Today I finally get to return to a guitar adjacent topic as we get to talk about the Blues, and I get to do so with a super cool dude and fellow podcaster Pillip Carter from the 40 Watt Podcast. On his podcast, Phillip brings on guests to talk about their careers in guitar and music and he’s had some really amazing guests like Joey Landreth, Brian Wampler, Analog Mike Pierra, Arien Posen, Rhett Schull, Eric Daw (of of my heroes), and so many more people, it’s really worth listening to. One thing that I noticed when listening to his podcast was that in almost every episode, Phil mentions the blues. When he agreed to come on I asked if we could talk about the blues, and Phil did not disappoint.
Phil dropped some knowledge about the blues, from the origins to it’s simmering rivalry with Jazz. Phil talked about the rich history and culture of the blues and how it literally grew because of the instruments that were at hand. Phil talked about how blues is much more about how people try to define blues as one thing or the other, but in his opinion, the Blues is, at its’ core, is music played with emotion.
He talks about the challenges of presenting blues to modern audiences, and how this music has had a hard time being embraced by the people the who traditionally created it. He tells some great stories of some crazy blues gigs he played, and gives some tips on how to make the most of playing songs you don’t want to play.
He also talks about why he doesn’t believe in guilty pleasures and thinks you should like what you like. Then Phil busts out his guitar and gives us some great tips on For his Name Drop Card, Phil tells an amazing story about a time when someone at his gig offered to buy him a beer, and it turned out to be one of the most famous musicians of all time.
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