Who is the Next Great Blues Guitarist?
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Permalink Reply by Magic Mike on -
Derick is definitely in the running, plus he is still very young and only going to get better.
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Permalink Reply by Mark Alexander on -
Derek Trucks, not a chance. Wheather you like his style or not, which I don't really, Derek is hardly a Blues man. His style tends to be more jam rock with jazz overtones. Yes once in awhile he does jam out with a little blues type riff or two thrown in, however he is not and will not ever be a blues guitarist Warren Haynes on the other hand is a much greater guitarist and even though he can play all types, when he gets down with the blues, especially slide, he is a blues man. Dereks guitar work, if you watch him closely, is a "dirty" style where he crunches notes every other riff or so which sounds annoying to the trained ear. Yes every once in awhile he plays a relatively clean solo but this is to and far between. My nomination, if he isn't already there is RONNIE BAKER BROOKS.
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Permalink Reply by Jim Moody on
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I wouldn't describe Derek as a dirty style. To me he is the most clean and precise slide guitarist there is.
Using a glass slide as oppoese to metal helps with the articulation of tones he gets. I'm not a player but I have lestened to my fair share. Haven't listened to Ronnie Baker Brooks other than occasionally on the local blues radio programing. I'll give him a more thorough listen.
The artist I think is the next great blues guitarist I hesitate to mention because many purists don't consider him a bluesman. I will just say that He is a great guitarist that will play some blues. He is making an impact on the world wide music scene. He is the guy that is bringing blues based music to the next generation as well as non blues fans. That would be Joe Bonamassa.
Don't hate on him too much because he is a friend of mine. He has alienated many a purist over the years. Of which I'm not one. I like my blues to rock a bit.
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Permalink Reply by Magic Mike on
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I say again Lucky Peterson. I like my blues to rock a little too, or get funky, Lucky can do all that and the slick stuff, with jazzy chords. He can even sing. Bernard Allison is pretty good too. There is no way to really say someone is the best. If they are playing from the soul they don't have to be the best anyway.
What does pure blues mean., People who like Delta don't always like Chicago, and Chicago doesn't like Texas.Lots of people don't like California style blues. Nashville blues sounds different than Memphis. The guys on the East coast have their own styles. The list goes on and on.
Like I said earlier, it is a matter of tastes.
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Permalink Reply by Magic Mike on
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I don't see how you could say Derek has a dirty style either. I have seen him twice and have two DVD's and three CD's with him. I might not have a "trained ear" but I have been playing for over forty years and thirty five of those mostly blues. He sounds pretty clean and precise to me...and his new CD is more into the blues than before...guess it depends on what you like.You don't have to be best to be great...
Has there ever be one great guitar player. I'll stick my neck out here. Some will say Stevie, but you've got to give Clapton some consideration. I think he and SRV are pretty equal. Two different styles, both with a major impact on the blues and both bringing blues to people who would never listened to it without them...and Stevie left a lot of mistakes in to get the live feel..
Before that there was Clapton, Roy Buchannan, Rory Gallager, and some people would include Hendrix.. They had to be compared to a lot of the still alive greats, such as, Albert Collins and my personal all time favorite, Albert King.
I love every one of the players that have been mentioned in this discussion and as I have said before there are guys I haven't heard that I like.
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Permalink Reply by Magic Mike on
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My last reply did not go where it was supposed to in the thread. It should be right behind Mark Alexander and Jim Moody on page eight.
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Permalink Reply by Hieronymus Murphy on -
I have to agree with Sue, who made the first post in this thread: "The next great blues guitarist is the next one you like."
Such choices are entirely subjective and, ultimately, almost as meaningless as the heated "who's the best: Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page or Jimi Hendrix?" arguments I had with friends, circa 1968 (my choice was Hendrix, btw - ymmv).
One guitarist's technically flawless technique may leave you cold, while another guitarist's funky, greasy slide playing on an acoustic guitar that's slightly-out-of-tune, late on a Saturday night, may leave you feeling it's the coolest thing you've ever heard.
