Recommend me some blues

[micha]

I thought I could listen to some blues again, maybe get a few nice new licks, improve my pentatonic skills...
Anything I should check out?

Usually Racer X is as bluesy as I get, but I've seen a couple of Johnny Winter Clips on Youtube I like, dig some of Sardinas or Jeff Healeys stuff, but many blues bands/artists I listened to just bore me as well.

So here's what I'm looking for:
Dirty guitars, and it doesn't hurt if it's faster once in a while.
Sure, it's about tone and feel and 16th are not music anymore anyway for some blues folks, but this whole hold-that-note-for-12-bars-tricks just won't work for me.
Instrumental is great as well, but not a must.
Hammond organ or piano is always welcome.

In lack of better examples, here's a short clip from a sitcom I watch once in a while:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl92AKkwbG4

I kind of like it, so recommendations into that direction would be appreciated!

[Robert Hendrix]

My favorite all time Blues guitar album is Gary Moore's Still Got the Blues. A MUST HAVE for any blues guitar fan.

[dg]

Buddy Guy is a favorite of mine. "Damn Right I've Got the Blues" is a good intro to Buddy. You can't go wrong with SRV, of course, but check out his influences too, especially Albert King. Here's an awesome session with Stevie & Albert. This is the whole thing with all different styles of tunes, but you can find it cut into clips if you want to focus on the more up-tempo stuff:

[jgcable]

Gary Moore Still Got the Blues.
SRV Essential SRV

These are must haves and will have all the licks you could ever want.

[Endrik]

I don't really understand... do you want blues or rock music with pentatonic licks?

Blues isn't just about licks and slow or fast is just a tempo. Blues is a conversation, the singer and the instrument players are trying to say something... to each other and to the audience. Or even a one man can have a dialog... between his voice and guitar. This is very important to understand.

Ok, instead of Son House etc. let's take some very late blues... T Bone Walker for example... he was very important for the birth of rock music.

This is a great example of conversation, the language is universal but it still comes down to... you either get it or don't

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1xvx0UHa0A

And this one is with a jazz band featuring some crazy ass cats like Louie Bellson (who was Buddy Rich type of maniac) and bebop wizards Dizzy Gillespie and Terry Clark who are known for playing bazillion notes per second... but this isn't bebop so they speak different language... instead of arpeggio fest Terry Clark accompanies T Bone with his mouth piece.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFqK6PBq-hA

[jgcable]

I don't really understand... do you want blues or rock music with pentatonic licks?

Blues isn't just about licks and slow or fast is just a tempo. Blues is a conversation, the singer and the instrument players are trying to say something... to each other and to the audience. Or even a one man can have a dialog... between his voice and guitar. This is very important to understand.

Ok, instead of Son House etc. let's take some very late blues... T Bone Walker for example... he was very important for the birth of rock music.

This is a great example of conversation, the language is universal but it still comes down to... you either get it or don't

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1xvx0UHa0A

And this one is with a jazz band featuring some crazy ass cats like Louie Bellson (who was Buddy Rich type of maniac) and bebop wizards Dizzy Gillespie and Terry Clark who are known for playing bazillion notes per second... but this isn't bebop so they speak different language... instead of arpeggio fest Terry Clark accompanies T Bone with his mouth piece.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFqK6PBq-hA

Endrik has a great point as usual. I recommended SRV and Gary Moore for 2 reasons. SRV is the definative Blues Licks king. He borrowed from most of the greatest blues players of all time. Essentials has every blues riff you could ever think of on it.
Gary Moore is more of a rock blues player but what he brings to the table is incredible feel, he also takes many chances and drifts in and out of the traditional blues style of playing. Another thing that makes Gary unique is that he doesn't have alot of repetition in his riffs which is very unusual for a blues player. Thats the one thing that urkes me about many blues players. They all seem to repeat and rehash the same riffs over and over in every song. For instance... BB King. The Thrill is Gone. You know the signature lick. Everybody knows it. Its an industry standard. I don't know if he wrote it but whoever did really nailed it. Anyway, 85% of the blues players out there incorporate this lick into their solo's. I don't mind hearing it a few times but with BB King, he plays that riff so many times in so many songs I can't handle it for too long. I am not bashing BB. I just get tired of that riff quickly. Gary doesn't do that. Even SRV does it to a point but not Gary.
RIP Gary.

[Robert Hendrix]

Endrik has a great point as usual. I recommended SRV and Gary Moore for 2 reasons. SRV is the definative Blues Licks king. He borrowed from most of the greatest blues players of all time. Essentials has every blues riff you could ever think of on it.
Gary Moore is more of a rock blues player but what he brings to the table is incredible feel, he also takes many chances and drifts in and out of the traditional blues style of playing. Another thing that makes Gary unique is that he doesn't have alot of repetition in his riffs which is very unusual for a blues player. Thats the one thing that urkes me about many blues players. They all seem to repeat and rehash the same riffs over and over in every song. For instance... BB King. The Thrill is Gone. You know the signature lick. Everybody knows it. Its an industry standard. I don't know if he wrote it but whoever did really nailed it. Anyway, 85% of the blues players out there incorporate this lick into their solo's. I don't mind hearing it a few times but with BB King, he plays that riff so many times in so many songs I can't handle it for too long. I am not bashing BB. I just get tired of that riff quickly. Gary doesn't do that. Even SRV does it to a point but not Gary.
RIP Gary.

+1000000000 could not have said that better myself!

[toejam]

Rory Gallagher.

[thebigz]

This thread is full of quality blues rock chatter!

[Hellbat]

Most of it that I know has been covered already here so I'll second Buddy Guy, SRV, and my favorite (though not really traditional 'delta blues') Gary Moore. Gary's last album (ever.. ) Bad For You Baby is a killer blues/rock album. He's also done some traditional blues albums and a tribute album to his hero Peter Green, who is also probably also worth checking out.

Jeff Healy hasn't been mentioned yet. He was blind and played the guitar on his lap generally sitting down, fretting with his thumb. He could rip and the thumb would allow him to do CRAZY bends. Generally more of a rock base with blues influences though.

[axmann]

Rory Gallagher, Sinner..and Saint is one of my all time favs, he has numerous great,great albums.
Frank Marino with Mahagony Rush, it's all good, my favorites are World Anthem, and the 1978 double "Live" album.

[VitaminG]

[axmann]

Oh yeah, a dude I just saw at Summerfest in Milwaukee this last summer, Mato Nanji and Indigenous. He is an ass kicker. Worth a listen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjJhKH3qz0c&feature=related

[tonemonster]

recommend you some blues?

how bout a woman doin you wrong? thats always a great foundation for blues.

the man keepin you down. thats a good cause for blues.

lose your job........ cant pay your rent........ excellent sources for the blues.


but the best ever is "that woman done me wrong" nothing gives you the blues like that.

[atomic charvel guy]

mike stern