[Closed] Blues Rock thread!

Blues rock = music for 40+ year old bores in leather waistcoats, some of whom have horrible little pony tails, the rest of whom wished they had enough hair for a horrible little pony tail.

IMHO, of course 🙂

lol 😛

Not 40+. Don't own a leather waistcoat. Have plenty of hair, but not even the slightest thought of a ponytail.

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Blues rock = music for characters in leather waistcoats, some of whom have pony tails, and some of the women have a terrific head of curly hair

Stop being so bloomin' ageist Nettles. 🙄

Cap'n - good choice of Joe [b]who most definitely isn't over 40 years old[/b]

have some Black Keys - [url=

So Ugly[/url]

and [url=

gotta be[/url]

[i]music for characters in leather waistcoats[/i]

See, I was right about the waistcoats. Unless you're working as a blacksmith, its not a good look

[i]Don't own a leather waistcoat[/i]

Admit it though, you secretly want one...

Blues rock (done well) = music that still has some hair on its balls, unlike so much of the over-produced, contrived metrosexual pish that gets released in the name of rock these days...

I would recommend some Black Diamond Heavies, but I've only just bought the CD and haven't had a chance to listen to it yet.

Why have I never heard of the Black Keys until now? Wow!

Off to HMV tomorrow then!

[/quoteSee, I was right about the waistcoats. Unless you're working as a blacksmith, its not a good look

Oops, meant to have said I wear a leather jacket. I'm cool. 😉

 

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Primevals[/url] used to be my fave band. Can't believe they're on Youtube!

Then Jon Spencer Blues Explosion came along... [url=

Captainflashheart, be wary of the most recent two Black Keys albums (Attack and Release and Brothers) both have their moments but neither are a patch on Rubber Factory or Magic Potion.

Chulahoma is great as well, especially if you like your Junior Kimbrough.

Wish I had sound on my computer so I could listen to the links above. Can anyone comment on the Oblivians or the Reigning Sounds? Amazon seems to be trying to hawk them to me but I haven't heard anything.

yeah, Rubber Factory is the Black Keys album you should embrace

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Rory Gallagher, the Irish Hendrix, the guy was a legend.

Joe Bonamassa - Blues Deluxe

Kenny Wayne Shepherd:

Still waiting for him to play in the U.K.

More Joe:

gonna see this 'kin brill dude in a couple of weeks,

I saw Walter Trout a few years ago, it was interesting!

Good vid of Rory, always listening to 'Irish Tour'.

Apart from Rory Gallagher.....Blues rock is s**t,music to listen to in a company car, generic pulp for the emotionally and musically immature to listen to and the umimaginative hackneyed and cliched to play, think it makes them "quirky" and read graphic novels,probably wet the bed in their teens as well. Imho anyway, yours may differ 🙂

is no one gonna mention led zep..? Or am I showing my youth..?

Gotta disagree with you jahwomble. In fact, I disagree with you most strongly!!

Blues rock = music for 40+ year old bores in leather waistcoats, some of whom have horrible little pony tails, the rest of whom wished they had enough hair for a horrible little pony tail.

IMHO, of course

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I'm not 40

JSBX has saved this thread from my bile fueled derision!

You can..... you're allowed to :), but ti's a very very tired genre at the very least.:)

MrNutt - cos we're not keeping it real??!!

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Apart from Rory Gallagher.....Blues rock is s**t

So you accept that [i]some[/i] blues rock is good?

Would it upset you to learn that the only blues rock I like which has been recommended by my 60 year old, Clapton listening father is... Rory Gallagher?

I accept the cliche argument, but that's because its A)Good and B)Old. Of course its going to become cliche.

Jah...

I don't think you can class someoneone like Stevie Ray Vaughn as
"generic pulp for the emotionally and musically immature to listen to and the umimaginative hackneyed and cliched to play"

like everything there is a lot of copycat ****.. it ain't called a 12 bar shuffle for nothing.

Hell, even my kids (in their 20's) like Hendrix!

Agree with Martyn. SRV - what a talent.

"don't think you can class someoneone like Stevie Ray Vaughn as"

"generic pulp for the emotionally and musically immature to listen to and the umimaginative hackneyed and cliched to play"

Of course I can, because it is. it's no more or less generic than any pub band, the only real difference with srv is that he put more pratice in, but it's still an essentially turgid and creatively bankrupt genre.

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"Would it upset you to learn that the only blues rock I like which has been recommended by my 60 year old, Clapton listening father is... Rory Gallagher?" ......Er no but I'm not really sure why it should upset me ?

fair enough...

your wrong, but I'll let it pass this time.

time for a little boogie:

now in order to have a good boogie you gotta have a bottom...

jahwomble - I despair on this thread too.

IHN your description is scarily accurate apart from you forgot the bit about nursing a pint of brown for the [i]entire[/i] night whilst listening to said turgid and musically bankrupt old ****.

IME of working in pubs that have blues nights...

Tis amazing how any thread can turn into a silly argument atm - I think everyone has SAD or something.

It's not a silly argument, no one here is arguing, this is just night time....

Nettles is being terribly cynical!

What harm are old boys/girls doing? Sometimes we take the pi** with the youngsters!

Polite request: can we have the smiley's back, I really don't want to upset anyone on here.

Edit: I need my bed, can't last the pace ahem!

To counter the old classics I give you those old codgers Back Door Slam:

country southern blues count?

Taster.

Rory Gallagher. Or what about another dead person, Steve marriott?

Any of you old fogies remember the Lime Spiders?

As an unashamed fan of this music genre (with strict limitations) I think there is a very good reason that SRV is put forward [i]the[/i] definitive blues-rock guitarist. Lots of people will pick the same track, but SRV's Little Wing is just sublime, imo.

Plus of course you could also sensibly cite just about any modern rock band, since it all stems from the 60's "white boy blues" movement - Cream, Led Zep etc etc.

Couple of excellent british bands that are well worth seeing live -

The Hoax will hopefully play again soon-ish [url=

Hoax three man one guitar thing[/url]

Plus Larry Miller [url=

Miller live[/url] - who is not only a terrific guitarist, but also exceptionally personable, entertaining and likeable. And a massive Rory fan too.

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Ray Vaugh - Voodoo Chile[/url]

[i]Plus of course you could also sensibly cite just about any modern rock band, since it all stems from the 60's "white boy blues" movement - Cream, Led Zep etc etc.[/i]

define Rock?

you could also argue that an awful lot of bands started just because they didn't want to sound anything like Clapton, Led Zep etc etc

I completely with glenp. Big fan, along with R+B and soul.

Got to also include the Rolling Stones - very blues influenced to the point of ripping off a lot of older stuff. Probalby more successful bands have their roots blues than any other influence

Young bloods in the genre and most definitely not stale:

Oli Brown

Aynsley Lister

Joanne Shaw Taylor

Ron Sayer

Everyone to their own but music should be explored beyond your 'favorite'. Closed minds cause wars!!

Capt the Rolling Stones aren't blues 'influenced' band they're a blues band end of. And lets be honest here, anything past about '75 as far as their output is concerned is shit.

Successful bands of 30-40 years ago have a blues influence, not so much these days

Virtually everything on the rocky side of the Beatles from 60s and 70s would fall more or less in the rocky blues category. It was a great [i]British[/i] movement too. Things have morphed over time, sure, but look at the Led Zep example to see how it typically goes - basically just very extreme beefed-up electric blues… and then they fleshed it out and diversified.

It is quite funny - I'm now 45, and I go along to a gig in this category and I'm still the youngest one there!