Popular blues compositions. The most famous blues artists
Lance is one of the few guitarists who can boast of having started their own professional career at 13 (by 18 he was already sharing the stage with Johnny Taylor, Lucky Peterson and Buddy Miles). Also in early childhood Lance fell in love with guitars: every time he passed a record store, his heart skipped a beat. Uncle Lance had a whole house filled with guitars, and when he came to him, he could not tear himself away from this instrument. His main influences have always been Stevie Ray Vaughn and Elvis Presley (Lance's father, by the way, served with him in the army, and they remained close friends until the death of the king). Now his music is a combustible mixture of blues-rock Stevie Ray Vaughn, psychedelic Jimi Hendrix and melodic Carlos Santana.
Like all real bluesmen, his personal life is a black, hopeless hole, not to mention drug problems. However, this only spurs his creativity: between long sprees, he records unprecedented albums that claim to be the most driving. Lance wrote most of his songs on the road, as for a long time played in groups of famous bluesmen. His musical education allows it to flow from one genre to another without losing its unique sound. While his debut album Wall of Soul is blues-rock, his 2011 album Salvation From Sundown leans heavily into traditional blues and R&B.
If you think that real blues can only be written if its author is constantly pursued by misfortune, then we will prove the opposite to you. So, in 2015, Lance got rid of his drug and alcohol addiction, then got married and assembled one of the coolest supergroups last decade– Supersonic Blue Machine. The album features session drummers Kenny Aaronoff (Chickenfoot, Bon Jovi, Alice Cooper, Santana), Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top), Walter Trout, Robben Ford, Eric Gales and Chris Duarte. Many peculiar musicians have gathered here, but their philosophy is simple: a band, like a machine, consists of many parts, and driving force for them all is the blues.
Robin Trower
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Robin is considered one of the key musicians who shaped the vision of British blues in the 70s. He started his professional career at the age of 17 when he created his favorite band The Rolling The Stones of that time were The Paramounts. However, his real success came when he joined Procol Harum in 1966. The group greatly influenced his work and directed him on the right path.
But she played classic rock, so we'll fast forward to 1973 when Robin made the decision to start a solo career. By this time he wrote a lot guitar music, so he was forced to leave the group. Twice's debut album Removed From Yesterday barely charted, but despite this, his next album, Bridge Of Sights, immediately took off to the top spot and to this day sells 15,000 copies a year worldwide.
The first three albums of the power trio are famous for their Hendrix sound. For the same reason - for the skillful combination of blues and psychedelia - Robin is called the "white" Hendrix. The band had two strong members, Robin Trower and bassist James Dewar, who complemented each other perfectly. The peak of their creativity came in 1976-1978, on the albums Long Misty Days and In City Dreams. Already on the 4th album, Robin began to reorient himself towards hard rock and classic rock, pushing the blues sound into the background. However, he did not completely get rid of it.
Robin was also famous for his project with Cream bassist Jack Bruce. They released two albums, but all the songs there were written by the same Trower. The albums feature both Robin's croaking guitar and Jack's sharp, funky bass sound, but the musicians didn't like this collaboration, and their project soon ceased to exist.
JJ Cale
John is literally the most humble and exemplary musician in the world. He is a simple guy with a rural soul, and his songs, calm and sincere, fall like a balm on the soul amidst constant worries. He was worshiped by rock icons - Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler and Neil Young, and the first glorified his work throughout the world (the songs Cocaine and After Midnight were written by Cale, not Clapton). He led a calm and measured life, nothing like the life of the rock star he is considered to be.
Cale began his career in the 50s in Tulsa, where he shared the stage with his friend Leon Russell. For the first ten years, he moved from the south coast to the west, until he settled in 1966 at the Whiskey A Go Go club, where he played as the opening act for Love, The Doors and Tim Buckley. It was rumored that it was Elmer Valentine, the owner of the legendary club, who dubbed it JJ to distinguish it from John Cale, a member of the Velvet Underground. However, Cale himself called it a duck, as the Velvet Underground were little known on the West Coast. In 1967, John recorded the album A Trip Down the Sunset Strip with the Leathercoated Minds. Although Cale hated the record and “if I could destroy all these records, I would,” the album became a psychedelic classic.
