Blues phenom 23 y.o. Christone "Kingfish" Ingram

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I'm not really a blues guy (aside from some of the old traditional stuff) but I just read a gushing, very long WaPo article about this young guy, which claims, "Christone "Kingfish" Ingram is a generational talent, and the ideal bridge between different factions of the blues I dunno, but he certainly has chops.

"...He can tear it up on guitar in ways that thrill those whose ears were trained by Led Zeppelin and ZZ Top, and yet he has the range to speak to those more inclined to acoustic blues on the order of Son House, gospel a la Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the soul blues of Tyrone Davis, the classic soul of the Isleys, or the lush ballads of Luther Vandross. ..."

...Kingfish experiences colors when he hears or plays music, a variety of associative synesthesia ... known as chromesthesia. An E minor chord may have a darkish blue feel for him, "or a major chord might be yellow...

"...Taking notice of the teenage Kingfish when they crossed paths at a blues festival, [Buddy]Guy asked Tom Hambridge, the prolific Nashville-based songwriter and producer who plays drums in Guy's band, to make sure the young bluesman got into the studio to record. "Write the songs with him, get him in the studio, get musicians, I'll pay for it."

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WKmnDTTIpY[/ame]
 
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I saw him at the Waterfront Blues Fest in Portland about 4 years ago. He was excellent, I was totally impressed. I had no idea he was so young!
 
saw him in sf ,he was a opening act for buddy guy,he stole the show very talented
 
A band I mixed sound for in the 80's-90's warmed up for B.B King. Amazed at getting to stand 15 feet from him and watch his fingers fly over the frets. Mixed Etta James at a Gospel revival I was chief tech for in the early 2000's. Ran cables and subbed monitor mix for Bonnie Raitt also in the early 2's. Mixed Taj Mahal at the club where I was house sound man (his tech said my sound check was so good he was going to take the evening off and enjoy the music and drink Guiness on tap). Since then, not heard anyone worthy of taking the mantle of those masters. Amazing skills at such a young age.
 
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I am a jazz fan. I have never heard this guy but he is GOOOOD! He has "THAT" sound.

I have cds by Clapton, Stevie Ray, King, Delbert, Susan, Bonnie, etc. Ingram is right up there with that crowd IMHO.
 
Not heard anyone who impressed me as much since I paid $5.00 to see Jimi Hendrix at our Civic Center in 1972. Chicago warmed up (Chicago Transit Authority then. Their first album had just been released). Terry Kath blew me out of my chair. Then Jimi walked out on stage and hit the first chords of Voodoo Child. My music life changed forever.
 
The Sirius channel most likely to be playing in the car or office is 74, B.B. King's Bluesville. I hear this kid regularly, and he is sharp.
 
Retired W4 said:
Yes Yes Yes! On the trivial side, what's up with the neck on that Tele? :cool:
Click to expand...

Gibson HS2 style bolt on neck on a tele body. He probably prefers the larger camber verses the thinner one of a Fender style neck. He may also prefer mahogany over maple.

I have erred. Digging into the manufacturer's site it is a set neck using a tenon joint. Mahogany neck with a pau ferro fretboard. A mahogany body with a maple top. Like most LP type guitars it has Bumblebee .033 capacitors.

Nice guitars starting at $1500.
 
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OK, this may be "sacrilege" after a serious article on this young man but I can't resist. From what I read in the WaPo article, his background ticks some of the boxes (although he "didn't shoot a man in Memphis")
HOW TO SING THE BLUES
by Lame Mango Washington
(attributed to Memphis Earlene Gray with help from Uncle Plunky,
revisions by Little Blind Patti D. and Dr. Stevie Franklin)


Singing the Blues - The Do's and Don'ts

If you're new to Blues music, or you like it but never really
understood the whys and wherefores, here are some very fundamental
rules:


1. Most Blues begin, "Woke up this morning."

2. "I got a good woman" is a bad way to begin the Blues, 'less you stick
something nasty in the next line, like " I got a good woman, with the
meanest face in town."

