Best Blues artist of all time
in ordine di gusto personale, non di influenza o altri criteri! solo gusto personale!
<b>B.B. King</b>

1

B.B. King

la voce è cazzutissima, ma con quelle mani è sublime! visto dal vivo, ti vien voglia di farti una sega sui suoi assolo
<b>Eric Clapton</b>

2

Eric Clapton

Non inventa nulla? forse, ma chi suona la chitarra meglio di lui?
<b>Albert King</b>

3

Albert King

uno dei blues man più fascinosi e talentuosi di sempre
<b>Stevie Ray Vaughan</b>

4

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Animale da palcoscenico
<b>Muddy Waters</b>

5

Muddy Waters

mi viene voglia di comprare una pontiac arrugginita e di attraversare la death valley sotto 45 gradi
<b>Robert Johnson</b>

6

Robert Johnson

probabilmente senza lui non avremmo l'80 % degli artisti e delle canzoni che abbiamo oggi!
<b>Buddy Guy</b>

7

Buddy Guy

se Eric dice che è il migliore un motivo ci sarà
<b>Cream</b>

8

Cream

non a caso c'è lui in uno dei migliori gruppi degli anni 60
<b>Canned Heat</b>

9

Canned Heat

un senso di pace e benessere unico! questo è ciò che trasmettono
<b>Rory Gallagher</b>

13

Rory Gallagher

non conosco altri irlandesi
<b>Sonny Boy Williamson</b>

14

Sonny Boy Williamson

arominicisti così cen'è pochi
<b>Little Walter</b>

16

Little Walter

un altro virtuoso dell'armonica! lo adoro
<b>Howlin' Wolf</b>

17

Howlin' Wolf

una voce inconfondibile
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  • Felo
    Felo
    31 may 11
    Making a ranking like this without including Muddy Waters is outrageous. Elmore James was inspired by him.
     
  • Cornell
    Cornell
    4 sep 11
    We miss Johnny Winter, Skip James, Robert Cray, James Cotton, T-Bone Walker, Ray Charles, Robben Ford... We're missing quite a few... People who definitely should be here! The faded bluesman at the top of the charts anyway, but not really!
     
  • chinaski033
    chinaski033
    4 sep 11
    read what I wrote above, it's an absolutely subjective ranking! I don't think these are the absolute best, I think they are my absolute favorites and he is untouchable for me. the ones you mentioned I won't include simply because I've probably only listened to a couple of songs from each and I don’t feel like making a lengthy list just to show that I know 20,000 names! ;)
     
  • Cornell
    Cornell
    4 sep 11
    What a sensitive person, oh my! :)
     
  • chinaski033
    chinaski033
    4 sep 11
    No Cornell, you misinterpreted! I know that I have a somewhat aggressive way of communicating, but I was really just laying out my ideas to discuss them. I put the silly wink at the end of the sentence to show complicity! Hahaha
    P.S. By the way, if you touch Clapton again, I'll cut off your head, keep it in the fridge, and probably make an ashtray out of the scalp! Hahaha
     
  • pirata
    pirata
    29 sep 11
    take it easy chiamaskio, the only one here who has the guts for violent threats is me. nice ranking. hasn’t anyone come to say that bbking is overrated yet? if someone shows up to say it, it will be the usual underground loser fixated on silly stuff, so smash his face in, I give you permission, because bb king is a PHENOMENON AND DESERVES RESPECT!!!
     
  • chinaski033
    chinaski033
    29 sep 11
    Pirate, sorry for stealing your role as facebreaker for a moment, but sometimes I also snap. No one has come to tell me that B.B. King is overrated yet, but I was already told yesterday in another ranking! (someone had the courage to place him 47th). BB is a fucking monster of blues and guitar, you don't touch him!
     
  • pirata
    pirata
    29 sep 11
    However, about Rory Gallagher, when you say you don’t know any other Irish musicians, is it a joke to say he’s just that superior, or do you really not know any others? Because there’s Gary Moore, who was also Irish. Personally, between Gallagher and Moore, I undoubtedly choose Gallagher, but Gary was also very good.
     
  • chinaski033
    chinaski033
    29 sep 11
    Pirate, go check out my ranking of guitarists. Do you really think I don't know Gary Moore? He's one of the best, damn it! It was just a joke to hype him up...
     
  • pirata
    pirata
    29 sep 11
    ah here it is, indeed. Well done chimaskio! Keep it up, you are one of the few here with GOOD TASTE! and this could earn you MY RESPECT!!! But I'll be keeping an eye on you. DON'T SLACK, I recommend.
     
