John Mayll Bluesbreakers - Blues for the lost days.mpeg

The Bluesbreakers John Mayll,Buddy Whittington,Joe Yuele,Tom Canning and Hank Van Sickle.
Friends Eric Clapton, Chris Barber and Mick Taylor

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[Atrvexo]

@maxwellfan55 You have a good taste I must admit! "Marriage Madness" contains an EPIC minor solo from Taylor, you're so right! Listened to that many times, people who claim Taylor can't play fast, emotional licks are crazy. :)

[Atrvexo]

@KU5Q I actually love innovative players. I hate "standard 3 chord blues" with no new licks or ideas. You are a bit obsessed with genres, in fact I don't think they matter, I don't care what type of music people are playing, emotion always comes first! Note selection is important too obviously, and technique can be an underestimated factor. So read my response this time. Thank you, I'm the opposite of what you think.

[Atrvexo]

@KU5Q Did you even read my post? People just assume things. I love to hear a guitarist with a great technique. Taylor used to better, obviously, but he's still expressing more feeling than the country shredding nonsense that BW tries to pull off in a slow blues. I listen to all kinds of music, except music without feeling. I'm so far from a blues purist. Taylor used to play fast licks alot more, listen to the bootleg "Brussels Affair" by Stones, or maybe you think that band is shit too.

[maxwellfan55]

@ALBERTKING901 I don't agree it's a 'self- satisfied' look at all. I recognise it as more like, 'This is my solo, what I have to say, what I have to give, hope you've shared it.' BW strikes me as a humble guy, he certainly hasn't anything to prove..The glances he gives toward Mick Taylor appear to show great resect for a fellow musician and former Bluesbreaker.

[maxwellfan55]

Hey, this is a great debate about things people feel passionate about, namely blues guitarists, including me. Everyone's gonna have preferences and personally I'm a Mick Taylor/Pete Green fan amoung others, (must be that fat Les Paul sound!), but make no mistake, Buddy Whittington is a fabulous player, justly admired and well respected here in the UK.

BTW, if anyone's in any doubt about MT's 'minimalism', check out 'Marriage Madness' he did as a teenager and dare to be blown away for ever.

[ALBERTKING901]

The look on BW's face at 09:46-09:48 says it all about who plays the blues and who "feels" the blues coming out through his fingers. BW knows it too.

[StevieMuso]

I can also hear Johnny Winter in Buddy's playing. He seems also to use that same flashy phrase quite a bit. He sounds like collection of well assembled licks. Mick is just the perfect bluesman, taste.

[StevieMuso]

Buddy Whittington is a great player, if you get a chance to see some of his other work. However players like Eric Clapton and Mick Taylor were founders of the whole white blues movement. They brought sophistication to the basic Chicago blues of Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy et al. They stood on the shoulders of giants. Whittington has done the same thing although from country sources also. For my generation EC, MT, JB, JP & JH were the great blues/rock influences. He stands on their shoulders.

[ALBERTKING901]

@StevieMuso BW is a guitar athlete, and a very out-of-shape one at that. That smug, self-satisfied look at the end of his solo is sad. He seems to be trying so hard for confirmation. MT just plays, and the blues lives on.

[StevieMuso]

Why the need for comparison? BW and MT are from two different generations. I like them both. They are great players. MT has nothing to prove being on stage with BW, whereas BW has vereythjing to prove. Want to hear some classic MT, listen to 'Get Yer Ya Yas out' or 'Sticky Fingers'. This man is one of the greats. Watch 'Ladies and Gentlemen-The Rolling Stones', particularly the solo in 'Love in Vain', this guy has great phrasing and an incredible feeling to his music. BW is a guitar athlete.