For the JB doubters

RVA said:
See, I think that video was a specific example of technical blues playing. To my sensibilities, there is simply no heartache or other emotional touch in that song, just good guitar playing
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He doesn't always play the blues. I would classify this as a rock song that is blues inspired. A blues version would be John Mayall's version. That is part of what Joe does. He turns blues, and other genres, songs into rock songs. In a way it is like the Muddy Waters album Electric Mud. It is by a blues master but more rock or in Muddy's case psychedelic music designed to introduce more general audiences to the blues.
 
Here's an example of how Joe takes a song from a genre other than blues and makes it more accessible to a general audience. It is by Tom Waits. Tom's version is awesome but not really what most people would listen to. In this case I think iJoe s trying to get his blues audience to listen to other genres.

 
Kerry Brown said:
Here's an example of how Joe takes a song from a genre other than blues and makes it more accessible to a general audience. It is by Tom Waits. Tom's version is awesome but not really what most people would listen to. In this case I think iJoe s trying to get his blues audience to listen to other genres.

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I enjoyed that. Thank you!
 
I don't know a lot about this Man, but I have watched the videos that have been shown here. I have to say I like his guitar playing, I cant detect from any of his videos that he comes across as egotistical. I like the way he transforms songs to his own style. I believe he is a gifted guy. As for his personality , I find no fault.
 
Joe is a virtuoso guitar player. He's also a huge guitar nerd and proud of it, too. His mind is probably very complex, and that influences his playing style. It's like he has no time and patience for foreplay... let's get to the climax and burn there for awhile. Go Joe go... :dood:
 
Kerry Brown said:
He doesn't always play the blues. I would classify this as a rock song that is blues inspired. A blues version would be John Mayall's version. That is part of what Joe does. He turns blues, and other genres, songs into rock songs. In a way it is like the Muddy Waters album Electric Mud. It is by a blues master but more rock or in Muddy's case psychedelic music designed to introduce more general audiences to the blues.
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Exactly this.
 
RVA said:
I enjoyed that. Thank you!
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I really like Joe’s version of that song. I wanted to play a Tom Waits song at open mics but could never do justice to his music. I play Joe's version solo with acoustic. It usually gets a pretty good response.
 
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I have heard Joe describe his own music as blues rock several times. At times he plays "pure" blues, but his own stuff leans towards rock. And Black Country Communion is definitely a rock band leaning towards the harder side of rock. BCC is great, by the way. Glenn Hughes is a monster bass player, and his pipes are simply amazing. And that Bonham guy bashing the skins is no slouch either...

A lot of people say Bonamassa plays with no soul. I disagree. I'm pretty sure he pours his soul into every note he plays. His style is just such that he plays really fast at times. Whether people think he overplays or not, well, that is personal preference. He doesn't always play a lot of notes, though.

I am no fanboy, but I have the utmost respect for the guy.
 
Gahr said:
I have heard Joe describe his own music as blues rock several times. At times he plays "pure" blues, but his own stuff leans towards rock. And Black Country Communion is definitely a rock band leaning towards the harder side of rock. BCC is great, by the way. Glenn Hughes is a monster bass player, and his pipes are simply amazing. And that Bonham guy bashing the skins is no slouch either...

A lot of people say Bonamassa plays with no soul. I disagree. I'm pretty sure he pours his soul into every note he plays. His style is just such that he plays really fast at times. Whether people think he overplays or not, well, that is personal preference. He doesn't always play a lot of notes, though.

I am no fanboy, but I have the utmost respect for the guy.
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Right. He openly admits that his style is descended from British Blues-Rock bands and he came to "pure" blues later, and that really explains a lot about his approach to me. We could definitely all learn something about technique from the guy.
 
gball said:
Right. He openly admits that his style is descended from British Blues-Rock bands and he came to "pure" blues later, and that really explains a lot about his approach to me. We could definitely all learn something about technique from the guy.
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I respect the blues, but it bores me to death to play it....
 
Robert Herndon said:
I respect the blues, but it bores me to death to play it....
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Same here. I can listen to "British Blues" to some extent, but in all honesty the real thing bores me to listen to (especially the stuff with horn sections) and I get zero pleasure from playing that stuff.
Will not attend "blues jams" and definitely will not listen to bar-band blues.
 
Robert Herndon said:
This guy's music grabs me...

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I like being grabbed by music. The blues purists always talk about "feeling" and "emotion" and stuff like that. Well, that's fine if the guys playing it "felt" or "emoted" but I want music that makes ME feel something, and blues doesn't, not really. My favorite music does though, and so I'll stick with that - I think you and I are on the same page there.
 
gball said:
I like being grabbed by music. The blues purists always talk about "feeling" and "emotion" and stuff like that. Well, that's fine if the guys playing it "felt" or "emoted" but I want music that makes ME feel something, and blues doesn't, not really. My favorite music does though, and so I'll stick with that - I think you and I are on the same page there.
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I think a lot of people get the "me feeling it" and "playing with feeling" confused. People say this and that guitarist plays with feeling but this and that player doesn't. It is a very rare occasion when I see guys actually not putting their heart into what they are doing. Some guys might be boring to listen to because of their unoriginal choice of notes, their lack of technique,their repetitive playing, you name it, but the main thing is really always whether whoever is listening likes what they are hearing or not. I can listen to B. B. King play four notes all day, but I can only listen to Yngwie Malmsteen for half a minute before I'm bored (by which time Yngwie has probably surpassed the number of notes B. B. played in a whole day, by the way!), but does that mean Malmsteen plays with no soul? I'd say no. He feels the music he's playing just as much as the next guitarist. But it just doesn't grab ME as a listener.
 
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