When his career began to decline, John headed back to Tulsa, but as fate would have it, he returned to Los Angeles in 1968, moving to the garage at Leon Russell's house, where he was left to himself and his dogs. Cale has always preferred the company of animals to man, and his philosophy was simple: "life among birds and trees."
Despite a slowly unraveling career, John released his first solo album, Naturally, on Leon Russell's Shelter label. The album was as easy to record as was Cale's temperament - it was ready in two weeks. Almost all of his albums were recorded at this pace, and some of the most famous songs- and demos at all (for example, Crazy Mama and Call Me the Breeze, on which Lynyrd Skynyrd subsequently recorded their famous cover). Really, Oakie and Troubadour albums followed, hooking Eric Clapton and Carl Radl on their cocaine.
After famous concert 1994 at the Hammersmith Odeon, he and Eric became good friends(Eric was also known for his modesty early in his career) and kept in touch constantly. The fruit of their friendship was the 2006 album Road to Escondido. This Grammy-winning album is an idealistic representation of the blues. The two guitarists balance each other so much that a feeling of complete peace is created.
JJ Cale died in 2013, leaving the world his work, which to this day inspires musicians. Eric Clapton released a tribute album to John, where he invited his fans - John Mayer, Mark Knopfler, Derek Trucks, Willie Nelson and Tom Petty.
Gary Clark Jr.
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Barack Obama's favorite musician, Gary is the most innovative artist of the last decade. While all the girls in the US are crazy about him (well, and John Mayer, no way without him), Gary turns music into a psychedelic mixture of blues, soul and hip-hop with his fuzz. The musician was brought up under the strict guidance of Jimmy Vaughn, brother of Stevie Ray, and listened to everything that came to hand - from country to blues. All this can be heard on his first album in 2004 110, where you can hear classic blues, and soul, and country, and nothing stands out from the style of the album, black folk music Mississippi 50s.
After the release of the album, Gary went underground and played with numerous musicians. He returned in 2012 with a melodic and electric album that blew everyone away from Kirk Hammett and Dave Grohl to Eric Clapton. The latter wrote him a letter of thanks and said that after his concert he wanted to pick up the guitar again.
Since then, he has become a blues sensation, "the chosen one" and "the future of blues guitar", participates in the Eric Clapton Crossroads charity concert and receives a Grammy for the song Please Come Home. After such a debut, it is difficult to keep the bar high, but Gary never cared about the opinions of others. He released his next album “for the sake of the music itself”, and in his case this philosophy worked well. Album Story of Sonny Boy Slim turned out to be less heavy, but its electric soul blues fits perfectly with the style of the entire album. Even if some of his songs sound pop, they have something that is so lacking. contemporary music- individuality.
This album may sound softer, as it is very personal (when it was being recorded, wife Gary gave birth to their first child, which made him rethink his life), but it turned out to be just as bluesy and melodic, taking his work to a whole new level.
Joe Bonamassa
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There is an opinion among the people that Joe is the most boring guitarist in the world (and for some reason no one calls Gary Moore boring), but every year he becomes more and more popular, sells his shows in the Albert Hall and rides all over the world with concerts . In general, no matter what they say, Joe is a talented and melodic guitarist who has made great progress in his work since the beginning of his career.
It can be said that he was born with a guitar in his hands: at the age of 8 he already opened shows for BB King, and at 12 he played full-time in clubs in New York. He released his debut album quite late - at the age of 22 (before that he played in the band Bloodline along with the sons of Miles Davis). A New Day Yesterday was released in 2000, but only reached the charts in 2002 (ranking 9th among blues albums), which is not surprising: it consisted mainly of covers. However, two years later, Joe released his most iconic album, So, It's Like That, which was chosen by everyone who could.
Since then, Joe has standardly released every year or two albums that were heavily criticized, but got into at least the top 5 in Billboard versions. His albums (especially Blues Deluxe, Sloe Gin and Dust Bowl) sound viscous, heavy and bluesy, not letting go of the listener until the very end. In fact, Joe is one of the few musicians whose worldview evolves from album to album. His songs become shorter and livelier, and his albums become conceptual. His latest release was recorded literally on the first try. According to Joe, today's blues is too slick, the musicians don't strain much, because everything can be formatted or played again, they have lost all energy and drive. So this album was recorded over a five day jam and you hear everything that happened there (no second takes and minimal post-production to keep the atmosphere).
