Best Blues Guitarists.

DropThaSystem · 11-04-2012, 04:35 PM

Two people I forgot to mention are Carlos Santana and Eric Clapton. You can't go wrong with either of their guitar playing. Both have a very unique sound to their guitars.

Rock N' Roll Clown · 11-05-2012, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by DropThaSystem

Two people I forgot to mention are Carlos Santana and Eric Clapton. You can't go wrong with either of their guitar playing. Both have a very unique sound to their guitars.

It's the eight deadly sin to forget Clapton.

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Thanks. I`ll try to remember that when I`m famous.

Try, indeed, and please remember who teached you that lesson

dog · 11-07-2012, 05:06 AM

Anyone heard of Roy Buchanan? He is amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deeBQZ8Aklc

Listen or Die!

Rjinn · 11-07-2012, 09:34 AM

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Two people I forgot to mention are Carlos Santana and Eric Clapton. You can't go wrong with either of their guitar playing. Both have a very unique sound to their guitars.

Eric Clapton is still brilliant. I wouldn't say he's the best though. Saw him with Derek Trucks 4 years ago 2nd row from the stage and couldn't stop watching his licks on the guitar. Incredible concert.

Now that I've mentioned it Derek Trucks deserves some credit here. I reckon he's one of the best recent blues guitar players.

Neapolitan · 11-08-2012, 02:14 AM

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Eric Clapton is still brilliant. I wouldn't say he's the best though. Saw him with Derek Trucks 4 years ago 2nd row from the stage and couldn't stop watching his licks on the guitar. Incredible concert.

Now that I've mentioned it Derek Trucks deserves some credit here. I reckon he's one of the best recent blues guitar players.

I've seen Eric Clapton with Derek Trucks too... I forget when, maybe it was the same 4 years ago. I was hoping they would perform Bell Bottoms Blues - but they didn't. While we're on the subject I think Duane Allman is one of the best, even though he is in a jam band, his playing style is straight from the Blues. Keith Richards is probably under-rated for his Blues style guitar playing (even though he's known for his open G tuning and playing different styles of music) when he plays the Blues he has a few tricks up his sleeve you wouldn't expect.

Mississippi John Hurt and Blind Willie McTell are my favorite. I saw a short clip of Beck (Hansen not Jeff...) play acoustic Blues once and he was pretty good at it, but I never did find anything by him that was strictly Blues. But I did come across a video of Rory Gallagher doing a set of acoustic Blues numbers - since I don't know too much about him it wasn't something I wasn't expecting to see, it was a happy happenstance.

~~Fabio~~ · 11-08-2012, 09:02 AM

Peter Green
Mick Taylor
Stevie Ray Vaughan

blastingas10 · 11-08-2012, 09:13 AM

I saw Derek trucks in concert a few months ago, and wow, was I impressed. The guy has a really unique sound, only comparable to duane allman, but he's quite a bit different than Duane.

I don't really like calling him a "blues guitarist". Even when he's playin the blues it doesn't really sound like any other blues guitarists. And then there's the side of him that you hear in songs like "Mahjoun", "sahib Teri bandi" and the whole "soul serenade" album, except for a song or two.

Rock N' Roll Clown · 11-08-2012, 03:42 PM

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Keith Richards is probably under-rated for his Blues style guitar playing (even though he's known for his open G tuning and playing different styles of music) when he plays the Blues he has a few tricks up his sleeve you wouldn't expect.

Yeah, Keith is a great blues guitarist. In the Chuck Berry movie Hail! Hail! Rock N' Roll, even Berry told Keith: "You are very good. You shouldn't play rock n' roll, you should play the blues". But anyway, I think that Mick Taylor is a better blues guitarist than Keith.

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Peter Green

Green is one of the best blues guitarists, and certainly one of the greatest white blues guitarists that ever lived. It's a shame that that few people know him.

12barblues · 11-10-2012, 02:23 AM

Seems most everybody's been mentioned, I didn't see jimmy thackery anywhere tho....Always liked the nighthawks when he was with em.

Lisnaholic · 11-10-2012, 08:46 PM

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Now that I've mentioned it Derek Trucks deserves some credit here. I reckon he's one of the best recent blues guitar players.

^ Yes, Rjinn, a great player who has his own thread, thanks to blastingas:- http://www.musicbanter.com/jazz-blue...ek-trucks.html

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I saw Derek trucks in concert a few months ago, and wow, was I impressed. The guy has a really unique sound, only comparable to duane allman, but he's quite a bit different than Duane.

I don't really like calling him a "blues guitarist". Even when he's playin the blues it doesn't really sound like any other blues guitarists. And then there's the side of him that you hear in songs like "Mahjoun", "sahib Teri bandi" and the whole "soul serenade" album, except for a song or two.

^ When you go to a concert, you keep choosing the kind of guys I`d like to see ! I really liked the clip you posted of "Sahib Teri Bandi", btw. Thanks.

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Green is one of the best blues guitarists, and certainly one of the greatest white blues guitarists that ever lived. It's a shame that that few people know him.

^ There`s some great playing on the Live In Boston four-cd package. Have you heard it, R&R ?
I saw Pete Green playing one time in a London pub, but he turned in a very disappointing performance; some band had been put together, trying to cash in on his name, at a time when he really wasn`t up to playing in public.

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Seems most everybody's been mentioned, I didn't see jimmy thackery anywhere tho....Always liked the nighthawks when he was with em.

^ Welcome to MB, 12barblues.

I wonder if by any chance you like blues music ?
Jimmy Thackery is a new name to me, so I thought I`d put up a clip in case anyone else is as ignorant as me. Pretty impressive, I must say !

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blastingas10 Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,126	I saw Derek trucks in concert a few months ago, and wow, was I impressed. The guy has a really unique sound, only comparable to duane allman, but he's quite a bit different than Duane. I don't really like calling him a "blues guitarist". Even when he's playin the blues it doesn't really sound like any other blues guitarists. And then there's the side of him that you hear in songs like "Mahjoun", "sahib Teri bandi" and the whole "soul serenade" album, except for a song or two.

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12barblues Groupie Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 10	Seems most everybody's been mentioned, I didn't see jimmy thackery anywhere tho....Always liked the nighthawks when he was with em.