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Nasty



I like your description of the difference of music with feeling and music
played with technical expertise. I seem to be fairly alone in this in
Who-land, but I really love electric blues players who play with raw
feeling. That ability has been described as 'channelling' - when the artist
opens up their soul and lets it pour out through their instrument. Of
course, they could be faking:-) The electric guitar is particularly
well-suited for this purpose. I like Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Jimi
Hendrix, Clapton (sometimes), Albert King and Albert Collins. Muddy Waters
was able to do the same thing with his voice. This type of playing goes
back to the great jazz improvisers.

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Albert Collins has a great Nasty sound on his guitar, I recommend a live 
album by him if anyone wants to dip their toe in this style - his band 
always smokes and he attacks the guitar with what sounds like a pick axe 
and his bass player, Jonnie B. Gayden is extremely good.  When I play blues 
(I am a bass player) I usually play it with an Albert Collins groove - 
something I think he calls the "frosty"

I have not heard solo Joe Strummer nor Paul Simmonen (?) any 
recommendations?  I know I hate Mike Jones - inside and outside the 
Clash.  I always like the Fixx, I think they have been a consistently good 
band throughout the 90's - zero coverage after "Reach the Beach", but they 
have good stuff in the discount bin.