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The Blues Help, last minute xmas present suggestion needed:
my uncles says he, quote, likes the blues. I don't think he has much of it or knows a lot. Maybe I'll get him a CD. What would you suggest? | |
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With little more details than "the blues" (a varied genre regardless of what most people think) to go on...
 
...these two might be safe bets. The B.B. King album is a Grammy winner, has his most popular single and might be the easiest to find in a local store. The Buddy Guy album is a personal favorite. 
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http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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Good enough.  I'm bummed I missed Buddy Guy when he was opening for the Stones concert I saw last year. That's the price of getting a last minute markdown off scalped tickets.  | |
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heartbeatocean said: Good enough.
I'm bummed I missed Buddy Guy when he was opening for the Stones concert I saw last year. That's the price of getting a last minute markdown off scalped tickets. Just my opinion, but unfortunately the new modern day Rock Star Buddy Guy is a different animal from the album I suggested. 
However, i'm glad to see him get the current visibility and accolades while he's still alive to enjoy them. tA Tribal Disorder
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theAudience said: heartbeatocean said: Good enough.
I'm bummed I missed Buddy Guy when he was opening for the Stones concert I saw last year. That's the price of getting a last minute markdown off scalped tickets. Just my opinion, but unfortunately the new modern day Rock Star Buddy Guy is a different animal from the album I suggested.
However, i'm glad to see him get the current visibility and accolades while he's still alive to enjoy them. tA Tribal Disorder
http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 You mean his music is completely different than it used to be? | |
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heartbeatocean said: You mean his music is completely different than it used to be? No not completely different. I guess i'm referring more to his guitar sound. tA Tribal Disorder
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theAudience said: heartbeatocean said: You mean his music is completely different than it used to be? No not completely different. I guess i'm referring more to his guitar sound. tA Tribal Disorder
http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 so just kind of different and not to your taste? | |
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heartbeatocean said: so just kind of different and not to your taste? Yep. It used to be edgy but maintained some clarity. What i've heard lately is thin and heavy on the distortion. Comparing his second album... 
...to the present is an even starker example. tA Tribal Disorder
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Throughout the 90s Buddy Guy had an excellent run of albums on Silvertone.
Both DAMN RIGHT and SWEET TEA are stellar "state-of the art" blues albums, '98's HEAVY LOVE is bit of a dullard, but the cover is so pimpish you have to love it! test | |
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Stalwarts of modern blues
OTIS TAYLOR   
JOE LOUIS WALKER   
LUTHER ALLISON   
COREY HARRIS    test | |
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Might as well add a few more "younguns"
Keb Mo...   
Robert Cray...   
And not a youngun, but a friend of mine that deserves more attention...    
...Finis Tasby tA Tribal Disorder
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theAudience said: Might as well add a few more "younguns"
And not a youngun, but a friend of mine that deserves more attention...
...Finis Tasby I was about to say "Finis is older than most of my shoes!". test | |
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PFunkjazz said: I was about to say "Finis is older than most of my shoes!".  Yeah Finis is an "old dawg" but still a great Blues singer.
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One of my favourites! It's a great experimental rock/blues album. Any other Cream album would of course also be a good choice! "Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system" - Bruce Lee | |
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