Buried Alive in the Blues
Big Dave
Today is all about great guitar tone in the blues. "Great" is a subjective tone, of course, and so this is all over the place. You have the piercing treble of Otis Rush, the absolute on-the-verge-of-catching-fire distruction of Hound Dog Taylor, the smooth jazz influences of Robben Ford, or the utterly unique quack of Hubert Sumlin (pictured with his weird-ass Italian Bartolini guitar). It's all a beautiful racket. Plug in, count it off. Dig!
Genre
Blues & Folk & Funk & Jazz & Rb & Rock & Soul
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Saturday 3/18/2023 @ 6:00AM - 9:00AM
| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Mooney | New Someday Baby | Dealing With the Devil | Ruf | either a 1952 National New Yorker or a 1959 National Belair |
| John Mooney | Baby Please Don't Go | Dealing With the Devil | Ruf | |
| John Mooney | Travelin' Riverside Blues | Dealing With the Devil | Ruf | |
| John Mooney | Broken Mold | Dealing With the Devil | Ruf | |
| JB Hutto | Evening Train | Stompin' at Mother BLues | Delmark | Likely a National Res-o-Glas "map" guitar |
| JB Hutto | Ain't It a Cryin' Shame | Stompin' at Mother BLues | Delmark | |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Johnny Winter | Be Careful WIth a Fool | Johnny Winter | Columbia | likely a Fender Mustang through a black panel Fender Bassman amp |
| Johnny Winter | Mama Talk to Your Daughter | Second Winter Disc 2 (Live at Royal Albert Hall 4/17/70) | Columbia | an Epiphone Wilshire and an Orange amplifier |
| Johnny Winter | It's My Own Fault | Second Winter Disc 2 (Live at Royal Albert Hall 4/17/70) | Columbia | |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Earl Hooker | Wah Wah Blues | Two Bugs and a Roach | Arhoolie | various, but amongst others, a Gibson 6/12 double neck guitar, an ES175, and a Univox Les Paul copy |
| Earl Hooker | You Don't Love Me | Two Bugs and a Roach | Arhoolie | |
| Earl Hooker | Guitar Rag | Two Bugs and a Roach | Arhoolie | |
| Magic Sam | Magic Sam's Boogie | Live 1969 | youtube | Earl Hooker's Univox Les Paul copy |
| Freddie King | Boogie Funk | Live in Sweden | YouTube | 1960s Gibson ES355 through an Acoustic solid state amp |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Fleetwood Mac | Rollin' Man | Shrine '69 | Dinkytown | Peter Green on the 1959 Gibson Les Paul, known now as Greeny, which was owned by Peter Green, Gary Moore, and now Kirk Hammett. Likely played through a 1968 Fender Dual Showman Reverb. |
| Fleetwood Mac | If You Let Me Love You | Live in Boston Remastered Vol. 3 | Snapper | |
| John Mayall with Eric Clapton | Steppin' Out | Blues Breakers | Deram | |
| Derek and the Dominos | Have You Ever Loved a Woman | Live at the Fillmore | Polydor | Likely a 50s Fender Stratocaster |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Nick Gravenites | Wintry Country Side | My Labors | Columbia | Mike Bloomfield plays a 1959 Les Paul, likely through a Fender Twin Reverb |
| Nick Gravenites | It Takes Time | My Labors | Columbia | |
| Nick Moss | Arrowmaker Pass | Got a New Plan | Blue Bella | possibly the Gibson ES345 on the cover, plugged into an amp on the verge of catching fire |
| Nick Moss | Let's Try This Plan Again | Got a New Plan | Blue Bella | |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Rick Holmstrom | All About My Girls | Get It! | s/r | |
| Rick Holmstrom | FunkE3 | Get It! | s/r | |
| Rick Holmstrom | King Freddie | Get It! | s/r | |
| Rick Holmstrom | Bubbles | Get It! | s/r | |
| Howlin' Wolf | Killing Floor | The Real Folk Blues | Chess | |
| Howlin' Wolf | Louise | The Real Folk Blues | Chess | |
| Howlin' Wolf | Three Hundred Pounds of Joy | The Real Folk Blues | Chess | |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Eddie "The Chief" Clearwater | I Would Not | The Chief | Rooster | |