Genesee Joe

THE post Stevie Ray guitar slingers of the early '90's..

I was going through my cd's last night and stumbled upon the Ian Moore band cd. It came out in '94. This got me thinking, with help from The Doctor Jerry Krauss, there was a big boom in guitar slingers after Stevies untimely death in 1990.

 Besides Ian who played a great show at Capt. Trips Rainforest Preserve. There were Corey Stevens, http://www.coreystevens.com/ who played a Sylvan beach party. He had some good stuff on "Blue Drops Of Rain & Ordinary Zen". Then there was  the Kenny Wayne Shepherd band. Kenny was about  17 when he hit it big. http://www.kennywayneshepherd.net/ . There was also a guy who played a beach party at Hinkley Chris Duarte. http://www.thechrisduartegroup.com/ He had a great record Texas Sugar/ Strat Magic. I remember building the stage for him. I had to screw a giant tarp into the back of a rented Ryder truck. New Orleans gave us Sonny Landreth, South of I10 was really good. http://sonnylandreth.com/ Of course Johnny Lang was just 15 when he released Lie to me. I remember him opening for Blues Traveler at The Utica Aud.

You may also remember the double team guitar slingers in Arc Angels. Charlie Sexton https://www.facebook.com/CharlieSextonMusic?ref=ts and Doyle Bramhall II http://www.doylebramhall2nd.com/ What a great lp they released with the rythm section fron Stevies Double Trouble. I cant run down this list without mentioning the guy who really did become as big, if not bigger than Stevie Ray. Joe Bonamassa. From his start with Bloodline on, he has become the best living guitarist in the world. Needless to say hes a NY Mills boy. He played many great local shows with Bloodline and Solo in the area. Im sure i may have left some body out. Most of these guys I mentioned here are still doing  stuff, check them out.

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