some dude in clintonville
Clintonville (obviously)
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Let yourselves be known :D
About me:
I'm the biggest, most disgustingly loyal SRV fan you'll ever meet.
I'd say I like Hendrix even more, but he wasn't 100% dedicated to making blues music most of the time, so SRV is above him.
I also *love* finding compilations with great old recordings from the pre-war era. Real soul in that stuff. Can't get enough!
lifeontwowheels
Highland West
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I don't know enough to throw out names of artists, but I love the old school jazz and blues.
I'll add myself to the list, but this might be a short thread.
My favorite current performer is Corey Harris. His first two releases were traditional, solo acoustic. The next few were full band reworkings/modernizations of the music. He did a collaboration with Ali Farka Toure in Africa for the Martin Scorsese PBS blues series. His most recent is a reggae disc that, according to reggae fans that reviewed it on Amazon, is one of the best new reggae releases for some time.
The Gahanna Creekside Blues festival is coming up June 20-22. I recommend checking out the Watermelon Slim show Saturday night.
R.L. Burnside, and Fat Possum records in general, has some great non-traditional stuff. The Black Keys' Thickfreakness was on Fat Possum.
Muddy Waters is a giant.
I'm a fan of the older traditional stuff - Robert Johnson, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Mississippi John Hurt etc.
Chris2008
downtown
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I'd also count myself in the group of people who enjoy listening to blues (although I'm a relatively new fan). I'm currently trying to learn how to play electric blues and have lately been listening to Chicago players like Buddy Guy, Magic Sam, and Luther Allison. SRV's playing is amazing but very technical as far as the blues goes!
By the way, for those who don't already know, there is a open jam at the Thristy Ear Tavern in Grandview sponsored by the Columbus Blues Alliance the 1st and 3rd Sunday of every month. The level of playing tends to be outstanding . . . lots of very talented players in the Columbus area. Also, the Hey Hey bar on Thurman Ave (just west of Parsons) has an open jam on Thursdays that runs from about 8:30 to 12:30. The quality of players tends to be high there as well. Both events are well worth checking out.
There is definitely a large and active blues community in Columbus and some cool events during the year. I've found this to be a good site to get info from: http://www.columbusblues.com/
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some dude in clintonville
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XLD wrote I'll add myself to the list, but this might be a short thread.Same here. The passion and expression in the old stuff always hits me like a ton of bricks. I could listen to it for days without stopping.My favorite current performer is Corey Harris. His first two releases were traditional, solo acoustic. The next few were full band reworkings/modernizations of the music. He did a collaboration with Ali Farka Toure in Africa for the Martin Scorsese PBS blues series. His most recent is a reggae disc that, according to reggae fans that reviewed it on Amazon, is one of the best new reggae releases for some time.
The Gahanna Creekside Blues festival is coming up June 20-22. I recommend checking out the Watermelon Slim show Saturday night.
R.L. Burnside, and Fat Possum records in general, has some great non-traditional stuff. The Black Keys' Thickfreakness was on Fat Possum.
Muddy Waters is a giant.
I'm a fan of the older traditional stuff - Robert Johnson, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Mississippi John Hurt etc.
some dude in clintonville
Clintonville (obviously)
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Chris2008 wrote http://www.columbusblues.com/You are awesome.
Roland wrote I randomly got to see Pinetop Perkins play in a bar down in Austin. It was the highlight of trip! Over ninety years old and still jamming.
Very cool. I once heard that, when asked, he attributed his vitality to bananas.
I need to get me to Austin, but I may not come back.
some dude in clintonville wrote Same here. The passion and expression in the old stuff always hits me like a ton of bricks. I could listen to it for days without stopping.
Yeah, I may not be looking very hard, but I wonder if part of the lack of interest in the blues these days is justified. A lot of musicians just go through the motions. Good music, of any kind, requires emotion.
bluzslinger
Pensacola, FL
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http://www.bluesbeforesunrise.com/ go here for some great old blues Steve Cushing in Chicago This is a syndicated program that's broadcast all over the US. I get it here in Pensacola Fl
I like all kinds of blues. Some artist are the real deal and some are not you just have to be selective. If yor want to go to a free festival and heare the real stuff go to Helena Ar around the firet part of oct. to the Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival I go every year awsom festival with lots of Great blues Acts. Check it out
gramarye
In Exile
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Wow ... maybe I'm speaking too soon, because this bar/restaurant/club has been open less than a year, but I just learned tonight that Canton actually has a pretty darn good (and surprisingly upscale) jazz & blues club, called the Blue Olive. This leads me to think that there has to be a way this could be made to work somewhere, somehow in Columbus. The place was packed tonight. (Granted, First Fridays in Canton are like Gallery Hop nights in Columbus, albeit on a smaller scale.)
It's actually in the basement of an otherwise nondescript office building--the kind you'd expect to find in a suburban office park, though it's the middle of downtown Canton. I was impressed.
Coremodels
Really close to Explorer's Club.
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Posted this yesterday, but it got wiped. I used to go see H Bomb Ferguson here in town all the time before he died, the guy put on some SWEET shows at Staches, South Berg, etc. over the years.
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