  • nes
    nes
    29 sep 11
    I just wanted to say that BB King brought Alex Britt with him to the live shows. (Even the rocks know it, I know). There are two possibilities: either the first is overrated, or the second is terribly underrated.
     
  • pirata
    pirata
    29 sep 11
    Just a moment, let's clarify a bit. BBKing has been making music since the FIFTIES, if you know what I mean. And he was a reference point for Hendrix, Clapton, and so on. When Hendrix had yet to even see a guitar, BB was already one of the blues legends. And I don't think he carried brits with him. Don't judge a Historic Artist by their latest works. IT'S NOT FAIR!
     
  • chinaski033
    chinaski033
    29 sep 11
    Do you judge an artist based on who they are accompanied by?
     
  • pirata
    pirata
    29 sep 11
    Then BBKING is a BLUESMAN, and as such, he is not SNOB! A typical trait of true BLUESMEN is to play with anyone who wants to play with you, WITHOUT PREJUDICE. For example, he even played with Bruce Willis. He has played with everyone. Because the true bluesman doesn’t care about image.
     
  • Felo
    Felo
    29 sep 11
    Well, at least now Eric Clapton is no longer on the throne. How can one consider a white person the best blues artist?
     
  • pirata
    pirata
    29 sep 11
    Indeed, it seems a bit SNOB to belittle BBking because he played with Britti. It's something typical of those who listen to UNDERGROUND and are obsessed with the frame, but don't think about the picture.
     
  • chinaski033
    chinaski033
    29 sep 11
    Good job, pirate! Anyway, I went to see him 2 months ago and he wasn’t playing with Britti but with Joe Cocker! ;) And if we think that Clapton played with Pino Daniele, then anything can happen!
     
  • chinaski033
    chinaski033
    29 sep 11
    Well, I don't make rankings based on what people want to see in the charts, but I make them based on what I enjoy listening to the most. I don't think personal tastes can be debated...
     
  • Mr. Money87
    Mr. Money87
    29 sep 11
    The Wolf howls for revenge!!! Seeing it in last place brings sadness!
     
  • nes
    nes
    29 sep 11
    Why do you think I consider BB King overrated, excuse me? I don’t judge BB King by those he associates with; I judge Britti based on who chooses him. Alright then.
     
  • chinaski033
    chinaski033
    29 sep 11
    To be honest, I need to reevaluate the last positions a bit. For now, I've only thought about the top ones and listed the others... I also need to elevate Hendrix! (as soon as I feel like it)
     
  • chinaski033
    chinaski033
    29 sep 11
    nes, however, cannot be compared... we need to see what’s behind it! I believe that bb doesn’t even know britti's name... (always in my opinion)
     
  • Felo
    Felo
    29 sep 11
    You should just flip the rankings and put Robert Johnson at the top.
     
  • chinaski033
    chinaski033
    29 sep 11
    why do you say that?
     
  • nes
    nes
    29 sep 11
    I have never compared them... what you think matters little, the fact that Britti knows how to do his job as a guitarist (not as a pop composer) is a fact.
     
  • chinaski033
    chinaski033
    29 sep 11
    It's a fact, you're right! Your opinion does matter.
     
  • nes
    nes
    29 sep 11
    it's not my opinion. There's proof there, that lasts 5 minutes. You replied to me in 30 seconds... Could you try opening that link?
     
  • chinaski033
    chinaski033
    29 sep 11
    I'm watching it now, but I certainly don't need your link to see Britti in action. As if the media have never shoved him down our throats on TV...
     
  • nes
    nes
    29 sep 11
    If for you what I linked is the same as "the tub" or "one in a million," you have serious hearing problems (and I'd add eyesight issues too).
     
  • chinaski033
    chinaski033
    29 sep 11
    Well, I've reached the halfway point of the video, and I would say I won't comment and won't finish watching it! Strumming the guitar like that, I think I could do it too. I believe, but surely he's better than me!
     
  • nes
    nes
    29 sep 11
    "I think I can pluck the guitar that way too." It seemed to me that I had already told you that what you believe matters very little.
     
