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Old March 3rd, 2008, 01:33 PM   #56 (permalink)
mojo2001
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>>Also Magic Sam. Tons of Magic Sam.


Earl Hooker, Clarence Hollomon, Wayne Bennett, Freddie King, T BONE, and GUITAR SLIM...


Once again to ye old You Tube for illustration:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qwgWyBlnx_w

SRV and the T-Birds playing the Guitar Slim anthem, "The Things That I Used to Do."

Seems to me SRV and JLV are both coming off that rapid fire staccato, driving Guitar Slim/T-Bone style, in their own way but definitely joined at the hip.

Yeah there might be a Jimmie Vaughan thread every week, as one commenter noted, but this gets to some important stuff--straight to the heart of the blues.
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