He would sit all night long feeling bad and just continue singing and playing, improvising one song after another, and tears would stream from his eyes. And he'd get other people crying. Then, sometimes, he would be on another kick, you know . . . love. He'd just love women. Listening to him he'd make you think you were, well . . . this can't be written down, but you know what I mean. That is, you couldn't understand what the hell he was singing, but you didn't have to - Blind Lemon Jefferson, remembered by Josh White
Here's a French-Canadian guitarist I really love. He only plays his own compositions, which are all played out of drop-G tuning, and always uses his trademark 'brush-stroke'. Even his slow pieces have a great swing feel. His playing looks easy but it isn't (I tried...)
Here's another one of my favorite guitarists : John James In 1972 he recorded with Pete Berryman an instrumental guitar duet album called "Sky In My Pie"; it became a cult-album among fingerpickers. After 42 years they reunited and recorded one of the selections of that album. Fine, inventive and relaxed picking.
Mellow tones and a tip of the hat to Blind Willie Johnson from Mr. Dave. I find a lot to like about this duo performance. I would have posted on the 'country blues' version of the youtube thread but the bouzouki (it is a bouzouki, right? Or some kind of hybrid saz?) kind of takes it somewhere else.
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A new genre for John Paul Jones's keyboard skills...he seems to have lost his way without Bonham controlling the beat...probably had fun with it though because he hopefully doesn't need to do it for the money. Would have preferred to see him on upright bass though...