I love to play the blues, but i hate scales and theory and all that bull crap. So my question is when you're playing the blues do (or should) you use scales and theory?
I believe in my opinion that the blues should be played improv. think of it this way; The first bluesman were poor, uneducated black men who lived in the south, namely the mississippi delta. Do you think they knew anything about scales or theory? NO. They picked up the damn guitar and played it. Alot of them didn't even bother to tune perfectly. Sometimes they would pick up an old medicine bottle and play a little slide.
ALL IN FAVOR?!?!
-John
sorry, it's a personal demon...