"I'm the famous guitar player," the late Duane Allman said, "but Dickey is the good one."
Considered one of the best 100 guitarists by Rolling Stone magazine, this track is my hommage for all his great blues and slide chops. 
His roots are in jazz, and you can hear the influence of his clean-toned modal soloing in a lot of Southern rock groups. 
The guitar is a Gibson ES339.  Halfway, I introduced an acoustic Harley Benton. The track ends with a driven electric guitar, for something unexpected. 
Let me know what you think and  ...enjoy!

Dickey Betts Electro-Acoustic Major Style

Dickey Betts Electro - Acoustic Major Style

In the mood for an acoustic Bluesy track. Just mixed a one chord BT (drums and bass) with some licks and riffs over it. Guitar: PRS P20E Parlour. Added some distortion via a Helix LT. Hope you like it.

Stormy Blues Fest

Stormy Blues Fest - Acoustic

While less popular in the US, Gary Moore's work brought substantial acclaim and commercial success in most other parts of the world – especially in Europe. Throughout his career, Gary Moore was recognized as an influence by many notable guitarists.

Still Got Dablues Gary Moore Tribute Track

Lazy but Funky Minor Blues with less predictable sounds that come out of an interesting mix of influences from the usual British and American list of suspects. Here the old continent meets and collaborates with the new one...
Many thanks to the talented and soulful guitarist Tom Adams (Tytlblues) for having accepted my invitation for an intercontinental collaboration work.

Funky Minor Blues with Tom Adams

Looping...
 A highly effective method of mixing sounds & creating some grooves.

Psychadelic Groove-1

Psychadelic Groove

B.B. King recorded his version of "The Thrill Is Gone" in June 1969 for his album "Completely Well". 
It earned him a Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance in 1970 and a Grammy Hall of Fame award in 1998. King's version of the song was also placed at number 183 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. 
Hope you like this cover and collaboration work with a great Jazz and Blues Singer Ms King.

Vocals: MsKing
Lead-Guitar: NothinButDaBlues

The Thrill is Gone with Ms King

Not so polished guitar sounds.
Just the way I like it!
 … you’re not sure if it’s all going to fall apart. :)


Lonely Nights Blues

Instrumental free cover track from the late, great Roy Buchanan, called "The Messiah Will Come Again". It's a cracking piece, first recorded by this blues genius. 
Blues and Rock virtuoso Gary Moore later covered it.
Hopefully presenting my best...

The Messiah

A rough and fat blues approach with some darker and overdriven tones too.
Kick back and enjoy it exactly as intended. 

Fat 'n Rough Groove

One take approach to a jazzy improvisation...spontaneous creativity & intentional conviction.
As Duke Ellington once said:
"You've got to find some way of saying it without saying it." 

Bright Sounds Of Jazz

BB Style Major Key

Jamming with my TEX MEX PICKUPS Japanese 86 Squier Strat

Slow Blues in F

Improvised Guitar over an Am Blues QuistJam BT.
Aside from having one of the most popular BTs channel on Youtube, Quist is also one of the busiest and best guitar players on the planet!

And MAAAN I'VE HAD SOME FUN JAMMING ALONG TOO!!!!

2016

Jamming along with Quist

Joe Bonamassa is one of the busiest guitar masters  of our world today. Somehow, just after listening to one of his master pieces, I got some inspiration for this uploaded track.
In addition to his music career, Bonamassa runs a nonprofit organization called the Keeping the Blues Alive Foundation, whose mission it is to further music education by funding scholarships and providing music education resources to schools in need.
Hope you enjoy it!

Bonamassa Inspired Blues

Jamming with my Fender 60s Classic Player Strat, through a POD HD300, mixed and mastered with a  Boss BR800. DR Pure blues 10-46 strings

All The Kings You Are

A slow tempo 12/8 minor blues offer. Moving from a less distorted sound to a pitched driven one this is what came out. 
Hope you like this new guitar sound.
Either way..., just let me know about!

Twelve Eight Blues

New gear, new inspiring sounds. Even though I'm a simple blues dude, I like the tech and sometimes I'm a switcher guy at heart. Just got a Helix LT and this, as the previous uploaded track "Twelve Eight Blues" are some of the new sounds I got with it.
This "Sunday Evening Blues" track aims to emulate those distinctive sounds of a Leslie/rotary speaker vibe. A sound all of its own.

Sunday Evening Blues (aiming the Leslie/rotary speaker vibe from an ES339)

Improvising on the spot it's a moment in time for better or worse. 
I just keep hacking at it until it's right there...
I like the freedom of it, keeping it pretty minimal.

NothinButDaBlues 2018

A Moment in Time

Trying to make it my own, Continuum Flood Experience, features some influences from Blues masters such as SRV, Hendrix or Mayer, therefore the name taken from three of their greatest albums.
Guitar: Japan Made Squier Strat from 1991

Continuum Flood Experience

Slow Blues jam with a Japanese Squier Strat, Seymour Duncan's Everything Axe pickups set modded. Relax...

