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Penelope Asked About 'The Development Of Blues Music'

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Who, in your opinion, brought the blues to the widest audience? If you are a fan of the blues, whose your favorite and why?

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Bonestructure
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I'm a huge fan of the blues and a blues musician. Blues came to the forefront really, in the 60s. It was a combination of things like the new British rock and roll groups (Beatles, Stones, etc) doing covers of old blues songs. The Fillmore East and West started having blues musicians appear with the psychedelic acts. Janis Joplin really popularized it. Through Eric Clapton, people discovered BB King, Howlin Wolf and more. More and more blues artists began getting big venues. Then came ZZ Top, Climax Blues band, Sons of Champlin and other magnificent blues groups. Not to mention Paul Butterfield and my buddy Danny Kalb and his band The blues Project. My teacher and mentor, Roy Buchanan, Elvin Bishop, Little Feat. Then Stevie Ray Vaughn and Jeff Healey came along and took it over the top.

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Dickie Doom
Dickie Doom Answered:

the widest audience? Led Zepplin

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Rob
Rob Answered:

I always look at the people that influenced the Rolling Stones, the Allman Bros, Dylan, and other blues-related 60's/70's musician's. And I keep coming up with the same answer's....Robert Johnson, Charlie Patton, Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, and T-Bone Walker, just for starter's. Go to the true sources.....

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Bonestructure
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You have forgotten one extremely important and influential bluesman that influenced everybody. Willie Dixon. Hugely important.

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Bonestructure
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And another player who was extremely influential. Carlos Santana introduced me to him one time on my birthday. For me it was like meeting God. John Lee Hooker.

Another guy I knew, and was friends with his son, is also extremely influential, though not known so much to the outside world, but any blues man alive will know exactly who he was. Johnny Otis, of Willie and the Hand Jive fame. His son, Shuggie, carries on the legacy.

 

 

 

Johnny and Shuggie along with my mentor, Roy Buchanan.

Willie Dixon, Memphis Slim and T Bone Walker

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Bonestructure
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By the way, Back Door Man, You Shook Me, I Can't Quit You Baby, Spoonful and a hell of a lot of other classic blues songs. Willie wrote em.

Roy Buchanan was my first guitar teacher and mentor. Carlos Santana was a friend and very influential on me. But one more guy was also extyremely influential on the way I play. Buddy Guy.

Can I play? Well, as Jay AKA Eet. He's heard some of my newer stuff. I just do my thang. Other people have to judge the quality of that thang.

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