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Welcome, he's one of my favorites also!
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I've not heard a lot, although what I've heard is great. I think he was on "Later" once.
Talking of younger blues guitarists, have you heard Joanne Shaw Taylor? We saw her live last year. She also rocks. some of her stuff in the show was tending a little to funk which is not my favourite, but her Texas style stuff is pretty damn good.
She's easy on the eyes too and seems a nice humble lady. English, but living in the US.
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I haven't. I'll have to check her out. In a strictly blues aficionado way.
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While on a less well known Blues artist theme, did you ever listen to Steamhammer? They were one of my favourite Blues bands (late 60s, early 70s I think). They were one of those groups that had two lead guitarists. It was great how the two leads would weave around each other sometimes, then play together for a chorus effect at others.
I have their first album on CD and I think I have their second on vinyl (retirement project: get all my vinyls digitised!)
Now I'm really musing: ... Chicken Shack ... Blodwyn Pig ... The Hamsters ... time to put Bluesbreakers on (it was Who's Next yesterday!)
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She's not to bad but the only stuff I could find on YouTube was live and recording wasn't great, but she definitely has a lot of talent.
IMHO SRV is the greatest blues guitarist ever. One of my favorites by him is Voodoo Chile[^]
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Mike, there are a few tracks at clickety[^]. I'm sure she's sent out some download links from her fb page from time-to-time. My son-in-law is the sound guy at Oakville Theatre, so we got some comps for her show there last year.
I'm a sucker for Little Wing myself. I have it by Clapton, Hendrix and SRV (I might have a Roy Buchanan version too!) I'm not sure about the greatest, it's very subjective and Clapton, Page and Beck (amazing that they all played in the same group!)may have claims (what about Hendrix playing the Blues!) and so many more. Jeff Beck does take some beating, possibly not for just Blues per se, but some of his techniques are jaw dropping. He goes way beyond tap chords, at times switching hands between picking and fretting. He did a version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow on "Later" a while back that was just amazing for precision, almost completely feedback and tremelo.
Another note on SRV, I saw his brother a couple of years back, it's like listening to a ghost! Perhaps Jimmy isn't quite to the heights of Stevie, but it sounded very close. The man was a genius, no doubt about it.
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Thanks for the link and yes she is very good. "Blackest Day" is awesome!
Yeah Little Wing is right up there. I had a room mate that was a hell of a guitar player that could play Little Wing like SRV, he had a lot of talent but problems that kept him from being great.
Your right there are so many great guitarist that it's hard to pick a 'best' because they all are great in there own way.
Another great guitarist that grew up in Jacksonville, Fl is Derek Trucks, the guy is awesome.
Used to watch him when he was 11 years old, he played with various bands around town and at the beach. My late neighbor and great friend was his aunt so we went to see him occasionally when he played locally. His wife, Susan Tedeschi is a hell of a blues singer also.
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When you mentioned Derek Trucks, I knew I'd heard the name. A quick check on Wikipedia confirmed - it was his association with the Allman Brothers. He had big shoes to fill there, Duane was undoubtedly another great.
Did you get to see the Allmans before they made it big? Jacksonville is clearly blessed!
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PhilLenoir wrote: Did you get to see the Allmans before they made it big?
No never seen them live, although had a lot of there stuff on vinyl.
PhilLenoir wrote: Jacksonville is clearly blessed!
You are right a lot of talent is from here and plays here.
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Now I can't stop singing Pride and Joy to myself ... "She's my sweetest little theng ..."
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Just say'n thanks Mike  
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Killer link, Dude. Thanks.
The wife turned me on to him and I liked it.
Then I saw his acoustic show from Vienna on public broadcasting recently and I am totally hooked. Holy Moly, he's good. We just got tickets to see him in at the Fox Theatre in Detroit. 
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1. There are two sides to every divorce: Yours and Sh*thead's.
