Comments on: Junior Kimbrough v. Grassy Knoll (Blues-tronic MP3)

By: ulf kjell gür

ulf kjell gür — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:33:48 +0000

Bob green, john porter, andy kaulkin, adrian sherwood, tino gross and so on and on…carry the torch, recreating the blues, the blues infected music. I like Michael Ross comment, very wise. at the moment “country days” by blind mississippi morris and brad webb excites me…

By: Marc Weidenbaum

Marc Weidenbaum — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:20:16 +0000

Yeah, there was some good Little Axe material. In some ways, I feel like one starting point for that technified blues was ZZ Top’s “Rough Boy.”

By: Davey Zimmer

Davey Zimmer — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:06:00 +0000

What about Little Axe? Made a number of ambient blues releases, still extant. first record pretty durned good.

By: michael ross

michael ross — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:52:48 +0000

I love this. I had high hopes that this sort of hybrid would catch on. Rick Holmstrom’s “Hydraulic Blues” was a great followup to his work on the R.L. Burnside’s “Wish I was In Heaven Sitting Down.” Like the Burnside, it combined solid blues grounding with hip-hop and remix production. Around the same time, Chris Thomas King came out with “Dirty South Hip-Hop Blues” another great combo of blues and modern sounds. Unfortunately blues audiences are reactionary and apparently the hip-hop and electronic music fans that caught on were not enough for either artist to continue in that direction. Also there was a great record by Snakefarm, a duo that disappeared after one record, and Clothesline revival who combined mountain music with beats and pedal steel.
Glad to see someone carrying the torch.