History of the Blues in 50 Guitar Riffs
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- čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
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This video is my tribute to the evolution of Blues music in the 20th and early 21st century. I hope you will find it interesting. If you like this video, subscribe to my channel for more cool stuff. I'm reading comments from time to time, and notice that I have some spelling mistakes in the video, and also some riffs are not played exactly like the original, well shame on me, so please don't mind :) Hope you enjoy it anyway, cheers everybody.
From 1920s/30s/40s acoustic-based country/delta/folk-blues forms, over electric Chicago blues in the 1950s, blues revival during 1960s, fusion with a rock during 1960s and 1970s, developed blues/rock forms of the 80s,90s, to alternative/power blues forms in the first decade of the 21st century.
The riffs & licks were chosen based on their historical values (some of them are just my favorite ones). It is arguable that some riffs are "not" blues, but I recorded them anyway because their influence (or the influence of the guitar artist who played them) were high, and/or the blues roots are clearly visible.
On a personal note: I regret not finding the time to insert more important riffs, mostly in the early periods, and some of the pioneers of the blues/rock in the 60s, like Cream. Well, maybe next time. Oh, and sorry for the killer-serious faces in the video lol :D
This video pays a small tribute to video and audio production too since I tried to match the quality of video & audio with the release year. If you listened to original recordings online, you will probably notice they are similar in sound.
50 Blues & Blues/Rock Guitar Riffs:
1. Black Snake Moan - Blind Lemon Jefferson - 1927
2. Matchbox Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson - 1927
3. Sittin' on Top of the World - Mississippi Sheiks - 1930
4. Devil Got My Woman - Skip James - 1931
5. The Angel's Message to Me - Reverend Gary Davis - 1935
6. Crossroads Blues - Robert Johnson - 1936
7. Sweet Home Chicago - Robert Johnson - 1937
8. Key to the Highway - Big Bill Broonzy - 1941
9. Boogie Chillen' - John Lee Hooker - 1948
10. Baby, Please Don't Go - Lightnin' Hopkins - 1948
11. Rollin' Stone - Muddy Waters - 1950
12. Rollin' & Thumblin' - Muddy Waters - 1950
13. Dust my Broom - Elmore James - 1951
14. Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters - 1955
15. Need Your Love so Bad - Little Willie John - 1955
16. Smoke Stack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf - 1956
17. Mojo Hand - Lightnin' Hopkins - 1960
18. Tobacco Road - John Loudermilk - 1960
19. Hideaway - Freddie King - 1960
20. Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker - 1961
21. Little Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf - 1961
22. Stone Crazy - Buddy Guy - 1962
23. Homesick's Shuffle - Homesick James - 1964
24. John Henry - Mississippi Fred McDowell - 1966
25. Born Under a Bad Sign - Albert King - 1967
26. Red House - Jimi Hendrix - 1967
27. Oh, Pretty Woman - Albert King 1967
28. Jumper on the Line - RL Burnside 1967
29. Crosscut Saw - Albert King 1967
30. The Thrill is Gone - BB King 1969
31. Killing Floor - Albert King - 1969
32. Taylor's Rock - Hound Dog Taylor - 1971
33. La Grange - ZZ Top - 1973
34. Cradle Rock - Rory Galagher - 1973
35. Sweet Home Chicago - Blues Brothers - 1980
36. Bad to the Bone - George Thorogood - 1982
37. Rood Mood - Stevie Ray Vaughan - 1983
38. Pride and Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan - 1983
39. Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan - 1983
40. Born Under a Bad Sign - Robben Ford - 1988
41. See the Light - Jeff Healey - 1988
42. Oh Pretty Woman - Gary Moore - 1990
43. Damn Right I Got the Blues - Buddy Guy - 1991
44. Layla Unplugged - Eric Clapton - 1992
45. He Don't Play Nothing But the Blues - Robben Ford - 1993
46. Riding With the King - Eric Clapton & BB King - 2000
47. Ball and Biscuit - The White Stripes - 2002
48. Cut My Wings - Seasick Steve - 2006
49. Ballad of John Henry - Joe Bonamassa - 2009
50. Tedeschi Trucks Band - Come See About Me - 2012
Everybody is all like ''oh, you spelled this wrong'' or ''you played this bit wrong'' How about the fact that he could play 50 different riffs that well?
i am listening 90% of these for the first time that was awesome for me😍
Blues has always been about improvisation anyhow, it’s a feeling music. It’s not a note for note thing, hell it’s part of what makes blues great.
I tried my best at the time. Personally, I think it's a great effort for me. Thanks for your opinion.
But its not a pure history, you got lost my friend, guitar playing superb though..
