Who is the greatest ever electric blues guitarist? (97)
john mayall from the list, but i do love keef
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I can't do it. I can't pick just one. To many good ones to choose from. Sorry
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Many great ones listed, but Robert Cray is the best. 
His best guitar work is on "new blood", which isn't on Youtube.
Noinetheless, check this out.
His best guitar work is on "new blood", which isn't on Youtube.
Noinetheless, check this out.
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JimNastics: Many great ones listed, but Robert Cray is the best.
His best guitar work is on "new blood", which isn't on Youtube.
Nonetheless, check this out.
His best guitar work is on "new blood", which isn't on Youtube.
Nonetheless, check this out.
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Eric Clapton. Blues Power, Tears of Joy by Blind Faith and his work with Cream.
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buddy guy in his prime!! great lists, john mayall wasnt really a guitarist tho he had some greats in his band over the years, like eric clapton, mick taylor,peter green, walter trout, and coco montoya. also love rory gallagher, roy buchanan.
i mite add a guy from where i live that should in a perfect world get noticed, that is totally amazing is, 'laith al-saadi'
he's being compared to danny gatton & buddy guy , great thread!!!
i mite add a guy from where i live that should in a perfect world get noticed, that is totally amazing is, 'laith al-saadi'
he's being compared to danny gatton & buddy guy , great thread!!!
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YesWho: Eric Clapton. Blues Power, Tears of Joy by Blind Faith and his work with Cream.
clapton on mayalls bluesbreakers from 66, great playing by clapton, this is the album he got his legend from------ This poll is Archived ------
Just a suggestion for you folks on here. Joe Bonamassa, ''Woke up Dreaming'' from the album ''Live from nowhere in particular'' Not out and out blues, but what a solo!! Will be interested to hear some feedback.
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taff1: Just a suggestion for you folks on here. Joe Bonamassa, ''Woke up Dreaming'' from the album ''Live from nowhere in particular'' Not out and out blues, but what a solo!! Will be interested to hear some feedback.
bonamassa is a great player, its great to know that there are still guitar heros coming up that play in a style that the greats of the 60's 70's did a couple more names not on the original list, larry mccray, albert collins, luther allison.------ This poll is Archived ------
How could I have left out Albert Collins??? Ejit!
Robert Cray - I got bored with after 3 albums - not the guitar but the lyrics. Every song seemed to be about a cheating woman. But, it's all about personal tastes in the end. And maybe I should have included Bonnie Raite too? Along with Tony McPhee and a few more...
Robert Cray - I got bored with after 3 albums - not the guitar but the lyrics. Every song seemed to be about a cheating woman. But, it's all about personal tastes in the end. And maybe I should have included Bonnie Raite too? Along with Tony McPhee and a few more...
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leonjs49: bonamassa is a great player, its great to know that there are still guitar heros coming up that play in a style that the greats of the 60's 70's did a couple more names not on the original list, larry mccray, albert collins, luther allison.
Cheers man!
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leonjs49: bonamassa is a great player, its great to know that there are still guitar heros coming up that play in a style that the greats of the 60's 70's did a couple more names not on the original list, larry mccray, albert collins, luther allison.
You might like Danny Bryant - he's an up and coming British blues player in his 20s and does blues festivals in Chicago and Mississippi for more info.
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ChasingCars: You might like Danny Bryant - he's an up and coming British blues player in his 20s and does blues festivals in Chicago and Mississippi for more info.
thanks, i will look into it. there are so many really good guitarists out there today, alot of don't get the notice they deserve, with the state of music industry these days and the indifference to this style by the younger generation now.love getting into a thread loke this, thanks
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doberman3: Jimmy Hendrix, just because of his style and soul.
I like all the others as well, but I grew up on Jimmy Hendrix songs, one of my favorite's is Stone Free.
The Doberman
I like all the others as well, but I grew up on Jimmy Hendrix songs, one of my favorite's is Stone Free.
The Doberman
Nice choices lady!
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ChasingCars: You might like Danny Bryant - he's an up and coming British blues player in his 20s and does blues festivals in Chicago and Mississippi for more info.
i saw walter trout a couple times once as john mayalls guitar player, and on his own at a small bar in duluth minnisotai have all of his albums, but havent heard the new one, on my must have list tho.
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The results are interesting.
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ChasingCars: You might like Danny Bryant - he's an up and coming British blues player in his 20s and does blues festivals in Chicago and Mississippi for more info.
Just listened to black and white. Nice licks.
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According to many of the greatest guitarists...it was Hendrix.
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In all honesty, it would be unfair to name one guitarist as the greatest.
Each guitarist brings to the table their own particular passion, style and interpretation of the blues and for those reasons renders this question null.
I am an admirer of all the guitarists mentioned and many more but for different reasons.
Each guitarist brings to the table their own particular passion, style and interpretation of the blues and for those reasons renders this question null.
I am an admirer of all the guitarists mentioned and many more but for different reasons.
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As a musician myself - I'd never put a wote for one person...
They are all different -- E.Clapton - would never been that great if it wasn't for Freddie King - as a young man he toured with him.... Learned quite a lot....
if He starded to show off.... Freddie would certainly nail him to the wall.....
T-Bone ... Have had a great influence on all of them ... Jimmy .. learned a lot of his showmanship - direct from T-bone.. I have a little collection from T-Bone's work ...
Don't have anything with Jimmy - and I think I remember he spelled himself Jimmi ... but maybe I am wrong..
I admire B.B very much .... he can speek - he can talk - I prefer the Players who tell a story .... and I love the "less is more" ... type players..
