blues guitarists

James "Blood" Ulmer (born February 2, 1942 in St. Matthews, South Carolina) is an American avant-garde jazz and blues guitarist and singer. Ulmer's distinctive guitar sound has been described as "jagged" and "stinging." His singing has been called "raggedly soulful." Ulmer began his career playing with various soul jazz ensembles, and first recorded with organist John Patton in 1969. After moving to New York in 1971, Ulmer played with Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Joe Henderson, Paul Bley, Rashied Ali and Larry Young.

HENRIK FREISCHLADER BAND | Blues On The Road
Henrik Freischlader has carved out in 3 years with over 500 concerts and 3 successful CDs his place at the top of the blues scene. Some music critics predicted at the beginning of his career, Henrik is now exactly where he always wanted to be! Blues with language as a living form of the expression of pain and sorrow, anger and rage, humor and joy, which the loyal and appreciative audience will be given again and again, look at the virtuosity of his seemingly limitless musical possibilities.

While most bluesy hard rock acts of the '70s and '80s hailed from the United States (the south, to be exact), there were several exceptions to the rule, such as Canadian singer/guitarist Pat Travers. Born in Toronto on April 12, 1954, Travers first picked up the guitar just prior to entering his teens, after witnessing a local performance by the great Jimi Hendrix. It wasn't long before Travers was studying the other top rock guitarists of the day (Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, etc.), and paying his dues by playing in bar bands in the Quebec area.