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A recent free-up of schedule in my life is allowing me time to get back into old hobbies. Used to be a blues player occasionally in several piano bars before my current job, finding it again is like discovering a great gift just waiting to be re-opened.

Anyone here play or trying to learn how to play? Any SRV fans?

Post: #2

Love SRV, also been into Gary Clark Jr. lately (another Texas blues guitarist)

Post: #3

Yep, I'm an SRV fan. Not just for the guitar but also for being one of my favourite singers of all time.

Post: #4

Weeeeeeellll it's floodin down in Texas
Aaaaaalll o' the telephone lines are down

Weeeeeelll iiiiit's floodin down in Texas
Aaaaaalll o' the telephone lines are down

Weeeell I been tryin to caaaaalll my baaaabyyyyyy
Looooord an I can't get a single sound

God save us from people who mean well. -storm

Post: #5

Been on a James Booker binge...

Post: #6

Been learning how to play harmonica and the blues is where that instrument shines the most.
I never liked it before but now it's the majority of what I listen too.

Post: #7

This is my kind of thread. I love the blues. Especially the delta blues. Some of my favorites are Blind Willie Johnson, Robert Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt, Memphis Minnie, Blind Willie Mctell. It can sound a little archaic to the modern ear, and maybe a little slow or boring because we are so use to the pornography of sound that is modern music. But no, that is the real shit there.

Post: #8

Oh, my yes. Rock n Roll's granddaddy. People don't realize how fuckin sexy The Blues is.



Been on a Delta/Boogie-Woogie/New Orleans kick for oh, a year now. Dusted off my guitar last night and played a few licks, now I need the motivation to do the same with my piano. Being a Texas boy, of course I love Stevie Ray, but there's so much more than him.

What's appalling is there hasn't been one track shared yet in this thread. Some goodies:

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And some more:

Post: #10

And some more (along with my favorite Stevie Ray song, and yes, that's House M.D. on the second one):

Post: #11

Picked up the ukulele about six weeks ago. Got into SRV three weeks ago. Also came across this vid. I'll be watching Willie K live next Tuesday in Honolulu:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=280aDkaBwEw

Post: #12

(05-17-2017 08:44 PM)Paracelsus Wrote:  Weeeeeeellll it's floodin down in Texas
Aaaaaalll o' the telephone lines are down

Weeeeeelll iiiiit's floodin down in Texas
Aaaaaalll o' the telephone lines are down

Weeeell I been tryin to caaaaalll my baaaabyyyyyy
Looooord an I can't get a single sound

A lot of SRV songs are covers, enjoy the original from Larry Davis:

Post: #13

(05-18-2017 12:09 AM)Fitzgerald Wrote:  Oh, my yes. Rock n Roll's granddaddy. People don't realize how fuckin sexy The Blues is.



Been on a Delta/Boogie-Woogie/New Orleans kick for oh, a year now. Dusted off my guitar last night and played a few licks, now I need the motivation to do the same with my piano. Being a Texas boy, of course I love Stevie Ray, but there's so much more than him.

What's appalling is there hasn't been one track shared yet in this thread. Some goodies:

The Steepwater Band! Local Chicago guys that absolutely rock live.

Post: #14

My favorite artists would be Joe Bonamassa, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Walter Trout and some Whitesnake songs surely fit the "blues".

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For me it's John lee Hooker, Muddy Waters and B.B King.

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B.B King and ZZ Top are my favorites. Three O'Clock Blues was one of the cooler songs I learned to play on the guitar.

Post: #17

Yes, a lot of blues artists.

Howlin' Wolf would be number one though, especially his early recordings. Robert Johnson right after. Albert King nipping at their heels. Hendrix for the "newer" guys.

Post: #18

John Lee Hooker, the Boogieman...To me the thinking man's blues player. Deep metaphysical blues with songs like Driftin' Blues, "I'm drifting and drifting, like a ship out on the sea" or Burning Hell. "Ain't no Heaven, ain't no burning hell. When I die where I go, no one can tell."
His early work is jaw dropping good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65ipSIr-jC8

Post: #19

Mississippi doesn't win at much, but we will always win the Super Bowl at this shit.



Jerry Lee lives not far from my momma.




I saw BB in college and on Beale Street.

Post: #20

Learning this one now, lot of fun to play.

Post: #21

Sorry, meant to say Muddy Waters is the best for me, not Wolf.

Post: #22

Enjoy some of my favorites:

Post: #23

Amazing how many qualities we all have in common on this board.
I'm a huge SRV fan as well, I play Blues on the Chromatic Harmonica (Chromonica) and also on guitar.

Post: #24

I have an old acoustic that I play a couple of licks on. This was the first blues song I ever heard:




Then I found this guy and the blues has been my favorite genre ever since:




Billy Gibbons is my favorite guitarist, here is newer song from ZZtop:




Love this song, Two of my favorite musicians:





This ones great for when your driving at midnight:

Post: #25

Just found a new one. It's nice. Not sure if its a cover or an original, but leaning towards the latter.