John Mayall - would not have been the one he became - without Muddy Waters.... Who called him his "son"..... the 2 where very proud of their friendship.....
One of my big heroes... is Keith Ritchard... allso a less is more "man".... He nails evrything with jus one heavy note.... So heavy - that it weighs a ton...
But really a lot of them are Crossover - more Rock'n Roll than reall bluesmen.... Doesn't matter .... But there is a difference.. For me another great Bluesplayer, is Bonnie Raitt..
I once heard Sister Rossetta Tharpe - She passed away many years ago, but still in her late years she could play "like a man"... With a very big authority..... In the band - no listener would doubt who where "the boss"...
They are all different -- E.Clapton - would never been that great if it wasn't for Freddie King - as a young man he toured with him.... Learned quite a lot....
if He starded to show off.... Freddie would certainly nail him to the wall.....
T-Bone ... Have had a great influence on all of them ... Jimmy .. learned a lot of his showmanship - direct from T-bone.. I have a little collection from T-Bone's work ...
Don't have anything with Jimmy - and I think I remember he spelled himself Jimmi ... but maybe I am wrong..
I admire B.B very much .... he can speek - he can talk - I prefer the Players who tell a story .... and I love the "less is more" ... type players..
John Mayall - would not have been the one he became - without Muddy Waters.... Who called him his "son"..... the 2 where very proud of their friendship.....
One of my big heroes... is Keith Ritchard... allso a less is more "man".... He nails evrything with jus one heavy note.... So heavy - that it weighs a ton...
But really a lot of them are Crossover - more Rock'n Roll than reall bluesmen.... Doesn't matter .... But there is a difference.. For me another great Bluesplayer, is Bonnie Raitt..
I once heard Sister Rossetta Tharpe - She passed away many years ago, but still in her late years she could play "like a man"... With a very big authority..... In the band - no listener would doubt who where "the boss"...
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anonymous1: It's pretty hard to choose from all of those excellent artists.Right now I'm trying to remember the name of a guy I saw at the King Biscuit Blues Festival, in Helena Arkansas; he beat BB King, in a Blues Guitar contest, in BB Kings own Club!
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Sorry man but BB's got about 3-4 notes and that's it. Lived his whole life on them.
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tinsley ellis, tab benoit, coco montoya, donald kinsey, lonnie mack, lonnie brooks, matt murphy, any of these ring a bell to anyone? does anyone collect this stuff on vinyl or cd? i do, it seems a dying hobby as more people are going to downloads
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I have to tell you I have more than 5 hours of B.B on videotape..
Sure he know's a lot of modes and scales as well... Have you vere listend to a CD ... Blues on the Bayou ?? The only as he tell it... he made with his own band....
Sure he know's a lot of modes and scales as well... Have you vere listend to a CD ... Blues on the Bayou ?? The only as he tell it... he made with his own band....
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OH yes.... I have...and sure they ring a lot of bells
leonjs49: tinsley ellis, tab benoit, coco montoya, donald kinsey, lonnie mack, lonnie brooks, matt murphy, any of these ring a bell to anyone? does anyone collect this stuff on vinyl or cd? i do, it seems a dying hobby as more people are going to downloads
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DjWabbet: In all honesty, it would be unfair to name one guitarist as the greatest.
Each guitarist brings to the table their own particular passion, style and interpretation of the blues and for those reasons renders this question null.
I am an admirer of all the guitarists mentioned and many more but for different reasons.
Each guitarist brings to the table their own particular passion, style and interpretation of the blues and for those reasons renders this question null.
I am an admirer of all the guitarists mentioned and many more but for different reasons.
Cannot agree more
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leonjs49: tinsley ellis, tab benoit, coco montoya, donald kinsey, lonnie mack, lonnie brooks, matt murphy, any of these ring a bell to anyone? does anyone collect this stuff on vinyl or cd? i do, it seems a dying hobby as more people are going to downloads
Matt Murphy as in the blues brothers?
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Cowhand: Correction .... Johnny Winter .... not John Mayall... sorry
the stuff jhonny winter did with muddy was great, as for some of the players that have a blues/rock thing, i think it was as a result of muddy going electric way back when, a dude like buddy guy if anyone saw him in the 70's early 80's was tossing in a blues rock flavor and blowing people away with out losing the real blues, and buddy is the authentic stuff. oh just thought of duane allman------ This poll is Archived ------
taff1: Sorry man but BB's got about 3-4 notes and that's it. Lived his whole life on them.
I would say that he has more than three or four notes; but, as a blues guitarist, he doesn't need much more...
Blues scale
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The term blues scale is used to describe a few scales with differing numbers of pitches and related characteristics.
The hexatonic, or six note, blues scale consists of the minor pentatonic scale plus the ?3rd or ?4th degree. A major feature of the blues scale is the use of blue notes, however, since blue notes are considered alternative inflections, a blues scale may be considered to not fit the traditional definition of a scale.
At its most basic, a single version of this "blues scale" is commonly used over all changes (or chords) in a twelve bar blues progression.
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Who is the greatest ever electric blues guitarist?(Vote Below)
Freddie King
Walter Trout
John Lee Hooker
Gary Moore
Danny Bryant
Buddy Guy
George Thorogood
John Mayall
Johnny Winter
And probably a few more I missed including those who dip into the blues - such as Santana and Gilmour and those who may have started out there - e..g. The Rolling Stones and of course Jimmy Hendrix - who was one of the most influential electric guitarists ever - including in the blues.
So who overall is the greatest - and why?