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Posted: 1/13/2006 8:26:12 PM EDT
[#1]
My vote goes to John Lee Hooker
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Posted: 1/13/2006 8:29:42 PM EDT
[#2]
Jake and Elwood..
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Posted: 1/13/2006 8:35:56 PM EDT
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The best blues guitarist of all time was Stevie Ray Vaughn. I have seen and heard most of the greats in person, but that man was fucking incredible.
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Posted: 1/13/2006 8:38:09 PM EDT
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what he said |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 8:39:01 PM EDT
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Virtually every note came out of his soul, RIP SRV!!!!! SRV resurrected the Blues in the early 80's. ETA, John Lee Hooker is some required listening if your into the Blues. |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 8:39:07 PM EDT
[#6]
SRV
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Posted: 1/13/2006 8:39:56 PM EDT
[#7]
buddy guy
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Posted: 1/14/2006 2:12:38 AM EDT
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Don't forget Robert Johnson...he infulenced a lot of past & present Blues and Rock greats...
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Posted: 1/14/2006 2:24:14 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/14/2006 2:39:21 AM EDT
[#10]
Cool pics Cav, go back to bed!
 I'd have to go with Howlin' Wolf. 
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Posted: 1/14/2006 3:09:10 AM EDT
[#11]
Buddy Guy
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Posted: 1/14/2006 4:56:09 AM EDT
[#12]
Willie Dixon
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Posted: 1/14/2006 5:11:16 AM EDT
[#13]
SRV, Jimmie Vaughan, John Lee Hooker, Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Albert King, BB King, Freddie King, Otis Rush, Elmore James, Muddy Water, to name a few.
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Posted: 1/14/2006 5:16:44 AM EDT
[#14]
There is no best.
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Posted: 1/14/2006 5:18:47 AM EDT
[#15]
The Blues never went away..... |
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Posted: 1/14/2006 5:25:49 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/14/2006 5:27:31 AM EDT
[#17]
The Blues
The seven-part film series includes: Feel Like Going Home by Martin Scorsese The Soul of a Man by Wim Wenders The Road to Memphis by Richard Pearce Warming by the Devil's Fire by Charles Burnett Godfathers and Sons by Marc Levin Red, White & Blues by Mike Figgis Piano Blues by Clint Eastwood www.pbs.org/theblues/ |
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Posted: 1/14/2006 5:30:13 AM EDT
[#18]
Hound Dog Taylor, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
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Posted: 1/14/2006 5:31:27 AM EDT
[#19]
BB the king, Hooker, Lightning Hopkins, Buddy Guy,Albert Collins,Albert King,
SRV was new blood so ill keep him seperate but to me he was a god. |
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Posted: 1/16/2006 3:48:39 AM EDT
[#20]
Koko taylor. The queen of the blue's
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Posted: 1/16/2006 4:34:24 AM EDT
[#21]
Lightnin Sam Hopkins.
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Posted: 1/16/2006 4:45:39 AM EDT
[#22]
Yup, Howlin' Wolf.
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Posted: 1/16/2006 4:50:40 AM EDT
[#23]
Too hard for me to choose.. I like alot of them.
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Posted: 1/16/2006 5:14:57 AM EDT
[#24]
+1,000,000 |
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Posted: 1/16/2006 5:35:36 AM EDT
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I always liked Luther Allison.
His son, Bernard, is an excellent blues guitarist in his own right and has a few of "lesson" videos on Guitar.com A lot of guitar players are undoubtedly familiar with the site, but for those that aren't I sort of like these informal videos where they just sit around and show how they played certain licks and so on. Kind of an "interview-jam" format (the Robin Trower one is interesting too: he shows how he played "Day of the Eagle" but I still don't recall if he said he was using standard tuning or not). Anyway, I like Bernard too, so for those who might have an interest in Bernard or folks just learning to play there are some cool videos on the site. Bernard's can be found here (just look down the list and click on the name, of course): Bernard Allison |
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Posted: 1/16/2006 8:26:42 AM EDT
[#26]
Bernard Allison video. Very nice! |
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Posted: 1/16/2006 8:38:19 AM EDT
[#27]
slayer
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Posted: 1/16/2006 8:47:49 AM EDT
[#28]
Stevie Ray Vaughn was a very talented ROCK guitar player who used the blues as a means to further his career while plowing
You have to take it a step further than where you found it and SRV certainly didnt! Want to hear a PRIME example of what I'm talking about? Check out Chris Thomas King. He has one foot rooted in the old style stuff and the other one is kicking ass in 16 different directions! |
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Posted: 1/16/2006 8:55:06 AM EDT
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Not true. SRV blended Jimi Hendrix style psychadelic rock, Albert King style blues, and Texas swing into a very unique sound that was all his own. Even if Stevie had never done anything but covers, he deserves the nod simply for his amazing style and tone. You can hear one damn note, and know that it was him. There is no one else that can claim that distinction. |
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Posted: 1/16/2006 8:58:59 AM EDT
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If you EVER get a chance to see Buddy Guy in concert, do NOT miss it.
