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A lost heavy metal soul seeks classic tunes to play on his new Fender USA Strat (When he buys it)

My cousins (The Nimmo Brothers) play blues music. Because of their totally amazing talent I've always stayed away from it because it was easier to play rock and metal music. I heard a few tunes the other day and I don't know, I've been totally converted to at least giving myself a half chance to play as well as they do. Living in a guitar shadow with my uncle being successfull in the 70's to is a bit of a pain.

I'm up for a challenge now. I heard Crossroads by Cream the other day and I was blown away. Always liked Claptop, but now I'm looking to see if I can amas a good 20-30 songs of a similar classic label to fire on my phone and listen to in the car to drum in the tunes because I play by ear. I only have two songs so far lol.

Cream - Crossroads
John Mayer - Slow dancing in a burning room.

Included the links to get an idea. More about the guitar playing than anything else.

I'm after that distinctive Fender strat bluesy tone in songs. No idea where to start. Any suggestions?

Cheers

Paul
 
Gary Moore would be a good starting point.

Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits is one of the best guitar songs ever. It has a mildly bluesy feel imo, so much emotion and feel for the guitar.
 
There's plenty of classic tunes/artists with good Strat sounds (Jimi, Rory Gallagher and Mark Knopfler spring to mind) but for superlative tone and phrasing to soak in I'd listen to a couple of modern boys who've distilled 60 odd years of that guitar into perfection - Robert Cray and Eric Johnson.
 
Glad to have heard off them all and earmarked a few tunes of theirs. Not heard much of Rory Gallagher right enough. I like Mark Knopfler but he doesn't seem like a nice guy. No idea why that would influence my listening of his material right enough. Sultans of Swing is a beast of a song. Love playing Parisienne Walkways too. GF is fed up hearing it lol

I'm not quite Cliffs of Dover good yet, but it's a technical song. I'll keep on listening. cheers
 
I enjoy blues too but to say you've stayed away from playing blues as metal and rock is easier to play is crazy imo, blues is very limited genre musically and relies on feel as much as technique. Sneaking in a flat 5th on top of a minor pentatonic scale over the same chord progressions again and again is not so hard....imo.

For Fender style players with great tone and plenty bluesy influences I would suggest David Gilmour as one of the best inspirations, Jeff Beck is another.
 
maxfli65 said:
I enjoy blues too but to say you've stayed away from playing blues as metal and rock is easier to play is crazy imo, blues is very limited genre musically and relies on feel as much as technique. Sneaking in a flat 5th on top of a minor pentatonic scale over the same chord progressions again and again is not so hard....imo.

For Fender style players with great tone and plenty bluesy influences I would suggest David Gilmour as one of the best inspirations, Jeff Beck is another.
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It's all that flat 5th talk that I can't get. I never learned theory and everything I ever did was done by ear. I learned a few tunes by reading some score but never learned the roots 3rds and 5ths in any given run. The CAGED model just bored me to tears when I looked it up the other week.

Forgot about the boy Dave. Amazing guitarist with a new album out too.
 
Walter Trout is fantastic with a Strat - rock and bluesy, Stevie Ray Vaughn same, plus have a look at Johnny Winter.
 
A few good'uns could include:

Since I've Been Loving You - Led Zep
Parisienne Walkways - Gary Moore
Comfortably numb - Pink Floyd
God Gave Rock n Roll to You - Argent
 
T Bone Walker - Don't throw your love on me so strong.

(Hubert Sumlin) Howlin Wolf - Smokestack Lghtning.

Jimi Hendrix Experience - Catfish blues.

Buddy Guy - Damn Right I Got The Blues.

John Lee Hooker and Bonnie Raitt - I'm in the mood.

Decent mix of styles there.


Stevie Ray Vaughan, BB King, Walter Trout, Gary Moore are all good.

Lightnin' Hopkins or maybe Big Bill Broonzy if you want to strip it back to the old cedar n strings.


You cannot go wrong with the Blues. :thup:


Edit: The Blues is pretty easy to play, but damned hard to play well. Just remember, You don't play the Blues........you feel the Blues. :)
 
Cheers for the suggestions. My mate is trying to persuade me to get a Telecaster. Never really bothered with them but my do they sound good. Those Squire Classic Vibe 50's tele's sound great.
 
Blue in Munich said:
Slight aside but good to see Walter Trout is recovering after a liver transplant. Be good to see him back to full health.
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I saw him in a small club in Folkestone a couple of years ago, I guess about 150 people there. I quite enjoyed it but I'd not long before seen Joe Bonamassa and he was fantastic!
 
Anything by Nicky Minaj would have pretty easy lyrics to learn :D
 
Loved listening to John Mayer - thanks.

You might want to try Bob Brozman, a real bluesy master. He uses an old wine bottle neck when playing slide guitar.
 
Telecaster - thought they were for jingle jangle chickin pickin country or country rock players - very trebly sound. Strat is a better all round blues instrument I think. Always think Keith Richard and Status Quo when I see a tele.
 
maxfli65 said:
Telecaster - thought they were for jingle jangle chickin pickin country or country rock players - very trebly sound. Strat is a better all round blues instrument I think. Always think Keith Richard and Status Quo when I see a tele.
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I tried out the tele. It was very blocky and 2D compared to the strat. Going for a Mexican Strat. Just need to decide what colour and fretboard wood I want.
 
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