I went to see my friend's band the other night. Unfortunately, they were a blues
band. Now, I have nothing against the blues, In fact, I have seen many of the old
bluesmen, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Mississippi Fred McDowell. But what I see
in blues bands these days, is a guy with a pony tail and a hat, playing a Fender
Stratocaster through a Twin Reverb amp, and grimacing as he bends the notes, while
some deunk in the back of the room yells "Wooo". Meanwhile, across town, another
blues band takes the stage. It features a guy with a pony tail and a hat, playing a
Fender Stratocaster through a Twin Reverb amp, and grimacing as he bends the notes,
while some deunk in the back of the room yells "Wooo". The same scene is repeated
over and over in every blues club in every city throughout the country. I have
followed the blues from the British Blues, through the San Francisco sound, to the
punk stylings of The Gun Club, even to Stevie Ray Vaughn, but I will follow the
blues no more. Until somebody breaks out of the rut that they are in and comes up
with a new idea or develops a new style, I am through. Grimace on without me.