Therefore, the key to his work is not to listen to songs in albums (especially early work: your brain will be raped by endless solos and tension that only intensifies towards the end of the album). If you are a fan of technical music and twisted solos, Joe will definitely appeal to you.
Philip Says
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Philip Says is a Toronto-based guitarist whose playing is so impressive that he was invited to take part in Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival. He grew up on the music of Ry Cooder and Mark Knopfler, and his parents had a huge collection of blues albums, which could not but influence his work. But Philip owes his breakthrough to the professional scene to the legendary guitarist Jeff Healy, who took him under his wing and gave him an excellent musical education.
Jeff somehow got to Philip's concert in Toronto, and he liked his playing so much that the next time they met, he invited him on stage to jam. Philip was at the club with his manager, and as soon as they sat down, Jeff approached them and invited Philip to join his group, promising to put him on his feet and teach him how to play on big venues.
Philip spent the next three and a half years touring with Jeff Healy. He performed at the famous jazz festival in Montreux, where he shared the stage with blues giants such as BB King, Robert Cray and Ronnie Earl. Jeff gave him a huge opportunity to learn from the best, play with the best, and improve himself. He opened for ZZ Top and deep purple, and his music is an endless drive.
Philip released his first solo album, Peace Machine, in 2005, and this is his the best creativity to this day. It combines the raw energy of blues-rock guitar and soul. His subsequent albums (Inner Revolution and Steamroller should be highlighted) get heavier, but still have that Stevie Ray Vaughn-style blues drive that is part of his style - you can only tell by one of his crazy vibratos that he uses, playing live.
Many will find a similarity between Philip Says and Stevie Ray - the same tattered stratocaster, shuffle and crazy shows, and some believe that he is too much like him. However, Philip's sound is different from his mastermind: it sounds more modern and heavy.
Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks
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As Louisiana slide guitar icon Sonny Landreth said, he knew in five seconds that Derek Trucks would be the most promising guitarist in the white blues jam scene. Nephew The drummer Allman Brothers Butch Trucks, he bought an acoustic guitar for five dollars at the age of 9 and began to learn how to play slide guitar. He shocked everyone with his playing technique, no matter who he played with. By the end of the 90s, he was a Grammy winner thanks to his solo project, managed to play with The Allman Brothers Band and toured with Eric Clapton.
Susan, on the other hand, became famous not only for her skillful guitar playing, but also for her magical voice, which captivates listeners from the first moment. Since releasing her debut album Just Won't Burn, Susan has been touring tirelessly, recording with Double Trouble, sharing the stage with Britney Spears at the Grammy Awards, performing with Buddy Guy and BB King, and even sang side by side with Bob Dylan.
Decades after starting their careers, Susan and Derek not only got married, but formed their own team called the Tedeschi Trucks Band. It's really damn hard to find the words to show how good they are: Derek and Susan are like Delaney & Bonnie of the present. Blues fans still can't believe that two blues legends created their own group, and an unusual one at that: Tedeschi Trucks Band consists of the best 11 musicians of the modern blues and soul scene. They started out as a group of five and gradually added more musicians. Their latest album features two drummers and an entire horn section.
They instantly sell out all tickets for concerts in the USA, and everyone is simply delighted with their show. Their group retains all the traditions of American blues and soul. Slide guitar perfectly complements Tedeschi's velvety voice, and if in terms of technique Derek is in some way better than his guitarist wife, then he does not overshadow her at all. Their music is a perfect fusion of blues, funk, soul and country.
John Mayer
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Even if you hear this name for the first time, believe me, John Mayer is very famous. He is so famous that he is in 7th place in terms of the number of followers on Twitter, and the press in America discusses his personal life in the same way as the yellow press in Russia discusses Alla Pugacheva. He is so famous that all American girls, women and grandmothers not only know who he is, but also dream that all guitarists in the world look up to him, and not Jeff Hanneman.
He is also the only instrumentalist who is on par with today's pop idols. As he himself once told a British magazine: “You can't make music and be popular. Celebrities make really, really bad music, so I write mine like a musician.”
