Favorite Blues Artist

Saw Savoy Brown open for Deep Purple at the Nassau Mausolium in '74 or '75.
Savoy Brown was soooooooooo much better :D
 
Nicely resurrected thread!

A couple not yet mentioned...(I think)

Skip James
a Chicago band called Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows
 
Peter Green / Splinter Group
John Mayall / Blues Breakers
Mick Taylor
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Paul Butterfield
Mike Bloomfield
Walter Trout
Coco Montoya
Nick Gravenites (Nick the Greek)
Buddy Miles.
Gary Moore
Tab Benoit
 
Hound Dog Taylor. There are more technically talented players, but there is only one hound.
 
BB King
Buddy Guy
Eric Clapton
Hound Dog Taylor
Jeff Beck
Koko Taylor
Paul Rodgers

And many, many, more
 
I see that Robert Randolph and the Family Band haven't been listed yet. He is an awesome, awesome (pedal steel) player even if he isn't a blues purist. Anyone who hasn't heard him should listen to 'I Need More Love' from his album Unclassified. His bassist is also superhuman. I really like Robert Cray and Jeff Beck due to their use of fingerpicking (during solos, runs), it is a nice change to hear that muted, mellow style. My favorite Beck was the stuff he recorded in the 70's with Rod Stewart (Truth, etc...). Ian Moore is also an underrated guitarist that we never hear much about.
 
HJK said:
I'm an old guy, I guess, but I remember when it was de rigeur to reference Clapton, Beck and page as the three great British blues guitarists of their generation. That left out Peter Green and Mick Taylor, but those three really were [and are] something special. Yes?
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FINALLY!!!!!! Old Pete gets mentioned. If you ask Beck, Clapton and Page who the best pure British blues guitarist was, they would probably say Peter Green. As a matter of fact, in a guitar mag interview of Page and Beck a number of years back, one of them, Page I think, did say that. B.B. King once said that the only guys who made him sweat were Clapton and Green.:D UnlikeJimi, Duane, and SRV, we had the sad displeasure of watching Peter slipintomadeness until he was a shell of his former self. But it was good to see him comeback in the late 90's. There have been a lot of great white boy bluesmen since then, most notably guys like Duane, SRV and Johnny Winter, But Clapton and Green arguably had a LOT to do with the "invention" not only of the more technically skilled varitey of blues guitar playing, but also of hard rock guitar (more so Clapton on this side of the equation) Listen to % Live Yardbirds (the solo on Too Much Monkey Business, although shrill sounding, will show you how far ahead of everyone else Clapton was, even in the mid 60's), the LIve Cream records and Fleetwood Mac Live at the BBC for some fine examples.
 
Shann said:
Jimi Hendrix once said that Billy Gibbons was his favorite guitar player. (Not a bad reference if you ask me!)
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If you want to see a REAL contrast, get the Chrome, Smoke and BBQ box set. Listen to Billy's stuff from Moving Sidewalks and his early Z.Z Top demos and compare them to the first record. It's like he sought out that infamous crossroads near Clarksdale. Night and day, man
:D
 
cjpgeyer said:
Luther Allison:thumbup: :thumbup:

Got to see him in concert a couple of times...what a blast!

Didn't see Mississippi John Hurt on the list, either...
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I've seen him only once. As you say, a blast.

Missing on the list: Michael Powers, Otis Taylor...

dantzk.
 
R.L.Burnside
John Lee Hooker
Robert Johnson
Bo Diddly
SRV
Jimi
Robin Trower
Lightnin' Hopkins
Muddy Waters
Albert Collins

I can't believe noone has mentioned Robin Trower.
 
jthomas said:
I see that Robert Randolph and the Family Band haven't been listed yet.
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One of the best Austin City Limits shows I've seen was Robert Randolph & The Blind Boys of Alabama on the same show.

When I really get in a mood to hear some blues, I have a lot of it on CDs, but I always pull out SRV's live version of Hendrix's Voodoo Chile or the instrumental version of Little Wing, which made me quit fiddling around with my guitars at all.
 
i discovered Led Zeppelin when i was in high school, i had no idea all the blues roots that their early stuff had. it wasn't until i saw The White Stripes cover Death Letter on the Grammys that i really caught on, and realized how much i loved it

i saw Buddy Guy in OKC a year or so ago, it was awesome

i saw the White Stripes almost 4 years ago, and it was lifechanging, their studio stuff is cool, but live they are incredible.

here is a vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrFG6iFjgHo

also for newer stuff i really dig The Black Keys, they have a tribute album to Junior Kimbrough, who i see wasn't mentioned, but it's something to check out

they also killed live
 
there is a guitarist out of austin texas by the name of vince converse.who is probally the best blues guitarist out there. buddy guy is hot. you will have a great time at the show he has the energy of someone half his age. but as far as new origional talent. vince converse is the hottest thing since stevie ray vaughn.
 
For a real treat if you haven't heard it, get the Gatemouth Brown CD, "Long Way Home". It features Dr. John, Eric Clapton, Maria Muldaur, Sonny Landreth, John Loudermilk and others on it. It is a must have.

I agree with what has been mentioned about Sonny Landreth. He is VERY well known and respected among the other musicians but the public isn't aware of him as much as they should. Checkout his website and listen to some of the sounds. http://sonnylandreth.com/sonnyframes.html

Craig
 
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