3. The Blues is simple. After you get the first line right, repeat it.
Then find something that rhymes ... sort of: "Got a good woman - with the
meanest face in town. Got teeth like Margaret Thatcher - and she weigh 500
pound."

4. The Blues are not about choice. You stuck in a ditch, you stuck in a
ditch; ain't no way out.

5. Blues cars: Chevys and Cadillacs and broken-down trucks. Blues don't
travel in Volvos, BMWs, or Sport Utility Vehicles. Most Blues transportation
is a Greyhound bus or a southbound train. Jet aircraft an' state-sponsored
motor pools ain't even in the running. Walkin' plays a major part in the
blues lifestyle. So does fixin' to die.

6. Teenagers can't sing the Blues. They ain't fixin' to die yet. Adults
sing the Blues. In Blues, "adulthood" means being old enough to get the
electric chair if you shoot a man in Memphis.

7. Blues can take place in New York City but not in Hawaii or any place in
Canada. Hard times in St. Paul or Tucson is just depression. Chicago, St.
Louis, and Kansas City still the best places to have the Blues. You cannot
have the blues in any place that don't get rain.

8. A man with male pattern baldness ain't the blues. A woman with male
pattern baldness is. Breaking your leg cuz you skiing is not the blues.
Breaking your leg cuz an alligator be chomping on it is.

9. You can't have no Blues in an office or a shopping mall. The lighting
is wrong. Go outside to the parking lot or sit by the dumpster.

10. Good places for the Blues:
a. highway
b. jailhouse
c. empty bed
d. bottom of a whiskey glass

Bad places:
a. Ashrams
b. gallery openings
c. Ivy League institutions
d. golf courses

11. No one will believe it's the Blues if you wear a suit, 'less you
happen to be an old ethnic person, and you slept in it.

12. Do you have the right to sing the Blues? Yes, if:
a. you're older than dirt
b. you're blind
c. you shot a man in Memphis
d. you can't be satisfied

No, if:
a. you have all your teeth
b. you were once blind but now can see
c. the man in Memphis lived.
d. you have a retirement plan or trust fund.

13. Blues is not a matter of color. It's a matter of bad luck. Tiger Woods
cannot sing the blues. Gary Coleman could. Ugly white people also got a
leg up on the blues.

14. If you ask for water and Baby give you gasoline, it's the Blues. Other
acceptable Blues beverages are:
a. wine
b. whiskey or bourbon
c. muddy water
d. black coffee

The following are NOT Blues beverages:
a. mixed drinks
b. kosher wine
c. Snapple
d. sparkling water

15. If it occurs in a cheap motel or a shotgun shack, it's a Blues death.
Stabbed in the back by a jealous lover is another Blues way to die. So is
the electric chair, substance abuse, and dying lonely on a broken down cot.
You can't have a Blues death if you die during a tennis match or getting
liposuction.

16. Some Blues names for women:
a. Sadie
b. Big Mama
c. Bessie
d. Fat River Dumpling

17. Some Blues names for men:
a. Joe
b. Willie
c. Little Willie
d. Big Willie

18. Persons with names like Sierra, Sequoia, Auburn, and Rainbow can't
sing the Blues no matter how many men they shoot in Memphis.

19. Make your own Blues name (starter kit):
a. name of physical infirmity (Blind, Cripple, Lame, etc.)
b. first name (see above) plus name of fruit (Lemon, Lime, Kiwi, etc.)
c. last name of President (Jefferson, Johnson, Fillmore, etc.)
For example, Blind Lime Jefferson, or Cripple Kiwi Fillmore, etc. (Well,
maybe not "Kiwi.")

20. I don't care how tragic your life: you own a computer, you cannot sing
the blues. You best destroy it. Fire, a spilled bottle of Mad Dog, or get
out a shotgun. Maybe your big woman just done sat on it. I don't care.
​
 
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