Oops... Sorry (referring to my Clapton idolized thread above).

I guess as far as a style, I'd probably say Chicago blues for one distinct style of blues. I can really get into Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Willie Dixon, and of course, Buddy Guy as far as electrified Chicago blues. They influenced everybody...

thats a little better. you dont see many people talk about willie dixon on here.
as a matter of fact, i think im the only one lol.
i like oh willie. hes got that voice ya know. you can feel the words hes singing
very much like you can feel clapton or jimi's playing.

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"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

Gulfcoast Blues is a term used down here to refer to southeast Texas/Louisiana blues. Sometimes Zydeco influenced blues is referred to as Gulfcoast blues. Also, think Houston around the '50s when Peacock Records was around. That's Gulfcoast blues. You could throw it into the separate categories of "Texas" or "New Orleans" blues, but why? Not all of Louisiana blues comes from New Orleans, and Texas blues is such a huge genre that it encompasses nearly every other type of blues in and of itself. If you have to be a little more specific about where in Texas it comes from, or you're talking about an artist who has both Louisiana and Texas roots (Gatemouth Brown among others), then Gulfcoast blues is the logical way to say it.

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totally missing my point.

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

Thanks for informing them..we know it all comes from down here...

but the whole point was missed.
good reply from TGS indeed, but still............

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

You want to learn a little about Gulfcoast blues ..check this book out..yours truly is featured in 5 pages...

http://www.amazon.com/Texas-Blues-Conte ... 158544605X

ok super star whats page 5 say about ya?
i aint buyin a whole book for 1 page.
but do you get the point of my question yet?
PM me if you dont. i just want to see the answers i get
on my question

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

The feel good style... why?? cause it feels good!

oh Lord, and there you go.
if anybody on this forum should be able to answer this
w/o question i would have figured it be you.
i think your just trying to ruffle my feathers,
throw a wrench in my machinery, hecke my stand-up.
take my training wheels but leave me the bars.

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

Glad I can help

as long as your having a good time.

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

I pretty much like all forms of blues--my favorite can change from day to day.

But overall my favorite is anything by Albert King, because it speaks to me in a way that no other guitarist does.

But Glenn Kaiser is great too.

I like Chicago, Texas, Detroit, old R&B, Delta, Country Blues, Gospel Blues, etc, etc.

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Also: Slim Harpo, Clifton Chenier, Tab Benoit, Lightnin' Slim, Guitar Slim, Lazy Lester...early ZZ Top and the Fabulous Thunderbirds had elements of Gulf Coast Blues, and the style influenced Albert Collins as well as his cousin Lightnin' Hopkins (though they both strayed pretty far from the course). There's even some influences felt from Fats Domino, the Meters and other artists we think of as "NOLA" only.

The Screamin' Armadillos (my band) occasionally dips from this well, too.

Gulf Coast Blues also influenced the 1960s San Antonio scene; you can hear it in the music of the Sir Douglas Quintet/Doug Sahm, Baldemar Huerta (AKA Freddie Fender) and Flaco Jimenez. San Antonio was more influenced by the conjunto, Tejano and mariachi sounds, but the Gulf Coast Blues elements are there as well--just listen to "She's About A Mover" or "Wasted Days & Wasted Nights"--either of those could have been done by all the artists I listed above...and no wonder, it's only a few hours away.

Gulf Coast Blues is common in the area often called the "Golden Triangle", which is an area of Southeast Texas between the cities of Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange.

Someone (I think it was Derek O'Brien) once said the area was called the "Golden Triangle" because that sounds better than "Petro-Chemical Wasteland"...

So, yes, Gulf Coast Blues is a distinct style.

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Now that I get your original premise, here's my amended answer:

Texas Blues is my favorite because it's in my blood and it incorporates a wider variety of styles than the straight Delta styles--a bit more rock and roll as well as some outlaw country, western swing and even jazz influences...when T-Bone Walker went west, he helped to create West Coast Jump Blues, so Texas has greater influences than just Stevie Ray Vaughan. Plus, what other state would embrace two cross-eyed albino brothers and some guys with 3-foot beards and fuzzy guitars?

Chicago Blues is next, because Muddy Waters and Little Walter opened my eyes and mind to things I had never been able to identify, until I got "The Best Of Muddy Waters" Chess album at the age of 14. From then on, I was hooked.

TexasGuitarSlinger reminded me of my love of Gulf Coast blues, with the cajun & zydeco influences as well as the Second Line rhythms that are sometime incorporated.

Delta Blues--because it's so elemental and raw and earthy--it's almost primeval to my soul...plus, since Muddy has always been such an influence on my singing, playing and bandleading, we have to remember that Muddy was Delta before he was Chicago.

In the words of Blind Dog Fulton (AKA Willie Brown, AKA Joe Seneca), "Don't you know that Muddy Waters invented electricity?"

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