Blues, is there anyone doing anything new?

IanSavage

I know I sound like a broken record, but do check out Ian Siegal - collaborator with Matt Schofield, played and recorded with loads of different lineups and steeped in blues but doing something different with it at the same time. Puts on an amazing solo acoustic show as well, if you can catch one.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMU1zhYegko

 

xSkarloey

shaunm;446914" said:

Chuffola said:

Quick! Ban him!

He said the JB words!





Haha, people do seem to dislike him around here and I'm not too sure why? Ok, his songs aren't the best but he really is living th dream and he has worked hard to get there. He is also a great guitarist and if he wasn't famous he'd be ok this forum because he is a massive guitar geek

JB is breaking new ground in one respect. In the last week I've heard adverts for tickets to his next Hammersmith shows on Absolute, LBC AND Talksport believe it or not.

What other bluesman has advertised on talk radio?

Credit where it's due.

boogieman

IanSavage;447404" said:

I know I sound like a broken record, but do check out Ian Siegal - collaborator with Matt Schofield, played and recorded with loads of different lineups and steeped in blues but doing something different with it at the same time. Puts on an amazing solo acoustic show as well, if you can catch one.   

Plus one, Ian Siegal is great. I first heard him playing solo at a show in my local park and was blown away. (Apparently he got asked one year and just kept turning up). Seen him with various backing bands and with Matt Schofield at the 100 Club and he never fails to deliver.

EricTheWeary

It's not new and its not flash but James Hunter has his own thing going on. Really one of the best singing voices in modern blues and just the tastiest guitar playing. That 60's RnB type style is a million miles away from the modern blues rockers but enormously well done and it's original songs not covers. In the blues band we did a cover of one of his, sounded a very simple 12 bar based song but I assure you drove our drummer mad ( well, madder) trying to get it right. Subtle stuff.

HAL9000

At the moment I'm enjoying King King. Excellent band

telestratjazz

Great band,changing singers,band members,but always top band.

imalone

If it was really new, wouldn't they call it the pinks or something?

Loobs

Maybe check out some of the fat possum stuff: junior Kimbrough etc.

Loobs

RL Burnside too.

BigMonka

Octahedron said:

Scott McKeon, sorta made two records and then buggered off somewhere into the atmosphere? 

He was a few years below me at school and , I think, had the same guitar teacher (unrelated to the school). I'm glad to see he made something of himself and his website shows he's been sessioning and touring with loads of people (http://www.scottmckeonmusic.com/bio/). He seems to even have his own £200 model of fuzz pedal.

Iamnobody

If new means playing in a helmet - how about Bob Log iii

hubobulous

Not traditional blues as such, but I love the Unwed Mothers. Bluesy, but different....

Phil_aka_Pip

Ref The OP: tbh I don't care if there isn't as I've got most of the classic blues material in my collection and still enjoy hearing it. I'm equally interested in hearing new artists' take on an old song, or new songs that may not follow the old genre to the nth degree but are still recognisable as blues.

I'd hate for someone to come up with a new style that is nothing whatsoever to do with blues, and then call it blues. This has already happened with Rhythm'n'Blues, which we used to call R'n'B, but that term is often mistaken these days for something that has no recognisable connection at all with R'n'B.

Phil_aka_Pip

hubobulous said:

Not traditional blues as such, but I love the Unwed Mothers. Bluesy, but different....

She has a good voice

shaunm

Phil_aka_Pip said:

Ref The OP: tbh I don't care if there isn't as I've got most of the classic blues material in my collection and still enjoy hearing it. I'm equally interested in hearing new artists' take on an old song, or new songs that may not follow the old genre to the nth degree but are still recognisable as blues.

I'd hate for someone to come up with a new style that is nothing whatsoever to do with blues, and then call it blues. This has already happened with Rhythm'n'Blues, which we used to call R'n'B, but that term is often mistaken these days for something that has no recognisable connection at all with R'n'B.

Like you I'm a fan and I love the old stuff and I love new workings of old stuff but I equally enjoy listening to new takes on blues. The continuum album was a great example of this. Great new blues songs but a good tip of the hat to what's gone before.

bluechargeboy

Check out a local (Chester) guy I know called Carl Foulkes-Jones, he has fashioned a bass system involving organ pedals, piano hammers and a double bass without a neck, with which he accompanies himself on guitar and harmonica. Good to see someone doing something a bit different. He has to carry his kit around on a trolley...

Phil_aka_Pip

@telestratjazz Is Chris Cain using a Midtown? Nice tone ...

telestratjazz

Phil_aka_Pip said:

@telestratjazz Is Chris Cain using a Midtown? Nice tone ...

Honestly,no idea.I think he is on 335 or similar.Yeah,nice tone from Chris.

Phil_aka_Pip

telestratjazz said:

Phil_aka_Pip said:

@telestratjazz Is Chris Cain using a Midtown? Nice tone ...

Honestly,no idea.I think he is on 335 or similar.Yeah,nice tone from Chris.

I just thought the top looked a bit flat for a 335. May be the lighting.

Lew

Iamnobody said:

If new means playing in a helmet - how about Bob Log iii

Thanks for posting. This is great. Unlike the rest of the dross posted in here.