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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
He knows what to do - he just doesn't know why.
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This is I agree with
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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
SRV didn't have "it" either, so no wonder you compare the two.
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This I do not agree with.
I remember the first time I heard Stevie. Walking through a mall with some friends and the high end electronics shop had a rack system out front with the first album cranking. We all stopped and our jaws hit the floor. We stood there and listened to the first side then stayed when the sales guy came out and flipped on the second side. After it was done we all went to the record shop and bought a copy.
Lenny brings me close to tears every time I hear it and as sacrilegious as this my sound I like his version of Little Wing better. It's emotionally more evocative than the original. Hendrix delivered the emotion through the lyrics. SRV delivered IMHO a more emotional rendition without vocals.
SRV reignited interest in the blues and introduced it to a whole new generation. No SRV and Bonamossa is probably playing dives for gas money and beer.
There was no one who had a bigger impact on the resurgence of the blues in the last 30 years.
That's my opinion.