Dad3353 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 How about Hot Tuna..? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamg67 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 You could argue that this is blues rock, and I you've probably already heard it as he was everywhere a few years ago 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 1 hour ago, grumpyguts said: I have listened to a bit of Joe Bonamassa and I don't quite understand why he is the big thing; no doubt he can play but it all sounds a bit blues by numbers. Robert Cray is a far more interesting guitarist imo. Also has a great voice. Yup, agreed. I’ve always quite liked Robert Cray on record, so went to see him live a good few years ago and felt a bit disappointed really. So many minor blues, either fast or slow, with the same licks in each. All got a bit samey after a while, and (never thought I’d say this after so many guitarists sounding like a wasp in a jam jar) the super clean spiky guitar sound got rather tedious and could have done with a touch more balls. Liked his more recent’ soul’ type stuff though, and appreciate his efforts in bringing blues back to the fore etc. As grumpyguts points out, great voice/ singer too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 (edited) IMO the first couple of Robert Cray albums were the best. Keb Mo, Jon Cleary and Bonnie Raitt have moved on a little but can still come up with great blues songs. The Fabulous Thunderbirds and Robben Ford are always class acts. Lucky Peterson can be a bit hit and miss but there are some cracking tracks on youtube. Bobby Bland's albums Dreamer, California Album and Reflections In Blue and his 2 Together albums with BB King are essential blues listening. Edited July 24, 2018 by chris_b 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louisthebass Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Not sure if they were ever really classed as a Blues act (more R&B / Jam Band?): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PawelG Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Howlin’ Wolf... Modern that hasn’t been mentioned : The Black Keys - this is like a pop blues sometimes but I do love the rough sound. Radio Moscow - this is a bit more than blues sometimes and written and played by one guy. Apart from the bass I think... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PawelG Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 How about “Jon Cleary and The Absolute Monster Gentleman”? Those guys can get really funky but play some awesome blues too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrunoBass Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 For me, blues begins and ends with early delta blues. Robert Johnson, Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson et al, and a thousand unknown and uncredited singers and musicians recorded by itinerate field recorders like Alan Lomax. Folk songs, work songs, music with a deep soul, darkness and mystery completely missing from modern blues. Crackly recordings made in hotel rooms on wax cylinders, like ghosts from the past. I’m not dissing the likes of Robert Cray, Joe Bonamassa etc; they’re incredibly gifted musicians but their take on blues leaves me cold. Blind Willie Johnson’s ‘Dark Was The Night’ was recorded in 1927. He used a knife in the absence of a bottleneck. It has no rhythm, no discernible melody or lyric, but it tells you everything. I think it’s stunning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamg67 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, PawelG said: The Black Keys - this is like a pop blues sometimes but I do love the rough sound. Okay, I wasn't going to mention them and it's hardly news, but if we're including the Black Keys, well there really is some good bluesy stuff amongst The White Stripes stuff. Death Letter springs to mind but there's plenty more. Edited July 24, 2018 by adamg67 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 1 hour ago, BrunoBass said: ...Blind Willie Johnson’s ‘Dark Was The Night’ was recorded in 1927. He used a knife in the absence of a bottleneck. It has no rhythm, no discernible melody or lyric, but it tells you everything. I think it’s stunning. ... which inspired Fairport Convention to record this ... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH73 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Gary Moore .....full stop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 May I also suggest Hundred Seventy Split are worth checking out. Leo Lyons, formerly of Ten Years After (another great blues band), on bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCrane Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Jo Ann Kelly Eric Bibb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coilte Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 "Chicken Shack" deserve a mention here, albeit they are not contemporary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDcOwhUPtT4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steantval Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 (edited) Check out Paul Rodgers album Muddy Water Blues. The late Jeff Healey. Edited July 24, 2018 by steantval Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 5 minutes ago, steantval said: Check out Paul Rodgers album Muddy Water Blues. Yup, good CD and a cracking voice for this kind of thing. Free definitely worth your time too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbiscuits Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Britain has some great current blues players of its own which are well worth checking out too - Aynsley Lister and King King for example. Americans Gary Clark Junior and Eric Gales are also both very good 'new' blues musicians, and I've always liked Robert Cray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oopsdabassist Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 4 hours ago, steantval said: Check out Paul Rodgers album Muddy Water Blues. The late Jeff Healey. deffo Jeff Healey!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josie Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 3 hours ago, bassbiscuits said: Britain has some great current blues players of its own which are well worth checking out too - Aynsley Lister and King King for example. Also Stevie Nimmo. Sean Webster - probably the best voice on the scene at the moment. https://www.seanwebsterband.com/ Catfish - Matt Long is a virtuoso young guitar player with a huge dynamic range, and the best bass solo I've ever heard live was from Adam Pyke playing an Ibanez 6. https://www.catfishbluesband.co.uk/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bay Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share Posted July 24, 2018 Thanks for all the suggestions, I am gradually working through them and all the offshoots ‘people who like this also like....’ connections. Some brilliant suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamg67 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 2 hours ago, T-Bay said: Thanks for all the suggestions, I am gradually working through them and all the offshoots ‘people who like this also like....’ connections. Some brilliant suggestions. There is some good stuff out there, IMO more of the good stuff in the “inspired by the blues” arena than the music that claims to be genuine blues. The thing is, blues, kind of by the way it’s been so strictly defined by people, has really been done. Modern blues is like modern folk, it’s either a retread of the same old thing or the purists will say it’s not really blues. Follow the thread of what came out the blues and there is some just amazing music, try and find people still doing the same thing and you get.... well, people still doing the same thing. Maybe the best thing about the blues is the effect it had on everything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 I'm a big fan of Al Brown. I love the subtle bass playing of Alan Thomson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gs_triumph Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) Not straight blues on the common definition but a very cool take on them. They have a kind of raw sound that reminds me of John Lee hooked. Edited July 25, 2018 by gs_triumph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Find some stuff about waking up in the morning. Then progress to marital breakdown.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drake Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) Try The Marcus King Band for a modern funky approach. Edited July 25, 2018 by drake 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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