Blues Or Country?! Options

[kevvyg]

Hi Ivan, I wonder if you could answer a question?
I've just been loaned a CD by a blues guitarist called Kelly Joe Phelps.
Don't know if you've ever heard of him, the album is called 'Roll Away The Stone.'
Although I adore blues, I can't get into this - it sounds too Country, and I can't stand Country music, although I can't help but think Country is pentatonic in nature too.
What is it about this guys' sound that makes it sound Country-ish? I think this may relate back to a comment I just put in the blues lessons. I was asking what you would do, given a piece of pentatonic melody, to make it sound bluesy, then rocky, without changing the notes. I guess it's down to phrasing, but I'm not sure. All I can get out of the pentatonic at the moment is a blues sound but I want rock as well!! Add to this the question what makes the pentatonic sound country?
Could you devise a lesson where you play a pentatonic piece in a blusey style, then in a rocky style, then maybe in a country style (so I know how to avoid it!), with an explanation of what you're doing to achieve this?

Thanks!
Kevin

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This post has been edited by kevvyg: Sep 11 2008, 01:34 PM