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Permalink Reply by 3 String Blues on January 12, 2010 at 5:19pm

One word....Hollowbelly!

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Permalink Reply by joe cerroni on January 13, 2010 at 2:31pm

if somebody's never known what it's like to want to go to sleep and never wake up, they can't understand the blues, the've never had the blues, if they haven't awaken laying on the pool table at a flophouse and the band in the garage dosen't inspire them to live another day, they just ain't punkrock enough! Just play your music because you love to. Rock on Jerry. Peace, Joe

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Permalink Reply by Roosterman on January 14, 2010 at 8:44am

Yep, Id sit them down in front of Youtube and play them some Hollowbelly - that should do it!

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Permalink Reply by Greg on January 15, 2010 at 1:19pm

Hollowbelly.....Yea

3 string guitar said:

One word....Hollowbelly!

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Permalink Reply by Joker on January 16, 2010 at 1:18am

To explain punk blues you have to start with what the "punk" part means. When punk music came on the scene in the 70's the music industry was cranking out vain rock bands, very full of themselves. Musicians who looked down on their fans, performances that contained long extended solos and 15 to 20 minute songs. The punk bands that emerged wanted to be the opposite of that, to play loud- in your face music that was more about expressing your ideals than wollowing in how great you were.

The simple chords and beats used in punk was very freeing to musicians who felt like they would never be able to play or perform because now there were "no rules".

To me, punk blues is a similar way of thinking and playing. You don't have to be a guitar god like Eric Clapton to play the blues. You can use simple 3 chord riffs, loud thunping drums, yell into the mic, and play blues classics without feeling like you have to sound exactly like Son House or Blind Willie Johnson.

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Permalink Reply by jim on January 16, 2010 at 7:18pm

Any one heard of JOHNY LOWEBOWE!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Jerryrig240 on January 17, 2010 at 8:37pm

Now your talkin' Joker, this is so what I mean. I am glad there is someone out there on the same level as me. When I first picked up my 6 string I wanted to play my music. I did not want to sit down and try to learn any hit on the radio. I wanted to play for me, not play someone elses music. I liked playing loud and thrashing with stuff that did not make much sense. Back then my two big hero's were Angus Young and Jimmy Page, so I guess you could say my solo's sounded like them, in their style, but never once would I try to pull off one of their licks.....I am not them, I will never be them, I can only be me, and play like me. Fast forward to now, I see guys like all of us on here that are geting these awesome sounds out of just sticks and boxes and it just floors me. I wish I knew about this stuff long ago, I would have been a pro at it by now.

Joker said:

To explain punk blues you have to start with what the "punk" part means. When punk music came on the scene in the 70's the music industry was cranking out vain rock bands, very full of themselves. Musicians who looked down on their fans, performances that contained long extended solos and 15 to 20 minute songs. The punk bands that emerged wanted to be the opposite of that, to play loud- in your face music that was more about expressing your ideals than wollowing in how great you were.

The simple chords and beats used in punk was very freeing to musicians who felt like they would never be able to play or perform because now there were "no rules".

To me, punk blues is a similar way of thinking and playing. You don't have to be a guitar god like Eric Clapton to play the blues. You can use simple 3 chord riffs, loud thunping drums, yell into the mic, and play blues classics without feeling like you have to sound exactly like Son House or Blind Willie Johnson.

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Permalink Reply by Cigar Box Nation on January 18, 2010 at 5:00am

Hound Dog Taylor's bastard children.

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Permalink Reply by Noisemaker59 on January 18, 2010 at 7:06am

Well put Joker...however my theory is "punk" has been around long before the '70s. To me, ANY loud, rebellious, non-mainstream music fits the bill. Heck, some of the jump-blues tunes from the '40s/'50s were off the normal path. Alot of the obscure rockabilly/rockers from the 50's would have had parents shaken their heads. And in the '60s, bands born in the garage didn't give a hoot about rules. Check out (from my site):

http://www.earwaxvibrations.com/It%27s%20All%20Meat-Feel%20It.mp3







Joker said:

To explain punk blues you have to start with what the "punk" part means. When punk music came on the scene in the 70's the music industry was cranking out vain rock bands, very full of themselves. Musicians who looked down on their fans, performances that contained long extended solos and 15 to 20 minute songs. The punk bands that emerged wanted to be the opposite of that, to play loud- in your face music that was more about expressing your ideals than wollowing in how great you were.

The simple chords and beats used in punk was very freeing to musicians who felt like they would never be able to play or perform because now there were "no rules".

To me, punk blues is a similar way of thinking and playing. You don't have to be a guitar god like Eric Clapton to play the blues. You can use simple 3 chord riffs, loud thunping drums, yell into the mic, and play blues classics without feeling like you have to sound exactly like Son House or Blind Willie Johnson.

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