Well, "The Jack" is pure blues--not even a question.
Brian Johnson is a big soul fan, too. So many Brit rockers of that era were fans of blues and soul.
Well, "The Jack" is pure blues--not even a question.
Brian Johnson is a big soul fan, too. So many Brit rockers of that era were fans of blues and soul.
Ditto for Lemmy (massively influenced by early rock and roll, which was almost all blues-based)
this version of Ace of Spades is pretty damn bluesy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjkzbCkZEuQ
I love Seasick Steve.
gamby wrote: You should also be listening to the Black Keys, because that's some serious skinny white boy bluesey/soulful rock. It's out there, you just need to look for it.
That's what I was going to suggest. The Black Keys are not your classic blues act, I feel they are more related to Zepplin in a blusey rock sorta way, but I like them a lot. I have a Pandora Black Keys station.
Appleseed wrote: With the right kind of ears you'll hear it. AC/DC is NOT rock and roll. It is and always will be heavy duty blues. Really.
They are rock. But, as the Motorhead song shows very well. Rock is just blues turned up to 11.
Two Cleveland locals, Armstrong Bearcat Band (SRV influence) and Robert Lookwood JR (Robert Junior Lookwood). Lookwood passed away in 06.
My opinion? Blues live on in BB kings act. Master showman,last of the greats. Beale street music festival in memphis is a great throwdown right around may of the year.
...speaking of blues, I stumbled upon this today:
(Norway + ponderous late-60's interpretive dance + the Sunshine of Your Love riff at 3:05 + Tom Jones + Blood, Sweat & Tears + blues) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6n10sUcdDU&feature=related B,S&T's bass player is pretty damn good
It was a related clip to this
(Tom Jones + CSNY)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kg0v0Er8Ak&feature=player_embedded
...which a friend sent to me and I actually think is pretty awesome (in some strange, random way) 
BoostedBrandon wrote: Amy Winehouse comes to mind. Young artist, big booming voice. Really had that old MoTown sound. One song, and she was done, and now she's no longer with us.
I think quite a bit of her stuff is pretty good. Just only one song was ever really played on the radio because well the radio sucks.
Looking past the personal mess, Winehouse was phenomenal.
gamby wrote: It was a related clip to this (Tom Jones + CSNY) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kg0v0Er8Ak&feature=player_embedded ...which a friend sent to me and I actually think is pretty awesome (in some strange, random way)
OK, that was incredible and found its' way on to the hard drive. This site is wonderful for downloading and conversion: http://keepvid.com/
jrw1621 wrote:BoostedBrandon wrote: Tonight at work, while listening to Pandora, I decided to give myself a change of pace, and change my station.Here is a tip, when looking for something different, on occasion head over to www.wwoz.com for New Orleans Public Radio and one of the most unique stations in the world. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWOZ Listen on the computer or download the app but either way it can be great. Different times of the day/week for entirely different types of music. If you watch(ed) the HBO show Treme, this is the station they have one of the characters work at.
same thing with www.wncw.com ... on the weekends Sat morning is jazz, then 8 hrs of bluegrass, then the Sat night houseparty ( blues ) Sun morning is 3 hrs of bluegrass gospel, then the early afternoon is celtic, and the later afternoon is old-time
Sounds exactly like WDCB out of Du Page. Too bad the reception sucks because I'm too far away/ stuck in a radio void.
gamby wrote:ReverendDexter wrote:Yep. Dubstep is riding those same waves as we speak. Very popular form of electronic music at the moment. Meanwhile, Daft Punk is just plain awesome, regardless of their electronic nature.curtis73 wrote: Disco and Techno rode waves of teenage hormones, but blues is pretty universal.I can't really agree with that statement. Disco and Techno are still popular forms of music, just not in those incarnations. They've evolved into more modern styles, but the basic ideals are similar.
Party music is still alive, it just sounds a bit different. MGMT, Pheonix, Ratatat, Justice, to name a small few. And once these musicians get a long in the tooth, the next sound will come along. Or, perhaps pop culture will move back to singer/songwriting like it was in the 90's.
gamby wrote: You should also be listening to the Black Keys, because that's some serious skinny white boy bluesey/soulful rock.
I strongly recommend the Chulahoma album.
The songs of Junior kimbrough
Salanis wrote:RXBeetle wrote: The Black Keys and Adele I consider blues / soul crossing into rock / pop in a huge way and apparently selling like hot cakes which makes me think that the love of blues is far from dead. Which makes meDon't forget the White Stripes. Jack White clearly loves him some blues. He's probably more on the rock side of things at this point, but doesn't take much listening to realize what he grew up enamored with: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03YUgHAshSo Apparently, this is his favorite song of all time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTlSka5iqPY&feature=related Thing is, so many greats have already had their hand at and really established blues. You can't really pioneer with strait blues anymore, and it's hard to be better than the greats. It would take the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan to really do that at this point.