My wife and I went and saw him at a small casino in California. He's jamming, kicking ass, etc. He then gets his wireless set up and he's walking through the audience, jamming and kicking ass. Then he walks out through the casino and is STILL going full blast. We've seen him a couple of other times as well. Every time he seemed to truly be enjoying himself and really puts on an awesome show. Another blues artist a lot of ARFCOMers have heard but never heard of is Sonny Rhodes. He's singing in the opening theme to Firefly. Really good classic-style blues. 
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Posted: 1/16/2006 8:59:50 AM EDT
[#31]
a big +1 |
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Posted: 1/16/2006 9:09:57 AM EDT
[#32]
John Lee Hooker, and Buddy Guy, both damn good! Also, if you ever get the chance to see Pirates of the Mississippi, do it, I wouldn't call them the best blues artists, they are known for their country music, but they play a lot of blues in their live shows, and they are great. I got to see them in a small local bar a few years ago, and spoke to them, I ask why don't you guys put out a blues cd, and they said, they had always been a blues band, and would love too, but their producers wouldn't go for it. it's a shame, if you get a chance, and like blues go see them, you won't regret it.
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Posted: 1/16/2006 9:28:59 AM EDT
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   Nuff said. Blues,Jazz,Rock he had it all. |
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Posted: 1/16/2006 9:34:46 AM EDT
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Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimmie basically invented what is now known as Texas Blues. |
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Posted: 1/16/2006 9:37:44 AM EDT
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XM RADIO CHANNEL 74 = BLUESVILLE........
It rocks, or should i say it's blue... |
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Posted: 1/16/2006 9:39:22 AM EDT
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Don't forget Micheal Bloomfield,,Lil Walter ,,Sonny Boy Williamson,,Elvin Bishop,,John Mayall and the Blues Breakers[a Clapton teacher],,Johnny Winters,,Elmore James,,Lightnin'Hopkins,,Bo Didley,,Big Joe Turner,,Muddy Waters,,Chicago Blues Band,,Susan Tedeshi,,Junior Wells and Buddy Guy,.,,Albert Collins,,William Clarke,,Robert Cray
and Stevie's mentor his brother Jimmy Vaughan and the Fabulos Thunderbirds,,Coco Montoya,,Albert King,,Leadbelly,,Big Joe Turner,,Gatemouth Moore,,Joe Williams,,Little Walter,, just a few,,, BUY ALL THE BLUES ALBUMS YOU CAN GET,,,,,, |
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Posted: 1/16/2006 9:41:27 AM EDT
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Well, you get a bunch of respected blues guitarists today and ask them to name the best blues guitarists. The one name that is continually mentioned is buddy guy. |
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Posted: 1/16/2006 9:45:53 AM EDT
[#38]
SRV did some Buddy Guy songs, but he did them his way. Buddy now plays those songs the way SRV played them, so when you hear Buddy now you are hearing Buddy Guy doing SRV doing Buddy Guy.
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Posted: 1/16/2006 1:52:08 PM EDT
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She's the Swamp Boogie Queen (her words). Oops. never mind. Katie Webster is the Swamp Boogie Queen. |
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Posted: 1/16/2006 4:11:24 PM EDT
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A guitarist who a lot of people forget could play the blues was Jimi Hendrix. E.g., "Red House." Check out the compilation CD "Jimi Hendrix: Blues." Friggin' incredible.
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