Ah, geekiness - is there anything you won’t do? 
Here (YouTube link) is an interview with SRV on UK TV. About 1 minute in he plays snippets of both Freddie King’s and Eric Clapton’s approach to Hide Away. Very insightful, and sounds amazing, even though the interviewer is a git (yeah, SRV was really influenced by the Mersey beat, right… :rolleyes: )…
I saw that before, and I thought the interviewer should have been shot, consider that in retrospect there were so few interviews with Stevie.
I swear to Og, if I could just play like Vaughan and Healey and a handful of other blues greats, I’d give up just about every other happiness.
Just curious here but WHY do you feel like a complete moron for admitting this? I don’t know why you would feel like a moron for not owning something that didn’t interest you until this moment. Why would you? Do you feel like a moron for not owning the million other “must-haves” out there in other genres like metal or country or even rap?
Heh. Good question. Because I have such great taste in music (sic)? I don’t feel bad about not having the “classics” in crappy (sic) genres, so my ignorance about country, rap, and metal bothers me not a whit.
Hey Twickster,
Are you up on your blues from other musicians and just lacking with B.B, or is your lack of experience ‘across the board’? If so I would like to recommend you a couple of must haves from more contemporary blues artists as well.
Stevie Ray Vaughan Live at the El Mocambo is a must have DVD for starters.
Jeff Healey’s See The Light album is particularly excellent and has an awesome Hideaway cover.
I’m sure Wordman and I can put together a must have blues catalog spanning the history if you get froggy. 
Hmm - I guess I got **twick’s **comment instinctively. I love music, but recognize that there is too much out there to take in, so a lot of stuff slips through the cracks. I regularly go back and check out neglected-by-me artists from years ago when I get a ping - some reference on the SDMB or in an article…
Because I actively do this, I have started to get a feel, based on how they were written about, how they interview and how their songs and music are described whether I will like them. When I finally listen - and it turns out I do, in fact, really enjoy their music - I can feel like a moron, because I always had a feeling I would like them. Darn it - I could’ve had more time with them!
Out of 20 artists, maybe 2 - 3 become heavy-rotation faves - definitely a ratio I am okay with…
Didn’t ultrafilter have his series of “best of” lists in each genre, including blues? That would be a great place to start.
Also - it depends on the type of blues we are discussing. Although the structures are the same, there is a wide chasm between scratchy, fingerpicked, primitive acoustic country blues and super-cool, 17-piece-including-horn-section urban jump blues. Both are wonderful, but really are chalk and cheese…
I’m at work, and actually have work to do today, dammit – will respond in detail later.
Hell, I’m at work too. Don’t let that stop you!
+1!
You missed the “actually have work to do (today)” portion of that … 
Oh God, that’s just terrible.
No wonder you want to listen to blues.
Listen to the blues – baby, I’m living the blues today.
Well, as best as a middle-aged white woman with a professional job can… 
Oooooh, you’re one of them thar ‘professional types’. Well never mind then.
[B.B. King - well if he was a woman]
I’m a middle-aged white gal - havin’ to work on the holidays
Yes, I’m a middle-aged white gal - havin’ to work on the holidays
I can’t be Dopin’ on the blues - I’m too busy livin’ them today…
[BBK]
…why I listen and critique, and don’t actually write original stuff…
I’ve always thought it would be fun to come see you perform. If that should ever happen, I will demand – loudly – that you do this song.
My rhythm section would protest (say “no more ‘boo-gie’ numbers!” with a strong Brit accent, and you’ll sound like them) so we’d have to work around that!
And believe me - you wouldn’t have wanted to see us last week. We played a private holiday party (about 250 people) and I was cut off at the knees by a stomach virus. I was literally draped over a toilet a few hours before going on. But what can you do? We were the entertainment! So I bucked up and played. The end of the night was not pretty…
You just need the right lyrics to win them over.
It’s a bitch bein’ a bitch
Bustin’ ass and takin’ names
Writin’ memos and assignin’ blame…
Damnit, WM, now do you see what you started? Now somebody’s going to have to put music to that.
Where’s **An Arky **or **sleestak **when you need them? They both write originals, and damn, those could work!