SRV's DVD, Johnny Winter, Ry Cooder
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Originally Posted by shokhead
OK,i like blues but not the older stuff so much. I have some Blues Bros.,James Brown,Freddy King,Bonnie Raitt,Eric Clapton,Robery Cray,Aerosmith-Honkin' on Bobo,pretty good,New Joe Bonamassa,very good,New Gary Moore,power of the blues,maybe his best,Thunderbirds live,SRV and a few others. Give me some suggestions on new stuff. I like the faster more rock like blues but not out of control. Also i'm looking for something different,maybe some fast latin funk type music,i like horns and percussion. Oh please help me. :p
EC has turned into somewhat of a hack IMO.
I really liked Robert Cray when he first came out because he sort of a throwback to '60s blues/pop, but then he proceeded to make the same album over and over again.
You have to pick up SRV's Austin City Limits Live DVD. This man is best appreciated being seen as well as heard.
Johnny Winter; you must hear this guy as well. I used to own <i>Second Winter</i> back in '88 and its a good one.
A good blues album to get is (now brace yourselves) The Black Crows Live w/ Jimmy Page; lots of blues covers as well as LZ classics in a modern setting and pollished production. I know purists hate Led Zepplin, but if you can get past the blatant plaguerism of the first two albums, no one in rock did the blues as purely as LZ did.
Check out the movie Crossroads starring Ralph Machio. (ducks for cover) I know, I know...its the 'Karate Kid' plays air-guitar, but Ry Cooder does the soundtrack and there is some good music, even if the plot is stupid. Its a guilty pleasure of mine.
And speaking of Ry Cooder...check him out as well.
AMG is a good sorce of info for a lot of these performers as well as links to related acts.
Not a big blues man myself, but not too many blues efficienados reference The Blues Brothers as a viable act, though they did help pave the way for a short revival back in the early '80s. National Public Radio still carries Dan Akroyd's weekly radio show (under the guise of Elwood Blues) devoted to blues music, the artists and blues lore and history (I forget the name).