three days later. We have a street named after him - Rue Johnny Winter.
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First guitarist to pop into my head - Walter Trout
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It's all been said... of the old guys, Blake's a lovely picker.
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OK, very late to this party, and mostly here to say amen to all of the above, esp Al King, Al Collins, Robben Ford and... the one nobody has mentioned yet... Chris Cain! Chris just plays with such soul and a killer tone. He has chops for days but never subverts the melody to the chops, never just shows off. His own site has a bunch of video (link below) and Google can turn you on to much more.
Cain Gallery | Video Clips
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Hands down Roy Buchanan - say him live twice monster player
Will
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Either RL Burnside or Ali Farka Toure
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Robben Ford
T Bone Walker
Eric Bibb
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Anyone into Eric Gales ?
Blues Power !
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BB King can't be overstated. Maybe he's too familiar? If you want to play blues, study BB King. That's what every electric player since T Bone did.
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nobody could cut albert collins
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Originally Posted by Sam9
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Skip James..song sounds familiar... ;-)
Kids, don’t try this picking at home. Might hurt your finger.
NGD and a Mystery - Epiphone Content
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