You did brilliant!!!! Keep it up :)
great job friend
I watched this vid lots of time
Феноменално. Свака част 👌
I thought that was great. Well done my friend, well done!
you can hear so many stolen riffs: ZZ Top, Boston, Led Zeppelin, CCR and so many others in these great classic gems, but you know that's just the evolution of music, you borrow a riff=you give back a riff.
Yeah, especially in blues. Seems like they ran out of ideas by 1960.
If we went by that logic, there hasn't been an original thought since Bach.
Blues it`s not about original thoughts. It`s about how you feel it and what kind of shade you give with your voice and guitar style to the Music.
here's the thing, while many other people out there are suing each other for stolen riffs. most blues artists realize if you want blues to become the biggest, you let others build on your ideas.
Most blues artist share their songs really. Boom Boom was played by a huge selection of blues artists, but most famously by John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters for example.
Damn, those 30s stuff are sick
This is one of my most favorite guitar videos at all. I saw it 2 years ago, now I'm back and it's still looks awesome. Great idea, work, and playing!
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I know youuuu omg your videos are beast my friendsss
Hi Frrrend!
How He Play ball and biscuit hahahahha😂
Hi frrrrriend
I like how the video quality changed
This has reignited my love for the blues. Thanks a million friendo.
A whole lot of those pre-1960's licks showed up later in other songs.
Lay Down Sally is one of my favorite riffs of any genre ever. So I would definitely put it on any list of best blues riffs
Lay Down Sally, more country influenced than blues
Shows how deep the blues genre is when every tune in this list should be there and there are hundreds of others which should. Personally glad to see Rory Gallagher in there too
MAN. I'm a 65 year old longtime student of the blues. I can't believe how much I learned from just one showing of this video. AWESOME--can't thank you enough.
lovley.If i played that around a campfire with friends we would be glowing.thanks.
Mildly upset that Cream didn't have a look-in, but a good video nevertheless
Have to agree - very well done, but no Cream?
He did play The originals of some Crem songs e.g. Sitting on Top of the World.
DEATHWOLF 771 a lot of their songs use the blues scale
I'm really digging the sound of 30s and 40s blues. I'm going to have to look up those artists. Great video man!
+robisafk Yeah there's something bout those old blues songs and even jazz
+WalkingBlues Those old blues songs led to Jazz, and the
changes from the folk blues of the 20's and 30's were what did it.
Lots of 2-5 and 1-6-2-5 back then. That was before the Delta Blues
became very 1-4-5 and minor key oriented.
Mississippi delta blues
Check out Son House and Junior Kimbrough
+Otso Pänttönen Thanks! I'll check em out!
thank you. for playing and NOT talking folks to death. Well done!
Thank you :)
It's Yamaha F310P, the cheapest model possible, recorded with Rode NT1A into Focusrite Preamp. Strings.. not sure 11-49/50, depending on what I buy, usually 11-49 recently
That SG looks amazing
+Kar Smith i think it looks crappy
+Jonathan Jensen Well that was unnecessary and uncalled for
+Kar Smith Yeah I agree... It looks kinda shit
I think it may be a Raw Power because of the maple board
I think it looks awesome, and I'm more of a Les Paul guy myself.
I'm proud to say I'm related to the great John lee ! Never got to meet him though :/
I'm jealous, I only share his birthday lol close enough ig
hey thats still pretty cool not gonna lie lol! i really wish i got to meet him. gone to soon
what relation?
and I am ashamed because I am related to great Rebecca black.
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You deserve respect. You are a true master.
Thanks a lot man. I appreciate it.
This should be a go to for all guitarist who are interested in blues and rock guitar. Well done my friend.
Thank you very much sir for introducing me to Albert King, who is now my favorite blues guitarist.
Why him and not that other one ? All those comments are ridiculous. Thanks for your contribution man: you even tried to get the sounds as close to the original artists' . Great compilation of genres within the blues ! Who said you have to play note for note ??
Cheers \m/
I missed Chitlins con Carne by Kenny Burrell, but excelent video, i love it since I was like sexteen and I'm twenty one now
At first I thought, oh here we go,but I gave it a chance, and put this on my favorites list. Great lesson, I'm happy. Wow what a bunch of commas.
Great compilation, thanks for the effort and sharing with us.
Holy Smoke Stack Lighting! Well done man!
Wow, hearing these I realize so many of these riffs were taken and made into "classic" rock songs and the like. Superb video
Yeah I become aware of this also when doing research for the video.
I almost skipped this, thinking it'll be another selfpromoted hero, but this is the real thing. Bravo!
Yes! Rory Gallagher!
+Josh Robinson Yes indeed! 07:41
I'm not very into blues, but I liked this video a lot. Almost 100 years of music in just some minutes. I've always wanted to listen some more of this amazing genre but never find where to start, now thanks to You I got it. :)
the best compilation thank you....love it...god bless
cheers :)
Thank you for blues education, I'm realy enjoy
Glad you like it Dmitro. Cheers
No Cream or Zeppelin, which is weird. Still a fantastic video.