Funny, I posted "Grinnin' In Your Face" today on FB. 
I always do a "Blues for Friday" Diabetes Awareness collection...Son House, Bukka White, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker etc. I wrap it up with some Clapton and B.B. King (because he has diabetes). Today ended up with an SRV tribute by Jimmy Vaughn, B.B., Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, Clapton and Bonnie Raitt.
I can kinda get into Jack White...as long as he is true to the blues. I've also heard John Mayer is a great blues guitarist....but I refuse to listen to him.
I don't know who will carry the torch after King and Clapton....the younger guys haven't paid their dues yet.
Now, as mentioned above, this is from a woman who could've/should've/would've crossed over and blended soul,blues,jazz and pop.
Tragic
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgA8rYO29m4
JFX001 wrote: I can kinda get into Jack White...as long as he is true to the blues. I've also heard John Mayer is a great blues guitarist....but I refuse to listen to him.
I've heard some of John Mayer playing the blues. He's good and very competent. He just lacks that raw emotional edge, to me. Just doesn't quite work for me. He's not dirty/sad/angry enough.
As for talking about Adele, I think of her more as an updated Dusty Springfield. Got my girlfriend her album "21", and really like it. Only one track is kind of 'meh', all the rest are good. I agree that "Rollin' in the Deep" gets overplayed, mostly because it's more awesome than any other pop song out right now. I think it's holding up better than Gnarles Barkley's songs did when they got the same treatment.
Isn't Tom Waits still recording?
A friend of mine just sent me this:
http://www.reverbnation.com/alabamashakes#!/artist/artist_videos/770817
Sounds like a modern version of Stax soul--the band has the Booker T & The MG's thing down pretty damn beautifully (definitely on "I Found You"). Teh drummer leaves something to be desired, but guitar and bass are on point.
Good, good stuff. What a singer!!! She's a woman who can channel Otis Redding 
BTW--for more newschool Stax-type stuff, see also "Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears--"Sugarfoot")
Most blues guitarists I hear now (namely that 'Kenny Wayne Whatshiseye' faggot) are just SRV imitators...who was, undoubtedly, an Albert King imitator...who was, maybe, a Freddy King imitator. Round and round we go. I hate Eric Clapton. I wish I'd not missed an opportunity to see Buddy Guy recently.
I've seen Buddy Guy 3 times. F'in awesome.
A new guy on the block you guys might like is Black Joe Lewis and the Honey Bears.
Put me down as a +1 for Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings. I've heard the Dap Kings were Amy Winehouse's back up band. I haven't confirmed it.
poopshovel wrote: Most blues guitarists I hear now (namely that 'Kenny Wayne Whatshiseye' faggot) are just SRV imitators...who was, undoubtedly, an Albert King imitator...who was, maybe, a Freddy King imitator. Round and round we go. I hate Eric Clapton.
IMO, Eric Clapton is the most overrated guitarist ever. I saw an SRV show on PBS a few months back. It was awful, but it prompted me to pull my old CD's out and have a listen. I used to listen to him a lot in the day, and saw him a few times. In retrospect, I don't know why.
Zomby woof wrote:poopshovel wrote: Most blues guitarists I hear now (namely that 'Kenny Wayne Whatshiseye' faggot) are just SRV imitators...who was, undoubtedly, an Albert King imitator...who was, maybe, a Freddy King imitator. Round and round we go. I hate Eric Clapton.IMO, Eric Clapton is the most overrated guitarist ever. I saw an SRV show on PBS a few months back. It was awful, but it prompted me to pull my old CD's out and have a listen. I used to listen to him a lot in the day, and saw him a few times. In retrospect, I don't know why.
To each his own. I was listening to SRV in the car today, and was quite happy about it.
Zomby woof wrote:poopshovel wrote: Most blues guitarists I hear now (namely that 'Kenny Wayne Whatshiseye' faggot) are just SRV imitators...who was, undoubtedly, an Albert King imitator...who was, maybe, a Freddy King imitator. Round and round we go. I hate Eric Clapton.IMO, Eric Clapton is the most overrated guitarist ever. I saw an SRV show on PBS a few months back. It was awful, but it prompted me to pull my old CD's out and have a listen. I used to listen to him a lot in the day, and saw him a few times. In retrospect, I don't know why.
I "who is the better guitarist pissing contests", but Cream-era Clapton influenced LOT of significant players who followed. That was pretty important music.
And saying SRV wasn't good is downright strange. Dude was a mammoth player who got respect from a lot of the greats who influenced him.
You're probably right about Clapton's influence, but I would never call him a blues player and still think, in the big picture, he's WAY overrated. Talented for sure, but way overrated.
I think this is the SRV special I saw. Watch it if you can.
http://www.jambase.com/Articles/25150/PBS-to-Air-Albert-King.Stevie-Ray-Vaughan-In-Session-Concert
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