analogman1 Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Hey Folks, As the title says, who would you consider to be the "keyboard equivalent" to the great guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan? I'm talking everything from harmonic approach (with substitution chords, interesting turnarounds etc.) as well as the melodic style of soloing Stevie was famous for. Your thoughts? I'm revisiting the blues in a big way this year, as one of the things I've been wanting to do for a long time, and finally have some free time to do it. Thanks in advance! Tom Tom Nord Electro 5D, Modal Cobalt 8, Yamaha upright piano, numerous plug-ins... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brettymike Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 I absolutely love Stevie Ray's playing and style , but I cant think of a keyboard player who comes close - because he's a guitar and vocals Maestro. Brett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delaware Dave Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Reese Wynans, of course ... 57 Hammond B3; 69 Hammond L100P; 68 Leslie 122; Kurzweil Forte7 & PC3; M-Audio Code 61; Voce V5+; Neo Vent; EV ELX112P; GSI Gemini & Burn Delaware Dave Exit93band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Nathan Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 This strikes me as kinda like asking for a horn player equivalent to Ray Brown, or the Fiddle equivalent to Lionel Hampton. I always dug SRV (though I preferred his brother Jimmy). He mostly played like Albert King, but brought so much passion and fire to his performances that he got a lot of new people into the Blues. I suppose Jimmy Smith had a similar effect and brought a wider audience to the B3, so maybe he's the answer to your question. Don't rush me. I'm playing as slowly as I can! http://www.stevenathanmusic.com/stevenathanmusic.com/HOME.html https://apple.co/2EGpYXK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George88 Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Johnnie Johnson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Nathan Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Johnnie Johnson. Love Johnie Johnson But, I could argue that one of his major influences, Pete Johnson might be a closer match. Don't rush me. I'm playing as slowly as I can! http://www.stevenathanmusic.com/stevenathanmusic.com/HOME.html https://apple.co/2EGpYXK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George88 Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Steve, I wasn't meeting the criteria, he is just my fave and I feel obligated to mention his name whenever a discussion about blues come up. However, I don't know of Pete so thanks for the heads up! "Stepped in what?!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George88 Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Steve-just scanned Boogie Woogie by Pete on itunes and can hear his influence on Johnnie for sure. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marino Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Absolutely OT... Steve, those "5000 Fingers" animations are great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEB Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 SRV not a favorite blues guitarist of mine. But he is a pretty good rock player, He reminded me more of Trower than anyone. Some Blues pianists I like not yet mentioned: Sunnyland Slim, Memphis Slim, Katie Webster, Ray Charles, Pinetop Perkins etc..... Some newer guys. Victor Wainright, Bruce Katz, Jim A. .... One of my favorite players who doesn't have a huge blues discography per se but can play the Hell out of the blues is Bukka Allen. Those are some names I pulled out of my butt I like. "It doesn't have to be difficult to be cool" - Mitch Towne "A great musician can bring tears to your eyes!!! So can a auto Mechanic." - Stokes Hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldwin Funster Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 If the criteria was someone who is the frontman, sings, featured most of the solos and brings new listeners into his genre i'd have to say Stevie Wonder. FunMachine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevmo Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Nicky Hopkins Leon Russell come to mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevmo Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Nicky Hopkins Leon Russell come to mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Steve Winwood Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phloid Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Lee Michaels comes to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Nitpick: It's Vaughan. "I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible! Hoo hoo!" - Daffy Duck "The good news is that once you start piano you never have to worry about getting laid again. More time to practice!" - MOI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Weiser Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Doing cross-instrument comparisons is tough, but here goes... B3: Lee Michaels [video:youtube] Piano: Ellis Hall [video:youtube] https://www.theboywhowantedtorock.com http://www.weisersound.com https://www.facebook.com/weisersound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmp Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Ellis Hall is amazing. Thanks for posting that. --wmp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Nathan Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Absolutely OT... Steve, those "5000 Fingers" animations are great! grin thu OT Thanks Carlo I've loved (and related to) that movie since I was a kid. That Keyboard Ballerina's pretty cool too For years I've wondered how come some of the Avatars moved (and what the heck was a gif anyway ) Let's just say it's the Holidays, and not any slowdown in the record business that has afforded me some time to look into it. Don't rush me. I'm playing as slowly as I can! http://www.stevenathanmusic.com/stevenathanmusic.com/HOME.html https://apple.co/2EGpYXK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluzeyone Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Otis Spann & Charles Brown. Stevie had an old soul. :-) "A good mix is subjective to one's cilia." http://hitnmiss.yolasite.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluzeyone Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Hey Folks, As the title says, who would you consider to be the "keyboard equivalent" to the great guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughn? I'm talking everything from harmonic approach (with substitution chords, interesting turnarounds etc.) as well as the melodic style of soloing Stevie was famous for. Your thoughts? I'm revisiting the blues in a big way this year, as one of the things I've been wanting to do for a long time, and finally have some free time to do it. I do the same thing. While I always love the blues, musically I get pulled by other styles. So Every couple years I go back to them. Its like revisiting an old friend. Thanks in advance! Tom "A good mix is subjective to one's cilia." http://hitnmiss.yolasite.