First watch this....
While I tried to desperately find some time away from my day
job to write about some music, I came across this video last night and found
myself keeping it on loop for almost forty five minutes. As a wannabe blues
guitarist who couldn't improvise if his life depended on it, this for me was a
religious experience of sorts. You've got some of the greatest blues guitar
players on one stage, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Johnny Winter, Jimmie Vaughn,
Robert Cray and John Mayer. If I were having a heart attack, that would be
heaven for me. Just get B.B.King and Stevie Ray to join in, and I can die a
content man.
While more than enough has been said and written about folks, like Eric Clapton
and Buddy Guy, the comments here seem to be rather harsh on Mr. ‘Your body is a
wonderland’ Mayer. While I’m still getting around to write a piece to talk
about how John Mayer went from my ‘this stuff goes with N’sync’ list to ‘you
are a Titan’ list, John Mayer is probably one of the few guitar players around
whose thorough knowledge of music (and feel free to disagree if you stopped
listening to him after ‘Room for Squares’) makes him the one guy whom you know
is going to become one of the torch bearers of Blues guitar, if he sticks at
it.
What I’m getting to is that this video is perhaps a perfect
picture of how the torch of Blues guitar is being passed on. Winters to Buddy
Guy, to Clapton and at the bottom of that line is John Mayer. Anyway, enjoy
this video. And there’s another one of him messing with the King. And you’ve
got to be worth something if B.B King plays with you.
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