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Old 02-28-2008, 03:21 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Taking the staple American Blues of Muddy Waters and BB King and adding more riffs and extended solos, British Blues boomed in the mid 60's and dominated the scene for many years afterward. John Mayalls' Bluesbreakers are a particular favourite of mine handing Clapton some early success and the album (with Eric Clapton) is a blues rock classic and still sounds amazing today. Clapton carried on with the Blues Rock sound with bands such as Cream and Blind Faith. Many great guitarists were born from this era or were directly influenced by it such as Irishman Rory Gallagher, Alexis Corner and another of my favourite guitarists Jeff Beck. It's a scene that I have general knowledge about but I would love to expand this knowledeg. Any fans? Where the hidden gems? Here is a track from the brilliant Jeff Beck album Beck-ola and yes that is Rod Stewart singing. He is frighteningly good on this album.

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Old 02-28-2008, 04:16 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I keep meaning to check out The Groundhogs.

There's a Groundhogs cover on the new Fall album so after i've heard that I might finally get around to it
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Old 02-28-2008, 05:21 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I keep meaning to check out The Groundhogs.

There's a Groundhogs cover on the new Fall album so after i've heard that I might finally get around to it
You have done it again havent you? thrown in a band that I have never heard...damn you Urban
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Old 02-28-2008, 05:25 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I've never heard them either

Just heard of them

I'm aware that Thank Christ For The Bomb & Split are their best 2 albums , thats about as far as my knowledge of them goes.
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Old 02-29-2008, 11:38 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Peter Green era of Fleetwood Mac. For any unfamiliar with 60's Fleetwood Mac, this may come as a shock - they were awesome.

YouTube - fleetwood mac oh well

Sorry, I'm internet illiterate - I don't know how to embed youtube videos.
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Bump.
I've been listening to a lot of this for about a year or so now...Really interesting stuff.

Just a few notable one's(which i liked)-

Keef Hartley Band - Halfbreed(1969) & The Time is Near(1970)
Both, excellent blues rock albums...the first one is more or less strait-up blues rock but the guitar playing is absolutely fantastic. The second one is a bit more jazzy, but definitely worth checking out as well.

Leavin' Trunk(From Halfbreed)
The Time is Near(From The Time is Near)
Roundabout(From overdog(1971))

Savoy Brown - They have released a TON of albums...I've listened to only three so far.
Blue Matter(1969), A Step Further(1969) & Raw Sienna(1970) are all superb blues rock with great melodies.
A Step Further contains a 22-minute epic!

Train to Nowhere(From Blue Matter)
Needle And Spoon(From Raw Sienna)
Tell Mama
May Be Wrong
Hellbound Train
hellbound train(Live)

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- I don't know how i found out about them...I think what I have is a compilation but anyways, youtube does a good enough job.

Juniors Wailing
Passing Through
When All Your Friends Are Gone(Live)
Junior's Wailing(Live)
I Wouldn't Have Thought(Live)

There are also a couple more obvious choices...Ten Years After & Cream, both of which i love.
For some weird reason though, I'm liking British blues-rock more than the American ones. I think it has something to do with the accent.
Too bad, I wasn't even born back then

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I think I've mentioned this somewhere else, but anyways, I would recommend Seven Moons by Jack Bruce & Robin Trower.(released this year)
Excellent blues-rock!
Some of their other stuff are also worth checking out...especially Bridge of Sighs by Robin Trower. Sounds so heavy yet bluesy as well. Trower is an amazing guitarist!

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Old 10-04-2008, 08:45 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Jeff Beck is a God. Underrated in the sense that he never gets ranked as number one all-time greatest guitarist. This suggestion is kinda of a stretch since West, Bruce and Lang were 2/3 American but the song "'Token" was the greatest song Cream never recorded.
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Old 10-06-2008, 01:27 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Good call on Savoy Brown demonoid. I need to pick some of their stuff up.
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i had forgotten all about savoy brown

i had 'A Step Further' and really liked it

thanks for the reminder
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Old 12-02-2008, 08:35 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Super Session...Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper, and Steven Stills. A no holds barred blues exploration featuring some other worldly guitar work.

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