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View Poll Results: Who is your favorite Blues Musician?
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Muddy Waters
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John Lee Hooker
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Stevie Ray Vaughn
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Taj Mahal
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Buddy Guy
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Etta James
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Otis Taylor
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Charlie Musselwhite
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Big Joe Turner
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Mississippi John Hurt
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Lead Belly
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Other [Goody never mentiuons my favorite]
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October-22nd-2005, 11:06 PM
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#1
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Next year....
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Your Favorite Blues Artist
Which do you choose?
[And, yes...I am certain I left off your favorite, but look at the last choice in the poll, OK?]
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October-22nd-2005, 11:18 PM
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#2
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Robert Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Josh White, Dave Van Ronk, Joanne Kelly
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October-22nd-2005, 11:24 PM
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#3
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I can't choose. I love 'em all 
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October-22nd-2005, 11:53 PM
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I don't know. Maybe Rice Miller, maybe Howlin' Wolf.
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October-23rd-2005, 12:54 AM
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We are the only reality
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Favourites? I checked "other" because the three who really touch me are Nina Simone, Odetta and, a surprising choice I guess, Jonny Lang, whom I first heard when he recorded with The Big Bang, as a very young teenager. He has an old soul.
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October-23rd-2005, 04:43 AM
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Muddy Waters
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October-23rd-2005, 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by patricia
Nina Simone, Odetta
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Both do blues among other things, but I don't think either can be pigeonholed as blues artists.
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October-23rd-2005, 10:45 AM
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We are the only reality
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Originally Posted by Pete C
Both do blues among other things, but I don't think either can be pigeonholed as blues artists.
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That's true, Pete. However when either Odetta, or the late Nina Simone did do blues, and both have collections on records of blues material, they are both electrifying, IMO.
I saw Odetta a couple of years ago in Sacramento and she sang several blues tunes. She's still got it.
Jonny Lang, on the other hand, has always been a blues man/boy. I'm not sure what he has been doing for the last year or so, but I am very impressed by his understanding of the spirit of blues, considering how young he was when he burst on the scene when he was about twelve or thirteen.
There's a very short piece of film, featuring Lang, in Blues Brothers 2000. I like his style. 
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October-23rd-2005, 10:50 AM
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Sleepy John Unitas
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October-23rd-2005, 12:44 PM
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House ghost
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Electric: Howlin' Wolf
Acoustic: Blind Willie Johnson
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October-23rd-2005, 12:52 PM
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Howlin´Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Lightnin´Hopkins, Son House and Robert Johnson.
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October-23rd-2005, 01:32 PM
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What I love about Sonny Boy II is that for me he has the most swing of all the delta-Chicago guys.
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October-23rd-2005, 03:13 PM
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Chuck Beattie. Of course!
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October-23rd-2005, 03:35 PM
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I guess it's always been Johnny Winter. For me, I take the blues in small bites and that works for me. Too much and I start thinking about all the other chords I'd like to hear. But a good guitarist is a good guitarist, and Johnny has been that and more.
I also have a lot of appreciation for Stevie Ray Vaughn.
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October-23rd-2005, 05:23 PM
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No vote here, and probably along a similar line to Patricia, some of my absolute favorite blues performances [both live and recorded] come from jazz musicians who can really play the blues.
Gary Bartz, for instance, is absolutely KILLER when he plays the blues!!
Last edited by Mike Schwartz; October-23rd-2005 at 08:51 PM.
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October-23rd-2005, 06:14 PM
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BB King
Howlin' Wolf
Rev Gary Davis
Tommy Johnson
Charley Patton
Bukka White
Son House
Mississippi Fred McDowell
T-Bone Walker
Many more - these are just the first ones that came to mind!
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October-23rd-2005, 06:19 PM
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House ghost
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Originally Posted by stereojack
Rev Gary Davis
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Thumbs up!
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October-23rd-2005, 06:30 PM
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Howlin' Wolf. Great voice!
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October-23rd-2005, 07:27 PM
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Charlie Patton
Robert Johnson
Bukka White
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October-23rd-2005, 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by stereojack
Many more - these are just the first ones that came to mind!
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That's kinda how I pick 'em for the poll, too.
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October-23rd-2005, 07:39 PM
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I can't believe I left BB King off the list.
Shame on me!
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October-23rd-2005, 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by GoodSpeak
I can't believe I left BB King off the list.
Shame on me!
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****[Goody never mentiuons my favorite]****
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October-23rd-2005, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike Schwartz
****[Goody never mentiuons my favorite]****
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It's the first mistake I've made all year.
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October-23rd-2005, 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike Schwartz
No vote here, and probably along a similar line to Patricia, some of my absolute favorite blues performances [both live and recorded] come from jazz musicians who can really play the blues.
Gary Bartz, for instance, is absolutely KILLER when he playes the blues!!
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Shelley Manne's vocal on Blues in Burlesque?
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October-23rd-2005, 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by GoodSpeak
It's the first mistake I've made all year.
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I don't know how you do it.
That's not even a day's worth for me....
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October-23rd-2005, 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike Schwartz
I don't know how you do it.
That's not even a day's worth for me....
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Lotsa practice. 
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October-23rd-2005, 11:22 PM
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House ghost
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Originally Posted by GoodSpeak
I can't believe I left BB King off the list.
Shame on me!
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Far worse leaving Howlin' Wolf off the list.
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October-24th-2005, 07:07 AM
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WhaT??? BB King not on the Poll???
"Nobody loves me but my mother....and she could be jivin' too!"--BB King
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October-24th-2005, 07:32 AM
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The Bluegrass
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Of that list, I'd have to say Muddy Waters, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Buddy Guy (not choosing) but most of my favorites aren't on there, 'cause it's severely lacking delta and Memphis blues artists. Not to mention Texas blues artists.
Lightnin' was my original role model of "cool" and still is. I got to hear him live at age 15, one night when he was really on. That was that, forever.
Last edited by Gary Sisco; October-24th-2005 at 07:33 AM.
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October-24th-2005, 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by AntManBee
Far worse leaving Howlin' Wolf off the list.
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Agreed.
My favorites are Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson, John Lee Hooker, and Elmore James.
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