For starters, I have also gone through “re-discovery” phases in recent years. One of the most extensive and memorable has been my re-living of the magic and sheer jaw-dropping amazingnessnessfivity (inside joke) of Led Zeppelin. Although I had them as part of my musical back ground growing up, I havent been able to pull myself away from it for a while. Stuff like “Ramble On” and “No Quarter” just blow my mind.

I dont think the re-discovery or recent discovery of older/better music is a sign of age, I think its a sign of musical maturity; which I think if you were never a musician, it doesnt have the same profound effect.

The other day I spent an hour listening to Roadhouse Blues by The Doors over and over again. Mind you, this is a song I have heard my while life, possibly (let me take a wild guess) a half million times. Regardless, I found myself re-enamoured with the song (keep in mind I dont even care for The Doors all that much). The fabulous simplicity of the song: the riffs, the harmonica just at the right times, the simply fabulous yet not ostentatious piano playing, etc. I love it.

Anyway, my position is that it isnt about getting old, becuase whay you talk about in the recent discovery of blues, is for example what I felt when I was a teenager when I would pick up a new band like (say) Tesla. Its the same feeling of discovery. You pick at it. You play some of it. You disect it a million times with headphones on to catch every last buried sound. Even the squeak the guitar strings make when the musician changes the position of his fingers.

But I digress. If you love Clapton take a peek at the music collection of Cream. I would recommend The Yardbirds (for Clapton) but it would be a task to figure out which period had Clapton and not Jeff Beck or Jimmy Page. Not that these are all that “Bluesy”, especially if your preference is the stylings of Stevie Ray.

Anyway. F it.

This weekend I bought a double Billie Holiday CD for $9,99 (i’m so happy this music is not popular in this country)…all i can say is thay when they talk about “music to make love to” this is what they mean..;)

A) Your top ten list of blues guitar players of all
time doesn’t include Stevie Ray Vaughn or Eric
Clapton.

B) You acknowledge the fact that Miles Davis created
the world in seven days.

C) You go berserk whenever a young punk tells you
that Dave Matthews reinvented music.

Yes, I did the mandatory “Read that shit in its original language” years later, mostly so I would not be strung by the balls by some friends *cough*bite me*cough*

So yeah, english for the win!!!!1oneshiftone

Speaking of oldies I like Del Shannon’s songs, definitely rockier than B.B. King, anyway rock came from blues doesn’t it?

PS. Not mention getting older anymore, pls ;)

Taco con mucho picanto por please.

Now I get the fact that all the books in your collection are in english.. even “Don Goyo” and “Huasipungo”.

Who’s counting anyway..

and yup.. much to my delight.. you are one old SOB