Its so diverse. You can almost say the same for pj and nirvana
I loved SRV. But I consider him more of a solo artist than a group. I saw him live twice in the 80's. The first time I saw him he was fucking great. I have never heard anybody like him. The second time I saw him was in the late 80's when he was a full fledged drug addict, and he was terrible. He did a bunch of meandering guitar solos that kind of drifted off. Didn't sound anything like the first time I saw him. Pretty sad that he got his life straightened out after that just to die in a helicopter crash.
i seen him a dozen times, the great amazing and the not so great. I agree with what you said and ya more of a solo artist than a band.
First time I seem him was he was playing guitar for David Bowie for 2 sold out shows at BC PLace. No one really heard of him back then and I went to this blues bar in Vancouver a couple nights before the Bowie concerts. There were only 50 or so people in the place and I sat on the edge of the stage, drank a few cold beers and watched SVR play only 20 feet away. One of the greatest shows I ever seen.
It reminds me of how few memorable rock bands there have been for the last 30 years. I was watching an interview with Billy Bob Thorton a couple of years ago. He's just as much a music guy as he is an actor. He has a good band called the Boxmasters. Anyway, he was getting into a discussion with the interviewer about the music of the past 30 years or so. He said that there really hasn't been a memorable songwriter or band come around since Springsteen. And doubts that any of the music we have heard since then will ever be remembered like the bands from the 60's and 70's. He thought part of it was because record labels won't give an artist time to grow like they did with Dylan and others from that time. Plus with the social media and other distractions that go on in today's world, it's hard for an artist to sit down and hone their craft without all of these distractions. I think he had a good point.
