I'm a guitar player and I have been at it for a long time. I consider myself to be fairly proficient- at least as a rhythm player- but sometimes I just have to remind myself that trying harder doesn't always translate into "better." My favorite blues artist has always been and will always be John Lee Hooker. He may not be the most technically gifted guitar player but, as this video demonstrates, many times less is more. Speed and the number of notes played can never be a substitute for artistic vision; and John Lee Hooker has that in spades. You can talk about B.B. King, Clapton, Stevie Ray and Muddy Waters all day long (and I love all these guys) but to me the King of the Blues is John Lee Hooker, case closed.
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