MESSING AROUND WITH THE BLUES

My Guitar Heroes

This song is called Voodoo Child

or Voodoo Chile ( slight Return)

Jimi Hendrix

• Jimi Hendrix was one of the bestElectric Guitar Players of his time

• Some people will argue he is the best of all times

Psychedelic Rock Blues

Album Titles •Band of Gypsys • Winterland• Crosstown Traffic • purple haze • Voodoo Chile • Bleeding Heart • Wind Cries Mary• All Along the Watchtower

Jimi was also well known for his crazy antics on stage such as lighting his guitar on fire with lighter fluid

I like to use Tabasco sauce

Jimi Hendrix James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born

Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970)

MESSING AROUND WITH THE BLUES

SRV

Stevie Ray

Vaughan

Stevie Ray Vaughan

• Stevie was a Grammy Award-winning American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. •Stevie was known for his Texas Blues style

•His lightning fast soulful playing style also made him know as the Texas Hurricane

Stevie did a cover of the song Voodoo Chile ( Slight Return) and Little Wing in tribute to Jimi Hendrix

Some of SRV’s Album title are:

1. Texas Flood2. Couldn't Stand the Weather3. Soul to Soul4. In Step

Just to name a few of his songs

Taxman - (previously unreleased)

Texas Flood   House Is Rockin'

Pride and Joy Tightrope Little Wing

Crossfire Change It Cold Shot

Couldn't Stand the Weather

Like Jimi Stevie Ray Vaughan alsoliked giving his fans a show

He would play the guitar Behind his back,behind his head, and at time with his teeth

Vaughan's blues style was influenced by many blues guitarists. Foremost among them were Albert King, Otis Rush, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, and Jimi Hendrix. He was also strongly influenced by early blues-rock guitarist Lonnie Mack, who, according to Vaughan, "really taught me to play guitar from the heart"

Stevie has a brother named Jimmy Vaughn

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Buddy Guy

October 3, 1954 – August 27 1990

Blues Legend- Buddy Guy

George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936) is an American blues guitarist and singer.I never

knew his name is George

Buy Guy owns a Blues club called Legends

Songs such as "Red House", "Voodoo Chile" and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" partly came from the sonic world that Buddy Guy helped to create.

Uh, Yeah, Buddy also covered

Voodoo Chile in tribute to Jimi and

Stevie…

Guy was ranked thirtieth in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".

Known as an inspiration to Jimi Hendrix, Angus Young, Eric Clapton, Ace Frehley, Jimmy Page, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eli and many other guitarists; Guy is considered an important exponent of Chicago blues.

Buddy Guy and SRV

Again!

Eric Clapton

Guy is known for his showmanship, playing his guitar with drumsticks, or strolling into the audience while playing solos.

I’m John Mayer. I get to play with Buddy

And Eli doesn’t

John Mayer

Chicks Dig John Mayer…

What Ever!

Buddy Guy performing with the Rolling Stones at the Orpheum Theatre, Boston

The Rolling Stones !

Willie Nelson at a Blues Fest

Hi Willie!

In recognition of Guy's influence on Hendrix's career, the Hendrix family invited Buddy Guy to headline all-star casts at several Jimi Hendrix tribute concerts they organized in recent years, "calling on a legend to celebrate a legend." Jimi Hendrix himself once said that “Heaven is lying at Buddy Guy’s feet while listening to him play guitar

Buddy Guy

Guy has won five Grammy Awards both for his work on his electric and acoustic guitars, and for contemporary and traditional forms of blues music. In 2003, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts.

5/2010 Guy Received the Life Time Achievement Award

Buddy Guy. Born, July 30, 1936 (age 73). Cool! Eli

Patterson. Born, July 26, 1973 Leos in the

House of Blues!

MESSING AROUND WITH THE BLUES

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SRVHendrix

Buddy

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