I’m not huge in the blues scenes but what are y’all’s thoughts on John Mayer in this context?
@saucysos2 жыл бұрын
I own the entirety of Robert Johnson’s discography, and absolutely nothing he made sounds like that, even discounting the electricity.
@pooblus17262 жыл бұрын
Kinda sounds like They’re Red Hot I guess
@Cody_Cigar Жыл бұрын
Yeah he played Blind Willie Mctell - Southern can of mine
@jakewhitmore6046 Жыл бұрын
He did though.
@savageclasher10142 ай бұрын
What does it sound like
@jegr33982 жыл бұрын
That's not how Robert Johnson played but nice try
@RandomTingi2 жыл бұрын
It's really not even close
@themuzzfuzz70452 жыл бұрын
Listen to their red hot
@AustinPierce75262 жыл бұрын
Yeah wtf record was he listing to?
@frankymcdonald71762 жыл бұрын
@@AustinPierce7526 theyre red hot
@JT_Grogan2 жыл бұрын
Give him a break, he's only a mere mortal
@lunk51552 жыл бұрын
Robert Johnson played absolutely nothing like that.
@musicbyclay49192 жыл бұрын
He's playing a Robert Johnson song though..🤣 "they're red hot"
@Big_Boy_Baguette2 жыл бұрын
It's actually pretty spot on if u actually listen to the record
@PROD1_22 жыл бұрын
@@Big_Boy_Baguette uhh not really.
@Big_Boy_Baguette2 жыл бұрын
@@PROD1_2 well I don't know, I'm a beginner on guitar so I'm not really sure on this stuff, sounded quite close to me😄
@jacobcousins42342 жыл бұрын
@@Big_Boy_Baguette its really not close at all, bobby johnson is notorious for being one of the hardest guitar players to imitate and this dude absolutely was not playing it correctly. Im not even hating cause i think i could do better because i know i will never play bobby johnsons stuff
@mateusgumiero2 жыл бұрын
albert king? buddy guy? muddy waters? even mayer or kingfish
@monguito2 жыл бұрын
Muddy waters with his style of music he completely changed music and was the father of rock and roll
@alc30622 жыл бұрын
Howlin wolf
@pierfrancescovalente2 жыл бұрын
... Jeff Healey
@TheRansyn2 жыл бұрын
Fuck even Kenny Wayne shepherd man
@namesecondname59332 жыл бұрын
Eric clapton???
@ethanburns82092 жыл бұрын
That was the weirdest Robert Johnson ever.
@operationhighschoolshenani48282 жыл бұрын
Bro, Robert Johnson didn’t get his influence from John Mayer
@mjbvr678 Жыл бұрын
Damn😂😂😂😂
@TheWaveGoodbye-Music Жыл бұрын
It's a song called they're red hot by Robert Johnson, it's a blues standard...
@Norego.Newzealand6 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@boopsnoot28072 жыл бұрын
Albert King, Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, Duane Alman, Billy Gibbons, John Mayer, Gary Clark Jr, and Kingfish. But sure, let’s just forget about them.
@b.michael72752 жыл бұрын
Also Elmore James, Lightnin Hopkins, Charlie Patton, and John Lee Hooker
@limbo32992 жыл бұрын
Bro makes shorts all them would take to long, he went with the highlights lmao
@joakobm602 жыл бұрын
Yeah let’s put them all in a 1 min video it’s gonna be just enough
@babyvenatus67952 жыл бұрын
You forgot about Les Paul
@Big_betty22 жыл бұрын
Duane Altman fs
@starwarzsmoker2 жыл бұрын
When you order John Mayer from wish
@barsultra2 жыл бұрын
Underrated comment
@makkerfelix2 жыл бұрын
Walmart at least, this guys pretty good
@antonioflorgonza18972 жыл бұрын
Hah!
@moonwalkerkop44792 жыл бұрын
When you hate on people for no reason
@Kevin123212 жыл бұрын
That’s so dumb. The kids just playing guitar. 98% of guitar players in the world you could say the same thing. Probably even higher percentage. You def don’t play. You’re a corny little hater
@al63472 жыл бұрын
SRV the GOAT
@jegr33982 жыл бұрын
That's not how BB King played either. Like not even close.
@NS-er1gd2 жыл бұрын
Man you are on a roll complaining today huh?
