Need some blues music help here

[tagkc]

The previous post about music got me to thinking.

I need some new (to me at least) music. I'm specifically looking for blues music. Even more specific I'm looking for what I would term "electric blues" and slide guitar blues.

One example is Eric Sardinas. He's a perfect example of what I'm looking for.

Anyone got any suggestions?

Thanks folks

[DemBonez]

John Lee Hooker, Lightnin' Hopkins, & Muddy Waters are the three I always think of with Electric blues. Slide blues makes me think Ry Cooder, but he has alot of different style of music. I'm not a huge fan of Eric Sardinas, so I can't think off the top of my head of similar artists. Scott Henderson has been a favorite of mine for a while, not sure if you know him or not. I also tell everyone who is looking for blues to check out Danny Gatton; seems like not too many people knew him.

edit: sorry I couldn't be more of a service.

[tagkc]

John Lee Hooker, Lightnin' Hopkins, & Muddy Waters are the three I always think of with Electric blues. Slide blues makes me think Ry Cooder, but he has alot of different style of music. I'm not a huge fan of Eric Sardinas, so I can't think off the top of my head of similar artists. Scott Henderson has been a favorite of mine for a while, not sure if you know him or not. I also tell everyone who is looking for blues to check out Danny Gatton; seems like not too many people knew him.

edit: sorry I couldn't be more of a service.

No need to be sorry, there's someplace to start.

I've got some Hooker and Waters, they are great. And Ry Cooder is awesome too.

I'll definitely look for Henderson and Gatton.

Sardinas' albums are only ok, but have you seen him in concert? He puts on one of the bets shows I've ever seen. I saw him open a couple years ago at a little club here in Kansas City for Steven Vai and I was blown away. I then went out and got his first album and it was only so-so.

[robochan]

I also tell everyone who is looking for blues to check out Danny Gatton; seems like not too many people knew him.

A whole-hearted YES! YES! YES!

Good god that man could play... and play and play and play. For specifics, look into the album with Joey DeFrancesco called Relentless. It's one of the most appropriately named albums I've ever known. Heh, even on topic for this site, there's a song on there called "The Pits" with blistering guitar solos that won't fail to boggle the mind. DeFrancesco's Hammond solos won't fail to disappoint either. He kicks in the leslie at one point and it makes you feel like you want to go to church. The album called 88 Elmira Street was Gatton's first album I ever picked up. There's a great version of the Simpsons Theme on it, as well as some _amazing_ slide work and killer horn arrangements.
Oddly enough, the first time I heard Danny Gatton was via a sound leaf (those flimsy plastic record thingies) included in a issue of Guitar Player magazine from the 80's. It was a wicked little tune called "Nit Pickin'". He was featured on the cover, shown in a mask, as "The Greatest Unknown Guitarist Ever". Really, there was no question that he was put on this planet to play guitar.

Seriously - get yourself some Danny Gatton- you _will not_ be disapointed - though it might make your fingers ache
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[DurfBarian]

Jimi Hendrix released a blues album that was otherworldly. Or he just recorded the songs, and someone else released it. I don't know. Anyway it's worth owning on CD.

I'd also recommend as much Stevie Ray Vaughan as you can get.

[DemBonez]

Jimi Hendrix released a blues album that was otherworldly. Or he just recorded the songs, and someone else released it. I don't know. Anyway it's worth owning on CD.

I'd also recommend as much Stevie Ray Vaughan as you can get.

It was released in 1994 and he died in 1970, it's just another compilation for him.

Both Stevie and Hendrix had a lot of Blues influences, yet I would still label them more Rock than anything. If you are into SRV, check out people like Johnny Winter, Allman Brother's Band (And their other projects like Gov't Mule), Clapton, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Roy Buchanon, and Eric Johnson (although he is more jazzy than bluesy). Two bands I keep getting told to look into are Joe Bonamassa and Indigenous. I've been told about Joe's insane guitar work and that Indigenous is a native-american blues-rock band.


so.... yeah.