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Originally Posted by Plankton
SRV's style was gritty, no-frills and rooted in the blues, much like his influences and he kept that approach to his playing and songwriting. He didn't do much much branching out like Buchanan did, beyond the songs you mention, but he kept true to the Tex Mex and delta blues style which is basic, short songs. There are a few exceptions from each album, and flashes of him reaching for his next logical conclusion in his musicians journey, but you really won't get a full 'albums' worth of that kind of material, so waiting for anything of that sort would be fruitless.
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^ Thanks Plankton, nice clip - that's just the kind of blues I like, and quite a change of style for SRV. Also thanks for your summation of his material, which is precisely the kind of info I was after: my wait for that missing SRV album is officially closed.