General Music Chat

WHATS UP MISSISSIPPI? ANY BLUES BANDS OUT THERE LOOKING FOR A HARP PLAYER? IF SO IM YOUR GUY! HOLLA AT ME MISSISSIPPI FOLK.

Too bad you're not near Prescott Arizona. (or... too bad I'm not there..) Damn it all to hell. You should have no problem hookin up where your at. Everyone out here is into pop country (oxymoron?) or death metal. I'll watch paint dry before I listen to pop country, not much room in between for old school blues. Nothin against either styles, just not my groove. Looks like we're a dying breed, and we're not even old.

Best of luck,
hoodooman
"They call it stormy Monday.....but Tuesday's just as bad."

no doubt hoodooman we are a dying breed. and its not as easy finding musicians here either. not blues anyway. everybodys into that pop country crap around here too. or panic. blues ain't dead though it's just sleepin but i'm bout to wake it up. ROLL OVER ROBERT JOHNSON CHAD MAC IS THE NEW KID IN TOWN!

You're both right blues is not dead... but it is hard to find players at times... but I think as long as blues artists keep writing.. it can never die!!!! I wish there were more near me, believe me... there are some out there though... just got to dig them up!

No wonder you can't find blues players where you are. They're all here in Daytona! There are open jams here every night, & they all wind up being blues jams. I love the blues; I've even written a few blues tunes, but I gotta say it gets old after a while. How many different song titles can you put on a 12-step blues progression?

Check out http://www.daytonabluessociety.org

I've been looking for a harmonica player in Madison CT.
I found 2 -
One was a 3 hour round trip drive, and the other one was in New Hampshire!
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Anybody into the Blues should check out 'Molasses Blues," in my profile.
It's worth the download time.
It's 60 seconds, and I broke it down into the Bass, by itself, and the Chords, by themselves. It's a LOT of chords . . .
Expect a progression that's different than what you expect from the blues.
Tell me what you think, o k?
If I get enough good reviews, I'll write more like it . . .
Keep the music flowing, guys . . .
Alan, (all the way up in the Northeast corner of the U.S.A.)

Hey Julie,
If you haven't seen it in the last 3 years, go rent the video "Blues Brothers 2000."
You'll hear some GREAT songs - not all pure blues, but blues related. A lot of different stuff.
I just watched it for the 3rd time, last night. Great songs all through the movie . . . and, when that harmonica kicks in - whew . . . ..
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BB King, Eric Clapton, Travis Tritt, James Brown, Billy Joel, Blues Traveler. Grover Washington, Herbie Hancock . . . and about another dozen well know artists perform together near the end othe the movie.
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Alan
ps. Oh, yeah - by the way - it's a good movie, too.

"I've even written a few blues tunes, but I gotta say it gets old after a while. How many different song titles can you put on a 12-step blues progression? "

Is that the only blues anyone play's around where you are? There is so much more to the blues than just 12 bar 1-4-5 progressions... listen to more blues, and you'll see what I mean... blues is such a broad term, but most who aren't really into blues only think of B.B. King style, but the truth is there's a plethera of styles out there from many different regions. The sound depends a lot on what part of the country (or maybe even world) you're in. I call myself blues, but most of what I've written is not 12 bar format. Tab Benoit is a great example, he's cajun blues, and his stuff mostly is far from 12 bar 1-4-5 farmat. So is Johnny Lang, or Kennhy Wayne Shepard.. I'm sure you've heard them. Hendrix was blues for that matter... that's how he learned to play.. as have a lot of other great artists. I think maybe the reason that you hear 12 bar blues all night is that it's easiest to follow even if you haven't heard the song. I love 12 bar blues anyway... there's so much room for interpretation. I have 12 bar songs that don't even sound like 12 bar blues... put it with some jazz chords, to a funk rythm, and it's still blues, but new.

"I got those flashin light blues, they're takin' me down....
...Red and Blue's flashin' in your rearview, you're sure you're gonna lose!"

I do love the blues. I think my favorite is what I call "front porch blues." I suppose the actual term is Delta blues, but I can picture a group of pickers sitting on the front porch of some dilapidated shack in the middle of a bayou somewhere with acoustic guitars, banjos, & a washboard just playing their asses off. Around here, though, all there seems to be are the SRV wannabe's. Stormy Monday, Red House, The Sky Is Crying, sometimes I can't even tell that they've changed songs (or players, for that matter!) What I wouldn't give for some variety!

Yeah, the term 'blues' covers a LOT of ground, huh?
I like mixing it up with a funk rhythm, or some jazzy beat, to wind up between styles.
Then I swap out some chords, change a key, add a few extra things . . . ahhhh . . . .
You mentioned "Stormy Monday." Every single time I get together with the guys I've been jamming with lately, one of them always asks to play it. Now I'm sick of it.
I pity some of the sucessful musicians that have to play some hit they wrote 20 years ago, over & over & over . . .
But - I don't pity them too much - they've made a name, and are making money.
Alan

Okay you can call me a dork, but I love Stormy Monday, but I have 2 different versions, in different keys, with different vocals for each. And I've been playing it since I was 13, first on drums, and then years later on guitar, plus the way I sing it it gives me a good vocal workout, so it's fun. But when I hear other guys sing it, I mostly don't care for it much... maybe there's just not enough musical flavor in it for me I guess. As far as playing the same song for years on end, the only way I do that is if I change it periodically.

No, you're not a dork for liking it. That's not what I meant

It's just that I've been playing it since it came out - what 30 years ago?
You can get tired of playing any song after that long.
Geez - I feel like an antique . . .

Anyway, it's a good song, a real classic. Keep liking it, my friend.

And I agree with your remarks about changing a song for variety, too.
Alan

I luv da blues man.......Stormy Monday is one of my personal Fav's as well...you have good taste.Bluesguitargrl.

Why thank you Johnny Rocker...