names of them please, thanks :D Otis Rush
early Buddy Guy (Vanguard Years and back)
Jimmy Dawkins
Mighty Joe Young
Hubert Sumlin
Freddie King
Big Jack Johnson
Albert Collins
Luther Allison
Johnny Winter
Roy Buchanan (look at his blues stuff, real nasty) bb king Moody Blues, one string louie. I'm going to have to subscribe to this, my buddy loves blues, but is having the same problem. Otis Rush, early Buddy Guy, Magic Sam, Hubert Sumlin, Albert King, J B Hutto, Tinsley Ellis, L'il Ed & the Blues Imperials, Elmore James, to name a few. They were all gritty as opposed to fluid.
B B King, Clapton, Joe Bonamassa and Hendrix are more fluid, but can occasionally sound gritty......and they're all great players!! stevie ray vaughn CeDell Davis may be the most gritty player around, he has to cord the strings with a butter knife because he has polio so he playts with a chunk I've not heard anywhere else really Taj Mahal, John Lee Hooker. Check out the Anthony Gomes Band. He is AMAZING! HERES SOME OF MY FAVORITES:
Mike Bloomfield, Roy Buchanan, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Albert King, Jimmy Johnson, Duane Allman, BB King, Buddy Guy, T Bone Walker, Kim Simmonds (Savoy Brown), Johnny Winter, Peter Green (early Fleetwood Mac), Bonnie Raitt, Mick Taylor (Rolling Stones & John Mayall), Duke Robillard, Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top)
CHECK OUT THIS WEBSITE:
http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/...
Click on "music lists".
Then go to the blues lists. Check out this song:
Cherry Red Wine by Luther Allison
or
I'm Tired by Walter Trout These guys are as "gritty" as they get:
Cedell Davis
Frankie Lee Sims
Mississippi Fred McDowell
Junior Kimbrough
R.L. Burnside
Buddy Guy's "Sweet Tea" album
Little Freddie King
T-Model Ford
James "Blood" Ulmer I like the more progressive players. Chris Cain, Volker Strifler, Robben Ford, Garth Webber, Larry Carlton.
Johnny Nitro is a good entertainer,but he doesn't play like the above mentioned players. Johhny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Mato from the band indigenous , They are incredible, buddy guy, ian moore You want gritty?
Blind Willie McTell, Son House, Charlie Patton, Blind Boy Fuller Jimmy Vaughn
Buddy Guy I don't know the guitar players name but listen to the band "The Black Keys." all the above plus Chirs Duarte'--Texas Sugar Strat Magic
...? did anyone mention Hendrix? ...Hendrix Blues cd, kicks I'm surprised no ones mentioned Robert Johnson,for a more up to date style Sonny Landreth....thats if your really into slide Most of the Back Blues guitarists were named already but what about
Eric Clapton
Stevie Ray
Duane Allman
and maybe the best of them all (White or Black) Rory Gallagher. ROBERT JOHNSON
The inventor of grit, at least as far as known recordings go, so he's actually older than grit. Anyway he's the man, and he did it all by himself, in a sweaty little room with a mic and a guitar, about 70 years ago. Definitely...
Roy Buchanan is the grittiest blues player I've heard. He's the master of the Telecaster...Some other good gritty ones are:
-SRV, Lonnie Mack, Albert King, Eric Clapton, Billy Gibbons, Alvin Lee, Buddy Guy, Robert Johnson...(there's a few more but that's all I can think of right now).
For the record...Jimmy Vaughan is NOT a gritty blues guitarist. He's more of a rockabilly blues player...and all due respect...he doesn't hold a candle to those mentioned above. early Ike Turner, Peter Green, Jimmy Lane, Lurie Bell, Snowy White, Bob Margolin, Johnny Winter, Muddy Waters, MG Murphy, Buddy Guy, Phil Guy. Albert Collins live!
He played a Tele fitted with a humbucker at the neck, used a capo, never used a pick and played Fender Twins cranked on 10.
An absolutely raw, cutting sound, that would split your skull in half! |