It's because they are rock bands
Kane Dosser yeah rock bands that played blues.
Eric Clapton is blues to the core.
+TheFirst MichaelPainter he was. back in the day. but i think jimis death hit him bad and he lost his grip
Ball and Biscuit is surely my favourite blues track ever
Mine too! Though he did not by any stretch play it correctly.
When the white stripes done blues they done blues
He also got the year wrong. It came out in 2003 not 2002.
Lot of work. It's good to see all of this put into an historical context - Thanks
LOVE! Your "dirty" tone at 10:12 For, He Don't Play Nothin' But The Blues.
when the levee breaks
If you mention Joe Bonamassa here you should have mentioned Gary Clark jr and John Mayer as well...
michael jordan Mayer's blues albums and generally Gary Clark jr. are more blues than Bonamassa will ever be. There are very few songs of Bonamassa that are actually blues songs... It's more like some kind of rock music... It's not that I doubt his talent 'cause he is one of the most talented guitarists alive. But if you have an ear for original blues, Bonamassa just isn't there (however much passion he has for it...)
Rick Winter michael jordan i agree with all your saying. Just want to point out that while Bonamassa is influenced by traditional American Blues like BB King, Buddy Guy etc, his major influences were the British Blues Rock players of the late 1960s like Eric Clapton, Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac), and Paul Kassoff (Free) amongst others. hence why his style is 'Blues Rock' thus covering the entire spectrum in his playing and recordings.
Rick Winter Bonamassa takes blues to the next level, in my eyes, he single handely brought the blues into the 21st century.
TheBlisterer You're eyes are blind
***** Speak for yourself, I love him. But I also love SRV, Gary Moore, the delta players and many other greats.
loved the first few because i love early blues
For anyone who thinks that the Blues all sound the same: stick this amazing video in your ears.
"wait what.. no this, no that??" it's kinda hard when you're only doing 50 riffs.. geez
+douchebagdix xYeah i guess 50 is not enough for all the great blues songs
True, It's a short CZcams video, not a freaking encyclopedic audible music archive.
Always a bunch of fuckin haters. Where are all their videos? You sound awesome man. Great range being able to play all of them different styles. Great choice of riffs as well. Thank you for sharing. I wouldnt want to even try to pick a top 50.
+Brian Joseph Haters gonna hate! Players gonna play!! I keep Rockin & Rollin! If they hate, then they just Jelly!! \m/ ©
Fantastic list. Great selection of riffs. Everybody can argue someone was omitted but it would be nitpicking. Great playing too.
Boom Boom
Haw haw haw haw
Real nice share here Blux Masina - thank you so much for taking the time to do this.
80s comes around
*Stevie Ray Vaughan has entered the chat*
90s come around, Stevie has left the chat :(
Bluz Mašina 😞
So surprised you responded this much time later though 😂 good playing man
@@stew-tube Thanks man :)
Gary Mooore, fuck yeah! ;D
You did a great job. It's YOUR opinion, too of what riffs best define the evolution of the blues. Loved it!
Thanks Allan, cheers.
Wow I’d did not expect this video to go all the way back to the 30’s
Dickheads will always complain on who's better, who should be listed or not listed. All I can say is thanks made for putting on an awesome display of riffs. I learned a few I didn't know, or even thought about. Now I can practice a few. Thanks for your skills!
what about T-Bone Walker?
The tones are uncompressed! Sounds so good!
You surely do a nice job on those tunes, brother...Shalom, birdsongz
At 8:30 I was like YES!
I am proud to see that Tedeschi Trucks closed it out though. Good call. Haha
Wooonderfull spongs, faaantastic played!!!
These riffs are amazing, they really make you feel the music!
Allman Brothers, man.
+brucenlittlepictures Instead of putting somewhere around 5-6 songs from Albert King.. everyone gets that hes on of the king of blues, maybe he should have put one of the most defining blues bands of the 60s. So with you on this one
Should've included the Black Crowes during the 90's
These nit pickers are absolutely unbelievable!!. Just look at what this lad a has delivered for our entertainment! The time and effort he has clearly put into this, which at the end of day sounds not just respectful to the blues, but kick ass awesome! We should all raise a glass to this great guitar player!
Easily one of the best videos of its kind on the entire inter web on many levels
You so fucked up Ball and Biscuit...
+Kacper White really
yes... that's horrible to my ears
+Kacper White Couldn't agree more
It's too distorted really. Don't get me wrong I love Jack but I wouldn't say the riff is all that historic.
