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Favorite Blues or Blues/Rock Guitarist

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Question: Who is your favorite blues or blues/rock guitarist and why?
George Thorogood - 0 (0%)
Kenny Wayne Shepherd - 0 (0%)
Joe Bonamassa - 0 (0%)
Eric Clapton - 0 (0%)
Mike Bloomfield - 1 (25%)
Peter Green - 0 (0%)
Muddy Waters - 0 (0%)
Howlin' Wolf - 0 (0%)
Robert Johnson - 0 (0%)
Jack Starr - 0 (0%)
Matt Murphy - 0 (0%)
Wayne Bennett - 0 (0%)
Jimmy Johnson - 0 (0%)
T-Bone Walker - 0 (0%)
Jimmy Dawkins - 0 (0%)
Lowell Fulson - 0 (0%)
Guitar Shorty - 0 (0%)
BB King - 0 (0%)
Bo Diddley - 0 (0%)
Stevie Ray Vaughan - 2 (50%)
Johnny Winter - 0 (0%)
Other (identify/explain in post) - 1 (25%)
Total Voters: 4

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« on: August 30, 2010, 02:29:51 pm »

Who is your favorite blues or blues rock guitarist and why?
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« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2010, 02:55:42 pm »

Is Stevie Ray Vaughn supposed to be on the list?
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« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2010, 03:08:44 pm »

Yeah, because THAT'S my vote...then CLAPTON.
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« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2010, 03:43:59 pm »

Yes, SRV was/is supposed to be on there.  I went back and added him to the list!  Enjoy!

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« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2010, 09:00:56 pm »

Buddy Guy!

I must have worn the paint off my CD, "Damn Right I Got The Blues"... and I've seen him a couple of times in small clubs in Baton Rouge:




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKzMJrQ3uqk&feature=related

Jonny Lang doesn't do much for me... and although he's a rock guitarist, I did like Gary Moore's stuff:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6oDdgrbmeE&feature=related

I love SRV as well...
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« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2010, 09:13:29 pm »

Oooh, forgot Robert Cray!

One of my favorite songs (with the Memphis horns!):



And some good old country blues:



And how it sounded originally on Paycheck's album:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSo-7i8gktk&feature=fvw
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« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2010, 11:19:02 pm »

More country blues:



Hank Jr and Johnny Lee ****, Ray Charles and Dickie Betts:



And not a bad little cover by a blind white guy Smiley

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