Thread: Green Day "Bullet in a Bible"

I always feel like I was born in the wrong decade. When I hear the live recordings of hendrix, springsteen, joplin, or the old blues guys Albert King, Muddy Water, BB King, John Lee Hooker (one of my favorites, also love Stevie Ray Vaughn, even though its not classic blues...Country music is the one of the only genres of music left that has some blues sound to it and still tells a story....I feel so damn out of place...hell I like guns made of steel, I shave with a straight razor, and I like single malt scotch and old muscle cars, I defintely was born in the wrong decade....sigh....that old blues guitar...I could just imagine myself sipping a single malt at the bar of an old smokey blues club listening to some insane blues riffs......only they dont exist anymore...and even if they did, it seems that the talent has just faded away in favor ot slutty girls in tight skirts or boys who are mad at their parents for something or other...

Nah, they still exist and the talent still exists too. Get yourself out to some blues clubs and see some of the smaller live bands. Listen to the indie music scene and you'll hear some real talent, not just the mass produced record label stuff.

-- Gary F.

Blues aaahhhh....

I was in Chicago a while back and visited Kingston Mines blues club in North Halsted.

What a night, boy is there talent out there or what. My ears ached the next day.

Some of those lead guitarists are sadists for sure, really make your ears bleed.

Brilliant stuff. Try to check out Alvin Lee, TYA playing "slow blues in C" live.


Gary

Try the Black Keys too. They do some pretty good blues-inspired stuff, they're indie so they might be a bit tougher to find. They do have a website as well.

-- Gary F.

Well Im going to have to start posting cities I am in on this thread and seeing if anyone knows any good blues clubs around the area.

This thread made me go out and by some blues CDs I got a great double CD set of muddy waters live....man it just blows my mind.....What a great CD!!!!!

Also got a 2 CD set for John Lee Hooker, but havent had the chance to listen yet, been to busy with muddy waters!

Please don't forget: The Iceman - Albert Collins, the blues wonder - Mr. Derek Trucks, Doyle Bramhall 2 (Eric Clapton backing guitarist), his dad, Doyle Bramhall, Ronnie Earl (great one), Chris Duarte (you should hear his "shiloh") and so on... see, SRV will live forever

Nenad

The White Stripes are another group to check out, if you haven't already. They're all about storytelling in music and in addition to writing lots of country and blues influenced songs of their own, they cover the greats: Son House, Robert Johnson, Blind Willy McTell, etc.

The Black Keys are pretty good, too. Another two-piece. I own records by both bands and have seen them both live, and I think the White Stripes are superior.

I far prefer the Black Keys. The white stripes are "too known" IMO, and aren't nearly as good as their billing. It's like Babe Ruth said "nobody goes there anymore because it's too busy". Whenever someone plays WS I'm like "yeah, been there, done that, got the T-shirt" but when I crank the BK they are all "Wow, who's THAT?"

-- Gary F.

"Too known," huh?

Just because a band has made their mark, doesn't necessarily mean they've lost anything along the way. This "I liked them before they were popular" attitude is not a good one.

"Been there, done that"? Are you serious? Is that a California thing?

I own records by by both bands, and the reason people say, "Who's that?" when they hear The Black Keys is because their songs aren't that great. They've got some really awesome riffs and all, but the guy's slurred vocals aren't going to take them anywhere fast.

Jack White has proven himself to be the superior artist.