Robert Johnson, Muddy, Howlin' Wolf...and all the greats. what's my problem?!
Question:
Robert Johnson, Muddy, Howlin' Wolf...and all the greats. what's my problem?
how come i cant 'get into' them? i fully understand they (and others) laid the groundwork for others to follow, like SRV, Clapton, Zeppelin, etc. but when i hear those old songs, i dont hear an old slide guitar and a foot tapping. the way I hear it is different. i hear the song with a SCREAMIN' MURDER Les Paul w/ a Marshall half-stack, and about another half-step faster. so...what 's my deal? i tried my best to explain.
Answers:
If you don't like the forefathers, you simply don't like them. Try listening to the people that influenced them. I like some old stuff but the more modern stuff is better to me. There are several classifications of blues (folk, country, electric, Chicago-, Texas- , etc.). They can be grouped by time period as well. Most people I know don't like ALL of them.
One of my favorite songs is One Way Out (the Allman's version). Listen to the Sonny Boy II version. I like it but it's very different. It does NOT rock.