Do you think North American blues is better because of the music or only 
because you understand the lyrics?

I have always believed that Blues music is different than all other forms of 
music.  Other artists decide what they want to say (Lyrics) and add a nice 
melody but with the Blues the music is the way to communicate the message 
and the words are added afterward usually as part of the music itself.  So 
other languages don't bother me as much when we are talking about the blues.

Click Here for an example.
http://www.littleknownblues.com/videos.html
Bloosblasters-I_vår_famil.wmv

 On my site I feature artists from all over the world (many singing in 
English) from Sweden, Argentina, Portugal, Hungary, Norway, Finland, 
Austria, Czech republic, and my favourite foreign country, Canada.  Great 
artists playing amazing music.

Check out the other artists at
http://www.littleknownblues.com/archive.html

On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 13:48:07 -0400, "Dan Solway" 
puked:

>Do you think North American blues is better because of the music or only 
>because you understand the lyrics?
>
>I have always believed that Blues music is different than all other forms of 
>music.  Other artists decide what they want to say (Lyrics) and add a nice 
>melody but with the Blues the music is the way to communicate the message 
>and the words are added afterward usually as part of the music itself.  So 
>other languages don't bother me as much when we are talking about the blues.
>
>Click Here for an example.
>http://www.littleknownblues.com/videos.html
>Bloosblasters-I_vŒr_famil.wmv
>
> On my site I feature artists from all over the world (many singing in 
>English) from Sweden, Argentina, Portugal, Hungary, Norway, Finland, 
>Austria, Czech republic, and my favourite foreign country, Canada.  Great 
>artists playing amazing music.
>
>Check out the other artists at
>http://www.littleknownblues.com/archive.html
>
>

Eric Clapton was pretty good...

--
lab~rat  >:-)
Stupid humans...

On 02-Oct-07 18:29:37, lab~rat  >:-) said
>On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 13:48:07 -0400, "Dan Solway" 
>puked:

>>Do you think North American blues is better because of the music or only
>>because you understand the lyrics?
>>

>Eric Clapton was pretty good...

Yes.  :)

I think the question is really whether non-black blues is as good. I think
there's a strong case for saying that most of white America didn't get
Blues until the British ( bowled over by black American musicians like
Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson etc) brought it back to America in white
packaging. Of course that's not the whole story.

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On 5 Oct 2007 16:43:54 +0000, "Angus Manwaring"
 puked:

>On 02-Oct-07 18:29:37, lab~rat  >:-) said
>>On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 13:48:07 -0400, "Dan Solway" 
>>puked:
>
>>>Do you think North American blues is better because of the music or only
>>>because you understand the lyrics?
>>>
>
>>Eric Clapton was pretty good...
>
>Yes.  :)
>
>I think the question is really whether non-black blues is as good. I think
>there's a strong case for saying that most of white America didn't get
>Blues until the British ( bowled over by black American musicians like
>Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson etc) brought it back to America in white
>packaging. Of course that's not the whole story.


Well, I didn't see it as a black vs. white thing, I saw it as N.
America vs. other countries.  That said, I'd put BB King above
Clapton.

--
lab~rat  >:-)
Stupid humans...

On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 07:22:11 -0400, lab~rat  >:-) wrote:

> On 5 Oct 2007 16:43:54 +0000, "Angus Manwaring"
>  puked:
> 
>>On 02-Oct-07 18:29:37, lab~rat  >:-) said
>>>On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 13:48:07 -0400, "Dan Solway" 
>>>puked:
>>
>>>>Do you think North American blues is better because of the music or only
>>>>because you understand the lyrics?
>>>>
>>
>>>Eric Clapton was pretty good...
>>
>>Yes.  :)
>>
>>I think the question is really whether non-black blues is as good. I think
>>there's a strong case for saying that most of white America didn't get
>>Blues until the British ( bowled over by black American musicians like
>>Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson etc) brought it back to America in white
>>packaging. Of course that's not the whole story.
> 
> 
> Well, I didn't see it as a black vs. white thing, I saw it as N.
> America vs. other countries.  That said, I'd put BB King above
> Clapton.
and i'd put freddie king above BB

On 08-Oct-07 12:02:59, Grinner said
>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 07:22:11 -0400, lab~rat  >:-) wrote:

>> On 5 Oct 2007 16:43:54 +0000, "Angus Manwaring"
>>  puked:
>>
>>>On 02-Oct-07 18:29:37, lab~rat  >:-) said
>>>>On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 13:48:07 -0400, "Dan Solway" 
>>>>puked:
>>>
>>>>>Do you think North American blues is better because of the music or only
>>>>>because you understand the lyrics?
>>>>>
>>>
>>>>Eric Clapton was pretty good...
>>>
>>>Yes.  :)
>>>
>>>I think the question is really whether non-black blues is as good. I think
>>>there's a strong case for saying that most of white America didn't get
>>>Blues until the British ( bowled over by black American musicians like
>>>Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson etc) brought it back to America in white
>>>packaging. Of course that's not the whole story.
>>
>>
>> Well, I didn't see it as a black vs. white thing, I saw it as N.
>> America vs. other countries.  That said, I'd put BB King above
>> Clapton.
>and i'd put freddie king above BB