  • chinaski033
    chinaski033
    29 sep 11
    Exactly... while I'm very interested in the fact that you think Britti can play! In fact, I'm going out now to buy a Britti record because Nes told me to, what does he know! ;)
     
  • nes
    nes
    29 sep 11
    chinaski: you claim that I’m telling you to buy a Britti album when I haven’t even dreamed of downloading anything of his in mp3; you claim I'm wrong for comparing him to BB King when I never intended to compare them. Do you think I came to say that BB King is overrated when I argued that Britti as a guitarist (and just that) deserves reconsideration... I mean, sorry to point this out, but you understand nothing... so yes, in my opinion Britti knows how to play, in yours he doesn't. Not that I’m surprised given the understanding skills you’ve shown in these 10 comments. It’s easy to say BB King is a monster and to mention Robert Johnson, Jimi Hendrix, or Vaughn (everyone has adored them for decades). A bit more difficult is to abandon prejudices and listen (sometimes just hearing is enough, as in the previously linked example) to music.
     
  • chinaski033
    chinaski033
    29 sep 11
    But when the hell did I ever say that you think I should buy a Britti album? It was just a sarcastic joke of mine, but it seems I'm not the only idiot between the two of us! Anyway, you've really gotten on my nerves now, and you're not amusing me anymore...
     
  • nes
    nes
    29 sep 11
    there's no need to get angry, chinaski.
     
  • chinaski033
    chinaski033
    29 sep 11
    Well, if you don't mind, when someone tells me I don't understand a damn thing, it really gets on my nerves... anyway, don't worry, after all, I'm right at home in these situations! ;)
     
  • nes
    nes
    29 sep 11
    If to contest me you say that I'm wrong to compare Britti and B.B. King when I've never done so, if you think that I judge B.B. King because he brought Britti along, I'm sorry to repeat myself, but you haven't understood a damn thing.
     
  • nes
    nes
    29 sep 11
    to challenge me, not to support me.
     
  • chinaski033
    chinaski033
    29 sep 11
    Sure! Please send me the text you'd like me to translate.
     
  • Caravan
    Caravan
    29 sep 11
    A courageous ranking. I respect it, as these are all people who have "contributed" greatly to the cause, but in my personal taste, and objectively from a "historical" perspective, I would have swapped a few positions. PS: I know other Irish people... Phil Lynott and Gary Moore, for example...
     
  • chinaski033
    chinaski033
    29 sep 11
    caravan, as I already said to pirata, it was a joke to hype him up. If you check my other rankings, moore is there because he is one of my favorites.
     
  • chinaski033
    chinaski033
    29 sep 11
    Anyway, let's agree that you didn’t compare BB and Britti, I’m not buying his CD just because you say so and for me, Britti is a joke at playing. Okay?
     
  • Caravan
    Caravan
    29 sep 11
    Oh sorry, I had randomly read the previous comments, and I clearly skipped this one.
     
  • chinaski033
    chinaski033
    29 sep 11
    Have you ever seen the video of "the thrill is gone" by Moore with BB King? It's something unique! I recommend it to you...
     
  • Caravan
    Caravan
    29 sep 11
    Of course, my friend... I saw BB King live a few years ago, even though he was already old... whereas with Moore, even though he was much younger, I didn't make it in time, and that's a regret...
     
  • chinaski033
    chinaski033
    29 sep 11
    I saw Mr. King live 2 months ago when he was already 87 years old! If all nearly ninety-year-olds were like him... anyway, unfortunately now we will increasingly struggle to see certain people! I consider myself lucky if I can still see some of these legends.
     
  • Mr. Money87
    Mr. Money87
    29 sep 11
    Where did you see him, Chinaski? I also saw him recently in Perugia at the Umbria Jazz.
     
  • chinaski033
    chinaski033
    29 sep 11
    I was in Lucca, it was the first date... but was it also in Perugia with Joe Cocker?
     
  • Caravan
    Caravan
    29 sep 11
    Yes, we're running out of time with the sacred monsters of the past, we need to "catch" as many of these people as possible. I saw him in 2002 in Catania, and I couldn't wait, not only because he was already quite old, but also because it was said to be his last tour outside the States, can you believe it... instead, he's still going strong!
     
  • chinaski033
    chinaski033
    29 sep 11
    In November, I'm going to see Bob Dylan and Knopfler in Milan; there, I don't think there's any need to pray that they don't die before the date, because in comparison, they are quite young.
     
  • Caravan
    Caravan
    29 sep 11
    Not to cause a fuss, obviously, but there were people I know who in February '94 had university exams to prepare for on one side and the Nirvana concert in Rome on the other. They chose the exam, saying, "Well, we’re young, we'll catch the next tour when it comes around to us." Then in April of that same year, they had a different opinion... :D
     
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