:: Life on Planet Dan-E ::

:: Thursday, July 17, 2003 ::

I've been listening to a lot of blues lately. Guitar blues and blues-based rock music is something I always enjoyed listening to but I just seem to be really fixated on it lately. Not that I have the blues or anything (no more than you’re typical tormented artist type) but it's just one of those musical phases I go through from time to time. My last phase involved judicious amounts of heavy metal music (Metallica, Van Halen, Soulfly, etc) and before that, guitar virtuosos (Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson). A few years ago, I had love affair with female singer/songwriters (Sarah Mclachlan, Jewel, Sheryl Crow, Susan Tedeuschi). By the way, my U2 phase is something that’s probably going to be lifelong.

Classic blues guitarists like Buddy Guy, Albert King, T-Bone Walker and Chuck Berry have made for particularly great listening. I can think of two reasons I'm drawn to these guys:

1. I've always had a respect for things historical (classic cars, guitars, rock) - at least within the realm of things that interest me - and these guys are a part of music history that influenced many of the styles and sounds of music today.
2. Most blues guitarists are from the South, and like much of the food from the region the music can also be quite comforting.

By the way, the four guys I named above are all black musicians, so those of you who believe I don’t listen to "black music," whatever the hell that means, chew on that :)

:: Miscellaneous Ramblings by Dan-E at 10:28 PM [+] :: | 0 comments
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