Damn Right, I Got The Blues Thread

[Crusoe]

I bought an electric guitar a few months ago and having been trying to learn a few blues licks. On Tuesday I was practising some bends and snapped the high E string. Luckily I had a spare set, so I changed all the strings (they were only the cheap ones that came with the guitar - Harley Benton). Wednesday, practising the same lick and "twang" - same string went, so I've ordered half a dozen high E strings from Amazon 😄

[Dad3353]

28 minutes ago, Crusoe said:

I bought an electric guitar a few months ago and having been trying to learn a few blues licks. On Tuesday I was practising some bends and snapped the high E string. Luckily I had a spare set, so I changed all the strings (they were only the cheap ones that came with the guitar - Harley Benton). Wednesday, practising the same lick and "twang" - same string went, so I've ordered half a dozen high E strings from Amazon 😄

 

Check the bridge intonation adjusters for sharp spots that might be provoking these broken strings..? 

[Paulgm1]

Bit of harmonica playing - Love this version  as much for the clothes with cool cat Jr Wells

[chris_b]

19 minutes ago, Paulgm1 said:

Bit of harmonica playing - Love this version  as much for the clothes with cool cat Jr Wells

 

Love Junior Wells. Great song. My band closed the first set with this for many years.

 

Bass player must be depping. Manages to get the riff by half way!! Been there many times. 

[Leonard Smalls]

 

[Grahambythesea]

Have I got the blues, no the greens!

[nilorius]

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxOOxLGqVHk

Eric Clapton - Alberta

 

 

Edited July 30, 2022 by nilorius

[Jonesy]

How about this lovely groove by Johnny Gayden for Albert Collins..........
 

 

[MrCrane]

The late, great Jo-Ann Kelly.

 

[Jonesy]

On 29/04/2022 at 00:45, chris_b said:

Ray and Leela

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJVmWhDYR8Y

 

Etta James

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8KAaspYh4U

 

Jeff Golub

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFqq51tUD_U

 

 

 

I do love that Etta James tune and want to add it to our set. This cover of it from Larry McCray is a cracker too...

 

[Nail Soup]

Valerie June - Workin' Woman Blues

 

[Grimalkin]

 

 

"Ah, I have a Bible of my own
I have a Bible of my own..."

[Sonic_Groove]

Blues Colin Hodgkinson Styley

 

 

[Grimalkin]

The bend at 2.10... 

 

 

 

 

[AntLockyer]

https://fb.watch/g05KEydlDK/

 

Seeing Messin' with the Kid reminded me of a very loud version we did a few years back

[Sonic_Groove]

Pat'chies Kingston Blues

 

 

[Grimalkin]

 

[Sonic_Groove]

Marcus "The Blues"

 

 

[Sonic_Groove]

Benavent "Bluestorius"

 

 

[Grimalkin]

 

[msb]

 

Some of the usual suspects at the local blues dive.

[peteb]

23 hours ago, Grimalkin said:

 

 

Pino and Jimmy Copley - great rhythm section... 

 

[Nail Soup]

Slim Harpo

 

[Mykesbass]

Time to revive this thread - recorded in 2011 but only released this year, and one of my Christmas CDs, a highly recommended offering from Mavis Staples and Levon Helm, Carry Me Home. Sample of the album here: 

 

[pfretrock]

Johnny Winter with Willie McTell's Broke Down Engine. From The Progressive Blues Experiment. Almost the best album I bought in 1970. Most other tracks have Tommy Shannon on bass.