Members Mercer Posted August 12, 2006 Members Share Posted August 12, 2006 So who is it? my vote has to go with Muddy Waters, but I know someone has a sig. that would put my opinion to shame. I don't really mean technically proficient or innovative, either, just the best listening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members warriorpoet Posted August 12, 2006 Members Share Posted August 12, 2006 SRV edit: Everything I like about the blues, none of what I don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bucker Posted August 12, 2006 Members Share Posted August 12, 2006 My votes are (in order): Muddy, John Lee Hooker, and BB King. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mercer Posted August 12, 2006 Author Members Share Posted August 12, 2006 I dig John Lee Hooker and SRV. I like BB, but not as much as some others, including Albert King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ylwledbetter68 Posted August 12, 2006 Members Share Posted August 12, 2006 SRV and BB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RockNote Posted August 12, 2006 Members Share Posted August 12, 2006 Robert Johnson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuitarHitman Posted August 12, 2006 Members Share Posted August 12, 2006 Robert Johnson would have to be one of the greatest. Buddy Guy, BB King, Muddy Waters and SRV deserve a notable mention too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Virgman Posted August 12, 2006 Members Share Posted August 12, 2006 The greatest bluesman is black. And he's long dead. But as to which one it is I don't know. White people are not in the running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted August 12, 2006 Members Share Posted August 12, 2006 Muddy, Eric Clapton, and then someone down the road we've never heard of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mercer Posted August 12, 2006 Author Members Share Posted August 12, 2006 Originally posted by Virgman The greatest bluesman is black.And he's long dead.But as to which one it is I don't know.White people are not in the running. Why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RockNote Posted August 12, 2006 Members Share Posted August 12, 2006 Originally posted by Mercer Why not? Racism! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dmbfan Posted August 12, 2006 Members Share Posted August 12, 2006 robert johnson. anyone heard john mayers new blues stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SirJackdeFuzz Posted August 12, 2006 Members Share Posted August 12, 2006 Differant strokes for differant folk 'an all that . . . . . . Muddy Waters & Johnny Winter gets my vote ! Buddy Guy & Lightnin' Hopkins is probably a combined second in "my", TOP 3 Blues Artist of all time. . . . and then (the "new" guy) Eric Sardinas. Later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Schleuter Posted August 12, 2006 Members Share Posted August 12, 2006 CC Deville! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted August 12, 2006 Members Share Posted August 12, 2006 Matter of taste.The various style of blues are so different and diverse that it really becomes apples and oranges, mamas and zebras. What is "greatness" anyway? Think about late-40's jump blues...the stuff Cab Calloway did with an orchestra, and was revived as "swing" by the likes of Squirrel Nut Zippers and Brian Setzer Orchestra. Do you really want to compare that with Robert Johnson's and Blind Lemon Jefferson's acoustic solo artist material insofar as "greatness" is concerned? Throw in Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon, and Muddy, and those other giants who linked the Mississippi Delta to the urban industrial cities with their early electric blues, and consider their children and disciples many of whom are truly, truly great (Johnny Winter, Michael Bloomfield, Buddy Guy, SRV among them) and it becomes well nigh impossible to name one "greatest". On this forum, there had better be a guitar involved, or "greatness" is likely out the window. In my opinion, Billie Holiday's rendition of "Strange Fruit" ranks among the very greatest of recorded blues performances at many levels: artistic, musical, emotional, personal, societal, and political. (It certainly isn't "Crossroads" or "Pride and Joy".) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stanfield Posted August 12, 2006 Members Share Posted August 12, 2006 robert johnson is great, they're all great, but i always like listening to BBK. SRV is also way way up there - he was almost too good. which leads me to believe he was a robot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alchemist Posted August 12, 2006 Members Share Posted August 12, 2006 Why is John Mayall never mentioned in any of the bi weekly "greatest blues musician ever" HCEG threads? Are people just not aware of him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members angus_old Posted August 12, 2006 Members Share Posted August 12, 2006 john lee hooker or skip james Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RockNote Posted August 12, 2006 Members Share Posted August 12, 2006 Originally posted by Alchemist Why is John Mayall never mentioned in any of the bi weekly "greatest blues musician ever" HCEG threads? Are people just not aware of him? He's been good at surrounding himself with great guitarists, but his singing voice is horrible... Were it not for the likes of Clapton and Page, would we even know him today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ramblin Posted August 12, 2006 Members Share Posted August 12, 2006 Howlin Wolf and BB King.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bdegrande Posted August 12, 2006 Members Share Posted August 12, 2006 Albert King, but Muddy's a good pick also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dimmypage Posted August 12, 2006 Members Share Posted August 12, 2006 blind boy fuller:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alchemist Posted August 12, 2006 Members Share Posted August 12, 2006 Originally posted by RockNote He's been good at surrounding himself with great guitarists, but his singing voice is horrible... Were it not for the likes of Clapton and Page, would we even know him today? On the other hand, were it not for him would we even know of Clapton and Page? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members airliner Posted August 12, 2006 Members Share Posted August 12, 2006 1) Robert Johnson2) Son House3) John Lee Hooker4) Leadbelly5) Blind Willie McTell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dimmypage Posted August 12, 2006 Members Share Posted August 12, 2006 Originally posted by RockNote He's been good at surrounding himself with great guitarists, but his singing voice is horrible... Were it not for the likes of Clapton and Page, would we even know him today? Page played with Mayall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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