Early 90s Blues Rock

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How did the early 90s become the bedrock of blues rock? We had Ian Moore, Chris Duarte, Black Crowes, Call of Love, Gary Moore, SRV etc... even George Lynch and Jake E Lee where on this train. Where did this movement go to? I’ve been jamming some old Cry of Love and had forgotten how much I love blues rock. Great stuff.
 
It was where hard rock was going before they forced the format change on us, favoring what was always considered to be alternative rock, pixies, sonic youth, etc... all those BMG signed bands at the beginning of the 90s had the rug pulled out from under them as a result. Instead we got the nirvanas and the rest of the grunge stuff moving from the alternative or indie label over to the rock label in an attempt to replace the traditional genre.
 
Cry of Love is the TITS. 2 of my all-time favorite albums. Audley Freed is great!
 
The pull of grunge made everything more basic and "rootsy". This was also the heyday of "unplugged". SRV had just died, making way for others to jump in.
 
ewill52":4n9hvj1b said:
Cry of Love is the TITS. 2 of my all-time favorite albums. Audley Freed is great!
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Totally agree. I only recently stumbled on them. I had heard Peace Pipe before and I was watching some Brother Cane videos when it went to Peace Pipe. I was digging it and researched who they were to be pleasantly surprised that all their stuff is great.
 
Rdodson":7b92n708 said:
The pull of grunge made everything more basic and "rootsy". This was also the heyday of "unplugged". SRV had just died, making way for others to jump in.
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Grunge didn't make rock more rootsy… it was already heading that way in 86 with guns and other bands in LA... even ratt was doing way cool junior in 87 and going for a more blues based hard rock sound, bon jovi, great white, tesla, warrant were all doing it.. I think poisons last recording with kotzen was heading that way as well
 
GNR were kinda the anti sunset strip image band... even though the were themselves a strip band. They helped to make rock feel dangerous again.

In the early 90s, you had this surge of blues infused into most rock music that was really cool. Bands like the Black Crowes and COL were just really good bands. I wish that we had more of those types of bands today.
 
How timely. I just downloaded Cry of Love’s Brother album two weeks ago and it has completely rejuvenated me as a player. I’ve already leaned the basics of each song and am working on leads. In two weeks, it’s improved my playing. Sick tone and some of the best riffs. Great rock n roll album.

I also dig Brother Cane a lot.
 
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Great thread! Audley Freed is the man, just an unreal player and a super nice guy. I believe he's in Nashville; every once in a while you could catch him in a blues jam at a local club. Have a local bud who was in the scene down there for a bit, played/toured as a hired gun with some country acts over the past 5 years.
Cry of Love also did an album with Robert Mason of Warrant/Lynch Mob...different and not as great as the first album but cool nonetheless. Have all the Brother Cane albums, covered a few tunes over the years. I think Damon Johnson was playing with Thin Lizzy for a while? After the Crowes hit it big the record companies were all about finding more cool southern blues-rock acts, right up till grunge.
 
Yeah, Damon is currently playing with Black Star Riders (Thin Lizzy). Brother Cane was a great band as well. I still jam their first record at least once a month.
 
I think Badlands, with Jake, also fits this description. Short lived, for sure, but great sound man, and of course great playing.
 
lespaul6":2cv4w96k said:
Anyone remember the Arc Angels?

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Wasn’t that SRVs band, plus 1? I thought that was the case. That’s a cool album as well!
 
Yup, Double Trouble. Doyle got some great tones and a cool style...but it takes getting used to watching what with being upside down and backwards. :lol: :LOL:

SRV was good friends with Doyle Bramhall senior.
 
Cry of Love is awesome....Empty Castle is such a fun song to cover :rock:
 
SpiderWars":2kfipcdl said:
Yup, Double Trouble. Doyle got some great tones and a cool style...but it takes getting used to watching what with being upside down and backwards. :lol: :LOL:

SRV was good friends with Doyle Bramhall senior.
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Also Charlie Sexton too, I believe. Shit ton of talent in that band!
 
Danzig's stuff in the late 1980s/1990 was more bluesy too. Heavy rock with a blues vibe.
 
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