Count Bassy Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Buddy Whittington is pretty good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 13 minutes ago, Count Bassy said: Buddy Whittington is pretty good. His UK bass player is none to shabby either @mybass 😎 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassy Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 1 hour ago, Mykesbass said: His UK bass player is none to shabby either @mybass 😎 Is that Pete Stroud? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 (edited) +1 for Robbin Ford. Plenty of very worthy musicians to look at here, but I'm a bit surprised nobody's mentioned Jonny Lang yet. His first two albums (produced when he was a scrawny teenager but sound anything but) are well worth a listen imho. What about Kenny Wayne Shepherd too? Edited July 26, 2018 by leftybassman392 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steantval Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 49 minutes ago, leftybassman392 said: +1 for Robbin Ford. Plenty of very worthy musicians to look at here, but I'm a bit surprised nobody's mentioned Jonny Lang yet. His first two albums (produced when he was a scrawny teenager but sound anything but) are well worth a listen imho. What about Kenny Wayne Shepherd too? Come on Lefty, read the thread. Kenny Wayne mentioned early on by me and agreed by Blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 9 hours ago, Count Bassy said: Is that Pete Stroud? Yes. I tour managed Buddy's first UK tours and promoted the album. Pete put the band together for me. Both of them great players, and lovely people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 6 minutes ago, steantval said: Come on Lefty, read the thread. Kenny Wayne mentioned early on by me and agreed by Blue. Well excuse me! I did think he'd been mentioned but didn't find the reference when I checked through. No excuses though. I shall now go and spend the next two hours forcing myself to listen to the collected works of Richard Clayderman while sitting in a bath of cold oxtail soup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steantval Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 2 minutes ago, leftybassman392 said: Well excuse me! I did think he'd been mentioned but didn't find the reference when I checked through. No excuses though. I shall now go and spend the next two hours forcing myself to listen to the collected works of Richard Clayderman while sitting in a bath of cold oxtail soup. Richard Clayderment is a well known exponent of the Blues, several of his earlier works are fine examples of the genre 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 (edited) 13 minutes ago, steantval said: Richard Clayderment is a well known exponent of the Blues, several of his earlier works are fine examples of the genre 😀 Maybe so, but my mum used to like him and she was in her 70s at the time and knew nothing about music beyond liking Richard f***ing Clayderman. I'll pick the songs that aren't Blues if it makes you feel any better. Edited July 26, 2018 by leftybassman392 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steantval Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 35 minutes ago, leftybassman392 said: Well excuse me! I did think he'd been mentioned but didn't find the reference when I checked through. No excuses though. I shall now go and spend the next two hours forcing myself to listen to the collected works of Richard Clayderman while sitting in a bath of cold oxtail soup. I used to sit in a bath of cold oxtail soup to shrink my new Levi’s to fit back in the 70’s 🤪 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 1 minute ago, steantval said: I used to sit in a bath of cold oxtail soup to shrink my new Levi’s to fit back in the 70’s 🤪 Maybe this is a good time to point out (or remind as appropriate) that I'm vegetarian. And that I would be shrinking my genes rather than my jeans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWH Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 On 24/07/2018 at 11:00, SH73 said: Gary Moore .....full stop. Aye, works for me, how about The Twelve Bar Blues band doing Claptons '' Old Love '', they're good live too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 I quite like a bit of folk blues now and again of the John Renbourn and Martin Simpson variety. Both are fine acoustic fingerstyle players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassy Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 1 hour ago, Mykesbass said: Yes. I tour managed Buddy's first UK tours and promoted the album. Pete put the band together for me. Both of them great players, and lovely people. So when is he over next? Perhaps you could drop some hints in his direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 5 minutes ago, Barking Spiders said: I quite like a bit of folk blues now and again of the John Renbourn and Martin Simpson variety. Both are fine acoustic fingerstyle players. [Pedant alert]: strictly speaking that's folk I think. Don't get me wrong, I like Renbourn and Simpson is an immensely talented player IMHO, but to me the term Folk Blues speaks more of Mississippi John Hurt, Doc Watson, John Jackson et al. In that vein you could do worse than listen to Stefan Grossman. John Jackson is a more direct route to the early players, but you pays yer money... I only say this because I spent a number of years working with the European Blues Association . The term would be contrasted with the harder Delta Blues tradition of Robert Johnson and others (which of course gave rise to the Chigago Blues tradition, which in turn gave us the electric Blues most of us are familiar with today). [/Pedant alert] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goingdownslow Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 (edited) Blues don't have to always be in 12 bars. Edited July 26, 2018 by goingdownslow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 3 minutes ago, goingdownslow said: Blues don't have to always be in 12 bars. Indeed. 8 bars and 16 bars are allowed too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassace Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 I shared a dressing room with Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee once. Does that count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc S Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Saw Robert Cray a few years back, and glad I did My favourite blues player / singer in recent years is Eric Bibb Saw him at Cambridge Folk fest several years back - and I was simply blown away Not only is he an amazing guitarist, but he's got a wonderful voice too, and there's plenty of variation in hist style - it doesn't all sound like 12 bar His album dedicated to Leadbelly, where he covers a whole album of Leadbelly's songs, along with JJ Milteau is amazing - I would highly recommend that one This year, Eric is back at Cambridge and I'm really over the moon about that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Did anybody mention Cream yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 2 hours ago, leftybassman392 said: [Pedant alert]: strictly speaking that's folk I think. Don't get me wrong, I like Renbourn and Simpson is an immensely talented player IMHO, but to me the term Folk Blues speaks more of Mississippi John Hurt, Doc Watson, John Jackson et al. In that vein you could do worse than listen to Stefan Grossman. John Jackson is a more direct route to the early players, but you pays yer money... I only say this because I spent a number of years working with the European Blues Association . The term would be contrasted with the harder Delta Blues tradition of Robert Johnson and others (which of course gave rise to the Chigago Blues tradition, which in turn gave us the electric Blues most of us are familiar with today). [/Pedant alert] Ha ha well I'm not really one for categories/sub-genres though you could say folk-blues is a strand of Blues music or a sub-genre of folk. Then again I'm not gonna come out with that most irksome of cliches' there are only two types of music..good and bad'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staggering on Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 3 hours ago, bassace said: I shared a dressing room with Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee once. Does that count? Absolutely,in my books anyway. Great talents, saw them in Vancouver and was glad I did.They always seemed to really enjoy playing with each other and complemented each other so well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 4 hours ago, Staggering on said: Absolutely,in my books anyway. Great talents, saw them in Vancouver and was glad I did.They always seemed to really enjoy playing with each other and complemented each other so well. If you liked Terry and Magee then there's a good chance you'll like Cephas and Wiggins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staggering on Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 17 minutes ago, leftybassman392 said: If you liked Terry and Magee then there's a good chance you'll like Cephas and Wiggins You're right,I loved that and will check out some more of their work.Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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