@starcatto24862 жыл бұрын
I love the brightness of the blues
@CasuallyJapan Жыл бұрын
Tell me you don’t know blues with telling me you don’t know blues
@henryweiland77612 ай бұрын
Then why don't you make your own video big boy
@peterluck31542 жыл бұрын
That is misinformation, either you dont know blues either you are trolling people
@jipke74302 жыл бұрын
Yeah... Where was living on a prayer and don't stop me now
@swaz9862 жыл бұрын
@@jipke7430 I was waiting on periphery bruh
@LiquidSun622 жыл бұрын
@@swaz986 I wish he didnt stop right when the next one was gonna be Bleed by Meshuggah
@CoachSludge2 жыл бұрын
Or fred mcdowel even one of the forerunners of blues
@crunchking99312 жыл бұрын
Dudes only reference to the blues is srv sounds like he’s not really knowledgeable on anything other than later electric blues
@fiy_qusyairi Жыл бұрын
Always love the chords and the progression
@RandomPerson-ui3xv2 жыл бұрын
Bro just learned a bunch of blues riffs and licks,pressed record,and mention famous blues players
@devaux19042 жыл бұрын
Annnnd missed the delta blues entirely.. including living legends he likely doesnt know .
@Baldchoppa8 ай бұрын
Yeah, probably not what happened but sure! Keep wasting your time hating on a guy that did nothing wrong
@L154N4LG4IB2 жыл бұрын
No Jimi Hendrix??
@thebottles26842 жыл бұрын
@@kerrick7975 I know he's more physecdelic rock but like he does do alot of blues as well
@s550danny2 жыл бұрын
@@kerrick7975 jimi hendrix did blues better than albert king
@thebottles26842 жыл бұрын
@@kerrick7975 he was really good at the genre though?
@jegr33982 жыл бұрын
@@kerrick7975 Yes he is
@Alan-su5bg2 жыл бұрын
Hendrix isnt a blues player?, he didnt even play blues to begin with, one flaw about hendrix playing blues was him not using feel. He just used big marshall stacks and distorted the hell out of it then plays a solo that just sticks to bends.
@TDo2801992 жыл бұрын
I didn't know that Robert Johnson, Chuck Berry, BB King, and SRV only lived for 1, 4, 15, and 7 years, respectively. Man these guys sure were genius just imagine what they could've done had they lived longer.
@patrickgarrett17342 жыл бұрын
You mean they were children?! Impressive.
@TDo2801992 жыл бұрын
@@patrickgarrett1734 I know right they passed too young
@UltraMagaFan Жыл бұрын
ZZ Top and Stevie Ray Vaughan are my favorite. I love good ole Texas blues.
@frunejacman97072 жыл бұрын
How about Gary Moore, Peter Green, Eric Clapton, come now bruv…
@wavycrockett9351 Жыл бұрын
No, no and no 👎🏾
@bolbol25802 жыл бұрын
The electric guitar wasn’t even invented when Robert Johnson played
@Unluckyfawn2 жыл бұрын
Everyone: “YOU FORGOT *insert killer player here*” Without realizing this is a fuckin YT Short smh. I’m sure he would have included far more in a full length video
@Throckmorton_the_great2 жыл бұрын
Actually he doesn't. He has a tendency to do the same 5 guitar players in every single video, short and tik tok he makes. We all just want variation.
@natalielastname10222 жыл бұрын
Yeah but he could at least actually play like the guitarists
@mateirodequintal Жыл бұрын
Oh man ... The sound! 👏👏👏👏
@iggy99552 жыл бұрын
Kid. You are awesome!!! 👍💖💯🎸
@user-ol7bt4wp1j2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Black Sabbath originally was supposed to be a Blues Rock Band but then the thing with iommis fingers happened Meaning Metal is just heavy and distorted blues
@zakkmylde17122 жыл бұрын
While the accident did help form his play style that had nothing to do with them moving away from the blues. The bands practice space was across the street from a cinema, then one day they were watching people go in and out of the theater while Black Sabbath starring Vincent Price was playing. Then then question was asked. if people like going to the movies to be scared why wouldn't they like to hear scary music?
@user-ol7bt4wp1j2 жыл бұрын
@@zakkmylde1712 but I never said they moved away from blues
@zakkmylde17122 жыл бұрын
@@user-ol7bt4wp1j you don't have to say it considering they actually did move their sound away from the blues into something new.
@user-ol7bt4wp1j2 жыл бұрын
@@zakkmylde1712 Eh not really Sabbath stuff from the 70’s was very bluesy specifically songs with Ozzy’s Just more darker and and sinister sounding Paranoid, Black Sabbath, Vol 4, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath all are really bluesy I mean the band basically was just the dark mirror image of Led Zeppelin.