John picked up the guitar for the first time at the age of 13, inspired by Texas bluesman Stevie Ray Vaughn. He played in his local bars hometown Bridgeport until he graduated from high school and went to study at Berklee College of Music. There he studied for two semesters until he left for Atlanta with $1,000 in his pocket. He played in bars and quietly wrote songs for his 2001 debut album, Room For Squares, which went multi-platinum.
John has several Grammys to his credit, and his combination of impeccable melodies, quality lyrics, and well-thought-out arrangements has made him as great as Stevie Wonder, Sting, and Paul Simon, the musicians who turned pop music into art.
But in 2005, he turned off the track of a pop artist, was not afraid to lose his listeners, changed his acoustic Martin to a Fender Stratocaster and joined the ranks of blues legends. He played with Buddy Guy and BB King, he was even invited by Eric Clapton himself to the Crossroads guitar festival. Critics were skeptical about this change of scenery, but John surprised everyone: his electric trio (along with Pino Palladin and Steve Jordan) produced an unprecedented blues-rock with a killer groove. On the 2005 album Try! John focused on the softer side of Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn and B.B. King's playing, and with his melodic solos, he brilliantly beat all the blues clichés.
John has always been melodic, even his last album of 2017 turned out to be surprisingly soft: here you can hear soul and even country. With his songs, John not only drives 16-year-old girls crazy in the USA, but also remains a real professional musician, constantly evolving and every time he brings something new to his music. He perfectly balances his reputation as a pop artist and his development as a musician. If you take even his most pop songs and break them down, you'd be surprised how much is going on there.
His songs are about everything - love, life, personal relationships. If they were played by someone else, they would most likely become ordinary folk songs, but thanks to John's soft voice combined with blues, soul and other genres, they become what they are. And they certainly don't want to be turned off.
Now let's take a look at the best blues rock bands from around the world. In addition, I will give you a list of good albums and Russian groups for this genre.
The best blues rock bands
The combination of blues and early rock to develop the blues rock genre did not take place in a vacuum. In many ways, this is an invention of white British children. They were in love with blues records from Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and other artists that were imported to the UK.
Blues godfathers Alexis Korner and John Mayall created the genre. He still finds a response in the hearts of many listeners today. Here are the earliest and best blues rock artists.
Alexis Korner (Alexis Korner)
Known as " father of british blues". A musician and leader of his bands, Alexis Korner was an integral part of the 1960s blues scene in England.
His own music bands contributed to the popularization of the blues. And at the start of this decade, Korner was performing with a long list of British royal music.
In all his work, he never enjoyed a huge commercial success. Thus, his influence on the development of blues rock is beyond doubt. What can not be said about his peers and junior assistants.
John Mayall (John Mayall)
British musician John Mayall has made a significant contribution to the development of such genres as jazz, blues and blues rock during his fifty-year career.
He discovered and developed the instrumental talents of Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mike Taylor.
Mayall has a lot of albums in his luggage. They show blues, blues rock, jazz and African musical styles.
Peter Green (Peter Green) and the band Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac is primarily known worldwide for its revolutionary chart-topping pop rock act. Led by guitarist Peter Green, the band made a name for themselves as psychedelic blues.
The group was formed in 1967. She released her first in 1968. A combination of original compositions and blues cover art, the album became a commercial success in the UK, spending a year on the charts.
In 1970, due to his illness, Peter Green left the band. But even after his departure, Fleetwood Mac continued to perform and work on new compositions.
Rory Gallagher (Rory Gallagher) and the group Taste
In the second half of the 1960s, at the height of the British blues rock fashion, Rory Gallagher showed performances of his band Taste.
Due to their dynamic showmanship, the band toured with superstars Yes and Blind Faith. She even performed in 1970 on the Isle of Wight.
The band was formed in 1966 by Rory Gallakher, bassist Eric Ketherin and drummer Norman Damery.
After a concert in the UK, Rory Galakher's band disbanded.
After moving to London, the 20-year-old guitarist assembled a new version of his Taste team with bassist Richard McCracken and drummer John Wilson. After signing a contract with Polydor, began recording and touring in the US and Canada.
For decades, the Rolling Stones was the coolest rock band on the planet. She had the best selling albums. Especially in the USA. Therefore musicians are very successful. Their contribution to the development of rock music is very huge.
