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

[<bfrain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

you are correct, sir...i hate that...the audience deserves better...the BLUES deserves better...i spent 6 mos trying to put a band together here in austin, but most of the guys here are so lazy, they dont wanna rehearse, do some different stuff besides 145's, etc etc...
in phoenix, i just gave the guys a cd with the songs, and they got all over it, including butterfield's "countryside' which we performed at the glendale jazz blues festival in front of 4000 with zero practice and nailed it.  not bragging. just saying.
the blues takes dedication to keep it simple and complex at the same time...it can be the greatest genre of all time, or it can be dull as can be after a coupla tunes...i aint staying to watch anybody go thru the motions playing 145's all night...i have stayed all night watching jimmy vaughn!

---- The Iceman <icemanle@xxxxxxx> wrote: 
> Someone may have already mentioned (here or on another harmonica group) the fact that many thrown together blues bands are a buncha older guys who hardly rehearse, but go out and call the usual shuffle I-IV-V tunes all night to cut the gig, figuring they are good enough to pull it off.
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> What you describe below takes actual thought and practice time.
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> Would love to see more of this.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: bfrain <bfrain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> The problem is, most musicians typically aren't that great in a number of
> areas...we all need to get on it and really kick it up! But I must admit I get
> bored if it's a coupla sets of 145's...
> We gotta get creative with
> intros/outros, rhythms, etc...just a few that come to mind:
> Pawnshop bound...wm
> clarke
> Louisiana fog...musselwhite
> When you put together set lists, you really
> gotta mix it up...heck, I got bored and left a kim wilson blues review show
> after five tunes cuz everything was sounding the same...
> We used to do a
> version of led zep...bring it on home, sort of...started it like sunny boy, then
> kicked into the middle zep up tempo part, with harp on part of the famous
> riff...no vox there except "bring it on ho-ooh-ome" it was awesome...audience
> couldnt believe it...helps to have a real guitar player...
> So, there are a lot
> of things you can do...try covering im a man yardbirds style...gloria with a
> harp section...there are many directions you can take the blues...so many
> roads...
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