Members genesis3 Posted June 16, 2011 Members Share Posted June 16, 2011 Snowy White. Remembered the name from his stint in Thin Lizzy , enjoy.... [video=youtube;lqS5RD5I8DI] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dicky sofa Posted June 16, 2011 Members Share Posted June 16, 2011 Snowy brings it! This feller used to get a few notes out of a LP too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wulver Posted June 16, 2011 Members Share Posted June 16, 2011 Snowy's also notable for being Roger Waters' guitarist since Pink Floyd's Animals tour. [video=youtube;SngpZAzZ0ZI] He gets a nice chance to solo here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted June 16, 2011 Members Share Posted June 16, 2011 ... or THIS guy ...[video=youtube;iuVcp_XbaTI] If you wanna skip the (admittedly very funny) preliminary studio screwing-around, come in at 1:00 ... (this is the raw take before they overdubbed the string section) Oh, by the way ... here's someone else who wasn't bad in his day ...[video=youtube;rUUEtCBhn_Q] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tidal Rhythm Posted June 16, 2011 Members Share Posted June 16, 2011 [video=youtube;HQ8AcEYTEFY] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted June 16, 2011 Members Share Posted June 16, 2011 ^^^ Most of the lead on that is actually by Danny Kirwan (who also wrote and sang it) ... nevertheless, it's bluesy, it's played on a pair of Les Pauls and it ROCKS. Also watch for Kirwan's string-break around two minutes in ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tidal Rhythm Posted June 16, 2011 Members Share Posted June 16, 2011 ... or THIS guy ... [video=youtube;iuVcp_XbaTI] I actually started looking up live versions of that on youtube, and they all had Peter Green playing a strat for that song. (Still my favorite by FWM, though!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted June 16, 2011 Members Share Posted June 16, 2011 ^^^ UK TV clips, probably from Top Of The Pops ... where he used a Strat to mime to a track recorded with THAT Les Paul ... the one he ended up selling to Gary Moore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tidal Rhythm Posted June 16, 2011 Members Share Posted June 16, 2011 ^^^UK TV clips, probably from Top Of The Pops ... where he used a Strat to mime to a track recorded with THAT Les Paul ... the one he ended up selling to Gary Moore. Is that the iconic one with the reverse-installed humbucker in the neck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tidal Rhythm Posted June 16, 2011 Members Share Posted June 16, 2011 Couldn't find live footage for this song, but I know Bloomfield played a LP on most of his blues stuff:[video=youtube;IZnPrc55Kwk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZnPrc55Kwk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted June 16, 2011 Members Share Posted June 16, 2011 ^^^ He played a Telecaster with Butterfield and on the Dylan stuff ... then a P90-loaded goldtop ... then a 'burst with 'buckers ... and Strats in his later years, by which time he was also plating a lot of acoustic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BeanoBoy Posted June 16, 2011 Members Share Posted June 16, 2011 Can't forget Mick Taylor, the third leg of Mayall's Triple Crown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members epi56ebony Posted June 16, 2011 Members Share Posted June 16, 2011 ^^^Most of the lead on that is actually by Danny Kirwan (who also wrote and sang it) ... nevertheless, it's bluesy, it's played on a pair of Les Pauls and it ROCKS.Also watch for Kirwan's string-break around two minutes in ... It's too bad Kirwan (who I hear was unpleasant when he was fired from the Mac) doesn't get the recognition he deserves. His songwriting and playing is on the same level as Bob Welch and Lindsay Buckingham (Peter Green is truly above all of them). The band still had so many bad feelings toward him that they wouldn't put his name as a member when inducted into the rock n roll hall of fame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Willyguitar Posted June 16, 2011 Members Share Posted June 16, 2011 I can't think of so many black guys that played blues on a les paul. But no doubt many will now be posted up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RogerF Posted June 17, 2011 Members Share Posted June 17, 2011 Can't beat them British lads playing the blues. My choice is Mick Taylor playing what may be the greatest blues slide solo ever recorded on the greatest blues song ever written with the greatest rock & roll band in the world. Top that! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCu7Qq1J-Jw [video=youtube;tCu7Qq1J-Jw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCu7Qq1J-Jw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BeanoBoy Posted June 17, 2011 Members Share Posted June 17, 2011 ^^^Most of the lead on that is actually by Danny Kirwan (who also wrote and sang it) ... nevertheless, it's bluesy, it's played on a pair of Les Pauls and it ROCKS.Also watch for Kirwan's string-break around two minutes in ... I always thought both guitarists were playing in a sort of call and response style with Kirwan's guitar mixed a tad higher. Peter's tone just KILLS Danny's, although Danny was a fine player. One of my favorite Green/ Mac songs written by Danny. Nicely showcased the student and the master. Peter was such a gracious bandmate. Class act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members etawful Posted June 17, 2011 Members Share Posted June 17, 2011 4O_YMLDvvnw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted June 17, 2011 Members Share Posted June 17, 2011 I can't think of so many black guys that played blues on a les paul. But no doubt many will now be posted up here. Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and Freddy King all played goldtop Les Pauls in the 1950s before moving on ... Muddy to Teles and the other two to Gibson ES3xx models (John Lee also putting in a good few years on the Epi semi he always called 'Old Blondie'). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faber Posted June 17, 2011 Members Share Posted June 17, 2011 Great choices above. Gary Moore may not be everybody's idea of a blues player, but when he got it right, he got it RIGHT. I wonder if this clip is the Green burst btw [video=youtube;N_ZvxYrVMBg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_ZvxYrVMBg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members o.versteer Posted June 17, 2011 Members Share Posted June 17, 2011 I remember hearing this for first time as an impressionable 16-year old who'd just bought his first electric, going something like "y-y-y-y-y-YEAH!!!" at the opening licks. Mike B just BRINGS it here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Willyguitar Posted June 17, 2011 Members Share Posted June 17, 2011 Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and Freddy King all played goldtop Les Pauls in the 1950s before moving on ... Muddy to Teles and the other two to Gibson ES3xx models (John Lee also putting in a good few years on the Epi semi he always called 'Old Blondie'). Yeah - I suppose that's it. They are not associated with the Les Paul in my mind. It has 'become' quite a white bluesman's guitar, maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flogger59 Posted June 17, 2011 Members Share Posted June 17, 2011 I can't think of so many black guys that played blues on a les paul. But no doubt many will now be posted up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faber Posted June 17, 2011 Members Share Posted June 17, 2011 on the jazz side of the blues you've got Duke Robillard [video=youtube;IWxbsQ2MBwk] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lonnie99 Posted June 17, 2011 Members Share Posted June 17, 2011 Dave Meniketti with his 68. It was a gold top originally but refinished before he bought it in 74. It's semi retired now, but not before sending it to Gibson to have a new neck. The old one was just too damaged from touring/playing. He said they recreated it perfectly, minus the damage of course. [video=youtube;UnftWYzi0aM] And another with a non Gibson. [video=youtube;durhemVht9c] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted June 17, 2011 Moderators Share Posted June 17, 2011 Yeah - I suppose that's it. They are not associated with the Les Paul in my mind. It has 'become' quite a white bluesman's guitar, maybe? Hubert Sumlin still packs a Goldie [video=youtube;hPCPm0FPNk8] [video=youtube;BYtgj5v49gE] Other notables: Jimmy PageBilly GibbonsDuane AllmanDicky BettsBrian JonesKeith Richards (...don't forget he inspired Clapton to get a 59 flamer)Paul KossoffMick TaylorJohnny Winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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