I'll see your Freddie and raise you an Albert.   :)



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                        Angus Manwaring.       (for e-mail remove ANTISPEM)

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"Angus Manwaring"  wrote in message 
news:1366.874T2674T12215953angus@angusm_ANTISPEM_.demon.co.uk...
> On 08-Oct-07 12:02:59, Grinner said
>>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 07:22:11 -0400, lab~rat  >:-) wrote:
>
>>> On 5 Oct 2007 16:43:54 +0000, "Angus Manwaring"
>>>  puked:
>>>
>>>>On 02-Oct-07 18:29:37, lab~rat  >:-) said
>>>>>On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 13:48:07 -0400, "Dan Solway" 
>>>>>puked:
>>>>
>>>>>>Do you think North American blues is better because of the music or 
>>>>>>only
>>>>>>because you understand the lyrics?
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Eric Clapton was pretty good...
>>>>
>>>>Yes.  :)
>>>>
>>>>I think the question is really whether non-black blues is as good. I 
>>>>think
>>>>there's a strong case for saying that most of white America didn't get
>>>>Blues until the British ( bowled over by black American musicians like
>>>>Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson etc) brought it back to America in white
>>>>packaging. Of course that's not the whole story.
>>>
>>>
>>> Well, I didn't see it as a black vs. white thing, I saw it as N.
>>> America vs. other countries.  That said, I'd put BB King above
>>> Clapton.
>>and i'd put freddie king above BB
>
> I'll see your Freddie and raise you an Albert.   :)
>
How about this cat?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFqK6PBq-hA
Hear any Jimi in there at about the  5:17 mark? (can you see me)

"Angus Manwaring"  wrote in message 
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> I'll see your Freddie and raise you an Albert.   :)

I have 3 Kings, and 2 Vaughans. Full house, surely?

 (And a Collins up my sleeve. Shhhh.)

Steve
http://www.fivetrees.com

A royal flush of Johnny Lang!
"Steve at fivetrees"  wrote in message 
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> "Angus Manwaring"  wrote in message 
> news:1366.874T2674T12215953angus@angusm_ANTISPEM_.demon.co.uk...
>
>> I'll see your Freddie and raise you an Albert.   :)
>
> I have 3 Kings, and 2 Vaughans. Full house, surely?
>
> (And a Collins up my sleeve. Shhhh.)
>
> Steve
> http://www.fivetrees.com
>

Angus Manwaring wrote:
> On 08-Oct-07 12:02:59, Grinner said
>> On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 07:22:11 -0400, lab~rat  >:-) wrote:
>
>>> On 5 Oct 2007 16:43:54 +0000, "Angus Manwaring"
>>>  puked:
>>>
>>>> On 02-Oct-07 18:29:37, lab~rat  >:-) said
>>>>> On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 13:48:07 -0400, "Dan Solway"
>>>>>  puked:
>>>>
>>>>>> Do you think North American blues is better because of the music
>>>>>> or only because you understand the lyrics?
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Eric Clapton was pretty good...
>>>>
>>>> Yes.  :)
>>>>
>>>> I think the question is really whether non-black blues is as good.
>>>> I think there's a strong case for saying that most of white
>>>> America didn't get Blues until the British ( bowled over by black
>>>> American musicians like Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson etc) brought
>>>> it back to America in white packaging. Of course that's not the
>>>> whole story.
>>>
>>>
>>> Well, I didn't see it as a black vs. white thing, I saw it as N.
>>> America vs. other countries.  That said, I'd put BB King above
>>> Clapton.
>> and i'd put freddie king above BB
>
> I'll see your Freddie and raise you an Albert.   :)

But you do mean Collins, right?   ;-)

Don


>
>
>
>                  All the best,
>                        Angus Manwaring.       (for e-mail remove
> ANTISPEM)
>
> I need your memories for the Amiga Games Database: A collection of
> Amiga Game reviews by Amiga players
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Angus Manwaring wrote:
> On 02-Oct-07 18:29:37, lab~rat  >:-) said
>> On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 13:48:07 -0400, "Dan Solway"
>>  puked:
>
>>> Do you think North American blues is better because of the music or
>>> only because you understand the lyrics?
>>>
>
>> Eric Clapton was pretty good...
>
> Yes.  :)
>
> I think the question is really whether non-black blues is as good. I
> think there's a strong case for saying that most of white America
> didn't get Blues until the British ( bowled over by black American
> musicians like Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson etc) brought it back to
> America in white packaging. Of course that's not the whole story.
>
>                  All the best,
>                        Angus Manwaring.       (

I had a friend, years ago who maintained that in order to really play the 
blues you need to be black.   On some level I think that's true.  Not that 
others can't play it, but I'm not sure we really "get it" the same way. 
That said, I play a lot of blues gigs, so I obviously think white guys can 
hang.

Don