@zakkmylde17122 жыл бұрын
@@user-ol7bt4wp1j what is the point you are trying to make? That Sabbath is a blues band? Just because the music is based off of blues principles in places does not make them a blues band. How in the hell is Sabbath a mirror to Zeppelin? The only thing they have in common is roots in blues and you can say that about literally any rock or metal band.
@steveholt51152 жыл бұрын
How you can play these riffs so well but consistently ruin them with attaching someone else name to it that doesn’t fit
@declanosullivan87702 жыл бұрын
Because thats how he plays jimmy doesnt play like king he plays like jimmy
@barrithen2 жыл бұрын
“the last true bluesman” my brother in christ there are so many good blues musicians still popping up, you just aren’t searching hard enough for the gems
@jamesbeegen89262 жыл бұрын
Tune the SRV part down a half step and you’re golden
@progrockmorelikefrogc0ck1572 жыл бұрын
These are all incredibly wrong
@dougrose73343 ай бұрын
so for SRV he played an SRV song and it's wrong? lmao. Go back to blues school little boy.
@jackcannon51602 жыл бұрын
u forgot albert king 😞
@jordanmarksberry64622 жыл бұрын
BB King > Albert King
@jackcannon51602 жыл бұрын
@@jordanmarksberry6462 b b king overrated
@Alan-su5bg2 жыл бұрын
@@jackcannon5160 thats ur opinion tho :/
@jackcannon51602 жыл бұрын
that’s a fact not opinion
@Alan-su5bg2 жыл бұрын
@@jackcannon5160 its a opinion tho🤓, otherwise the internet would say what you just said, learn the difference
@nathrob24372 жыл бұрын
There's KING in B.B's name for a reason.
@Isa_puggy Жыл бұрын
HOLY FUCK I NEED THOSE LITTLE GUITATS
@default69602 жыл бұрын
Sister Rosetta Tharpe?
@Alan-su5bg2 жыл бұрын
She does gosepl more tho than blues
@majkistyle Жыл бұрын
What is Charlie Puth doing with that guitar lmao 😂
@sanavthecardist16663 ай бұрын
I am a metal player but still can agree SRV was the GOAT at blues
@steeveewuzzheer19922 жыл бұрын
I take issue with “last true blues man”. I’d say Jack White is someone I would define as blues guitarist
@sabotaj182 жыл бұрын
The best of our generation id say
@yoosh90342 жыл бұрын
You’re a great player. That said, that sounded literally nothing like Robert Johnson.
@lucasm46402 жыл бұрын
But it's literally one of his songs he played
@yoosh90342 жыл бұрын
@@lucasm4640Yep, sure is
@carrolleaslat39642 жыл бұрын
Whatever TF that was it wasn't Robert Johnson!
@nerfytheclown2 жыл бұрын
Yeah.
@keremstoyshop87342 жыл бұрын
This guy knows nothing about music
@petukhofice2 жыл бұрын
@@keremstoyshop8734 oh he's offended((( get a life
@keremstoyshop87342 жыл бұрын
@@petukhofice I'm not
@keremstoyshop87342 жыл бұрын
@@petukhofice look at what the guy is playing for Robert Johnson
@pikneo3 ай бұрын
Amazing!
@jacobwarfield30222 жыл бұрын
Sounds good bro. Keep it up
@christiandaniel84002 жыл бұрын
I’ve only been playing and learning about guitar for a few years and I know this ain’t all the way right lmaoo. How do you skip over Hendrix???
@pwh5672 жыл бұрын
this means practically nothing
@andyvasquez59542 жыл бұрын
That chuck berry tone tho😍😍
@scottavery91082 жыл бұрын
The last true bluesman Mr Buddy Guy
@daroachdoggjr.55462 жыл бұрын
Jack White is still killing it
@nasapayrollsystem87012 жыл бұрын
Nah ..not Rob Johnson . Not that strumming pattern. And BB ... to many notes, not enough feel ..all you need to start is the root, and a great sound .. Then maybe a b7 ... and that's all ..
@TheArtofBlues2 жыл бұрын
Take your time son.
@al.cabooo7 күн бұрын
80s 90s win 🏆
@roguecheddar2 жыл бұрын
Joe Bonamassa: The fuck you say?!
@Qwik142 жыл бұрын
Ahh yes Robert Johnson playing blues on a Fender Strat with gain set to 2. Makes perfect sense.
@danrandall33022 жыл бұрын
Great playing!
@sairamr68862 жыл бұрын
Solid tones on that beautiful pastel strat
@periachi49612 жыл бұрын
No Clapton? Muddy Waters? And what about John Mayer? The man slays the blues.
