Blues instrumentals?

Robin Ford? NAW! He's a WEENIE!! Check in w/ Jimmy Thackery's "Guitar"--that's the blues instumental album. Or, you can just about listen to any version of "Paker's Mood," and you'll get the idea . . .

Crazyblues- I have checked in with Mr.Thackery. Funny
how he's never risen much above bar band status.

Suggest you check out Robbin's "Weenie" music at:

http://www.bigkahunasmusic.net/rford.html

Personally, I don't think guitar players define the blues.
I prefer the great blues piano players like Professor Longhair, James Booker, Dr John, Pinetop Perkins, Johnnie Johnson,Thelonious Monk,Jay Mcshann,Gene Harris, etc...

I do agreed that most underpowered rack style systems sound better on guitar based bands.

Kana: You raise an interesting point: What instrumentalists "define" blues?

See, I'll be the first to admit that, as a technician, Ford is a better "guitar" player, but, even if I were to accept your assumption that "bar-band status" is somehow a deficiency (let alone its accuracy), Thackery would seem to be a better definition of Blues. I just think that his playing is more "honest." You hear more struggle and pain in his music. I think that there is a lot more polish and "correctness" in Ford's playing, which isn't such a bad thing; it's just not as down as Thackery's playing.

As far as a specific instrument "defining the blues," I just don't know if that's really what blues is about. To me, it doesn't matter if you play guitar, piano, or nose flute: if you're playing with complete honesty, you're probably playing the blues.

Again, opinions are opinions--and that's a fact ^_^

Cheers!

Crazy4blues- the "bar-band status" comment about Thackery wasn't a negative, just surprised that with all his recordings he's not better known.

I love the raw power of a good bar band, but it's hard to capture that energy on a recording. It's hard to mic an amplified instrument like guitar or a B3 organ(have you notice the renewed interest in the B3?) to get the same sound you hear in a club.

I agree, great players define the blues, not the instrument.

Aloha