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top 100 blues guitarists - Jerome - 11-05-2014
The strings aren't upside down. They're the right way up. Bass E at the top. The neck is upside down. So his chords are a mirror image of a right handed player.
top 100 blues guitarists - SteveO - 11-05-2014
Jimi was a southpaw !!!!
[video=youtube;F_rRJIAQapg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_rRJIAQapg[/video]
top 100 blues guitarists - jazzboCR - 11-05-2014
Jerome Wrote:The strings aren't upside down. They're the right way up. Bass E at the top. The neck is upside down. So his chords are a mirror image of a right handed player.I was blindly transcribing what a YouTube commenter said, w/o doing my own research. My bad; time to change my drool cup. Still unique and still wizard--Mr. Montoya I mean. OTOH, I'm overjoyed someone's reading my scribblings.
top 100 blues guitarists - Music Head - 11-05-2014
I read them all jazz
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top 100 blues guitarists - jazzboCR - 11-05-2014
Music Head Wrote:I read them all jazzTruly appreciate the kind words--I seem to have found a home here. As a wise man once said--" If I appear to tower over others, it's because I stand on the shoulders of giants." Hope you read my aimed-at-you comment about the better lyricists (John Hiatt and Don Dixon)--both witty and impactful without being too too clever. Now on with the show...
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top 100 blues guitarists - jazzboCR - 11-05-2014
Amos Garrett Didn't know much about him but it seems in snuck the Canuck: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Garrett
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtXs4-cFahw << in researching, I listened to Les Paul's and Jeff Beck's version--this cuts both.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ctJo0-WfFQ << Pleasant voice too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNRPnWIWi6U << listen up and pay attention--master class time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY2TZWG_hjI << ooh yeah--Daddy Cool gettin' down on the 88's (or 66's or 44's...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SybqrTR3HMk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_07oXXTfGo << my plea too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt2O4Y_sQ98 << several prominent guitarists have cited his chorus in this as personal faves...
Fenton Robinson Not all that well known by the GenPop, I think he's 2nd tier, with a tragic history.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSPbr8j671M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DS4bNWjY90 << nice version of a chestnut
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rKEVWZye-s << why he's remembered
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dct44KUuICk&list=PLkfIWKSC9kd1qj5nTwlkKM49c2HmJOd4O << early piece
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjobhibjegw&list=PLkfIWKSC9kd1qj5nTwlkKM49c2HmJOd4O << ditto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I82T2kfqC5Y
top 100 blues guitarists - jazzboCR - 12-05-2014
Shuggie Otis Does it help or hurt to have a Dad who's a prominent bandleader (Johnnie Otis, a force to be reckoned with for decades)? On the one hand, exposure to the best; on the other, possibility of tough-to-meet expectations. Shuggie thrived. Multi-instrumentalist/writer/leader
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avw50zY4fxc&list=RDavw50zY4fxc << not exactly the Blues...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6xRD-9hseI << name-checks all the greats. His dad put together a terrif band for this--Mr. Otis jr. more than holds his own.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR1nf9NUlpY << from a mighty interesting album
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMQeJ03aMtg << if Al Kooper thinks you are good enough to play on his album...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7gAtESDD3k
Scrapper Blackwell [SIZE=2]An early player; I thought it wise to link his wiki: [/SIZE] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrapper_Blackwell I thought it a hoot when they said "...some critics thought he veered towards jazz...", like there was some great distinction to be made in those days. Whatevah.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_BDFNeMaNw << good sound--didn't Slowhand just kill on this tune?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhk1TVWdmWQ << maybe not all that technically accomplished but emotion to burn and, Lordy, those lyrics!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_752T4ryqc << tough to listen to but persevere for the authenticity...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbLit-C07Rc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOuFZ9NXPHo
BONUS: Elmore James' version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_aZ0jPPiao
top 100 blues guitarists - jazzboCR - 13-05-2014
Robert Jr. Lockwood Being as he was born in 1915 and lived to be 91, he played with everybody prominent in the Blues. Frequently associated with Sonny Boy Williamson II.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_7UkcMVzag << not long before he died
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpHcoODltDQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37sZjC_ugvo << hip vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAxvK7snq8s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-TpxdhoHKg
Sonny Landreth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sloap5PUi40 << signature tune? Yes, until the next one he writes...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pdpJuX1gDE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9yXgjcqH2E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRwV-Y-V_7M << just makes this stuff on the spot. Amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1etoSlJ92Cc << with great effort of will, I'm gonna leave this guy alone now...if you ain't got it by now, you ain't gonna.
BONUS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5uDooGp_dw << all hail CBC for this--huzzah! http://music.cbc.ca/#/concerts/CBC-Slide-Guitar-Summit-2013-01-31
top 100 blues guitarists - jazzboCR - 14-05-2014
Guitar Slim This guy has a credible claim to being the co-creator of Rock 'n' Roll (it had a lot of fathers and Oh! What a mother...!) on the strength of 1 song. Everybody who's anybody in Rock or the Blues has covered it. Long career and always a credible writer/player.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj33EGMbazY&list=RDfj33EGMbazY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY_NbrBJjR4&list=PLGMJPFDxnhlyUFDp8_JQl5U2BID5IBitf << makes the case stronger.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96mui3vgXfk << we are forever in Art Rupe's and Specialty Records' debt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etZmdNgtRTk << no brag, just fact.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgsYaGUUPTs
BONUS: To show this main song has long legs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0NlgriaC4I
Taj Mahal How many separate careers has he had anyway? I'll tell you one durned thing: when he cooks, you eat--an inventive gourmet chef that just loves to satisfy. His infectious spirit is not a persona--it's Taj Mahal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQMU1S8FhKg << No better way to start.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_mcvifJ5N0 << the original (when presumably, he played at least some guitar) and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBQ0gA_3XkU << a later doin'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjpIijRirUs << this is a guitar Thread, right?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-vo90v5KNA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAPF42aAXSM << Got the bucks? Need some backporch pickin' at your next BBQ/boat launch?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIvhiwFLrMI << strong case to be made that this is the defining version. A showcasing presentation by the band. Have mercy! and get some body parts moving...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG3XdF2FDuE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cKdXnBh25w << home brew vid but OK.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAHXSZcmTyo << tough circumstances but what a trouper!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaJeCda34HE << dancing's phony; real hula dancers are, shall we say, more statuesque/robust and know how to do the jelly roll for real. Fun song anyway.
BONUS: How's this for a 3-fer? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwBwOSewwnE << this week's and possibly every week's Gospel pick. The funeral cortege's tune of choice...
top 100 blues guitarists - jazzboCR - 15-05-2014
Walter Trout Not sure how much longer he can continue--he needs a liver transplant. Anybody want to step-up on this? Bit of a bio from his talent representatives (pretty good agency): http://www.intrepidartists.com/artists/walter-trout/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4vusv0_VVc << S. Jersey homeboy--you rock, Walter!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meFag0HtrFw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZZWfth4PZg with CoCo Monyoya and the Bluesbreakers in '87
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYvk6diIzIw << ditto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke24gQxTdYk << with Joe Bonamassa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAAFSmIUxgo << with Canned Heat '83
Elvin Bishop Always the jokester, always serious about the music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edtl5W4XNLk << best known song but not representative of his talent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BePz4N156-Q << "honorary Southerner" eh?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8CVBZRTkF0 << later version--he's been doing it for 30+ years
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDAR2dC_2Ck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aLucvIkeDo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhiAMwWdD9c << as 1 commenter said--"Best he's sounded in years".