@Alan-su5bg2 жыл бұрын
Clapton was just a guy who loved blues and played it during the british invasion but played more psychedelic blues rock
@cc33662 жыл бұрын
@@Alan-su5bg his solos on the blues breakers album was the greatest blues solos you’ll ever hear
@Alan-su5bg2 жыл бұрын
@@cc3366 ever heard the term "British blues" ?, don't get me wrong i know john mayall and the bluesbreakers era clapton and its astonishing but clearly everyone's ignoring that era of Clapton and not mentioning john mayall to this day but rather knowing cream, derek and the domino's era Clapton.
@periachi49612 жыл бұрын
@@Alan-su5bg yeah but to me Clapton is the one guitarist besides SRV that comes to mind when you think of the blues.
@Alan-su5bg2 жыл бұрын
@@periachi4961 there's nothing wrong but when you talk about blues you can't just sum up british blues guitarists in the 60s because that was just them loving it and influenced by it and was so called "rock" when it was just them covering blues songs. Real blues would've been just delta and then chicago electric blues which is the real deal
@DannyKellyMusic2 жыл бұрын
Should have added in Rory Gallagher
@mikesimonian4842 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!
@Alan-su5bg2 жыл бұрын
Gallagher did more blues rock than standard blues stuff like bb king and srv etc.
@DannyKellyMusic2 жыл бұрын
@@Alan-su5bg still did quite a bit of old blues too during his day and his amp sound was epic
@Alan-su5bg2 жыл бұрын
@@DannyKellyMusic that's true and all but the unfortunate reality is he didn't get to be that public in the guitar world, he was just mostly seen around England but didn't give the same credibility among like other British guitarists we all love. Hes sort of in the same league, players like paul kossof, peter green, etc.till now in the 21st century some mention him but as to share their opinions on rory himself.
@DannyKellyMusic2 жыл бұрын
@@Alan-su5bg you’re right, regarded in England and surprisingly very big in Germany and France, good fame in Ireland but if he had broken America more people would revere him for what his was capable of
@deebefree2 жыл бұрын
Found you in the shorts but I dig your content bro. Keep it going, your playing is fantastic through the styles.
@ryanmacinnes1930 Жыл бұрын
nice playing, you have a lovely jaguar
@psl1092 жыл бұрын
Oh boy that's a one-percenter of what Robert Johnson did, the fella played like he had four fucking hands
@drdre43972 жыл бұрын
You didn't emulate any of the players and also do you really think bb king started in 1965 and ended in 1980? And what do you mean SRV was the last great bluesman? Maybe take some time and actually learn how to play their songs...
@georgeprice42122 жыл бұрын
Popular years…hello! Did YOU see B B King on the charts under his own name anytime after 1980? (Not including his appearance on U2’s 1987 track When Love Came To Town, as HE was on THEIR song.) And, as far as his SRV comment, that is HIS opinion. Now, as far as actually learning their songs, COPYRIGHT CLAIMS, remember?
@georgewalker37022 жыл бұрын
@@georgeprice4212 the what about him playing Johnny B. Goode? By your logic, he's already lost, except he's playing it in a different key, so it isn't detected. That's where your argument falls apart, he could have simply played the songs in a different key if he really wanted to.
@georgewalker37022 жыл бұрын
@@georgeprice4212 and as far as I'm concerned, BB King was still selling out shows until the day he died, so I think you're probably wrong about that. And also, you aren't right about SRV. It's fact that he's not the last bluesman because if he is, then that means Kingfish isn't a bluesman.
@georgewalker37022 жыл бұрын
@@georgeprice4212 also adding on to what I was saying about the player's songs, he didn't even have to learn their songs, he could have written licks in their styles, but he didn't. Definitely not the BB King one. He was playing too many notes. He wasn't known for playing very many notes, he played good notes.
@georgeprice42122 жыл бұрын
@@georgewalker3702 DAMN YALL ARE FUCKING PICKY!
@btherron5 Жыл бұрын
You can’t play early blues without some slide. Too many influential players to name while giving the proper respect to each of them in a short. Each generation has had someone to help revive the blues. Let’s keep the tradition alive and experience living.
@elgeralto2 жыл бұрын
And now we have Kaleo. One of the great bands in this age.
@mikerobertson2 жыл бұрын
Bizarre to not include Gary Moore, probably the finest electric blues player who ever lived 🤦🏻♂️
@paulyvee2 жыл бұрын
You need to go back to school dude.
