clapton and beck?

[charlie brown]

Oh...Jimi borrow licks, from a lot of his hero's, too. But, he was quite

the showman, and used them, in original ways, as well. Little Richard

was said to have chastized Jimi, a bit, when he felt Jimi was stealing

his thunder, as a showman. All those blues licks go way back...some

are from "slide" players. BB King developed his signature style, and

vibrato, (in his own words) "from trying to emulate his cousin, Bukka

White's slide style." Some, aren't even guitar licks, but borrowed from

sax, and trumpet players.

 

Eric made "blues" even more acceptable, to white audiences, because he

was white and English! And, an amazing player, of course. EC's a pretty

good writer, too. And, I think his singing voice, now...is better than

ever! The Rolling Stones, Animals, Yardbirds, and other British bands, helped

bring back "the blues" to White America, as well. They took over, where

Elvis had left off, more or less.

 

CB