Robert Johnson is good, you get a really errie feeling listing to him. It might be tough getting recordings though.
is otis redding considered blues?? or r and b??? hes great though... this other guy i cnat remember his name real nice voice.... wait for the input of someone who really knows...
Susan Tedeschi Deborah Coleman Keri Leigh Lou Ann Barton ....my faves, and all I seem to be able to think of at the moment
The CD "Howlin' Wolf, The London Sessions" Wolf is backed up by Clapton, Steve Winwood, Bill Wyman, and Charlie Watts. Bo Diddley, B.B. King Stevie Ray Vaughn John Lee Hooker Billie Holliday
I dunno if Nina Simone is more jazz, but anyway... She's wonderful! Also, Gary Moore. I adore his music.
Eric Clapton, Jimmie Lee Vaughan (Stevie Ray's Brother) Buddy Guy Neil Young's album Greendale has some songs on it that are bluesy... it's bluesy folk stuff Stephen Stills Jerry Garcia does some good blues work too Robert Cray Hubert Sumlin Billy Preston (not really blues but kinda kickass on the hammond B3...) Scott Henderson Some of Neil Schon's stuff ZZ Top John Mayer (moreso his live stuff... does some SRV/Hendrix covers) Carlos Santana Doyle Bramhall Doyle Bramhall II, Robert Randolph J.J. Cale Joe Walsh Leo Kottke (does nice 12 string slide work) Robert Johnson Mississippi John Hurt Albert King Albert Collins Eric Johnson Creedance Clearwater Revival/John Fogerty Jonny Lang Steve Vai Mississippi Fred MCDowell James Cotton Son House Howling Wolf Jimi Hendrix David "Honeyboy" Edwards Robert Lockwood "Junior" Jerry Douglas Some of Bob Dylan's stuff B.B. King John Mayall Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble Bonnie Raitt Tracy Chapman Lightnin' Hopkins Muddy Waters T-Bone Walker Guitar Slim Little Son Jackson Blind Willie McTell Frankie Lee Sims Allman Brothers Band Derek Trucks Band Chet Atkins Rev. Gary Davis Jerry Reed John Lee Hooker Although he's more jazz, though, I'd also check out John McLaughlin... I love how he can take jazz and mix in tabla drums and indian influences and world music along with electronica stuff. It's really spiritual sounding... and he's an amazing guitarist who records out of his home studio. Andddd... buy the Crossroads Festival DVD, too. It's great.
Thanks guys for the help. I appreciate it and haha George, Chuck told me I should have asked you about it. haha thanks for the long list man.
Blues is my specialty. Anytime, Syra. BTW, Scott Henderson... not too many people know about him, but he's amazing. He's kind of underground. I wrote a song called harlem and I emulated his tremolo use on his stratocasters but kind of made it too overblown... awesome blues and jazz guitarist/musician. http://www.scotthenderson.net/ He does really great jazz fusion on the side from his blues work. He played with Chick Corea, Jean Luc Ponty, and Joe Zawinul. And of course... I highly reccomend Stevie Ray Vaughan, but you knew that. I really reccomend his live stuff... way better than studio. Live at the El Mocambo DVD, Austin City Limits concerts, and his Montreaux Jazz Fest appearances. And of course the MTV Unplugged concert. I have those tracks on my computer... they're hard to find. I have some bootlegs of him with albert and B.B. king and I have a bootleg of him with Carlos Santana back in 1979. Oh Edit: by the way, I'm not sure if I like SRV's stuff before Reese joined double trouble on the Hammond B3... I'm not sure. Reese is pretty good.... I like his playing on Say What and Crossfire... I used to only listen to pre-1986 SRV stuff, most of the time, but now I'm actually starting to dig Reese.... I used to think it was too overblown and cheesy sounding with him in it, sometimes. But then I got to see more of what he does and how good he is. The 1986 appearance of them playing Say What on Saturday Night Live is awesome and blows me away along with voodoo chile, and a lot of SRVs style is rediculously easy if you study it closely... it's a lot of pentatonic stuff and shuffles... it's just that you have to get the rhythms down right and know when and where. It's mostly in hand strength, and tone. Hand technique, string guage, and strength makes up 90 percent of your playing tone. The other ten percent from what amp you're using, single coils or humbuckers, alnico/sumarium or ceramic, and wood combinations and choices.
Stevie Ray Vaughn, Noah Hunt(Kenny Wanye Shepherd Band), Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Albert King John Lee Hooker, B.B King, Bessie Smith, Etta James, and Joan Beaz are good ones. But there are many more.
Thanks... And I've been trying to remember the name of Steve Winwood for like, three days now IMO, for the best organ work, keyboards, and pianos... Billy Preston. He's kinda underrated, but he's making a comeback now working with Eric Clapton, and all. Of course, there's Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder... Will it go round in circles... will it fly high like a bird up in the skyyyyy...
