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Original message:509 days 5 hours 4 minutes ago
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Member: johnny cox
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I see that a lot of the members like to play rock and metal and I do too,but I dont hear much about the blues. It is such great music and it is not talked about much. I plan to post a video of me playing Red House soon from Jimi Hendrix. Who are your favorite blues players? Here is a cool clip. This is Eric Johnson,Joe Satriani and Steve Vai
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Reply:509 days 4 hours 59 minutes ago
Member: Alex Koepp
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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!
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Reply:509 days 3 hours 40 minutes ago
Member: Justin
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yeah, definately jimi hendrix and SRV. i like robin trower too.
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Reply:508 days 22 hours 51 minutes ago
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I dig the Blues too. Haven't picked a favourite though.
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Reply:508 days 22 hours 26 minutes ago
Member: ianz
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rory gallagher, derek trucks and kenny wayne!
Reply:508 days 21 hours 14 minutes ago
Member: GibsonBoss
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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.
Reply:508 days 19 hours 24 minutes ago
Member: Joe Chaney
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blues is best, my favourite player is howlin' wolf
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Reply:508 days 17 hours 13 minutes ago
Member: Sullivancountychops
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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.
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Reply:508 days 16 hours 30 minutes ago
Member: Captain Fantastic
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Doyle is ridiculous! I saw him playing with Roger Waters in Vegas a few years ago. I really dig Keb Mo and Jerry Douglas as well
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I enjoy skinny skiing, heckling figure skaters, flamenco guitar, the blue stuff you put your combs in, good drummers, focaccia bread and coffee out of a french press
Reply:508 days 15 hours 46 minutes ago
Member: duane
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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.
Reply:508 days 15 hours 14 minutes ago
Member: johnny cox
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You are right Duane. I just wanted some of the rock and metal guys to see that these guys play blues also.
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Reply:508 days 14 hours ago
Member: charles
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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.
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Reply:508 days 8 hours 47 minutes ago
Member: Dustin
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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.
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Reply:508 days 8 hours 17 minutes ago
Member: charles
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joe Bonamassa can really play
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Reply:508 days 7 hours 34 minutes ago
Member: johnny cox
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Here is a Joe Banamassa clip
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Reply:508 days 7 hours 17 minutes ago
Member: Sullivancountychops
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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."
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