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top 100 blues guitarists - jazzboCR - 21-05-2014
Warren Haynes When Little Milton is your hero and you've worked with both David Allan Coe AND of course, the Allman's, not a lot left to say...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvbV0gB-81c << see comment 5 (by Harry Coots)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=552MKRGstYc << from the same solo perf, switching to electric
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX14smq21HE << with Joe Bonamassa--tough to imagine a better 2-fer...the Ann Peebles' classic song of despair and rage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS-Wz8SH8Nw << a Black Sabbath cover (!!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCiPPq2eZ4E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2qIFi0eKVE << alert the Floydistas to this
BONUS: you just don't want this to end http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5dH2F0EnDw
Roy Rogers [SIZE=2]No, not the cowboy...though he was named after him. No yodeling though.
[/SIZE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW08Rc802MQ << slide on a Resophonic...does it get sweeter? From his instructional vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpTOVnd-9gA << "Plays well with others..."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a2e7aB0t8I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRuDCuCKIBg << what he does so well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZIfMj4Zf_k << our man as Artist in Residence
top 100 blues guitarists - SteveO - 22-05-2014
Quite a tremendous slide player is Roy!
top 100 blues guitarists - jazzboCR - 23-05-2014
Mississippi Fred McDowell another pioneer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TyzAAwJnIw << rare acoustic solo vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=478MF96BRqc << electric and slide
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGP8-oPDkzo << a country man pleading to his woman to not go to "Bright Lights, Big City" Many have played this but who had this special urgency?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDVb5wRn4ng << this schiz gets real and deep
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKL2hvn4uUc << I decline to draw a bright line between the secular and the saintly
BONUS: 1 hour recording--catch it all: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=478MF96BRqc
Jimmy Thackery[SIZE=2] Another hard-working Bluesman, leading and being a sideman with everybody since forever.[/SIZE]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1AlUlsHrS8 << he doesn't ape, he honors the other great version of this tune.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT28NpDlypE << a radio station perf--what would we do without them?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ixoqFfg8rs << get down with it--leave the singing to others.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAhu_Ol8bzY << another day, another date...but he always brings it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeZPZMVqc5Q << on tour, in the studio
BONUS: Simply put: 45 minutes of "U need this": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBfBv5iRTPY
top 100 blues guitarists - jazzboCR - 24-05-2014
Luther Allison Solid Bluesman. Taken under the wing of some big stars, was bigtime in Europe (living and working in France for 20+ years) and came back to serious acclaim, has a terrif Bluesman son (Bernard Allison). It's never wrong to put on one of his discs--the only poor disc in his catalog is a misbegotten effort on Gordy Records.: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/luther-allison-mn0000169856/discography
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LD_JTtFL10 << want to know what a trouper is? This was filmed on a French-owned off Africa's west coast 3 months before he died--he knew he was sick, just not how bad it was RIP, Mr. Allison
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MqYPyRkcNs << same year. An OMG perf.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBKX_cZ-Kwg << father and son cuttin' on a tune
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PV_6PFrSAI << live version
BONUS 1: concert http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5yMeItq1NA << 3 years before the destruction of the "Anti-Fascist Protection Barricade", i.e. before the fall of the Wall
BONUS 2: About a hip Rolling Stones cover album: http://www.allmusic.com/album/paint-it-blue-songs-of-the-rolling-stones-mw0000596043 His perf: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSBdGA584E4
Magic Sam "King of the West Side Guitar" 32 when he died of an unexpected heart attack.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S5DGqCfk8o << nice 2-fer courtesy of German TV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ynamiyuVO4 << I was so blessed to be at this festival. The memories live, despite all the substances I've done since...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL3vv1qVZrw << from his 1st disc, 5 stars right from the jump
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXXU1KbyNKw << from his 2nd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt91x0L70BQ << kick-ass tune with rare vid footage
BONUS: Comp disc including unreleased stuff--pre-Delmark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsIsckf1Z0M
ADDENDUM: That other Chicago "Magic" man? Who we lost last year? Here 'tis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dBrFpQ44-o << not shy about talking about his passion and his calling; and the cougars' fave tune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYKpWGiTb3g
top 100 blues guitarists - jazzboCR - 25-05-2014
We'll soon get into the territory of innovators; for now, it's those that burnish solid styles.
Robert Nighthawk Mostly a busker, always a drifter--had that Mississippi style down cold.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K4qJfa9qLc << an informal perf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5IhZod5Dso << a 2-fer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X78SoS231Ak&list=PLDD87C223ECC4C903
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1QaMFTlr7s&list=PLDD87C223ECC4C903&index=2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP6HgYRM0HA&list=PLDD87C223ECC4C903&index=5
Son Seals Big push came from Alligator Records; made all the rest of the steps on his own. He had an expansive, dramatic life but also formed deep friendships with believers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y_S-Vq1AjI << no offense meant with this song title
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdkL8xhLCcs << subtle but perfect remembrance song--nice pix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p09BHVZY3R0 << Bro sure catches the hurt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4_KcDQZgj8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6lgYHshUWo
top 100 blues guitarists - musitron - 28-05-2014
I'm sure he was metioned before but Rory Gallaher was my favorite. Johnny Winter was hard to beat as a younger guitar slinger.
top 100 blues guitarists - jazzboCR - 28-05-2014
musitron Wrote:I'm sure he was metioned before but Rory Gallaher was my favorite. Johnny Winter was hard to beat as a younger guitar slinger."Roarin' 40's" Rory Gallagher was briefly covered in Post # 17 (5/8/2014) but please feel free to link to your faves by him. Johnny Winter wasn't on the list but I'll "Special Bonus" him at the end...unless you wanna contribute first.
Bigger point--we all benefit when their is more than just me and The Usual Suspects. Chime in, please do.
top 100 blues guitarists - jazzboCR - 28-05-2014
Robben Ford Been outstanding since Day 1. I've followed him through every change he's made (nothing radical--change of focus, mainly). Successful collaborations with both the famously prickly Miles Davis AND KISS--that's breadth for you. Outstanding series of instructional DVDs. Here's the wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robben_Ford plus these: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vvn1HWj0lU and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzVq9JsBLsI
Now let's get busy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM0CWfVZczY << what brought him to me--lordy, didn't I just sit straight, gripping those chair arms tightly! And WTF on my lips
Same tune 18 years later: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkoA3O3oLCU << with Larry Carlton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIi0GF6K3yE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJJwfdp-A98 << funky vid--I like it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRil3JBW35c << the uploader sure likes this--I join him/her in that
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC7o54kKUSU << From a New Morning Club presentation ( a Paris nightclub with a lot of DVDs therefrom)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMW1EGyLKnY
BONUS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UpOSjgSqOg << reunion concert with his brothers
top 100 blues guitarists - musitron - 28-05-2014
I've seen Johnny Winter about 5 or 6 times. Great guitar slinger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tyg5SJDpiQ
A classic with Rick Derringer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTWPijy9DcU
Life is hard is my favorite from Johnny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWKsKaytlFA
top 100 blues guitarists - jazzboCR - 29-05-2014
This ought to hold you over 'til I can cover that blind albino gent in more depth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh4zc288ERg << with Leslie West on a Jimi Hendrix classic