Lt. Bob
Spread the Daf!
I know this will be controversial ..... I want to say that I'm NOT hating here.
But I come from 45 years of being a full time player and this is my perspective after playing so long.
So no fighting guys ..... I'm just throwing out a topic for discussion and am curious as to how others might think about this:
So ..... yes, 40 years ago ..... 35 years ago ..... even 30 years ago I was into the blues, especially BB King and Johnny Winter.
I actually have 57 different BB King albums! ..... Hundreds of other blues titles.
And there's a lotta reasons people like the blues.
Often a good dance invoking beat ....... lyrics that everyone can relate to ........ and for young musicians a simple repetitive structure that makes playing along easy.
And out of thousands and thousands of blues songs there are mostly only a handful of common structures that they all share.
Sure .... there are exceptions like say, some of Robert Cray's stuff. But the vast majority are just a few patterns combined in various ways.
So they're a good platform for learning to play with others and do allow for some stretching out to an extent.
But man ........ personally I'm over it. I've played blues songs quite literally 50,000 times or even more possibly since every gig involves at least some blues..
I simply can't sit and listen to the blues anymore ...... I go to blues jams because it's part of how I get work. Jump up there and burn and I'll get gig offers ..... that's how it works.
But I get SO bored with it ...... they're all the same damned song!!!
lol ....... sometimes some of the blues bands I'll play sax with will go a bit crazy once they have a sax guy playing and that's fun but good lord ...........
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But I come from 45 years of being a full time player and this is my perspective after playing so long.
So no fighting guys ..... I'm just throwing out a topic for discussion and am curious as to how others might think about this:
So ..... yes, 40 years ago ..... 35 years ago ..... even 30 years ago I was into the blues, especially BB King and Johnny Winter.
I actually have 57 different BB King albums! ..... Hundreds of other blues titles.
And there's a lotta reasons people like the blues.
Often a good dance invoking beat ....... lyrics that everyone can relate to ........ and for young musicians a simple repetitive structure that makes playing along easy.
And out of thousands and thousands of blues songs there are mostly only a handful of common structures that they all share.
Sure .... there are exceptions like say, some of Robert Cray's stuff. But the vast majority are just a few patterns combined in various ways.
So they're a good platform for learning to play with others and do allow for some stretching out to an extent.
But man ........ personally I'm over it. I've played blues songs quite literally 50,000 times or even more possibly since every gig involves at least some blues..
I simply can't sit and listen to the blues anymore ...... I go to blues jams because it's part of how I get work. Jump up there and burn and I'll get gig offers ..... that's how it works.
But I get SO bored with it ...... they're all the same damned song!!!
lol ....... sometimes some of the blues bands I'll play sax with will go a bit crazy once they have a sax guy playing and that's fun but good lord ...........
I IV V (occasional II or VI ), I IV V (occasional II or VI ), I IV V (occasional II or VI ), I IV V (occasional II or VI ), I IV V (occasional II or VI ), I IV V (occasional II or VI ), I IV V (occasional II or VI ), I IV V (occasional II or VI ), I IV V (occasional II or VI ), I IV V (occasional II or VI ), I IV V (occasional II or VI ),