@NylonLover06100 Жыл бұрын
Guys guys, he hasn’t sold his soul to the Devil, that’s why he couldn’t attempt Robert Johnson
@zman3871 Жыл бұрын
Yoooo….Mikey my man. Your a killer player bro, very smooth and accurate, ignore the haters bro.
@ajporter74872 жыл бұрын
Lol Don’t get your info from the internet. BB was before Chuck Berry , way before. Muddy Waters rest my case
@gregoriodecker26922 жыл бұрын
If you're going to rest your case.. learn about it first.. Charlie Patton was inspiration for them all.. go look.. thank me later
@chriscreed6410 Жыл бұрын
@@gregoriodecker2692 wtf Did that have to do with what he said? 😂.
@brandonmcarthur26002 жыл бұрын
Bb King and srv are the kind of blues I like
@EastDetroitMusic-Sirens3000A Жыл бұрын
You need to go back to 1927, where the blues really began. Motherless Child written by Barbacue Bob in 1927. It was covered and released in Eric Clapton’s 1994 album From The Cradle.
@danielbaksa932 жыл бұрын
Omh these sounds. Good job🖤
@santiagovictor2004 Жыл бұрын
Love how he threw honey bee in there, a SRV song not many ppl know
@sadisticseven24792 жыл бұрын
Clean playing man
@the-boone51612 ай бұрын
Dont be fooled by the rockin tone blues is a feelin in the hearrt
@timothymaine40842 жыл бұрын
BUDDY GUY! Among countless others missed
@ilovemaccaroni2 жыл бұрын
I love chuck berry! Roll over Beethoven is one of my favorite songs!! I just discovered this channel and immediately subbed! You are so talented!
@austintaylor71172 жыл бұрын
robert johnson lived like really close to where i live, mississippi delta is the heart of the blues
@liljimitwofeatherz97352 жыл бұрын
GREENVILLE
@DannisTheManace2 жыл бұрын
The blues existed before Robert Johnson
@growskull Жыл бұрын
Robert johnson and B.B are easily the best blues players to ever live
@user-uy5jx1gj8x8 ай бұрын
I didn't know Robert johnson was a hendrix fan too
@overanDownUnder2 жыл бұрын
Saw buddy guy in 2008 red butte gardens just by happenstance. Best post break up walk I ever went on.
@kohlerinvestigations18062 жыл бұрын
You forgot one of the most important people, Muddy Waters, the father of Chicago electric blues
@bigbillmontgomeryjr23462 жыл бұрын
Yep stevie ray vaughan the greatest of all time. Your tone on the chuck berry part was fucking awsome man!
@JoNas-ku4xy7 ай бұрын
Nope
@jelly_swoosh Жыл бұрын
Chuck is so good
@breckencorp31952 жыл бұрын
BB King said john mayer is the man. I think he deserves a chance as the last real bluesman
@dasonhandjr2 жыл бұрын
John Mayer is definitely a blues man.
@calebbromley9648 Жыл бұрын
SRV “last true bluesman?” Let’s forget John Mayor to name one shall we.
@JoaoAlmeida-ge3hy2 жыл бұрын
This list could be huge!
@unknown63902 жыл бұрын
Blues goes way back before 1937
@lowcursedmg Жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful boy
@inasvids47472 жыл бұрын
Blues is basically sweeter rock
@malaquiasalfaro812 жыл бұрын
Hurt my heart to see you start with Robert Johnson as if he were the start of blues. Son House, Fred McDowell, Rosa Lee Hill.
@viscottyhottie2 жыл бұрын
Sweet vid.
@tystys197 ай бұрын
For every body saying that’s not Robert Johnson played you are wrong when he went to play on stage after sun house Robert played a song called “ they’re red hot” which is the song he plays at the start of the video.
@pretendwilliams35252 жыл бұрын
i think jack white would deserve a spot as a modern blues player
@cactusnathaniel31192 жыл бұрын
killer playing bruv 👌
@DefinitelyNotAlexK8 ай бұрын
“I now present to you, Mr. BB King…. Chairman of the board of all the blues singers” - Live from Cook County jail intro 🔥
@fredmertz17912 жыл бұрын
SNOOZER QUINN ? One of the best guitarists in history.
@ilikedamoon87682 жыл бұрын
I’m pretty sure the second song was actually Marty McFly
@marly10172 жыл бұрын
Buddy Guy is still preforming, the blues is alive and well smh
@christiancirone78477 ай бұрын
“last true blues man” enter: kingfish
@chancemusicyt7 ай бұрын
i need these tone settings asap
@TonySoprano442 жыл бұрын
Kingfish & John Mayer modern day bluesmen still standing!