And from what I've posted here what makes you think that I was ever stuck doing that? In my well versed opinion even most blues lead guitarists are highly over rated. Same stuff over and over and over and over and over and over again. That's what I'm saying. Even Stevie Ray Vaughn had very little range outside of his standard tool kit of blues riffs.
“Even Stevie Ray Vaughn had very little range outside of his standard tool kit of blues riffs.”
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Every instrument has it’s limitations and capabilities, but it depends on the musician. He (or she) can stay in the box - or be an explorer and innovator, e.g. Maybelle Carter, Jimi Hendrix.
A musician who plays a lead instrument has more freedom to do the exploring and innovating. But in the barebones, simplest of blues bands - i.e. bass, drums, guitar, - the bass and drummer are locked into each other and the platform for the lead solo.