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz+ Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Gene Harris, Oscar Peterson, Monty Alexander Find 660 of my jazz piano arrangements of standards for educational purposes and tutorials at www.Patreon.com/HarryLikas Harry was the Technical Editor of Mark Levine's "The Jazz Theory Book" and helped develop "The Jazz Piano Book." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuzikTeechur Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 There is an excellent DVD/soundtrack from, I think, Austin City Limits. "A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan." Bonnie Raitt, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Dr. John, Art Neville, and Jimmy Vaughan, plus Stevie's old band. Each does a SRV tune. None of them are half the guitar player that SRV was, with the exception of Clapton. The performances are interspersed with archive footage of SRV playing over the years. Stevie could just close his eyes and go to "that other place" where the spontaneity just flows. Jimmy Vaughan is an OK guitarist, but he's not close to any of the other guitarists on the DVD. IMHO, He couldn't carry his younger brother's guitar case. So, to find a keyboard equivalent to SRV, you need someone who can solo for hours without repeating him/herself, is melodically inventive, a technical wizard, and can do it seemingly effortlessly: Oscar Peterson. Muzikteechur is Lonnie, in Kittery, Maine. HS music teacher: Concert Band, Marching Band, Jazz Band, Chorus, Music Theory, AP Music Theory, History of Rock, Musical Theatre, Piano, Guitar, Drama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane hugo Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 This guy, maybe? [video:youtube] http://blip.fm/invite/WorkRelease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
area51recording Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Around this corner of the world SRV inspired a whole sh*t ton of blues playin', big belt buckle wearin', 3 name usin' blues geetar gods-and they ARE gods, just ask 'em....you know what kind of night you're in for when you ask them what they play and they say "LEAD guitar"....I can't think of anyone in the keyboard realm that has inspired so much heroic emulation as SRV.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analogman1 Posted December 22, 2013 Author Share Posted December 22, 2013 @Joe Muscara - I just corrected the spelling. Thanks! Tom Nord Electro 5D, Modal Cobalt 8, Yamaha upright piano, numerous plug-ins... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldwin Funster Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 There is an excellent DVD/soundtrack from, I think, Austin City Limits. "A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan." Bonnie Raitt, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Dr. John, Art Neville, and Jimmy Vaughan, plus Stevie's old band. Each does a SRV tune. None of them are half the guitar player that SRV was, with the exception of Clapton. The performances are interspersed with archive footage of SRV playing over the years. Stevie could just close his eyes and go to "that other place" where the spontaneity just flows. Jimmy Vaughan is an OK guitarist, but he's not close to any of the other guitarists on the DVD. IMHO, He couldn't carry his younger brother's guitar case. So, to find a keyboard equivalent to SRV, you need someone who can solo for hours without repeating him/herself, is melodically inventive, a technical wizard, and can do it seemingly effortlessly: Oscar Peterson. Sorry I got to step in for Robert Cray. He is more than an equal to any blues guitar player. Period. I'll stop here so as not to start a flame war on the subject, but check him out. FunMachine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phloid Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Doing cross-instrument comparisons is tough, but here goes... B3: Lee Michaels Piano: Ellis Hall I think there are too many differences being compared to one another here to be useful. Lee Michaels was just a thought however upon reading the following post I would retract the name, partly because Lee Michaels has always repeated himself. If you listen to the other B3-centric tune from the same album (Stormy Monday) he reuses distinct riffs which shows either poor choice and/or limitation. He wasn't influential enough either. I would not name Eric Clapton as someone similar to SRV for the same reason. I hear Clapton following the same patterns and using the same riffs in various songs all of the time......it really shows in his more recent live recordings (since the late 80's?). It is sort of a fallback one might succumb to in jams but the leads in songs performed live can be constructed and rehearsed to weed out and avoid such errors. There is an excellent DVD/soundtrack from, I think, Austin City Limits. "A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan." Bonnie Raitt, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Dr. John, Art Neville, and Jimmy Vaughan, plus Stevie's old band. Each does a SRV tune. None of them are half the guitar player that SRV was, with the exception of Clapton. The performances are interspersed with archive footage of SRV playing over the years. Stevie could just close his eyes and go to "that other place" where the spontaneity just flows. Jimmy Vaughan is an OK guitarist, but he's not close to any of the other guitarists on the DVD. IMHO, He couldn't carry his younger brother's guitar case. So, to find a keyboard equivalent to SRV, you need someone who can solo for hours without repeating him/herself, is melodically inventive, a technical wizard, and can do it seemingly effortlessly: Oscar Peterson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldwin Funster Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 I'm no Oscar Peterson( you say you got that right) but Stevie repeated licks as much as other guitar players. There is about 5 or 6 common licks in the blues vocabulary , its how you use them that might make you special. Stray out of the vocabulary and you have strayed from the blues. Certainly he was an uncommon master of these licks and played them with depth but the rest is just hero worship. FunMachine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 @Joe Muscara - I just corrected the spelling. Thanks! "I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible! Hoo hoo!" - Daffy Duck "The good news is that once you start piano you never have to worry about getting laid again. More time to practice!" - MOI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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