Dude, if it will cost me my friendship with you, I'll reconsider. But honestly, his music all sounds incredibly similar to me. This goes for the Blues in general. There are some old-timey blues, some Muddy Waters etc that I really enjoy, but much of it is incredibly boring to me. I was having a discussion about this with jonaswildman recently. We just don't see the appeal. As per your other question, I'm not a fan of this album. I don't think I'd recommend listening to all of it, but perhaps you could skim through it. Check out the artists that whose work you know you enjoy etc. I'd be interested in your take on the songs.
Okay, I'll skim. I saw Ian McCulloch in there, Airborne Toxic, couple others that seem weird enough to be fresh. I wonder if there are any other blues fans on hubski. It'd be fun to have some kinda of example-laced discussion about the genre's history. A lot of blues sounds very similar, and like the old country stuff (Hank Williams etc) it's very tied to a time and place and attitude. Listening to the blues on the subway going to work dressed in a suit just doesn't sit right. That sounds stupid and elitist -- like, music should be good enough where the kind of thing doesn't matter! -- but it's in my opinion crucial. Let's consider this an open debate. I'll try to post some more blues to hubski. The Beatles, it should be noted, were devout blues fans.
I'm aware of the impact blues music has on the music I love. Shout out to me when you post.
You know, something that's often forgotten about the Beatles is that they had taste. They would save up and buy the .45s that came across from America when they came out -- I've read all their biographies -- it's always good music. Obviously they were extremely impressed with Buddy Holly. But also black musicians who, in that era, it took a little extra thought to be fans of. That's an important part of why they ended up where they did.