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Where to start?
David_Dovey:
So not so much "where to start" but "where to next": Elvis Costello.
I have the My Aim is True, This Year's Model, Armed Forces, Imperial Bedroom and Secret, Profane and Sugarcane but I've basically no idea about the varying quality- and tone- of his discography through the 80s and 90s
Ptommydski:
Blood & Chocolate is probably his third best record after the first two.
E. Spaceman:
I actually quite like "Mighty Like A Rose"
nufan:
--- Quote from: Jeans on 18 Feb 2010, 12:40 ---Blues Music In General (not a band)
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Well hey look at that I can actually be of help in this thread.
Like any genre, blues has many different strands and aspects, and I guess it's all about finding what you like and don't like. I, for example, have never really been bothered by the 12-bar blues style and prefer the early delta records, open-stringed tuning stuff. So, for example I love these fellows:
Skip James
Bukka White
Reverend Gary Davis (song starts at about 2:10 and is the best thing you will ever see ever)
Blind Willie Johnson
I recently found out about Washington Phillips, who played this bizarre instrument that sounds like nothing I've ever heard and is brilliant.
Also many others such as Son House, Blind Willie McTell, Fred McDowell, Robert Johnson, Lonnie Johnson, Charley Patton, Elmore James etc etc. If you're not into that, you might be into stuff like Muddy Waters and the electric blues thing. Also check out Taj Mahal who is awesome pretty much whatever he does.
tricia kidd:
honestly my favorite blues musician is Lightnin' Hopkins. i can't recommend him enough.
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