...by which I mean no Vic Reeves club-style vocals (sorry Gary Moore), isn’t basically just rewrites of Hendrix songs with different lyrics (I’m looking at you Philip Sayce) and which doesn’t arbitrarily shoehorn diminished runs into every available chord change because that’s shows you know what you’re doing doesn’t it....
So yeah, apart from that, what’s good out there (ideally new as opposed to the JoBo, Robben et all)? Essentially looking for some more rocky guitar playing but without all the silly crap that seems to go with it.
Thoughts welcome!
Comments
Clark is great although the studio albums require broad taste.
Ben Harper & relentless 7 - white lies for dark times
ZZ Top - tres hombres. If you dont have it you should!
Black crowes - shake your money maker. As above!
Chtis stapleton - traveller. Admittedly more country rock than blues rock. But awesome!
Supersoul
Both somewhat stonery but still heavily blues influenced.
Blackberry Smoke
Marcus King
Walter Trout
Mike Zitto
Samantha Fish
Ebay mark7777_1
The album is Steve Jordan and Pino Palladino and has some R'n'B edges to it as well. I'm not sure how modern you'll find it as it's already 15 or so years old but that one song in particular just has so much more about it than any blues I've heard for a while.
Freddie King 'Texas Cannonball'
Jeff Beck Group 'Rough and Ready'
Quicksilver Messenger Service 'Happy Trails' (bit psychedelic)
Just read the bit about new...sorry...above are worth a try anyway if you haven't done 'em
In all seriousness nothing made after after '75 really hits the mark, something happened around about then, not sure what it was.
Edit: if you want to go down the 'garage' path, the Billy Childish Buff Medways etc is worth a visit, not sure it's really blues rock, sounds nice anyway.