Thursday, March 24, 2011

Cigar Box Guitars and Delta Blues

The more I got thinkin' on cigar box guitars and the link sent over by cigarboxradio.com I had to sit back, dig in and pull up some old gems. Knowing how much the blues has influenced punk, metal and the entire American musical landscape, we need to take a step back and truly appreciate where it all came from. From those broken or scrapped guitars, old cigar boxes and lengths of wire came a sound that would forever change our landscape and we can never forget them. Here are three greats to start with...