Otis Rush Style Blues

Andy, a fabulous musician from Germany, has just collaborated with me adding his awesome bluesy voice and lyrics to my previously uploaded "Otis Rush Style Blues" track .
I think this collab brought together fire, passion and belief: exactly what DaBlues is all about.
Get to know him better at: 
http://soundcloud.com/user1261136

'Cry On You' aka Otis Rush Style-Blues by NothinButDaBlues-Andy collab

Albert Collins' minor licks are always very inspiring. He had a huge genuine tone and, during his lifetime, he was a great hard working  musician.
I hope this Collins' style track makes him some justice. 

Texas Ice

A custom designed bluesy lead cover, with lots of vintage warmth for a superb John Mayer track "New Light". Hope you fall under its spell...

2018

Joe B

Just having some fun with my Classic Player 60s strat. Thanks for listening, hope you enjoy it . Appreciate your feedbeck.

Sorta' Blues Improvise in C

Pulling up a stool at a proper blues bar, feeling the music with a long afternoon drink.  
What else can we wish for...?  :)

Smooth Lounge

Just noodling with my new Yosemite single coils, modded on my Japanese Squier Strat. 
Neck first, bridge after. 
Comments appreciated!

2019

Been Here Before

Looking for a slow sexy blues groove to set the mood? 
This certified blues track is just what the doctor ordered. 
As you know, music is the food of love, but it’s also—more deliciously—the food of loving...nothing but a "Wicked Game"!

Few Minutes Sexy and Slow Blues

Sexy Wicked Game Blues

Bossa Nova literally means ‘new flair’ or ‘new trend’ in Portuguese. It is a style that was created in the late 1950’s. It is basically a fusion of Samba and Jazz, using traditional Brazilian rhythms. Here I add a Bluesy Twist to it, hope it works! 
First, you'll hear a clean guitar sound, then introducing a more overdriven one, for the grand final  :)))

Simple Twist of Bossa

Simple Twist Of Bossa

Blues and reggae, both have deep roots and rich emotional terrain. 
Joined together, without any pressure or expectations they let something beautiful happen. I hope, that has somehow occurred... 

Reggae Blues Jam

Just got new 10"-46" Regular Slinky chords on my guitar. Tried them with this late rainy day slow blues progression in B. 
Kind of BB King Style.
Hope you're in the mood for a nice cup of hot coffee...  :)

BB Cafeteria Approach in B

Ms King / NothinButDaBlues first collab.  

BB King Cafeteria Approach

"To my mind, a BLUES doesn't have to be a 12-bar progression. To me, if a song has the right emotion then I accept it as BLUES" - PETER GREEN

"I go by feel, I go by feel. 
The only way I know what's real" - BUDDY GUY

Mostly, as a self-taught guitar player (maybe not... considering all the influences and internet/book resources I've come across lately!)  and rather than trying to be anything remotely near a good player of any great technique, I'm not bound by genre or clichés; I just like to go for it. It's a whole lot better that way. 
Blues is a human expression of emotion. That may explain why I felt called to blues music, even though, I grew up in Europe, a continent apart from the music’s heartlands in America’s Deep South. And that may also be the reason for the great Portuguese Bluesmen we have nowadays (The Legendary Tigerman/Frankie Chavez/Budda Power Blues/Rui Veloso/Dead Combo/The Black Mamba/Mazgani and many others...)

I’m a fan of raw guitar players who aren’t really polished… you’re not sure if it’s all going to fall apart.  Those who, rather than trotting out a collection of preconceived practised licks and lines, take some chances along the way, creating ideas on the spot. IMHO they sound more exciting and impressive for it. I play whatever comes into my head. It's an adventure because when I do a breakdown or a solo, it's new each time and I just let it go... The majority are first take. I just turn it on and press record...they are mostly one moment in time. I’m always looking for something. Sometimes I’m not quite sure what, but you just have to keep looking...
The real beauty is playing without thinking and once you have some concepts down, what comes out, is from the heart.  It's second nature. 
I just enjoy listening and playing some music, in honour of that timeless way of killing time (just for the fun of it...and whenever inspired: "If you're not feeling it, don't play it!"). I'm happiest picking out a blues tune to a suitable backing track. After all, simple music is the hardest to play...
For me, half the battle is to get the right sound. And that, in turn, inspires how you play.
As a tone fiend, I like to let those bluesy guitar tones breathe a little bit. But, almost everything I play, it never, ever comes out quite the way I heard it in my head. Sometimes I end up with something that's kind of close, but it's not quite what intended originally. These uploaded tracks are no exception... They are far from being perfect. First of all, I'm not a fan of perfection when it comes to music...it may even compromise the tone, but if the tone is there, great! It sounds like a human being playing guitar. 
As Dan Patlansky once said "I would rather hear an average player with a great guitar tone than a great player with a bad tone".
 I love stuff that sounds like a spontaneous real-life experience. Playing music is a human activity, and we humans are far from perfect! There is a certain charm in something that feels human with the flow of a spontaneous performance. It's that spontaneity that makes for the magic... 
Feel free to comment good, bad or indifferent and do not hesitate to share any ideas you might have. 

Favourite guitarists (old school suspects apart):
Matt Schofield;  Jim Campilongo;  Walter Trout; Robin Trower; Joe Bonamassa; Andy Timmons; Gregor Hilden; Robben Ford; Larry Carlton (among others)...

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