Prove me wrong Sup Forums. In terms of objective skill there is no better blues guitarist than him. >extremely good tone >can play ridiculously fast yet be incredibly melodic >uses classical finger picking techniques as well as a plectrum >the only thing he isn't that amazing at in terms of blues guitar is slide.
Inb4. That's not what the blues is about, it's about emotion and feeling! He's also extremely good and simple and heartfelt guitar solos.
Post a more impressive example of blues guitar playing with extreme technical skill than this.
does it have to be someone who plays the genre blues or can it be a guitarist that is sad
Jaxson Russell
It's got to be someone playing the blues.
David Russell
led zeppelin
Cameron Clark
I haven't heard Jimmy page play anything at that level of technical ability.
Logan Smith
White guys playing the blues is not always good. This guy is clearly very technically gifted, but that doesn't make for good blues music. He plays too fast in the pocket, you can shred as a blues player, but you have to be behind the beat, like you're struggling to get out the notes from the guitar. That struggle is what separates a good blues player from a great one. It's why another white guy, SRV, does blues better than this guy. If you're going to do the effortless blues thing, it has to be liquidy and buttery like Hendrix. This is too academic.
Nicholas Butler
why do you say that is HAS to be what about math blues
Brayden Nelson
I'd say he's better than SRV, AND Hendrix. This is exactly what I expected. He's too fast, and technical.
His stuff is indeed way too technical and fast. As you've stated on your OP >inb4, the blues is about emotion and feeling this is the main reason why people take SRV, Hendrix and perhaps even Clapton as the best of the best.
Or I probably just don't think this kind of playing is my cup of tea, I still prefer SRVs.
William Cruz
You just heard "Afterhours" didn't you? How was that too fast?
Jace King
how do i play like him
Joshua Reyes
Pretty much any acoustic blues guitarist shits all over this rockist crap.
why do whites have to complicate and make black music corny
Carson Perry
>be poor black musician >create music that is soulful and expressive >white guys come along to wank over derivative melodies >look how great i am
every time
Eli Ortiz
>be white >invent melody and harmony, build beautiful stringed instruments based on sacred mathematics >some nigger comes and plucks 3 strings on an untuned guitar while moaning about his fat wife and eating beans and grits >10/10 AOTY step aside whitey
Nolan Butler
dude three chords lmao
Kayden Ross
>be black american >have own music tradition from africa >get instrument >start playing around, borrow from own tradition >decades later a gay pedo on a cantonese child exchange forum makes claims about your unoriginality
Tyler Lopez
honestly the sound of the three-chord blues shuffle is one of my least favourite sounds in music. it's like the dadrock equivalent of a generic trap beat.
Nathaniel Wilson
yeah, definitely one of the shittiest genres around for that reason.
concentrate on flesh harmonics, learn Rasgueado, learn classical finger picking techniques like classical way of playing tremolo, also develop speed, and most importantly "make every note count".
His style is a combination of elite tone, and elite technique fuck off tumblr. I think this song isn't an example of his most melodic and beautiful. I think naming the blues after himself was corny, but the playings amazing. youtube.com/watch?v=LxU-HWy2tSY
You can't discredit that. i'll check those out.
Caleb Walker
Watched both videos. I'll explain why Buchanan's more impressive.
1st Roy Cooders video. I'd say Cooder is a better slide player than Buchanan but I've rarely seen Buchanan play slide. Here's one example of him playing it. youtube.com/watch?v=aQZnOIxCspA
Now in Cooders case, his playing isn't extreme technical skill. It is a very good song nontheless.
This thread isn't to argue about soulfulness or the quality of the song it's about arguing the skill of the guitarist.
Now Junior Kimbrough wasn't very impressive at all, he has all you need though to be a good blues musician. He played very simple licks with soul and emotion and improvised well. In terms of technique it was nothing too amazing.
Andrew Ward
Correct, anyone who disagrees is a moron who doesn't understand Blues music
Joseph Myers
>anyone who disagrees is a moron who doesn't understand Blues music I thoroughly disagree and have played blues for 5 years now.
Fuck that cultural appropriation argument
Jason Jones
THE BEST
Jack Rivera
post examples please
Isaiah Gray
I don't know man, that era of Blues artists from the early to mid 20th century pretty much defines the genre itself, if you think that kind of ragged or classically incorrect playing is bad or undesirable in any sense, can you really call yourself a fan of that music?
Parker Rivera
I'm a fan of folk blues also so I dont know where your assumption came from.
Joshua Cook
>Correct, anyone who disagrees is a moron who doesn't understand Blues music
real Blues are a feeling not a "genre". Humans are different and feel things differently...dudes like Roy got their own vibe and you either like it or you dont but its not any less authentic or valid because its a dorky looking white guy.
