Re: [Harp-L] Totally bored with the blues genre

[Joel Fritz <williemctell@xxxxxxxxx>]

I find myself drawn to the pre-SBWI players like George "Bullet" 
Williams, Blues Birdhead, Noah Lewis, Will Shade, Jaybird Coleman...   
They could play a regular 12 bar but like a lot of the older guitar 
player/singers, weren't locked into a form.  For first position playing 
there's nothing like Rhythm Willie.  BTW, in jazz, depending on the 
period, you hear a lot of Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, John 
Coltrane,... in the playing of their contemporaries, sometimes note for 
note.  There are very few truly original musicians.

On 5/2/2015 9:33 AM, jbrown03@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> When I feel like I'm getting into a blues "I-IV-V" rut, I go to Pandora and listen to some eclectic blues players.  North Mississippi Hill players like R.L. Burnside, Jr. Kimbrough and Fred McDowell concentrated more on the beat than the structure of the song. They influenced Jack White and The Black Keys who carry on the tradition to some extent.
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> This type of music can be a bit tricky to play on harp, but very easy to play slide guitar in open tunings.
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> I'm glad Randy brought this up; lots of interesting responses.