The Yardbirds and British blues rock
The Yardbirds were one of the most influential and innovative British blues rock bands of the early 1960s. Their influence is felt far beyond their fleeting commercial successes.
Formed in the early 1960s as the Blues Metropolis quartet, by 1963 the group was known as the Yardbirds.
Featuring vocalist Keith Ralph, guitarist Chris Drah and Andrew Topham, bassist Paul Samwell-Smith and drummer Jimi McCarthy, the band quickly made a name for themselves with an electrifying, fusion of classic Blues and R&B.
The first Yardbirds album was called "Five Live Yardbirds". It was recorded in 1964 at the Marquee Club. Performers began to add elements of pop, rock and jazz.
Eric Clapton left the band in 1965 to play pure blues with Bluesbreakers John Mayall. New guitarist Jeff Beck brought a new dimension to the band's sound. In 1968, the team broke up.
Top Blues Rock Albums
Below I want to present the best blues rock albums. I recommend listening to them at your leisure. Here is the list:
Where did you play: Jefferson Airplaine, Jefferson Starship, Starship, The Great Society
Genres: classic rock, blues rock
What's cool: Grace Slick is the vocalist of the legendary psychedelic band Jefferson Airplane. Possessing not only a bewitching voice, but also an attractive appearance (one eye is worth something!), She became a real sex symbol of the 1960s, and the songs White Rabbit and Somebody to Love composed by her became rock classics. Grace Slick's powerful voice broke new ground in female rock and brought her to 20th place in the list of "The 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll". Unfortunately, the propensity to outrageous and addiction to alcohol and drugs pretty much blurred her career. However, after leaving the world of music in 1990, Grace found herself in fine arts. A significant part of it artistic creativity make up portraits of colleagues in the rock scene.
Quote: I sang then with such force and anger that women of that time were afraid to show. I realized for myself that a woman can ignore stereotypes and do whatever she wants.
Mariska Veres
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Where did you play:: shock blue, solo career
Genres: rhythm and blues, classic rock
What is cool: Mariska Veresh is the owner of one of the most powerful and beautiful voices in rock music, a stunning beauty and ... an insanely shy and vulnerable girl. Given the mores of the late 60s - early 70s, you can imagine how difficult it was for her. However, be that as it may, Shocking Blue reached the pinnacle of musical fame and immortalized both themselves and their work, largely thanks to Mariska. And even the pets in every home know their ubiquitous Venus almost by heart.
Quote: Before, I was just a painted doll, no one could get close to me. Now I am more open to people.
Janis Joplin
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Where did you play: Big Brother & The Holding Company, Kozmic Blues Band, Full Tilt Boogie Band
Genres: blues rock
What's cool: One of the members of the notorious 27 Club. In her short life, Janis Joplin managed to release only four albums, one of which was released after her death, but this does not prevent critics around the world from considering her the best white blues performer and one of the greatest vocalists in rock history. -music. Joplin received several major awards, but, again, posthumously - in 1995 she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in 2005 she "received" a Grammy for excellence, and in 2013 a star was opened in her honor on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood. Her creative activity began in 1961, largely under the influence of the then popular beatniks, in whose company the young girl spent the summer of 1960. Joplin was considered unusual, not to say strange - she came to classes at the university in Levi's jeans, went barefoot and carried a zither everywhere with her in case she wanted to sing. The turning point in Joplin's career was a performance with Big Brother & The Holding Company at the Montreuil Festival. Then the group even performed twice, because the director Pennebaker wanted to record them on tape. You can talk a lot about Janice's achievements: despite her short life, she managed to do a lot. What is the cost of one participation in cult festival Woodstock in 1969 on stage with The Who and Hendrix. Until now, disputes about the cause of the death of the singer have not subsided. Someone says it's all about drug addiction, someone insists that it was suicide. One way or another, many agree that spontaneous and premature death has become very bad joke fate, because at that moment Joplin's life began to improve - she was going to get married, had not used heroin for a long time. But she still wasn't happy.
Quote: At the stadium, I make love to twenty-five thousand people, and then I return home alone.
