Joe Bonamassa and Wes Jeans

Joe B and Wes Jeans at Dallas Guitar Show

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[b1234abcd]

So tired of people saying all of today's blues players are SRV ripoffs. F*ck...it's like saying eveyrone who played basketball after Michael Jordan is a MJ ripoff. SRV plays a ton of Hendrix...is he a Jimi ripoff?  No. If you listen to Joe and Wes, they both have their own style's. This stereotype is so ignorant.

[tompetty832002]

first of all, everyone who has played blues rock since srv has been called a rip off, both included. saying joe is a prick is fucking stupid, anyone who has ever talked to him after a show will back me up on that. second, they are both great, both have soul and both are technical, and obviously have high enough opinions of one another to play together,

[LakeWorthReggie]

And yes - @hounddogjones IS an idiot!!!

[LakeWorthReggie]

SRV was OK but he wasn't god. I saw him a half a dozen times when I lived in Dallas - he was "on" once.  Most of the other times it seemed he was just going thru the motions.

[infinityjet]

@tim78704

it didnt? he meant to to that unless you're talking about something else :P

[bbnatedogg]

@houndogjones CHOKE ON A DIZNICK AND DIE FAG

[Iror2012]

i think being called a SRV ripoff is one of the highest compliments a sixstringer could get.. thats just my opinion, if you dont like it tell your mom, cause i dont care.

[yaryllib]

Niether of these guys play or sound like SRV? They both have their own distinctive sound and technique. Their blues guitarplayer/singer/songwriter who have obviously spent countless hours developing their own sounds on guitar and vocals and definitely shows in their performance. Maybe your ear is not trained enough to hear the obvious differences.

-Billy Ray ( and yes it is my given name)

[houndogjones]

Ronnie Baker Brooks is NOT a SRV ripoff. Nick Moss is NOT an SRV ripoff. Neither is Melvin Taylor, Chainsaw DuPont, Toronzo Cannon, Super Chicken, Kent Burnside, Lindsey Alexander, Carl Weathersby, Lurrie Bell....These guys ARE SRV ripoffs.

[ccook9109]

@houndogjones you are an idiot. STFU

I am a huge SRV fan and I have seen Joe several times. He has his own style, even when he does throw in licks from other players.

[possumtail]

@b1234abcd Well dude, sorry but if it quacks like a duck it had a duck for a daddy......you're not a hack if you use your influences and take it somewhere else. B.B. King, Hendrix, Allman, Beck, and the like - there's a reason why they are the Mt. Rushmore.....all were influenced by older artists(bluemen, rock-a-billy guitarists, or chicken-pickers) but they took it somewhere else. Not so from these two in the video.

Deal with it.