Woah you guys love to rant today! +1 to everything that Jack and Patrick said. Lots of the best art comes from personal loss; there's no real difference between tears in heaven (though, god, I do hate that song) and your average break up song in that respect. That's just how music gets made.
Who was the guy who said that Clapton isn't the blues but Duane Allman is? Ah, there's a record called "Layla and other songs" you might want to listen to one day, it's interesting if you look at the liner notes....
As far as the blues being dead, lots of people kinda feel like that whole "guitar rock" thing is dead as an art form too. And a bunch of you guys love 80's hair bands! Cracks me up.
Best idea: don't listen to anybody, just like what you like. If it's not trendy ( ie its "dead") now, it'll come back eventually. The worst thing to do would be try to classify stuff as 'blues' or 'blues-based rock". Leave it to the stiffs at Best Buy who make those bins.....
OP: Just figure out what kind of blues sound you want, either your trad tele / acoustic, Gibsony, or whangy strat type, and get it. If you have the skills, you'll make people cry and the gear won't matter. If you don't have the skills, the gear will matter even less!
Who was the guy who said that Clapton isn't the blues but Duane Allman is? Ah, there's a record called "Layla and other songs" you might want to listen to one day, it's interesting if you look at the liner notes....
As far as the blues being dead, lots of people kinda feel like that whole "guitar rock" thing is dead as an art form too. And a bunch of you guys love 80's hair bands! Cracks me up.
Best idea: don't listen to anybody, just like what you like. If it's not trendy ( ie its "dead") now, it'll come back eventually. The worst thing to do would be try to classify stuff as 'blues' or 'blues-based rock". Leave it to the stiffs at Best Buy who make those bins.....
OP: Just figure out what kind of blues sound you want, either your trad tele / acoustic, Gibsony, or whangy strat type, and get it. If you have the skills, you'll make people cry and the gear won't matter. If you don't have the skills, the gear will matter even less!