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Old 11-08-2011, 01:29 PM   #998 (permalink)
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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.
I've never heard anyone speak so badly of Stevie Ray. I think songs like Lenny have plenty of emotion. I somewhat get what you're saying though. I think he just took a lot from someone like Albert King and added technical ability to it. But I still Love him. I love Clapton too, no matter how many times people talk badly about him, which I've seen a lot. I've always felt that Hendrix was better than them both. His playing was more original and emotional. Mclaughlin was great. Even he plays like Hendrix sometimes. He does in The Mahavishnu song Dance of Maya. He does a little bluesy thing every now and then. He can do it all.

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To me, you can talk about the technical prowess of Vaughan or Clapton or whatever other competent guitarist out there. But if their music bores you senseless, that technical ability is meaningless; it is the pursuit of virtuosity without an aim to being a virtuoso.

I like Hendrix; I think he's one of the few guitarists to transcend the limitations of his instrument. Not many other guitarists can make that claim.
I agree. But I've never been bored by Clapton or Stevie Ray. If i'm going to talk about a technical guitarists who bores me, I'm going to say Malmsteen, Satriani and Vai. Those guys bore me to death. Then you someone like Buckethead who is just as technical, but he puts feeling into his music. If you've ever seen him live, you know he has fun with it, instead of showing off his technical ability like a Vai or Satriani. And yes, I agree. Hendrix was way ahead of his time and so unlike any guitarist of his era.


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listening to Aretha Franklin so Steve Cropper, easily

or is that him playing on her songs?

greatest white devil ever
Cropper is one of those "white devils" who wasn't that technical. He had a pretty original style. When Hendrix met him, he was shocked to see that he was white haha.

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