You wouldn't? Tell me another riff in the 2000s that keeps the 12 bar blues alive in the rock genre.
He's playing a Yamaha no wonder he sounds good..
Yeah.. haha.. 100eur yamaha..
Thank you for posting this. I watched it all the way through, I love blues and found this really interesting. I love your tone and playing. Interesting guitars too, hadn't seen inlays like that on a strat before. Great video thanks again.
Beautiful, heart warming music.
How about Early Black Keys? (Or up to el Camino)
No Bluesbreakers era Clapton? It deserves a mention just for influence alone.
Awsome Guitar Playing 🙋
That Pride And Joy Tone!!!, God, amazing!
Wait.. the riff of The grange song by ZZTop is a copy of Boogie Chillen?
Stop following me dude
Busca la cancion "Ain't That Just Like a Woman" de Lous Jordan.
Chaz Brangwin Ya la eh escuchado, ta chida, ah y te seguiré hasta la tumba, juasjuasjuas(¿
Bueno el riff de al principio suena MUY parecido al famoso riff de Johnny B Goode, de Chuck Berry xD
+Sonic Saiyan Como te diste cuenta de que hablaba español? xD
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac is missing...
Agreed
I'm glad someone noticed, Oh Well should be up there or even Rattlesnake Shake!
clikityclak What about Man of the World or Black Magic Woman
Might as well throw Without You or Before the beginning.. or even If You Be My Baby
SavageDutchman I don't think either one is a blues, strictly speaking. Neither song has a memorable riff. BMW is known for its great guitar intro but that's too long to be a riff.
Thank you for posting that. It was awesome!!
I love how you have a little bit of bb king vibrato. His vibrato is one of the most unique, juiciest vibrato in all of the history of guitar.
Lil Wayne has a better vibrato I think
@@YungTrinidad407 😆
@@YungTrinidad407 Lil Wayne is muh guitar hero. He does things with just 2 notes that NOBODY else does. Legend 🌝
Didn't know Tom Cruise could play.😂
Fernando Juarez best comment here xD
Tom Cruise can do anything
He does play, he learnt for let there be rock
No Charley Patton ? Blind Blake ? Blind Willie McTell ? Mississippi John Hurt?
I thought he was gonna forget 'bout Bonamassa, but right at the end my mouth was shut. Nice work.
Well he didn’t
Amazing! Such a scholarly knowledge of blues history. Thank you so much.
no Jimmy page?!!
G C I don’t think that was the intended message of this video 😕
Jimmy wasn't a blues player
What Jimmy played was never pure-blooded blues. It was blues, but slightly tweaked into what you'd know as hard rock.
Zach Imposter!
@@alfred1599 you sure homes?
Most bizarre way of playing ball and biscuit
Blues will never vanish!
Congrats on your playing and presentation.
A job well done.
What what what? No damn ledbelly?
Lead*
+Daniel Malone You know, I always found Leadbelly to be more of a Folk musician but you could definitely call him important to both genres.
I can agree on that
And the black keys ? where are there?
was looking to see if anyone else thought the same thing
Awesome job! Much appreciated, thank you for sharing it
Great job at achieving each artist's tone!
I feel upset for the lack of led zepp in this list but still a good one
+BreadnButterJohnski uhh..? this video is titled blues riffs not rock.. haha wow
+Justin Delille jimmy page-blues guitarist robert plant-blues singer jpj-blues bassist john bonham-blues drummer and they have blues riffs also
+chickenarms 12 I can't believe you just said that lol so ignorant
+chickenarms 12 blues with distortion lol
63 people got da blues
awesome video man so damn good!!!! loved every second and great choice of songs!
Gold video for me...thanks...
Where's Charlie Patton and Son House?
Do you have particular riffs in mind or are you just trying to name famous blues guys who aren't represented?
DucksDeLucks It was the second one but now that you mention it he could of put Death letter blues and walkin blues Son house and Going To Move To Alabama Charley Patton
DucksDeLucks
Blind Mellon Jefferson.
wow lio messi plays guitar so well
Awesome work, congrats!!!
Nicely Done.
You hit all the high points for me.
Thanks for sharing and good luck.
ball and biscuit sounded a bit off but still awsome video
Oh well that's because "ball and biscuit" is not played with a slide
Techreview channel like you could play it better
Your acoustic sounds like it's ran through pedals & amplified? If so, sweet.
Great and a great guitar collection I'm impressed 🎸🎸🎸🎸
Fantastic video and tribute to the greats, one of my favourites on CZcams :-)
Rood mood.. "rood" mood.. my gosh
Federico Zambon Rude mude 😅
Surprised a black keys song wasn't used
This is so great, thank you!
Wow you're amazing. I'd brag so hard if I was able to play 3 of these awesome riffs. Thank you for your hard work
Thanks