Jan Depner wrote:
>On Wed, 2006-08-16 at 10:53 -0400, Dave Phillips wrote:
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>>Cale's okay, not nearly so good a writer as Willis Alan Ramsey, but okay
>>for pop.
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>
> I beg to differ. At least as far as the Naturally album is
>concerned. Everything on there is great.
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>
He just doesn't reach me. Are you familiar with Willis Alan ?
[re: Mayall]
> Mayall lost me when he said he never practiced harp playing. It's
>pretty obvious too ;-)
>
>
Still, I have to respect him. He dedicated his life to blues music at a
time when that wasn't a sure thing in the music world.
Now everyone's a blues player, no experience necessary. Note that there
are damned few decent white blues *singers*, most aren't even as good
(?) as Mayall.
>>If you want to hear some core blues try Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, or
>>Sonny Boy Williamson, especially the old Chess material. If you want to
>>go deeper, get the complete Blind Willie Johnson. (Apologies if you're
>>already aware of this stuff).
>>
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>
> I prefer Robert Pete Williams, RL Burnside, and Son Thomas. But the
>players you mentioned are good too. ;-)
>
You think so ? :)
I'm looking forward to the next local blues fest (Soulshine), Byron Lee
is playing. Daniel Ballinger is headlining, I don't think he's much of a
bluesman but he does know how to get a house rocking.
Robert Pete, eh ? I have all his stuff, he's truly extraordinary. Saw RL
Burnside a few years ago, he was fine too. Alas, I haven't time to keep
up on the current crop of bluesman, white or otherwise, so I tend to
revert to the classics whenever I want to listen to core stuff.
Best,
dp
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