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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsRemember when I said white guys can't do Blues?
I completely retract that statement.
Just heard Bryan Lee do "Dope Smoking Blues" on my Pandora AC/DC channel, and he is GREAT!
Hayduke Bomgarte
(1,965 posts)I highly recommend Albert Castiglia.
HERVEPA
(6,107 posts)Glassunion
(10,201 posts)I'd agree.
The blues knows no race.
The blues has no boundary.
A not blues band once said "everybody hurts". This is a profoundly huge statement. We all have the blues in us. It's just a matter of time.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,214 posts)I have to put down a deposit for the Blues Cruise.
http://bluescruise.com
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)SRV, Clapton, Johnny Winter, And a bunch of others I've heard over the years here in Austin.
malthaussen
(17,216 posts)OTOH, there's always the classic comment by Sonny Boy Williamson (the Second) on the British blues players: "Those British boys want to play the blues so bad. And they do."
On the gripping hand, Rory was Irish.
-- Mal
panader0
(25,816 posts)malthaussen
(17,216 posts)This is a pretty sad album, but obviously those British boys learned quickly.
-- Mal
clarice
(5,504 posts)that I saw in New Orleans many times. White? large? blind? goatee?
I have one of his "tapes". He is %^%$ing GREAT !!!!
greendog
(3,127 posts)With John Sebastian and the J-Band.
kwassa
(23,340 posts)nobody like him
nolabear
(41,991 posts)Because I know several. And guys too.
SwissTony
(2,560 posts)Dutch Tilders. A Dutch born Aussie, he was booked to support BB King on BB's Australian tour. BB heard him playing but couldn't see him. He assumed Dutch was black and was surprised when they were introduced.
pintobean
(18,101 posts)I'm surprised it took three years to retract it.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018202766