OK, now theres a bunch of bullshit. Thats like saying Maiden and Priest were real metal and the new metal therefore isnt metal. Johnson, Wolf, Waters and the Kings played
old blues, some of its so primitive and elementary its embarassing. Vaughan raised the bar and played far more progessively. You want to try to tell me Tin Pan Alley is not blues ? Your throwing the word "pop" in there just to devalue the best bluesman of recent times. TOTAL BULLSHIT ! Yes Stevie rocked, yes he threw some funk rythmns in there but "pop, mainstream radio-friendly"... get real. He played the blues of our generation. Then next you say he ripped King, but yet I suppose King was "real blues"... yet Vaughan rips him and becomes "pop blues" ? Not that Vaughan rips King, King is a joke compared to Vaughan, King comes off as an absolute guitar, song writing and lyrical moron compared to Vaughan. We've had these conversations on this board before, and everytime somebody pops up and says... "no, not the real blues"... well, your version of the "real blues" died in '64. There was no more room for just another low level blues song for the sake of "tradition". No different than rocknroll or metal, It just grew... Christ all mighty.... now Stevie Ray Vaughan wasnt a bluesman.... IMAGINE THAT
*** I have multiple versions of "Born Under A Bad Sign", all are interesting. Creams was the first I heard way, way back. Hendrix's is a simplistic jam with some great guitar improv., which is a good preview of where Vaughan adapted and solidified Hendrix's approach to the blues. Kings orgional version is OK, has the horn action going on. The best by far is Pat Travers... it drips with emotion, those that dont have it should find it and download it. Travers another great post elementary school blues... blues man.