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I am trying to introduce a friend who is an amazing guitarist to Joe's music. Which album would be best to use to help?
Where is the "All The Above" choice ?
I've used Live from RAH for this same purpose with great success. As a guitarist myself, Stop and Blues Deluxe reached into my soul and really grabbed me. Then I realized all his songs did the same thing to me to some degree.
What type of music does your friend like?
If it's country I would go with Dust Bowl or Live at the opera house... If it,s old blues I should go with Sloe Gin and Blues Deluxe. If it's more commercial stuff I would go with Different Shades of Blue.
What type of music does your friend like?
If it's country I would go with Dust Bowl or Live at the opera house... If it,s old blues I should go with Sloe Gin and Blues Deluxe. If it's more commercial stuff I would go with Different Shades of Blue.
That was my question as well. Joe's got a little something for everyone. If he's into more hard rock then Ballad of John Henry (which would probably be right up there anyways).
I like all your choices but all around great is LFNIP or LFRAH
My friend grew up listening to the likes of Jason Becker, Steve Vai, Ygnwie Malmsteen, David Gilmour, Django Reinhardt, Robert Johnson. My friend is a musician, teacher and composer too.
Man just play him something already. You have already shortened his listening to Joe life an additional 2 days debating it. 
Anything will do just fine. I can't believe he hasn't heard Joe by now. He's going to be blown away.
Rick
My friend grew up listening to the likes of Jason Becker, Steve Vai, Ygnwie Malmsteen, David Gilmour, Django Reinhardt, Robert Johnson. My friend is a musician, teacher and composer too.
My experience is that fans of guys like Vai and Ygnwie tend to not like Joe.
I always let them listen to "Live From Nowhere In Particular"
Seems to get them everytime.....album is mixed really well.
My experience is that fans of guys like Vai and Ygnwie tend to not like Joe.
....and vice-versa.
rocknblues81 wrote:My experience is that fans of guys like Vai and Ygnwie tend to not like Joe.
....and vice-versa.
Not in my case - Steve Vai is probably my single favorite musician, let alone guitar player, and I do really like Yngwie, although in smaller doses. Good friend of mine (who I turned on to Joe a few years back) is the same. That said, if your friend is really into shred stuff I'd go with Ballad of John Henry. Depends how open his ears and musical taste are. I would guess if he's a (decent-enough-to-be-teaching) musician then his ears are somewhat open. I do know some "Yngwie rules everybody else sucks" types of guys, but not much you can do about that. Not everyone is going to like everything.
I know it sounds like a waste of time but I ended up playing him different songs from albums, specifically my personally favourites.
I was at his house today and I played him a few songs from different albums. I played him one of my favourites (The Last Matador of Bayonne) and he said it was very clichéd. He absolutely loved Woke Up Dreaming from Live at the Royal Albert Hall. I also played him India/Mountain Time from Live from Nowhere in Particular and he liked it but he disliked Joe's version of Midnight Blues from Beacon Theatre. He loved Asking Around for You, the original version of Mountain Time, Jelly Roll, When She Dances (I want this as my wedding song), Sloe Gin and Had to Cry Today he thought was better than Clapton/Winwood's version. He really liked The Great Flood, Stop and Funkier than a Mosquito's Tweeler, Prisoner and The Whale that Swallowed Jonah.
He did say that most modern blues guitarists today are very self-absorbed and have moved away from the true spirit of the blues to be come sel-gratifying and that Joe seemed no different.
I gave my vote to "John Henry"...I assumed we were talkin' studio releases, but if you count the live stuff...It's kind of got to be "Albert Hall, right? "Nowhere in Particular" is also so good....really hard to pick one..."Sloe Gin", "Dust Bowl"....or the 71 minute guitar solo known as "ANDY Live"....actually...impossible to pick...great problem to have...
I know it sounds like a waste of time but I ended up playing him different songs from albums, specifically my personally favourites.
I was at his house today and I played him a few songs from different albums. I played him one of my favourites (The Last Matador of Bayonne) and he said it was very clichéd. He absolutely loved Woke Up Dreaming from Live at the Royal Albert Hall. I also played him India/Mountain Time from Live from Nowhere in Particular and he liked it but he disliked Joe's version of Midnight Blues from Beacon Theatre. He loved Asking Around for You, the original version of Mountain Time, Jelly Roll, When She Dances (I want this as my wedding song), Sloe Gin and Had to Cry Today he thought was better than Clapton/Winwood's version. He really liked The Great Flood, Stop and Funkier than a Mosquito's Tweeler, Prisoner and The Whale that Swallowed Jonah.
He did say that most modern blues guitarists today are very self-absorbed and have moved away from the true spirit of the blues to be come sel-gratifying and that Joe seemed no different.
Oh well, you can't say you didn't try. It seems like he liked quite a bunch of the songs, so it's interesting he had kind of negative comment about Joe being self absorbed and self gratifying.
We have a radio station on DAB called Planet Rock which plays a lot of Joe's music. Also I have heard him on the station Absolute Classic Rock. Joe actually had a programme on Planet Rock.
Have you listened to his podcast The Pickup? He chose another 5 great Strat masters.
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