Blues Guitar Heroes 2013 (Magazine)

scotty

I recently purchased this "bookazine" and I must say I am impressed. It was R125 in CNA and it contains everything you can think of on the Blues. I can recommend it to anyone interested in the topic. I bought it mainly because I don't know about all the players and I am keen on getting to know some of the newer and the less famous ones. There is also an App on the USA istore if someone is interested, I think it is even cheaper than buying the "bookazine".

Lots of info and interesting bits for a reasonable price.

Guitarist Presents: Blues Guitar Heroes 2013 Updated Edition - the world's greatest blues guitar players interviewed and profiled.

Based on interviews and articles published in Guitarist magazine alongside new material, Blues Guitar Heroes features many of the most influential blues guitar players of all time: acoustic legends Robert Johnson and Leadbelly; electric pioneers T-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters and BB King; blues icons Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, Albert King and Johnny Winter; blues-rock heroes Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Paul Kossoff; electric virtuosos Joe Bonamassa and Gary Moore; jazzier players Robben Ford and Larry Carlton; slide maestros Rory Gallagher and Derek Trucks; and many, many more…

They discuss their music in compelling interviews, while the profiles highlight their careers, influences and legacies.

Blues Guitar Heroes is an essential read for all fans of the blues and its guitar players!

Reinhard

Did Freddie King make the top 40? Clapton was heavily influenced by him, would be a sin if he wasn't mentioned somewhere in that book.

scotty

Hi,

Nope. No mention of Freddie. I always thought it was supposed to be the three kings (BB, Albert & Freddie) but I rarely hear mention of Freddie in any references these days.

The book is a way for the magazine to republish old articles & interviews so not sure which criteria they use to make up the list (except for the fact that they have material). The content is good but it is still a magazine so certain factual detail one would expect if it was a fully published book with that title is definitely lacking.

Nice Video!

Tokai-SA

I'm confused?

No Jimi Hendrix? ???

Bob-Dubery

Interesting to see the comments about Freddie King, not in this book and increasingly overlooked despite being a fabulous and influential player. Some legends live on longer than others. Each generation throws new heroes up the pop charts and others start fading from the collective memory.

scotty

Tokai SA wrote: I'm confused?

No Jimi Hendrix? ???

Hendrix is mentioned shortly in the first chapter with a nice picture etc. It is almost like they decided it is common knowledge that Hendrix is important, Son House and Blind Lemon Jefferson are also mentioned for their influence as well as many other famous and less famous names.

Maybe they replaced Hendrix with the guy from the Black Keys, Dan Auerbach ?.

X-rated Bob wrote: Interesting to see the comments about Freddie King, not in this book and increasingly overlooked despite being a fabulous and influential player. Some legends live on longer than others. Each generation throws new heroes up the pop charts and others start fading from the collective memory.

I agree, some authors like to re-invent the importance of certain players over time. It was interesting to find mentions of guys like Peter Green and Chris Rea.

They try and cover their own backsides with this statement: Blues Guitar Heroes features many of the most influential blues guitar players of all time... ???

Bob-Dubery

There are long-running issues around Hendrix and copyright and use of his image. Lots of people in the late 60s ended up with film of Hendrix shot at their expense that they couldn't actually use.

Peter Green most certainly should be in any half decent book about blues guitar. Clapton holds the mythological high ground, but there's a plausible argument that in fact Green was the finest player to emerge from that 60s England/blues scene. Maybe the later, massive and not particularly bluesy success that Fleetwood Mac enjoyed obscured his memory. A lot of people have little idea of how the Mac originally sounded.

But pity the poor publisher - there are so many legendary, essential etc blues and blues-based players these days that glaring omissions are a given.

slyd

X-rated Bob wrote: But pity the poor publisher - there are so many legendary, essential etc blues and blues-based players these days that glaring omissions are a given.

Yeah, that's for sure ! Very good point Bob ?

Bob-Dubery

I've long said that Santana is just a blues noodler. Now I am vindicated!