[ Closed ] Please Joe stop with the blues COVER!!! (Page 2 of 5)

Harrummphh too!!!  I'm with you Jane - Keep On Rockin' it Joe!

There are threads going back 6 years regarding this topic. I guess old Joe vs new Joe is next   So, excuse my repeating myself, but.....

   I became a fan of Joe's because of his guitar playing. He's the Master to me. And, he keeps fine tuning that skill every time I see him, or a new CD is released. Over time his voice has also become fine tuned, and is now another strong suit in his arsenal of skills.

  If Joe never wrote another song, it wouldn't matter to me. There are so many songwriters without the skills to perform the songs themselves. Should those songs be delegated to the gone and forgotten bin? Recording covers of Howlin Wolf will do more to educate many of Joe's young fans about music history, and ,consequently, other great artists from the past, just like Zep did, back in the day.

And, what does it take to write songs? Time. A rare pleasure for Joe. I'm already whining about the infrequency of shows in my area compared to past years. If he took off months to write, that would mean even fewer show opportunities.
 
   Because Joe is only 35, I have no fears he will continue to grow. Maybe the time will come when he wants to cut back on touring and spend time composing, but that's his choice.

As for more rock. Again, personal preferences. I'm not a BCC fan. Never was a hard rocker. But, I support his right to play whatever he wants. I don't have to buy it, or go to those shows. My "bone" is DTTD. Back to blues rock Joe knows many of us stand with him in his brave stance regarding the legitimacy of the genre. The Blues Foundation finally got the hint!!  BTW, I talked to Tony Colter, from Bluesville, this weekend about the Blues Awards and Joe's win. He swears there was no bad mouthing or grumbling.  My how times have changed   Cathy

...personally! ...i'd like to hear Joe do a 'cover' of everything thats previously been written! ...when you've got the time Joe!?

Hey, some good points all around. Cathy, I guess it’s an old topic, but it will keep coming around with each release where the majority of the work is Joe’s interpretations of other people’s material. 
It’s actually quite rare to find an international known recording and touring artist in their creative prime recording so many covers, in both the rock and blues sphere. It was often the case that young bands would record a lot of covers on their early album (Led Zep, Rolling Stones etc) and then settle into a writing pattern of their own. Yes there are great song writers without the skills to perform them.  I suspect that one thing Joe has perhaps lacked throughout his career is a regular song writing partner to get the creative juices working.
I’m not so sure about the keeping the blues alive argument though. Isn’t keeping the blues alive more about artists playing and recording blues music relevant in the modern day, rather than artists re-recording songs from an earlier era in a rockier style?  I’ve yet to notice a great deal of interest from Joe’s fans in the works of Howlin Wolf. Robert Johnson et al. Even on this forum.
I must admit that when I first picked up on Joe I bought his Blues Deluxe album as having studied the tracks I recognised many of the song titles or song writers, so even if I discovered upon listening that I didn’t like Joe’s songs, I’d likely enjoy the rest. As it turns out I like it all. However 9 years further from that release, I’d have expected Joe to depart greater from the formula of that album and take a risker approach than he has done since. Time is still on his side.
Anyway I’ve talked enough on this subject too. But I have used the time between posts to do something worthwhile and bought the new album, so expect some comments from me on that thread later!

hahaha!!!!!!........ Agree Jeff .

Isn't that what BCC is for?

Yeah, I don't think so, pal. Joe's ability to arrange covers is magnificent, to say the least. It would be a shame if he stopped. "Midnight Blues" actually gave me the chills in Hartford last weekend.

You could always go back and listen to SILT...all original material, except for one cover. Personally, I love the mix of new JB songs and extremely well done covers!