Darth Sabbathi wrote:I should possibly qualify that by saying strat based blues is not something I have any nuanced knowledge of. You might be copping Robert Cray or... somebody else who plays blues on a strat... I have no reference for that.
TBH I tend to find Strat-based blues players a bit of the predictable side, with a few notable exceptions such as guys such as Matt Schofield or Robben Ford ~ that's the kind of tone I'm after! Never could get into Robert Cray personally, have always found his playing somewhat unexciting and sterile sounding.
The first guitar player that made a massive impact was Steve Rothery, and to this day I idolise him. After my Marillion obsession came SRV who was another early influence for me, although I got into his stuff after I had found Hendrix. Then obviously I sunk my teeth into all the players that blues players do with the addition of a heap of cool music from my Dad's record collection ~ The Beatles, Focus, Peter Frampton, Taste, Yes, Bill Bruford, Johnny Smith, John McLaughlin, Pat Metheny et al.
Nowadays I listen to heaps of different music, blues probably makes up maybe 25% of what I listen to
if that. These last couple of weeks I've bought the Kula Shaker album, some funk in the form of Rock Candy Funk Party, Richie Kotzen's new album and Elvis Presley with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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