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Alt Rock's hey day was happening in my young adulthood. I was stationed about an hour from the SF Bay area and Primus was a favorite of mine. Some people find their music quirky, but they really do cover some serious topics and they were talented musicians. Les Claypool is a born entertainer and absolutely rips it up on bass.
 
Heading to the Brent Cobb show tomorrow :)

"Down In The Gulley" was the song that first drew me into his discography.
 
BlueCollarBob said:
Alt Rock's hey day was happening in my young adulthood. I was stationed about an hour from the SF Bay area and Primus was a favorite of mine. Some people find their music quirky, but they really do cover some serious topics and they were talented musicians. Les Claypool is a born entertainer and absolutely rips it up on bass.
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I was big into the Seattle grunge scene when alternative was coming to fruition, still love alice in chains and Nirvana to this day.

My dad once told me that when he was young led Zeppelins first album was considered alternative music in the record store, makes sense, it was totally different
 
Can't remember who recommended it to me here but it's been a fantastic addition to my late night playlists.
I recognize some if it is scraps from The Wall which never made that album but found life again when RW went solo, finished that work, and put it on this album

 
ninjadip said:
I was big into the Seattle grunge scene when alternative was coming to fruition, still love alice in chains and Nirvana to this day.

My dad once told me that when he was young led Zeppelins first album was considered alternative music in the record store, makes sense, it was totally different
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I can see that, for certain. Even the 90s grunge, that made it into the mainstream, had precursors laying the groundwork like the Meat Puppets and Mudhoney. On the British invasion, I've read where so many of those bands, like Led Zeppelin, Yardbirds, Beatles, etc., talk about being influenced by early American Blues. Lead Belly, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters... I love all of it. Pop country being the exception, lol.
 
BlueCollarBob said:
I can see that, for certain. Even the 90s grunge, that made it into the mainstream, had precursors laying the groundwork like the Meat Puppets and Mudhoney. On the British invasion, I've read where so many of those bands, like Led Zeppelin, Yardbirds, Beatles, etc., talk about being influenced by early American Blues. Lead Belly, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters... I love all of it. Pop country being the exception, lol.
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When I first got into guitar playing the sounds I wanted to make were all influenced by blues players like Sister Rosetta Tharp, Robert Johnson, Albert King, Buddy Guy, etc. I was the odd man out at the time with some of my other friends that were into heavy rock like Aerosmith, Queen, Zep, etc. Even though most of the HR bands were influenced by a lot of the same musicians that pulled me in, my friends thought it was old, dusty music not understanding the connections these older artists made to their new heroes.

Certainly British and American HR were a big influence on me hearing the echoes of my mentors in their music but it wasn't until I heard Stevie Ray Vaughan that I realized what had been missing from all those bands. His ability to actually make his guitar sing, cry, wail, laugh, etc. are what guitar players dreams are made of. His playing directly connected me to all those early influences but with such a unique twist in regard to his virtuosity and that MONSTER tone he was able to coax out of that '59 Stratocaster. Whenever I see him play live it feels like his playing is therapy for him.

The good ones always die young.
 
Rootsruler said:
When I first got into guitar playing the sounds I wanted to make were all influenced by blues players like Sister Rosetta Tharp, Robert Johnson, Albert King, Buddy Guy, etc. I was the odd man out at the time with some of my other friends that were into heavy rock like Aerosmith, Queen, Zep, etc. Even though most of the HR bands were influenced by a lot of the same musicians that pulled me in, my friends thought it was old, dusty music not understanding the connections these older artists made to their new heroes.

Certainly British and American HR were a big influence on me hearing the echoes of my mentors in their music but it wasn't until I heard Stevie Ray Vaughan that I realized what had been missing from all those bands. His ability to actually make his guitar sing, cry, wail, laugh, etc. are what guitar players dreams are made of. His playing directly connected me to all those early influences but with such a unique twist in regard to his virtuosity and that MONSTER tone he was able to coax out of that '59 Stratocaster. Whenever I see him play live it feels like his playing is therapy for him.

The good ones always die young.
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SRV is one of the pillars of the Austin music scene. Continental Club is still rocking no matter how many yuppies and tourists infest that area.
There's a statue of SRV down at a park near the river. When it flooded over the 4th July weekend, the irony was not missed

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Don't know why but I've been on another 80s and 90s bender.
Lots of The Cure.
Then the other day a youngin told me The Cure was goth. WTF? Goth? I guess by looks? IDK but I had to tell him there was a genre called new wave nestled in there alongside punk before we used terms like goth and alternative.
Anyways, some Cure for Y'all whether you like it or not.

 
Rootsruler said:
When I first got into guitar playing the sounds I wanted to make were all influenced by blues players like Sister Rosetta Tharp, Robert Johnson, Albert King, Buddy Guy, etc. I was the odd man out at the time with some of my other friends that were into heavy rock like Aerosmith, Queen, Zep, etc. Even though most of the HR bands were influenced by a lot of the same musicians that pulled me in, my friends thought it was old, dusty music not understanding the connections these older artists made to their new heroes.

