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    Recommendations for bluesy guitar CDs?

    Hi, everybody! Hope everyone's enjoying this holiday season with lots of un-interrupted listening from your JBLs!

    Myself, I'm listening to mostly jazz on my system, but I'd like to hear some bluesy, rock music with good guitar playing, too. The trouble is I don't know a whole lot about who's good in this genre. The radio stations here in Tokyo play predominantly the Top 40 stuff, both Japanese and world (mostly US), so there's not much chance to accidentally discover something you like, like you would in the States. (Actually, the radios here are mostly talk, talk, talk..)

    Recently, I was lucky to have found a couple of CDs with the kind of music I'd like to listen to more often. One is by Little Joe Jackson (anybody know him?), another one by a group called the John Mayer Trio, and also a SACD/CD hybrid by the Vivino Brothers. Lots of blues rock, although not all of them. Also, from what I already had in my collection, I enjoy Stevie Ray Vaughan. But that's practially it. So I'd appreciate any recommenations on this kind of music, especially those with emphasis on the guitar playing, if you know what I mean?

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    John Mayall, Along for the ride. I wish that I could play this for you.

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    Blues guitar? Here, that's easy:
    Robert Cray - Strong Persuader



    Which jazz artists are your favorites?
    I love the way music makes me feel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by chad
    Blues guitar? Here, that's easy:
    Robert Cray - Strong Persuader



    Which jazz artists are your favorites?
    Thanks for your posts!
    John Mayall, huh? Haven't heard him in a long while! There's got to be some great sounding re-mastered CDs.
    Robert Cray. I don't know him, but will check him out definitely.

    Here're some of the more recent albums I've been listening to a lot:
    - Randy Brecker with Michael Brecker - Live, with great brass band arrangements
    - Pete Zimmer Quintet - modern be-pop
    - Bill Charlap Trio - lyrical and swinging
    - Larry Carlton and Steve Lukather on DVD -hot guitar playing in small club atmosphere

    And, some 'old' favorites:
    - Bill Evans - the Village Vanguard recordings
    - Tony Williams - 'Native Heart', just the kind of drumming my JBL needs!

    ...and many more. Just love that jazz sound!

    Keep'em 'blues rock' artists' names coming, please!


    Steve K

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    Any albums by the original Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, through Then Play On. or his present (I think) group, The Peter Green Splinter Group. He was the best guitarist I have ever heard. He can't play like he used to, but he can still sing and there is another good guitarist in his group.

    If you like your blues with lots of rock, Johnny Winter is great. Savoy Brown's Kim Simmons is overlooked today, too bad. If You like SRV, and who doesn't, look to Texas blues guitarists in general. They are jazzier than other blues players.

    Don't forget the real Chicago Blues. Muddy Waters was a God, in my opinion. I believe he is still Eric Clapton's personal favorite of all time. All but his later recordings (where he sometimes only sang) are real eye-openers.

    Not to be overlooked, the three Guitar Gods from Surrey, England: Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Eric Claption. Beck is the most talented guitarist anywhere, period. Led Zep's Tea For One, I think it was called, is sweet. Clapton tends to put a lot of energy and feeling into his work, a great combo.
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    Awesome music and recording quality:

    http://valley-entertainment.com/Artists/Bluesquest/#508


    I will buy it from you if you don't like it !
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    Ten years after "help me"

    Good bluesy sound with about 15 minutes of guitar solo it's call "Help Me" by Ten Years after, a killer song from the 70's.

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    Anything by Freddie King.
    Anything by Albert King.
    Also,try the first 4 albums from The Fabulous Thunderbirds,and some Smokin' Joe Kubek n' Bnois King,and Bugs Henderson,and Omar and the Howlers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gary C.
    Anything by Freddie King.
    Anything by Albert King.
    Also,try the first 4 albums from The Fabulous Thunderbirds,and some Smokin' Joe Kubek n' Bnois King,and Bugs Henderson,and Omar and the Howlers.
    Damn, you know your Blues! Tell us more!

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    Try any record from Robben Ford, old Jeff Beck: Wired, Blow By Blow; Jonny Laing, Kenny Wayne Sheperd, Joe Satriani, The Allman Bros., Dickey Betts, I'll think of more later
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    check out tab benoit if you get the chance....http://www.tabbenoit.com/

    solid south louisiana blues player...

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    Albert King? Without a doubt!

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    I'll second the Robben Ford recommendation - pick up "Robben Ford and the Blue Line" to get started. If you have a DVD player, the Eric Clapton "Crossroads" benefit concert is KILLER. It has performances by many of the people mentioned here so you can get a broad cross-section of the blues.


    I would also highly recommend Robert Randolph, who you'll see on the video. Nobody plays a 13-string pedal steel like that.

    jblnut

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    Love Robben Ford's SRV tribute, I think it's called "The Brother".

    Gary Moore. Sonny Landreth (cajun slide fingerpicked good stuff). Jeff Golub has a great touch, more jazz than blues usually, but all good.

    More later...

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    Wow, thanks! I wrote down all the names on paper which I'll take with me to Tower Records later this week.
    Robben Ford? Hadn't thougt of him in at least 15 years. Wasn't he a fusion jazz guitarist when he started? I'll definitely check him out!
    Thank you!

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