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I listen to a lot of Chicago blues, I suppose. It reminds me of growing up, I guess. But I'm also obsessed by close-harmony groups. Actually, I'm fascinated particularly by brother duos, how they blend together. The Everly Brothers, the Stanley Brothers, The McQuarrys. There's something inherently magical about harmony. John C. Reilly
Me Together Guess Harmony Brother Brothers About Magical Something Obsessed Reminds Blend Suppose Particularly Also How Lot Chicago Up Listen Blues Inherently Fascinated Stanley Groups Growing Growing Up Actually
For a while I had a blues band in L.A., but I realized I was too optimistic to play the blues. I did not have the misery in my heart that the blues required. John C. Reilly
Heart Band Too Misery Had Optimistic Did Blues While Realized Required Play
After 'The Blues Brothers,' I wanted to do a good musical number with real dancers and shoot it correctly. John Landis
Good Dancers Musical Correctly Brothers Real Shoot Blues Blues Brothers Wanted After Number
I have heartaches, I have blues. No matter what you got, the blues is there. 'Cause that's all I know - the blues. And I can sing the blues so deep until you can have this room full of money and I can give you the blues. John Lee Hooker
You Money Cause Matter Give Know Until Sing Got Blues Room Full Deep
You can go to Europe, and there's no turnin' back - any parts of Europe. Wherever you are, there is no stop and go for the blues. The blues go but it don't stop. John Lee Hooker
You Back Parts Go Any Stop Blues Wherever Europe
The way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different. John Lee Hooker
Me Will Way Moore Something Just Taught Blues Different Just Something Play
Like you and your woman ain't gettin' along and you're in love. You can't sleep at nights. Your mind is on her - on whatever. You know, that's the blues. You can't hug that money at night. You can't kiss it. John Lee Hooker
Love You Woman Money Mind Kiss Hug Whatever Nights Along Like Know Gettin Blues Love You Your Her Night Sleep
If they played more blues, people would just get it - they try to hold it back but just about can't hold it back now because the blues is really going. John Lee Hooker
People Try Back Would About More Because Get Going Just Blues Hold Really Now Played
Once you start collecting records you learn more and more about jazz and blues. John Mayall
You Jazz Once Collecting About More More And More Records Learn Blues Start
I believe in blues, and I believe that it's been misrepresented. John Mayer
Believe Misrepresented Been Blues
Maybe someday you can accuse somebody of being a poseur by selling out and playing blues music, but that's just not going to happen in my lifetime. John Mayer
Music You Somebody Out Someday Lifetime Selling Accuse Going Maybe Just Being Blues Happen Playing
I'm a big Bob Dylan fan. I'm also a blues geek. Johnny Flynn
Big Geek Also Blues Fan Dylan Bob Bob Dylan
When I'd hear something that sounded like I could follow it - most of those big band jazz tunes are blues anyway - I would hum it and play with the fiddle while I was humming. Johnny Gimble
Big Band Jazz Humming Those Would Follow Something Could Like Most Big Band Hear Hum Blues Tunes Anyway Fiddle While Play
Mostly, whenever I'm booked to do instruction, I just play a little bit and get people to ask questions. We'll play some music for 'em, 'til somebody hollers out, 'Play 'Milk Cow Blues' or 'Play 'San Antonio Rose.' We play requests and demonstrate our music. Johnny Gimble
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I really appreciate when someone can blow me away with live acoustic blues. Johnny Winter
Me Live Someone Blow Blues Acoustic Really Away Appreciate
When I started workin' with Muddy. That convinced me that I could get away with doin' the blues. Johnny Winter
Me Could Doin Get Blues Convinced Muddy Away Started
There were a whole lot, I bought every blues record I could find, it wasn't just one or two people. My vocal influences were Ray Charles and Bobby Blue Bland. Johnny Winter
People Every One Or Two Find Charles Record Vocal Bland Could Bought Ray Ray Charles Were Lot Blue Just Blues Influences Just One Bobby Whole Two Two People
The Progressive Blues Experiment, Johnny Winter... and Still Alive and Well is my favorite rock record. Johnny Winter
Winter Experiment Progressive Alive Favorite Record Johnny Well Rock Still Blues
I think it will always be around it just takes one person to make people aware of the blues. Johnny Winter
People Will Think Takes Make Around Always Person Just Blues Aware
When the Beatles wrote 'Paperback Writer,' it couldn't have been the same old thing. You can hear so many influences in it, from the blues to Bach, and it's not just verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge chorus. They start off singing a cappella, almost like a Bach chorale, and the song goes into this bluesy guitar riff. Jon Batiste
You Beatles Song Guitar Old Singing Bach Paperback Writer Almost Like Wrote Hear Been Verse Off Same Goes Just Blues Bluesy Influences Old Thing Cappella Many Bridge Chorus Riff Thing Start
I toured around the country and met all these Broadway producers who put me in all these Neil Simon plays like 'Brighton Beach Memoirs' and 'Biloxi Blues.' Jon Tenney
Me Country Met Broadway Neil Memoirs Beach Simon Toured Put Like Around Blues Producers Who Brighton Plays
I am very excited to be here in Wales and look forward to putting on the Cardiff Blues shirt. Jonah Lomu
Excited Putting Look Am Very Shirt Wales Blues Forward Here
When I was sixteen, I wrote the first hundred or so pages of a novel about a piano that was haunted by the ghost of an evil blues musician. Jonathan Tropper
Evil First Hundred Ghost Musician About Haunted Piano Wrote Sixteen Blues Pages Novel
My dad was good friends with the Bad Medicine Blues Band - one of the only blues bands in Fargo, as you can imagine! He took me out to see them play when I was 12 years old and I was really inspired by their guitar player, Ted Larsen. Jonny Lang
Good Me You Guitar Old Band Good Friends Medicine Took Out Guitar Player Bad See Only Inspired He Years Friends Bands Blues Them Really Fargo Dad Play Player Ted Imagine
When I began my career, I was constantly referred to as the kid who could play the blues. Jonny Lang
Kid Constantly Could Referred Began Blues Who Play Career
I love Yamaha Clavinovas. I have them at home, in the studio and on tour with me. I find them ideal for all sorts of things: silent practice with headphones at home; writing; arranging and... just playing the blues! Jools Holland
Love Home Me Writing Practice Find Silent Tour Studio Ideal Headphones Sort Yamaha Arranging Just Blues Them Things Playing
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