I Guess That's Why They Call it The Blues

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John Mayer I Will Be Found (Lost at Sea) bluesy if not true blues

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John Mayer is Class A, highly trained, musician, a graduate of the Jazz Institute in Boston, MA. His style is more jazz than blues. He's also an excellent composer. Eventhough he has some blues roots in his style, eventhough he is a fine guitarist and vocalist, I would not call him a true blues artist. I rest my case with the style of solos he made at the Crossroads Guitar Festival with Eric Clapton. But I must confess I love the guys work.

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@jm2422 Agreed, John Mayer's not typically playing the blues (he's stylistically all over the place), and a couple of those cuts I posted were quite a stretch for blues, (posted as much for the lyrical sentiment as the musical structure) but that doesn't mean he can't play the blues with BB. 🙂

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BB King & John Mayer Live part 1

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BB King & John Mayer live part 2

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The Smithereens The Blues Before And After

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I guess that why they call it the blues by Elton John

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I'll have a blue Christmas without you

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Me and the Devil Blues. Robert Johnson

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Sea Red, Sea Blue - Mean Mary

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I was going to list one song. But, it might not be considered to be a real blues song. So as an intro to it, I want to post this one first:

Mean Mary - I've Been Down (but not that low)

Now, you might appreciate why

I Guess That's Why I Call it The Blues, better:

Mean Mary - Big Red Barn

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Highway 49 Big Joe Williams

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Life's a Journey, not a Destination" Aerosmith

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Blue on Blue ======= Bobby Vinton

- not sure if this is technically a 12 bar thing, but it is one of my favorites about my favorite color

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Baby Won't You Please Come Home Bessie Smith

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Amen, Bessie was true great. She was the original strong women of her era. She was a business person, an artist, and a musical pioneer.

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Bell Bottom Blues ======= Derek and the Dominos

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Jimi Hendrix. Red House

https://youtu.be/Us5sfT17hws

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Donny Darko; Mad World