Showing posts with label Rory Block. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rory Block. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Monday, June 06, 2011
Rory Block: Shake 'em on Down
Heralded as “a living landmark” (Berkeley Express), “a national treasure” (Guitar Extra), and “one of the greatest living acoustic blues artists” (Blues Revue), Rory Block has committed her life and her career to preserving the Delta blues tradition and bringing it to life for 21st century audiences around the world. A traditionalist and an innovator at the same time, she wields a fiery and haunting guitar and vocal style that redefines the boundaries of acoustic blues and folk. The New York Times declared: “Her playing is perfect, her singing otherworldly as she wrestles with ghosts, shadows and legends.”
Friday, November 06, 2009
Today Is The Birthday of Rory Block
Rory Block was born on this day back in 1949, in Princeton, New Jersey. As I mentioned, in another post, she is a female blues guitarist and singer.
Click on image for info @Amazon.com
terraplane blues
Rory Block mp3s @Elbo.ws
Rory Block mp3s @Amazon.com
Rory Block @SqueezeMyLemon
Thursday, March 19, 2009
The Best Blues Guitarist Alive???
Sometimes I answer questions over at Yahoo Answers. A lot of the questions are asked by kids and other people who do not really understand blues music very well. I like to share my knowledge and set people on the path of understanding the blues.
This question, which I think is kind of silly, because some people think that music is like a sport. They think that in the same way that you might pick the best wide receiver in the NFL you can pick the best guitarist in blues music. I personally don't think it can be done, because blues music is an art. And art is subjective!
Who's the best Blues Guitarist ALIVE right now?OK, this question makes me really tired. There is no number one. There are too many styles, too many great players to reduce all the hard work the these musicians do to just say that there is a number one. And even for those who can come up with a number one, they don't agree on who that is. LOL.
Now, I'm not talking about one of the old feelas who's still doing gigs aged 70, but a modern young version of Hendrix, say.
Someone who still plays the blues from the heart and understands the idea of playing as if your heart is being ripped out of you because you'er suffering is so immense. Someone who REALLY understands the blues.
So, who is Numero Uno?
In my opinion, there are a lot of great blues guitarist, and there always have been. As you can see from all the answers that you have received that opinions fall all over the place.
But I think that right now is really a good time for blues guitarist.
Here are just a few of the people playing blues today that are young and up and coming that I like. In no certain order.
Sonny Landreth - @YouTube - @Amazon.com
Kenny Wayne Sheppard - @YouTube - @Amazon.com
Dereck Trucks - @YouTube - @Amazon.com
Rory Block - @YouTube - @Amazon.com
Guy Davis - @YouTube - @Amazon.com
Albert Cummings - @YouTube - @Amazon.com
I could probably name about ten more, but I just wanted to give you a few to take a look at.
Now if all goes well for these musicians 30 years or so from now, people may be arguing if they were some of the best of all times. What ever that means.
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Today Is The Birthday of Rory Block
Rory Block was born on this day back in 1949, in Princeton, New Jersey. As I mentioned, in another post, she is a female blues guitarist and singer.
Click on image for info @Amazon.com
terraplane blues
Rory Block mp3s @Elbo.ws
Rory Block mp3s @Amazon.com
Rory Block @SqueezeMyLemon
Monday, September 29, 2008
New Release by Rory Block: Blues Walkin' Like A Man
When ever I hear a story about someone meeting one of my blues heros I become envious. And the story of how in 1965 at 15 years-old Rory Block met Son House and it changed her life. Leading her to become an internationaly recognized five time Blues Music Award winning guitar player, who has released more than two-dozen or so blues albums. There is a lot here to envy.
Her newest release Blues Walkin' Like A Man is a tribute to Son House. The album features Block's inspired renditions of 13 House classics, including "Death Letter," "Preachin' Blues," and "Grinnin' In Your Face." Block's friend, former Lovin' Spoonful frontman John Sebastian, adds harmonica to three cuts on Blues Walkin' Like A Man.
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