Acoustic Guitar Fingerstyle Blues
Do any of today’s black musicians play acoustic blues/roots music?
I’m talking about the music of Reverend Gary Davis, Etta Baker, Mississippi John Hurt and so many other greats. The only one I can come up with is Taj Mahal but what about the younger musicians of today? If you do a search on Youtube for the music of these great acoustic fingerstyle blues guitar players, it seems that the only people playing it and keeping it alive today are middle-aged white guys. What a shame that such a rich legacy of roots music has devolved into the “music” of Fitty Cent and P. Diddy. This isn’t intended to be racist in any way, but I find it odd, that’s all. What happened?
Cephas & Wiggins play primarily Piedmont blues ala Sonny & Brownie. They’re good, but I prefer Tom Ball & Kenny Sultan (who are white)
Taj Mahal has returned to doing a lot of blues the last few years.
Chris Thomas King-plays everything from Blind Willie Johnson to Son House to originals.
As to your question-At the same time that young white kids (Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Brian Jones, and many, many others) were embracing the blues and rediscovering Son House, Mississippi John Hurt, etc. , young blacks were turning to James Brown, Stax, Motown, etc.. Blues was considered passe, or even worse, Uncle Tomming”. One or two generations of young blacks stopped listening to the blues, playing the blues, or even talking about the blues. Unfortunately, their children and grandchildren were not exposed to this incredible music, while their white counterparts were via American & British rock stars.
Fingerpicking Blues Acoustic Guitar
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