Blues music...

[ManWithNoName]

...desperately needs another young star. God (B.B. King) is 80 and doesn't have long left, with him gone Blues could really struggle and perhaps die. At the moment there's Joe Bonamassa who is an absolute gun but is getting no recognition. It's IMO the best of the music genres by a country mile and seeing it struggling like it is today is quite sad.

 

[Schism]

There will never be another Howlin' Wolf,BB King, John Lee Hooker or Sonny Terry. How can there be? It was the world around them and their upbringing and culture and life experiences that created the music. To me,real Blues is dead.

Maybe kanye west or jay-z or some other talentless hack will one day make another Smokestack Lightnin'....ahahaha what a joke.

European folk-metal is the next best thing to blues. Tenhi, Drudkh, bands like that.

 

[P.A.F.C]

Heard of The Black Keys, manwithnoname?

 

[ManWithNoName]

Heard of The Black Keys, manwithnoname?

Got their most recent album. Thought it was terrible. No way is that Blues.

EDIT: Wait, disregard. Wrong band. I thought you meant The White Stripes for some bizarre reason. No I haven't heard of them, but I'll definetly check them out.

 

[P.A.F.C]

They've moved away from their blues roots, they're doing more rock stuff now. I suggest you check out their tribue album to Junior Kimbrough or at least look it up, it's called Chulahoma

 

[ManWithNoName]

I've just acquired The Black Keys latest album. It's sensational stuff. You can definetly hear the Blues influence in his guitar playing. I think this is the way Blues is heading, a more Rock/Hard Rock style of Blues as opposed to the more "laid back" (for lack of a better term) it was for so long with the likes of God, Robert Johnson, Aretha Franklin etc. But if we can get more musicians out there playing this type of stuff then the music world's gonna be ok IMO.

 

[Schism]

I've just acquired The Black Keys latest album. It's sensational stuff. You can definetly hear the Blues influence in his guitar playing. I think this is the way Blues is heading, a more Rock/Hard Rock style of Blues as opposed to the more "laid back" (for lack of a better term) it was for so long with the likes of God, Robert Johnson, Aretha Franklin etc. But if we can get more musicians out there playing this type of stuff then the music world's gonna be ok IMO.

I dunno. As much as i like The Black Keys, and i dig magic potion alot,the white stripes older stuff is better than anything the black keys have done. Blues is Hobo blues,Smokestack Lightnin',Aint gonna be your dog no more,The thrill is gone etc. Black keys don't sound anything like blues to me. It is just rock. If TBK are blues then so is Led Zep.

 

[P.A.F.C]

I've just acquired The Black Keys latest album. It's sensational stuff. You can definetly hear the Blues influence in his guitar playing. I think this is the way Blues is heading, a more Rock/Hard Rock style of Blues as opposed to the more "laid back" (for lack of a better term) it was for so long with the likes of God, Robert Johnson, Aretha Franklin etc. But if we can get more musicians out there playing this type of stuff then the music world's gonna be ok IMO.

Agree with all this. I prefer more rock influenced blues anyway.

 

[fearlessone77]

Try and check out a Collard Greens & Gravy gig in melbourne somtime. Very good gear

 

[ManWithNoName]

I dunno. As much as i like The Black Keys, and i dig magic potion alot,the white stripes older stuff is better than anything the black keys have done. Blues is Hobo blues,Smokestack Lightnin',Aint gonna be your dog no more,The thrill is gone etc. Black keys don't sound anything like blues to me. It is just rock. If TBK are blues then so is Led Zep.

Listen to the way the guitar's played on Magic Potion, listen to the drum beats. They're very, very Blues ways of playing.

 

[Monkster]

Jonny Lang?

 

[ManWithNoName]

Jonny Lang?

He goes ok. Not in Bonamassas league though.

His last album was a little Gospel for my liking.

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Try the John Spencer Blues Explosion if you like your blues with a more of a rock influence.

 

[Bourky23]

john mayer just released a blues cd.. not bad for a pop guy.. i never rated him as a guitarist until now...

also.. gotta love the blues riff in the bridge of the pretender by the foo fighters

 

[Eggzoi]

The Bluesiest thing I listen to is Gomez, they seem to be reasonably Blues influenced.

 

[Underdog]

Xavier Rudd and Ash Grunwald are pretty bluesy

 

[Cleishy]

Kenny Wayne Shepard???

 

[johnnyhoward]

Yer Blues is as far as I've delved into blues

 

[cats56]

Sorry, but can't stop laughing at the mentions of Black Keys and John Spencer Blues Explosion as Blues, but then someone mentioned Kenny Wayne Shephard which is even funnier.

There will never be greats again the likes of Robert Johnson, Howlin' Wolf, Elmore James, Muddy Waters, Robert Nighthawk, Albert King etc. I grew up listening to these greats but hasn't been an essential Blues artist come onto the scene for many years. Buddy Guy is probably the only essential great still recording that i buy the occassional recent release of. BB King was mentioned and while he is no doubt one of the greats, his more recent material especially could be classified as a "popular" form of this music .

 

[ManWithNoName]

Sorry, but can't stop laughing at the mentions of Black Keys and John Spencer Blues Explosion as Blues, but then someone mentioned Kenny Wayne Shephard which is even funnier.

There will never be greats again the likes of Robert Johnson, Howlin' Wolf, Elmore James, Muddy Waters, Robert Nighthawk, Albert King etc. I grew up listening to these greats but hasn't been an essential Blues artist come onto the scene for many years. Buddy Guy is probably the only essential great still recording that i buy the occassional recent release of. BB King was mentioned and while he is no doubt one of the greats, his more recent material especially could be classified as a "popular" form of this music .

You didn't like "Riding With The King"?

 

[Cm Perfect]

You might like Seasick Steve, old white American guy who used to be a hobo. He's really popular in the UK for some reason, probably because people are crying out for "authentic" rough-sounding blues artists.

 

[Underdog]

Sorry, but can't stop laughing at the mentions of Black Keys and John Spencer Blues Explosion as Blues, but then someone mentioned Kenny Wayne Shephard which is even funnier.

There will never be greats again the likes of Robert Johnson, Howlin' Wolf, Elmore James, Muddy Waters, Robert Nighthawk, Albert King etc. I grew up listening to these greats but hasn't been an essential Blues artist come onto the scene for many years. Buddy Guy is probably the only essential great still recording that i buy the occassional recent release of. BB King was mentioned and while he is no doubt one of the greats, his more recent material especially could be classified as a "popular" form of this music .

Couldn't the same be said of any genre?

I regularly hear cries of

Nobody will come close to Zepplin, the Who, Stones!

Nobody will come close to Ramones, Sex Pistols, Saints!

Who gives a shit as long as the new stuff is still decent and quite often builds upon those pioneering ideas.

Elitists like you who are so dismissive are terribly narrow minded

 

[cats56]

Couldn't the same be said of any genre?

I regularly hear cries of

Nobody will come close to Zepplin, the Who, Stones!

Nobody will come close to Ramones, Sex Pistols, Saints!

Who gives a shit as long as the new stuff is still decent and quite often builds upon those pioneering ideas.

Elitists like you who are so dismissive are terribly narrow minded

And therein lies the problem, so very little of the new stuff is decent.

Hardly narrow minded, just realistic.

 

[cats56]

You didn't like "Riding With The King"?

It's o.k. but about a thousand miles from "Live At The Regal".

 

[Underdog]

And therein lies the problem, so very little of the new stuff is decent.

Hardly narrow minded, just realistic.

rubbish