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The Blues... This week were shifting gears just a bit. Gone is the Wiki/All Music copy/paste and in its place just some simple content about what I'm posting. I got into some blues this past week and thought it would be a good idea to go a little bit deeper and dive into some harder core blues tracks. No other motives, just got into it and wanted to share, and isn't that what a playlist is for?


My brother is an Eric Clapton nut, probably the biggest Clapton fan I ever seen. So I've had the blues playing as background music practically my entire childhood. Maybe that's why I go back to it from time to time. But it’s been way too long and so I think it’s time for CRB to hear it as well...


Anyway, here’s what I've come up with.


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Fleetwood Mac
Then Play On
1969

1 - Show-Biz Blues

Maybe Jon posted this a while back, or did I pick this up as a 5 remaster? Either way, it’s a great album! And it’s probably a shock to the system of someone like me who only knew Mac as Buckingham/Nicks/McVie's/Fleetwood. But it’s a good shock, the geetar work and blues influences are tremendous. I start here because it roots the playlist where it needs to start and sets the tone.
ZZ Top
Fandango!
1975

2 - Blue Jean Blues

Pick a ZZ Top track, any track, and you'll hear blues influences in almost every way. But this one was best suited for this playlist because it's really rooted and isn't one of their signature overly distorted silly lyrical rock/blues tracks. The band is also cited often when talking about the progression of American blues in the 60's and 70's and rightly so.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Trouble Is...
1997

3 - (Long) Gone

I had to have a more recent tune to mix it up, plus it steps up the tempo a bit, not all blues has to be slow. Kenny Wayne Shepherd is stellar in my opinion. His albums are highly underrated and he's not mentioned enough as either a top geetar player or blues band. He is a great blues artist.
Eric Clapton
461 Ocean Boulevard
1974

4 - I Can't Hold Out

A blues playlist without Clapton would be a shame. Especially after mentioning him in the content above. Though I tend to get lost in his later music, his early stuff is top notch! While my brother owns everything he's ever done, I'm a bit more selective. I own several titles, but the ones I can’t live without are Slowhand, his Debut and this one. I must admit that Reptile is pretty darn good as well.
Led Zeppelin
III
1970

5 - Since I've Been Loving You

This is the track that got me started on this playlist. I was listening to the first 3 releases of LZ in anticipation of my new remasters of IV and Houses Of The Holy (Which I received way before Jon did) and the tune spoke to me- yes it did - and you know exactly what I mean when I say that. Of the hundreds of times I’ve heard this song, this time grabbed at me. I knew about the killer geetar solo, I knew that it was one of the first tracks recorded for this album etc. etc... What I didn’t know was that it was going to take me in this direction. Blues - in its had core classic rock form - is indeed one cool treasure to behold.

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Funny you mention Bonamassa.  He so talented!  His album you posted recently is quite good, but the one before that, the blues one, was run of the mill...  I really wanted that to be great!

I thought the one before it was quite good.

Just finished:

Eric "The Clap" Clapton (continued) - Can't say this song makes me wanna hear the album, but I do still wanna go to the left coast.

Zepp - Probably overall the best blues song here.  Killer guitar and vocals, just a phenomenal job on LZ's part.

So after listening, I can't say my attitude has changed about the blues.  I still love all of the guitar that's featured by blues artists, but sometimes the songs themselves just don't inspire me.  Still, good job Scott,  I like the way you keep this column interesting.

Thank you sir!  Have cool one lined up for Tuesday. 

That's what you always say.

I didn't make it....

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