2 The closest I ever got to a 4.0 in college was my blood alcohol content.
3. I live in my own little world but it's OK; everyone knows me here.
4 I saw a rather large woman wearing a sweatshirt with "Guess" on it. I said, "Thyroid problem?"
5. I don't do drugs 'cause I find I get the same effect just by standing up really fast.
6 A sign In a Chinese Pet Store: "Buy one dog, get one flea."
7. Money can't buy happiness but it sure makes misery easier to live with. Money can't buy happiness but poverty can't buy anything.
8. I got a sweater for Christmas. I really wanted a screamer or a moaner.
9. If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the "terminal"?
10. I don't approve of political jokes. I've seen too many of them get elected.
11. The most precious thing we have is life, yet it has absolutely no trade-in value.
12. If life deals you lemons, make lemonade. If life deals you tomatoes, make Bloody Marys.
13. I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.
14. Shopping tip: You can get shoes for a buck at bowling alleys.
15. I am a nobody; nobody is perfect, and therefore I am perfect.
16. Every day I beat my own previous record for number of consecutive days I've stayed alive.
17. That Claudia Schiffer must be a genius because I told a friend my plan to attain world peace, and he told me I have "Schiffer Brains."
18. No one ever says, "It's only a game!" when their team is winning.
19. Ever notice that people who spend money on beer, cigarettes, tattoos and lottery tickets are always complaining about being broke and not feeling well?
20. How long a minute is, depends on what side of the bathroom door you're on.
21. Isn't having a smoking section in a restaurant like having a peeing section in a swimming pool?
22. Marriage changes passion . . . Suddenly you're in bed with a relative.
23. Why is it that most nudists are people you don't want to see naked?
24. Snowmen fall from Heaven unassembled.
25. Every time I walk into a singles bar I can hear Mom's wise words: Don't pick that up, you don't know where it's been!
26. Now that food has replaced sex in my life, I can't even get into my own pants.
modified 15-Jan-15 11:43am.
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Very nice!
A point I often ponder is : why does the duck quack and not the dog?
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Because they bark? 
Your time will come, if you let it be right.
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I recognized a couple of those as George Carlin's, so I Googled, only to find this:
http://stuffoldguyslike.com/random/wise-words/[^]
I see what [edit] Rage Maxxx* was complaining about.
If you're block-quoting someone like that, citing the source is the right thing to do.
E.g. just say "That George Carlin was a funny guy!" at the beginning of the posting.
* I'm lucky if I remember my own name on the first attempt.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
modified 15-Jan-15 7:25am.
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I got this in the mail.
I would have given credit if I knew it was from George Carlin.
Now that I know it, I will add a postscript to that effect.
Thanks for letting me know.
PS. I changed the title instead of adding a postscript.
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I got an unsolicited phone call from TechStork claiming that I have security errors on my Windows computer. They claimed that they know this because my computer sends them my event log and they know my name a phone number because they know my Microsoft license number.
Has anyone gotten such a phone call? And would Windows be sending my event log without my knowledge or consent?
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I've got a couple of these calls, they're scammers and FOS.
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You didn't give them any personal details, or let them remote into your computer did you?
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They know your name and phone number because they just phoned you and looked up your number in the phone book.
Their aim is to convince you you have computer problems and to then sell you a fix.
They are scam artists of the worst sort - but amazing fun to string along.
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No, they repeated my license number
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Now that is scary!
It is 100% scam - but now the question is "how did they know your license number?"
Incidentally - which licence number are we talking about here?
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So ask them what your licence no is! Then ask them for the evidence from your event log so you can double check their claim. Then string them along for as long as possible without parting with any personal information or downloading anything.
My record is 28 minutes so far, but then I get quite a few of these.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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We had a number of these until my wife decided that as soon as she was sure it was the same people she would start screaming down the phone (she's a singer so can keep a high note for a long time). The first time I got a call complaining about her behaviour  , I won't repeat my reply. After the third time they stopped completely.
One day I aspire to having a signature.
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