Annie Haslam
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Where did you play: Renaissance, solo career
Genres: progressive rock, classic rock
What's cool: All polls like "Best Prog Vocalist" quickly lose their intrigue if Annie is on the list. And it is hardly surprising for you if you have heard at least one song sung to her. Pure, carried away to some transcendental heights, seemingly fragile, but at the same time quite powerful five-octave vocals of Haslam brought her and Renaissance crowds of fans in the 70s. Next - successful Solo career singer and artist, a fortunately victorious battle with cancer, and occasional live band reunions.
Quote: I always wondered: we were so unique and still are, so shouldn't we have done more than we did? At the very least, we should have recorded all of our shows on video. We had to record as much as possible. We did practically nothing.
Blues performers can be called freedom singers. In their songs and in their music they sing about life itself, without embellishment, but at the same time with hope for brighter times. Here are the best blues artists of all time, according to the JazzPeople portal.
Top Blues Artists
They say the blues is when good man Badly. We have collected the most famous blues singers, whose work reflects the structure of this difficult world.
BB King
King called all his guitars "Lucille". One story from concert activity is connected with this name. Once, during a performance, two men started a fight and overturned a kerosene stove. This caused a fire, all the musicians hurriedly left the institution, but BB King, risking himself, returned for the guitar.
Monument to B.B. King in Montreux, Switzerland Later, after learning that a woman named Lucille was the cause of the fight, he named his guitar that way as a sign that no woman is worth such nonsense.
For more than 20 years, King battled diabetes, which caused his death at the age of 89 on May 14, 2015.
Robert Leroy Johnson
- a bright, but quickly flying star in the world of blues music - was born on May 8, 1911. IN youth he met famous blues musicians Sun House and Willie Brown and decided to start playing the blues professionally.
Robert Leroy Johnson A few months of training in the team only led to the fact that the guy remained a good amateur. Then Robert swore that he would play great and disappeared for several months. When he reappeared, the level of his game became significantly higher. Johnson himself said that he contacted the devil. The legend of the musician who sold his soul for the ability to play the blues has spread throughout the world.
Robert Leroy Johnson died at the age of 28 on August 16, 1938. He was allegedly poisoned by the husband of his mistress. His family had no money, so he was buried in the municipal cemetery. Johnson's legacy is hard to count - although he recorded very little himself, his songs were often performed by many world stars (Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Doors, Bob Dylan).
Muddy Waters
- the founder of the Chicago school - was born on April 4, 1913 in the small town of Rolling Fork. As a child, he learned to play the harmonica, and as a teenager he mastered the guitar.
Muddy Waters Simple acoustic guitar didn't fit well with Muddy. He really started playing only at the moment when he switched to electric guitar. Powerful roar and jerky voice glorified the novice singer and performer. In fact, the work of Muddy Waters is on the verge between blues and rock and roll. The musician died on April 30, 1983.
Gary Moore
- a famous Irish guitarist, singer and songwriter - was born on April 4, 1952. In his career, he experimented a lot with different areas of music, but still gave preference to the blues.
Gary Moore In one of his interviews, Moore admitted that he likes the dialogue that occurs between vocals and guitar in the blues. This opens up a wide field for experimentation.
Interestingly, although Gary Moore was left-handed, from childhood he learned to play the guitar as a right-hander and performed like that all his life until his death on February 6, 2011.
Eric Clapton
one of the most influential figures British rock- Born March 30, 1945. He is the only musician to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times, twice with a band and once as a solo artist. Clapton played in various genres, but always gravitated towards the blues, which made his playing recognizable and distinctive.
Eric Clapton Sonny Boy Williamson I & II
Sonny Boy Williamson is an American blues harmonica player and singer born December 5, 1912.
There are two famous Sonny Boy Williamsons in the world. The fact is that Sonny Boy Williamson II took on the pseudonym of the same name in honor of his idol - Sonny Boy Williamson I. The fame of the second Sony greatly overshadowed the legacy of the first, although it was he who was an innovator in his field.
Sonny Boy Williamson I Sonny Boy was one of the most famous and original harmonica players. He is distinguished by a special style of performance: simple, melodic, smooth. Lyrics of his songs: thin, lyrical.
Sonny Boy Williamson II Williamson II most of all valued not fame, but personal comfort, so sometimes he allowed himself to disappear for a couple of months to rest, and then reappear on stage. Sonny Boy Williamson II passed away on May 25, 1965.
