What's the history of this psychedelic guitar riff style?

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Hey, folks. I've haven't been by ILM in about a decade, but I figure you all are the best people to ask: Can anyone tell me more about the history of a particular style of guitar riff? It's a slow, fuzzy, retro-sounding, psychedelic, bwa-bwa-BWAA-ba-ba kind of riff. You can hear it in Anemone by the Brian Jonestown Massacre, and it sounded retro even back then, but it's there again on Bellringer Blues off Grinderman 2. It's kinda there on Young Men Dead by the Black Angels. (Links are to youtube.) If all these bands are referring back to something, what are the older versions of this kind of riff?

Chernobyl_Wolves, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 22:26 (six years ago)

Like 13th Floor Elevators?

https://youtu.be/EsKny8WnktI

Or

https://youtu.be/QZw20sSiCyY

I mean, it's blues rock, isn't it?

*there's (Noel Emits), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 22:33 (six years ago)

First one sounds to me like Jorma's Kaukonen's playing in Jefferson Airplane, the other two not so much (cursory listens.) All three based on drones.

Dial Alexa, derelict! (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 22:37 (six years ago)

basically slowed-down Howlin' Wolf innit?

⅋ (crüt), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 22:37 (six years ago)

Thought it might have something to do with
Songs where a musician starts "ernie-ing"/summoning up the great musical god Ernie.

Only a Factory URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 22:40 (six years ago)

basically slowed-down Howlin' Wolf innit?

Slowed-down Hubert Sumlin technically

Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 28 February 2019 01:20 (six years ago)

Thanks, folks!

Chernobyl_Wolves, Friday, 1 March 2019 02:51 (six years ago)

First one sounds to me like Jorma's Kaukonen's playing in Jefferson Airplane

Or Big Brother.

timellison, Friday, 1 March 2019 03:02 (six years ago)


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