Got the blues?
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Fiesta Red
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An old pic my daughter took of me with my cheap Dean Chrome G resonator:
Scott Baxendale
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DirtySteve
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Mick Taylor era Stones were the absolute best! Sticky Fingers is in my top 10 desert island albums for sure.
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DirtySteve
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Fiesta Red
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The bridge between Jazz and Blues, Oak Cliff, Texas’ own T-Bone Walker:
Fiesta Red
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And the bridge between Blues and Rock, Buddy Guy:
Scott Baxendale
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I played lots of blues gigs when I lived in Oak Cliff. A lot in Deep Ellum too.
Fiesta Red
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When was that?
And what was your band called?
Scott Baxendale
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In the 80’s. I was in Hung Jury, Bax’s Fast Food, Stymie & the Circuit Breakers, Rotten Rubber Band during that era.
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DirtySteve
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Kerry Brown
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I was a young 14 year old in a record store. I don't know what possessed me. I liked some of the British blues bands that were popular then. This was in the 60s. I bought a record, Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry at the 2nd Fret. I was hooked. I wanted to play guitar like Brownie. It was the start of a life long obsession with the blues.
Kerry Brown
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If there are two current blues guitar players I'd like to emulate it would be these two. They excel at just playing enough to make the song better.
SG John
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I've been to the Pour House a few times. It's a fantastic place to catch some Blues and good grub.
Kerry Brown
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This is my favorite blues recording ever.
SG John
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Ages ago, one of the elective classes I was taking at Harvard Extension School was titled "History of the Blues in America." It was a great class with excellent discussion, music, and guest speakers and performers. At the end of the class, we were given an option of writing a long paper or recording a few tracks to submit for a grade.
Here are two of my submissions. I could have sworn that I uploaded all three. The second track is played on my Dobro. Both tracks live in the studio, with the slide overdubbed on the first track. I got an A+ in the class, and 4.0 for my semester grade.
Here are two of my submissions. I could have sworn that I uploaded all three. The second track is played on my Dobro. Both tracks live in the studio, with the slide overdubbed on the first track. I got an A+ in the class, and 4.0 for my semester grade.