What is everyone's favourite time period for Rhythm and Blues/soul music?

[Michaelsherry59]

For me, is from 1966-1974, brilliant artists during their peak James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Sly and The Family Stone, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Laura Lee, Curtis Mayfield, Mavis Staples etc.

What about you guys?

 

[JGalt]

Texas blues scene in the early 80's. I lived in Austin then and was involved in it. But it died when Stevie Ray Vaughn had that helicopter wreck up here in Wisconsin. I quit playing too, because one day I realized that I wasn't a poor old Black man living in the 1920's.

True story.

 

[Baron Von Murderpaws]

I like more of the early jazz sounds. Pre 1970's.

 

[Dekster]

Texas blues scene in the early 80's. I lived in Austin then and was involved in it. But it died when Stevie Ray Vaughn had that helicopter wreck up here in Wisconsin. I quit playing too, because one day I realized that I wasn't a poor old Black man living in the 1920's.

True story.

Give Biden a few more years and you will be a poor black man living in the 2020's

As for the OP. Who knows. I like various artists but no particular era.

 

[Samofvt]

All eras. As long as it has a guitar in it.

But you can't have any discussion about the "blues" without a nod to the original:

Tommy Johnson (January 1896 – November 1, 1956)


and a variation with some simplifications and some extra embellishments:
Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938)


and distorted with an electric guitar
McKinley Morganfield "Muddy Waters" (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983)


then blown up and popularized
B. B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015)


and rock-and-rolled
Led Zeppelin (James Patrick Page (born 9 January 1944))


even with orchestral accompaniment
Pink Floyd (David Jon Gilmour (born 6 March 1946))

Comfortably Numb

Provided to YouTube by Pink FloydComfortably Numb · Pink FloydThe Wall℗ Pink Floyd RecordsReleased on: 1979-11-30Auto-generated by YouTube.

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then kicked back down south to near where it started
Stephen Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990)

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Pride and Joy (Studio version)

Make sure to check out my new solo jam over I Shot The Sheriff by Eric Clapton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3eSw4dBnaY&t=86s

www.youtube.com

and back up north again

Joe Bonamassa and Eric Gales​

Best guitar duel ever! Joe Bonamassa and Eric Gales~John Henry

Filmed by Linda Moke on the Keeping Blues Alive Mediterranean Cruise

www.youtube.com

Is the art fading away or is it just changing? There's a lot of other R&B like stuff out there that borrows from these.

 

[Dekster]

All eras. As long as it has a guitar in it.

But you can't have any discussion about the "blues" without a nod to the original:

Tommy Johnson (January 1896 – November 1, 1956)


and a variation with some simplifications and some extra embellishments:
Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938)


and distorted with an electric guitar
McKinley Morganfield "Muddy Waters" (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983)


then blown up and popularized
B. B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015)


and rock-and-rolled
Led Zeppelin (James Patrick Page (born 9 January 1944))


even with orchestral accompaniment
Pink Floyd (David Jon Gilmour (born 6 March 1946))

Comfortably Numb

Provided to YouTube by Pink FloydComfortably Numb · Pink FloydThe Wall℗ Pink Floyd RecordsReleased on: 1979-11-30Auto-generated by YouTube.

www.youtube.com

then kicked back down south to near where it started
Stephen Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990)

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Pride and Joy (Studio version)

Make sure to check out my new solo jam over I Shot The Sheriff by Eric Clapton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3eSw4dBnaY&t=86s

www.youtube.com

and back up north again

Joe Bonamassa and Eric Gales​

Best guitar duel ever! Joe Bonamassa and Eric Gales~John Henry

Filmed by Linda Moke on the Keeping Blues Alive Mediterranean Cruise

www.youtube.com

Is the art fading away or is it just changing? There's a lot of other R&B like stuff out there that borrows from these.

There are still a lot of people out there. Just no one particularly famous on the blues scene right now. As far as headliners, sure it is a changing art form and the lines get blurred, but that is true with most genres. I personally think Santana's music has a strong blues under current.