Blues is the best!

Stevie Ray Vaughan, Hendrix, Clapton are my favorites, seems John Mayer is turning out to be a great blues player too!

yeah, definately jimi hendrix and SRV. i like robin trower too.

I dig the Blues too. Haven't picked a favourite though.

rory gallagher, derek trucks and kenny wayne!

yeah kenny wayne is awsome,,, i have only heard led better heights but the guy can wail and so so young, hes actually really inspiring...... favorite blues band has to be the robert cray band,,,,, if for nothing else for strong persuader.

blues is best, my favourite player is howlin' wolf

There are a lot of great blues players out there and some who are no longer with us. My favorites would have to be Stevie Ray Vaughan, Kenny Wayne Shepard, B.B. King, Lightning Hopkins, Doyle Bramhall (Arc Angels), Jimmie Vaughan and Eric Johnson to name a few....ok more than a few LOL.

I wouldn't call Jerry Douglas "blues" per se' but then I would say that EJ or Hendrix is not either. Just because you can pull off blues scales and there may be some blues influenced phrasing in their playing, that does not make them blues players.

Wolf, Muddy, the 3 Kings (bb,albert,freddy), Peter Green, Keb Mo, and so many more.

You are right Duane. I just wanted some of the rock and metal guys to see that these guys play blues also.

i have to say Caption, i have a great CD Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Eric Clapton. it has stuff from john mayall's bluesbreakers cream derek and the dominos and others. if you hear this cd you'll think claption is the best too.

yeah i seem to be getting more and more into blues the more i play guitar. i like Clapton, hendrix, SRV, and a new guy who's a really good blues player is Joe Bonamassa.

joe Bonamassa can really play

Here is a Joe Banamassa clip

Another metal kind of player who is also a good blues player is Mark Kendall of Great White fame. He does a killer version of "Red House."

Blues, is great for phrasing.

My faves.
JIMI, SRV, John Mayer

oh and Yngwie( dont laugh)

Where are the blues players? They\'re younger than you might think!

We have a group in the studio called \"The Runnin\' Wild Band.\" These guys are players who know their stuff and are focused on results. They\'re professional in every sense of the word. The surprise comes when you find out the bass player and drummer are only 15. The guitar player is 17.

I honestly hate mp3\'s and this doesn\'t do them justice. The recording is also \"raw.\" Meaning it hasn\'t been mixed or tweaked in any way. There are no doubled tracks. This was done live, so far, and there is more to be added. Guitar is... Hmmmm... Maybe you should guess the size of the amp, or if it were run through a POD or other kind of emulator, or maybe it\'s just a direct recording?

Some of the other parts of this particular cut, called \"Jeckel and Hyde,\" are posted in the recording forum if you\'re interested in hearing more. (The complete cut is about 13 minutes and it\'s not all here. I had to break it up because I had to use a cheap, \"shareware\" mp3 maker for this, so I apologize for the crappy sound. In the control room, listening to these guys makes your skin crawl. Watching them perform, it appears they put little effort into their playing. The result is simply amazing!

I particularly like this section.

http://www.cleargravy.com/MP3/Track4.mp3

Oh, yeah...

These cuts are from another blues group. When recorded they were called "Fat Hamster." They're now known as "Trick Shot."

Older guys, (40's, 50's,) who also rock.

http://www.cleargravy.com/MP3/BluesGirl.mp3

http://www.cleargravy.com/MP3/OtherSide.mp3

interesting.

As for the running wild band.. not bad. The guys have "skills" but the slide playing needs work. Intonation is off in a couple of places and in my opinion it is not driving anywhere. As for equipment used, who knows? As you are aware in a "real" studio equipment should be/could be/is a non-issue. I've used Champs and VGx's and it sounds as good as the Eng recording it.

Fat Hamster/Trick Shot. I know these guys (well, not really never met them but have the Fat Hamster demo)
They have a "thing" they do that is pretty entertaining but I'm not crazy about the female singer. That's probably just me. I was never a fan unless it was Etta or Koko and even then it is iffy sometimes. :-)

When the were Fat Hamster, they had a male singer. If you have their CD, then it actually came from my former chief engineer's studio. (Except for harp parts on a few things. He couldn't get it to sound as good as it did in my studio.)

Fat Hamster with a Male singer .. right.. that's it. Did they have a full blown CD? I have a non-mastered 3 or 4 song "cd" that the harp player sent me.

Don't keep in touch with them as much as I probably should :-( ..

I'm pretty sure they did complete a CD with Module Overload Studio. Might want to check with Jack and see if you can get a complete copy. Actually, the male singer they dumped and replaced with the female singer, wasn't all that good. They also replaced the singer on the cuts I posted with yet another female singer who blows this one away.

Also like your comment on the studio sound of a recorded guitar. There are so many players here who just don't realize that it shouldn't make any difference in the sound whether recording an amp, emulator or direct. In the end it should just reflect as a difference in tone.

I've tuned in to an internet blues radio station and been listening to it intesnively since yesterday lol. This thread reminded me I got a lot of work to do on phrases.

Favorite blues musicians / bands:

Howlin' Wolf
Muddy Waters
Albert Collins
Robert Johnson
Gov't Mule
SRV

There's more but, in my mind, these guys are the bosses when it comes to blues, modern or old school.