Are the Blues Dead/dying?

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2008-01-08, 08:06 #31

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Not much of a Mayer fan, but I would agree with that statement.

I like Keb Mo and some of his stuff. Does not sound really like "typical Blues".
The Clapton/King album was really good and not the same ol same ol BB type blues.
and Tedeschi.... well I am just in love with her voice....
And Bonamossa, although sounding very SRV-ish, really manges to get me tapping my foot. And he's brilliant in concert.

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peter 2008-01-08, 08:27 #32

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One of the guests on the Jools Holland show on TV on New Year's Eve was a bluesman, or at least what sounded to my untutored ears like a bluesman. His name was Seasick Steve, and, while not a young man, he clearly wasn't Dead/dying. He also played the complete pants off all the other guests -- Madness, McCartney, Minogue, and the Kaiser Chiefs not excepted.

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Nordburgh 2008-01-09, 18:37 #33

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I haven't really listened to Mayer much so I'll have to check him out and anybody named Seasick Steve is definitely worth investigating!

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