Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Pride And Joy (live at Montreux, 1982)

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[zanana1]

1. You can't beat that.

I've been listening to the Blues lately. I usually listen to Classic Rock, but I'm discovering so many great Blues artists. So far. Stevie is my favorite. Who is your favorite?

[highplainsdem]

2. Not sure I could name one favorite blues artist. I bought a lot of old blues LPs years ago

when I'd hang out at a local blues club and talk to the musicians about their favorites. Loved Elmore James, John Lee Hooker, Albert King and other greats.

And I love blues-rock artists just as much as the artists who influenced them.

Was going to post some videos here, but it would be simpler to just link to OPs that I posted with videos:

B.B. King and too many other stars to list - Why I Sing The Blues
https://democraticunderground.com/103463566

Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton, Derek Trucks, Doyle Bramhall - Can't Find My Way Home, live, 2007
https://democraticunderground.com/103465388


Albert King, "The Sky Is Crying," live in Japan, 1989
https://democraticunderground.com/103465415

Stevie Ray Vaughan, B.B. King, Albert King, Paul Butterfield - "The Sky Is Crying" (1987)
https://democraticunderground.com/103465463

Tracy Chapman & Eric Clapton - Give Me One Reason (1999)
https://democraticunderground.com/103465596

The Animals - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (studio & live at the Richmond Jazz Festival, 1965)
https://democraticunderground.com/103465624

B.B. King with Slash and others - The Thrill Is Gone (Royal Albert Hall, 2011)
https://democraticunderground.com/103466875

Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone
https://democraticunderground.com/103467255

Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top & Daryl Hall - La Grange (Live From Dayl's House)
https://democraticunderground.com/103467262

Paul Rodgers & Joe Bonamassa - Walk In My Shadow
https://democraticunderground.com/10354832#post3

Jerry Garcia, Sammy Hagar & Annie Sampson - I'm Goin' Down - Sweetwater Saloon, 1989
https://democraticunderground.com/10181601561

Buddy Guy - Damn Right, I've Got The Blues
https://democraticunderground.com/10181604682


If you want a list of the greatest blues guitarists, this one's pretty good:

https://www.guitarworld.com/features/the-100-greatest-guitarists-of-all-time/2

[lark]

3. SRV - for sure!

I just adore his music and his style of playing, he's the bomb!! Love lots of blues, Marcia Ball, BB, Albert, Luther Kent, and on and on, but SRV was a different level of player. I love his unique fast loose wrist style.

[highplainsdem]

4. Did you see the article I linked to at the bottom of reply 2?

[lark]

5. Yes!

I had to smile at them picking SRV #1.

[highplainsdem]

6. Thought you'd like that.