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[quote=evollove]Funny. A few days ago I sat down with CCR's debut and whatdoyouknow, the non-singles were boogie blues jammy things. I hope that list consists of real songs.
And I'll check out the M bands, but if I hear the same I-IV-V chords and the same whiteboy blues leads, I'll be sorely disappointed.
Fair point, some of their album tracks fell into that mold. Not the ones I mentioned, although Born To Move has an organ solo; and while it isn't exactly blues based, maybe substitute Wish I Could Hide Away for it. Or Sailor's Lament, which Slob Seger "borrowed heavily" from to write the inferior Still The Same.
I can only recommend Our House Is Rockin' from Marlamade. As for Moby Grape, I prefer their concise rockers like Omaha or Hootchie.
My take on the blues-based rock stuff is that it was originally a good idea that was run into the ground by overuse, especially by bands who thought endless strings of solos showed creativity. Punk came along to sort things out, thankfully.
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