Slash's latest album, , is a bonafide blues cover album that continues to cement the legacy of the Guns N' Roses guitarist. In homage to the genre and its future, Slash recently gave a shoutout to the young blues guitarists helping the genre thrive. “There are some amazing guitar technicians out there, but it reminds me of the way that skateboarding has evolved,” says Slash in a recent , “Everyone’s so technical now – and there’s some really interesting and impressive stuff that’s come out of it – but there’s only a few guitar players who I really like these days.
” He went on to name Chris Buck, the Welsh blues guitarist and member of Cardinal Black, as one of the torchbearers. “I helped him to get a visa to come here, and then I called the Troubadour to get him a gig. You see all these young blues artists really going for it and getting really fucking good.
“That’s a genre that’s really thriving and alive and fresh at the moment, whereas it’s a little bit few and far between for me to find interesting things to listen to in rock. I think what’s really exciting for me is when the guitar is in context as a melodic part of a song. “That’s what’s always turned me on, and there’s such a lack of that going on [in rock music].
There’s all these guitar players that sound amazing by themselves, but it doesn’t really fit inside of a composition of an exciting band.” Slash is currently on tour with his blues fest S.E.
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