Really, really long Am blues backing track

Kerry Brown said:
I don’t understand why the blues has to be played by black musicians. Not trying to be political but for me music is colour blind.
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Well, it doesn't and there are some very fine blues musicians of all backgrounds. When I say white-guy blues, I mean the kind of "blues" you hear being played at the local sports bar/restaurant during Sunday brunch by middle aged guys in Hawaiian shirts (why do they always have Tommy Bahama on? Always!). It's basically one long set of Mustang Sally, and no offense to middle age white guys, because I happen to be one, but they tend to be the only ones in the place enjoying it.
 
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gball said:
Well, it doesn't and there are some very fine blues musicians of all backgrounds. When I say white-guy blues, I mean the kind of "blues" you hear being played at the local sports bar/restaurant during Sunday brunch by middle aged guys in Hawaiian shirts (why do they always have Tommy Bahama on? Always!). It's basically one long set of Mustang Sally, and no offense to middle age white guys, because I happen to be one, but they tend to be the only ones in the place enjoying it.
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I hear where you are coming from but I have to disagree. Anyone who tries to make music and has the balls to do it in public gets no disrespect from me. Yes, some of it is atrocious but at least they are trying. I’d rather listen to bad live music than any kind of of canned music. This is a pet peeve of mine. Sorry if I come on strong about it.
 
Reminds me I was wanting to find one of my favorite white guy blues albums - Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac.
I have had the song "Something Inside of Me" on my inner playlist rotation lately.

circular wanking - I have something inside of me, it is the song "Something Inside of Me".....
I am dizzy.
 
Kerry Brown said:
I hear where you are coming from but I have to disagree. Anyone who tries to make music and has the balls to do it in public gets no disrespect from me. Yes, some of it is atrocious but at least they are trying. I’d rather listen to bad live music than any kind of of canned music. This is a pet peeve of mine. Sorry if I come on strong about it.
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The point we can most certainly agree on is that when people put themselves out there in a live performance they should be encouraged and applauded.

Where we will never I suppose is that when people do it I have always felt that the lowest common denominator approach of tired, simple Blues songs is not only lacking any sort of challenge but is just plain boring for the listener. I really, actually (and of course personally) would prefer a canned soundtrack or jukebox to yet another cover of one or another Blues standards.
 
gball said:
The point we can most certainly agree on is that when people put themselves out there in a live performance they should be encouraged and applauded.

Where we will never I suppose is that when people do it I have always felt that the lowest common denominator approach of tired, simple Blues songs is not only lacking any sort of challenge but is just plain boring for the listener. I really, actually (and of course personally) would prefer a canned soundtrack or jukebox to yet another cover of one or another Blues standards.
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We definitely disagree on the blues. I could listen to the blues all day and not get tired of it :)
 
Speaking of long White BLUES, A friend notified me Vanilla Fudge is playing a gig up in Harford County Md at Club 66 soon.
So I had to pull up an appetizer. Carmine and Cactus played this club a year or so ago too.

 
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