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Originally Posted by blastingas10
I wouldn't say Clapton has no feeling. He's not the best but he's pretty damn good. White men CAN PLAY the blues. Peter Green is a good example of it. Stevie Ray Vaughan is an even better example.
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White men can play the blues from a technical point of view. Stevie Ray Vaughan is a perfect example of a guy who basically just shreds around, and does Yngwie ****. The point is, though, it's just a technique show. Vaughan in particular has always bothered me in this regard. He pretty much noodles blues to death.
I like noodley guitar, but it's frankly a contradiction to the actual point of 'blues'. Jimi Hendrix, for example, knew WHEN to noodle, and when not to. He knew that maintaining blues was about allowing the guitar to keep a heavy rhythmic feel. Vaughan I always felt completely missed that point.
Vaughan is an extremely emotionally void guitar player who dulls me to sleep every time I hear him. You CAN do technical guitar, and make it emotionally interesting, John McLaughlin is a fantastic example of it, but Vaughan misses the mark with that.
Besides that, it's easy to do Blues in 1960-present now that it's 'cool'. I much prefer the Japanese abrasive style because it actually takes balls to perform. People like Agata, for example, might not be the most technical guitarists, but they do things that give the instrument it's own character. Something that it's been dying for years in the American 'old fart rock' realm.
Done completely with guitar/effects:
Furthermore, here's an example that proves at many points Haino can 'play play':
See, Haino is great not only due to the fact he has an amazing versatility, and an amazingly original style. It's the fact he doesn't immediately pull out his cock, and show the 'dee-da-lee-dee-da-le-dee' stuff. When he makes something violently frustrated he puts REAL frustration in, even if it extends beyond textbook technique.