Help me broaden my horizons

[deknegt]

Just to be clear, this isn't a request thread. :P

 

I for one love blues-ey music, and just general music that has a slower pace but still can become challenging to play.

 

I have stuck with names I have known like Robert Johnson, Clapton, Santana, King, Moore etc. for a while, but I would like to know some more artists that have the same-ish guitar style.

 

What i'm talking about is like songs that are like long solo's but aren't absolute crazy things like Cliffs of Dover :P Songs that wave around back and forth.

Like I just played Smooth and Black Magic Woman again and I really really loved those songs. They aren't super complicated, super fast or forces your fingers to be able to bend in silly ways, but it's still a fun song to play that has some cool bits.

 

So yeah, any less known artists and bands out there that has the same playing style?

 

I would love suggestions, and if those babies are already on the forge then please feel free to hook a brother up :D

[cstewart]

Search isn't working for me right now but I can tell you that there is at least 1 Robert Johnson (Sweet Home Chicago) and I think there's a couple Gary Moore songs.

Here's a couple I've tried that you might like, based on your criteria:

 

Freddie King - Hideaway

Freddie King - San Hozay

The Shadows - Apache - more spaghetti western than blues, but it's very fun to play

Gene Vincent - Be Bop A Lula - early rockabilly, more difficult but also fun to play

Black Keys - Have Mercy On Me - (full disclosure: I made this one) slowish blues tune that has a pretty long but not crazy difficult solo.  This one is a Junior Kimbrough cover

[TheJaffe4027]

any of the songs from the first 2 Led Zeppelin albums. Page really shows off his blues influence on those albums.

[deknegt]

Search isn't working for me right now but I can tell you that there is at least 1 Robert Johnson (Sweet Home Chicago) and I think there's a couple Gary Moore songs.

Here's a couple I've tried that you might like, based on your criteria:

 

Freddie King - Hideaway

Freddie King - San Hozay

The Shadows - Apache - more spaghetti western than blues, but it's very fun to play

Gene Vincent - Be Bop A Lula - early rockabilly, more difficult but also fun to play

Black Keys - Have Mercy On Me - (full disclosure: I made this one) slowish blues tune that has a pretty long but not crazy difficult solo.  This one is a Junior Kimbrough cover

Awesome, thanks for the tips. I downloaded them all :)

I love the Keys btw, and it's weird that this one wasn't in my list.

 

Also will look at the early Zep work, I have gotten the well known ones but maybe the early ones are more of my tastes.

 

If people have more suggestions, I would be stoked :D

[Ally]

Shadows - Apache is the first one that comes to mind for me. Bluesy type stuff isn't really my thing, so can't really think of anything else.

[richomat]

A good one is: John Mayall Blues breakers with Eric Clapton - Ramlin' on my mind

http://customsforge.com/tags/forums/Blues/

[hipcheck]

Cinderella's Long Cold Winter has a few very bluesy tracks.  Also, Great White has a lot of blues rock stuff.