Purely personal choice.
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Permalink Reply by Walter Trout on -
Amen, Sue! I agree! Every blues guitarist adds his or her own emotion, technique, story... We are all different. I play the blues as honestly as I can and from my heart. If people feel it - great!
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Permalink Reply by KM Williams on -
Amen Brother! That's a Good Answer!
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Permalink Reply by Mr.Bluesman & The Hammond Groove on -
That what its all about Walter. I know you do it and some other do it, and you could not be a fulltime bluesplayer without the abilitty to get your feeling out from you heart and thru your fingertipp and down in the strings. Thats the most importent thing for å bluesplayer. WE have all different sound, different tone and prefferences but the feelings will come out, and give you a surprise off your life, and when it does be prepared. It can take 1 years to discover the blues true meaning, two years, three years, at last it will get to a point where the feeling just overflowes. This means that the feelings suddenly will come out off you fingertipp so hard, so fast and so realistic that you will make you audience cry:-))))) Thats blues for me!!!!!!!!!!!
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Permalink Reply by T.J. Stewart on -
Don't disagree, Derek Trucks is certainly way talented. He toured with Eric Clapton back in 2007... the band left the stage, and Derek & Eric played two or three duets by themselves. This was remarkable to have witnessed.
However, have you taken a peek at Joe Bonamassa ?
www.JBonamassa.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Bonamassa
Blues Virtuoso. A Young Protege of BB King from age 11, performed live, OPENED for BB King when Joe was 12 ! ;) Joe's site includes lots of articles from Guitar magazine, Billboard, Rolling Stone, etc., etc.
Even Eric Clapton referred to Joe B as the "King of the New Blues," and - he's been recognized as such by a number of industry publications.
My personal favorites - are "Woke Up Dreaming" (BLOWS YOU AWAY), and also "Sloe Gin."
Joe Bonamassa & his band (including bassist Carmine Rojas, , played for David Bowie for years, including the "Let's Dance" album) performed live at ROYAL ALBERT HALL in London this month:
"At the Royal Albert Hall gig 4th May 2009, Joe Bonamassa stated that the first song that he learned to play was "Further on up the Road" and he then introduced Eric Clapton and together they performed the song, which Joe had been featuring on his current tour. Clapton played a Daphne blue Stratocaster through a Fender Tweed combo, thus proving that you don't need piles of amps and cabs to play large venues. Later in the gig, Joe paid tribute to the 'Paul Jones Radio Hour' on BBC Radio for playing his material on the air, then introduced Paul Jones (ex Manfred Mann & Blues Band) who played blues harp/harmonica on a song also. Joe thanked the audience for "being a part of the best day of his life."
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Now that you mention Joe B I might go ahead and chime in on this subject.
I have been promoting Joe since 2003 in the Oklahoma market. I first heard of him in 2002 and saw him in May of that year. I knew I witnessed something special. I have been on the Bonamassa band wagon ever since. He is the reason I got in the music business late in life.
I was at the Royal Albert Hall on May 4th. I saw him take his place alongside a living legend. Eric Clapton one of the reasons blues lives on today. I know Joe is a polarizing figure in the Blues World. The purists think he is too much of everything. Then there are the people like me. That see him as a guy that plays the blues in a manner that we first became fans of the genre'. Through the interpretation of bands like Cream, Led Zeppelin, early Fleetwood Mac. For those that like our blues to rock he is not the next but is a great blues guitarist.
He is taking the blues and dragging it kicking and screaming into the 21st century. He isn't a SRV wannabe. He will influence the next generation of guitarists, Blues and Rock. The same way Stevie did and all the legends living and dead before him.
Not trying to convert any naysayers. But what he has done is remarkable for a guy without a label simply by non stop touring and releases averaging 1 every eighteen months. He has worked for every break he has received. He has fought his way to the top with a take no prisoners attitude and an intensely loyal fanbase.
He is changeing not only how people hear the blues but how you succeed in the music business.
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