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In Reply to: Many years ago I saw Buddy guy and Junior Wells together posted by JDK on August 31, 2006 at 17:40:10:
...at Pier 6 Pavillion on the Baltimore Harbor. He opened for the Robert Cray band.I thought this show was enjoyable, but I honestly felt that BG tends to overperform, or go a little pop with his guitar playing. He's a little over-indulgent with his lead guitar riffing. There was a time that I never would have said this when I was younger, but after you see hundreds of players that can loudly improvise the same basic scales, for 30 minutes straight, the long drawn jams start to sound boring. This should not be confused with the more compositional approach (of course there is always some ad-lib'ing involved) which I can find completely engaging. Along with the excessively drawn out jams, Buddy does this thing where he walks throughout the entire audience and onto the outer consourse just wailing away on his electric (wireless). This is kinda cool for a minute or 2, but again it's simply over-done. I think Buddy is doing what he thinks people want to see - and maybe he is getting a new generations of followers that way.
In the end, Buddy is a great blues man when he decides to play the deep heart felt stuff. He is the real thing. That's why I gave the kudos to this wonderful acoustic CD. It is the real thing and I highly recommended it.
Ken
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- I saw him last year... - McGruder 13:09:52 09/03/06 (1)
- Excessively drawn out jams - JDK 18:31:46 09/03/06 (0)
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