Certainly British and American HR were a big influence on me hearing the echoes of my mentors in their music but it wasn't until I heard Stevie Ray Vaughan that I realized what had been missing from all those bands. His ability to actually make his guitar sing, cry, wail, laugh, etc. are what guitar players dreams are made of. His playing directly connected me to all those early influences but with such a unique twist in regard to his virtuosity and that MONSTER tone he was able to coax out of that '59 Stratocaster. Whenever I see him play live it feels like his playing is therapy for him.

The good ones always die young.
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Music needs to emit emotion for me. Blues does that in spades. The blues pioneers couldn't have known they were defining a genre. They were converting life experiences into sound and energy that you can feel in your soul. Good times and bad. That's how I view it, anyway. I love it, but am by no means super immersed into all the early blues has to offer.

Yeah, man! SRV was something different. When I was trying to learn to play guitar, it wasn't through formal training. Just help from buddies, and books and magazines with guitar tabs. I remember an article, probably in Guitar Player magazine, where the guy they were interviewing (I can't remember which band or guitar player) talked about his band traveling with SRV before he got straight. He said Stevie was driven to play almost constantly. On stage, on the bus, in his hotel room, etc. He was fueled by cocaine to get in even more time. When he did sleep he's wake up with cocaine in his coffee to the point he was passing blood. At one point he somehow ripped callouses off of his fingers. He supposedly superglued his finger tips to softer flesh on the inside of his arm and ripped them loose with skin covering his fingertips so he could keep playing.

That's my memory from over 35 years ago. Could be complete BS or some early urban legend. It really does sound pretty farfetched and maybe even impossible for the super glue trick. Whatever the case, we lost a great one after he seemed to have got his life straight and who knows what music we lost with him. When I watch his videos, I always get the impression that he played the guitar with his entire body an spirit. Almost like you could take the guitar away from him and you'd still hear the music.

I'll bet I still have that magazine. I had a couple totes full of guitar mags. I saved them for the tabs, but they've just been stored away for years, now.
 
Bandit420 said:
SRV is one of the pillars of the Austin music scene. Continental Club is still rocking no matter how many yuppies and tourists infest that area.
There's a statue of SRV down at a park near the river. When it flooded over the 4th July weekend, the irony was not missed

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;smoke

Don't know why but I've been on another 80s and 90s bender.
Lots of The Cure.
Then the other day a youngin told me The Cure was goth. WTF? Goth? I guess by looks? IDK but I had to tell him there was a genre called new wave nestled in there alongside punk before we used terms like goth and alternative.
Anyways, some Cure for Y'all whether you like it or not.

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When you brought up The Cure, it took me back to the soundtrack for The Crow:

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BlueCollarBob said:
Music needs to emit emotion for me. Blues does that in spades. The blues pioneers couldn't have known they were defining a genre. They were converting life experiences into sound and energy that you can feel in your soul. Good times and bad. That's how I view it, anyway. I love it, but am by no means super immersed into all the early blues has to offer.

Yeah, man! SRV was something different. When I was trying to learn to play guitar, it wasn't through formal training. Just help from buddies, and books and magazines with guitar tabs. I remember an article, probably in Guitar Player magazine, where the guy they were interviewing (I can't remember which band or guitar player) talked about his band traveling with SRV before he got straight. He said Stevie was driven to play almost constantly. On stage, on the bus, in his hotel room, etc. He was fueled by cocaine to get in even more time. When he did sleep he's wake up with cocaine in his coffee to the point he was passing blood. At one point he somehow ripped callouses off of his fingers. He supposedly superglued his finger tips to softer flesh on the inside of his arm and ripped them loose with skin covering his fingertips so he could keep playing.

That's my memory from over 35 years ago. Could be complete BS or some early urban legend. It really does sound pretty farfetched and maybe even impossible for the super glue trick. Whatever the case, we lost a great one after he seemed to have got his life straight and who knows what music we lost with him. When I watch his videos, I always get the impression that he played the guitar with his entire body an spirit. Almost like you could take the guitar away from him and you'd still hear the music.

I'll bet I still have that magazine. I had a couple totes full of guitar mags. I saved them for the tabs, but they've just been stored away for years, now.
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I live in a small town and one of the women that lives here used to live in Austin when Stevie and his brother Jimmy were playing. She was a promoter so she would book their groups often and she told me she knew both Stevie and Jimmy along with all the guys in the Thunderbirds and Double Trouble. She confirmed the rumours you posted but she also told me that the Vaughan boys had an alcoholic dad that used to beat mom and them, when they tried to get him to stop hitting mom. She said it was really sad because you could tell that Stevie used the guitar as his escape along with something he could do to compete with his brother. She remembers booking shows where Stevie played in every band so, yeah, the dude slept, ate, showered with his guitar. To be able to play like that I can't imagine you not doing that.

I got to play professionally and I'm not all that good but when I watch guys like Stevie play what I see is the endless hours of practice this guy must've put in to be able to play like that. Most people see the fireworks that he was famous for but when I see him do stuff like playing behind his back I always envision him as a little kid being dared by his brother to walk around all day playing the guitar behind his back and him doing it just to piss off his brother! LOL! Forget that he used the heaviest strings and the highest action which just makes it that much harder. HIs ability to connect with his instrument in a way that it all melds into one is the holy grail of every guitar player I know.
 
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