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Everyone freaking about #tommorello's #guitarjaminheaven. Here are some music/clips from a few names mentioned in that jam, as well as some amazing female guitarists...
Let's start with #AlbertKing, who it should be noted grew up on a plantation in Mississippi during Jim Crow. King was a trailblazer. #tommorello #guitarjaminheaven
As for #bbking, I know many white blues fans who slag B.B. for being too polished, a racist critique rooted in idea that blues should be raw/primitive. B.B. was a genius & spellbinding performer. A+ footage from Sing Sing. #tommorello #guitarjaminheaven
And like #AlbertKing, #BBKing grew up on a plantation in Mississippi during Jim Crow. #tommorello #guitarjaminheaven
On to #chuckberry. What else can be said? A giant, who mixed practically every style he encountered: blues, bluegrass, Latin, jazz, everything. I recently stumbled across this fun footage of him with his hero #tbonewalker. #tommorello #guitarjaminheaven
The mighty #prince. Has everybody seen/heard his solo during "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"? Dude is on a whole other level. Shreds but also enriching the melody at the same time. #tommorello #guitarjaminheaven
I'm skipping the rest even though Jimi is godhead and Duane/Eddie are very important to me. Let's spotlight #sisterrosettatharpe, who may be *the* bridge from church to rock 'n' roll. #tommorello #guitarjaminheaven
Shredders are acoustic, too. And we're going to go with the great #ElizabethCotten. This vid gives a great close-up of her style. #tommorello #guitarjaminheaven
Less famous than #elizabethcotten but who should be far better known is #ettabaker, another genius picker from North Carolina's Piedmont. #tommorello #guitarjaminheaven
Doing one more (for now): #JessieMaeHemphill, who hails from the #hillcountryblues scene, maybe my fave regional music scene in U.S. The rhythms from this zone are sooooo hypnotic. #tommorello #guitarjaminheaven
