The Muddy Waters Tribute Band YOU'RE GONNA MISS ME (When I'm Dead and Gone) Telarc Blues 1996 Notes: "Muddy Waters, hallowed be thy name. As the prime architect of Chicago Blues, this blessed son of Mississippi Delta sharecroppers belongs to to the celestial hierarchy of American originals. With a manner of musical expression rivaling the break of day for simplicity and rightness, Waters let his deep, rumbling voice and deft bottleneck playing resonate in now-classic songs that vented the hopes, dreams, joy, heartbreak, and pain of disenfranchised blacks living in the industrial North after World War ll. In doing so, Waters cut the cornerstone for rock'n'roll and marked popular culture for all time." Honey Bee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsxVXft2cow
You Can't Lose What You Never Had
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4lPcFJvgIUGoing Down Slow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRkp_QYaIBgTrouble no More https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij349CGRXe4Cheers |
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Various Artists A VISION SHARED: A TRIBUTE TO WOODY GUTHRIE AND LEADBELLY Columbia / Folkways 1988 Notes: "They left home as teenagers. They traveled around the country during hard times, learned from other performers, and forged styles of their own which influenced thousands of younger musicians. Huddie Ledbetter (1885-1949), a Louisiana-born black man with the nickname "Leadbelly", and Woody Guthrie (1912-1967), an Oklahoma-born white man, shared a love of music, a keen appreciation of their fellow human begins, a political consciousness, and an ability to turn their experiences into songs that fired the imaginations of audiences around the country."
Sylvie -- Sweet Honey in the Rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKvY9Yg2k-c
I Ain't Got No Home -- Bruce Springsteen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeSrR1X65EARock Island Line --
Little Richard & Fishbone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aPmGqcafKw
The Bourgeois Blues -- Taj Mahal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VvfAfwS9k8Gray Goose -- Sweet Honey in the Rock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ffJoYCjPi8This Land is Your Land -- Peter Seeger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnoQAjt775gwith Sweet Honey in the Rock, Doc watson & The Little Red School House Chorus Cheers |
I consider Joe the first Rock 'n' Roll singer, one of the Jump Blues practioners the Southern white Hillbillies like Elvis and Jerry Lee were listening to before they started recording.
I agree completely. They even used the phrase "Rock & Roll" in the music back then. Cheers |
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A million miles away ;-) As a young lad I’m assuming…From what departure point?
From Washington County. I've been to the Presley house in Tupelo. Typical style for that time. I just recently purchased three of his CDs, including the Gospel CD. He has a great voice, made for that type of music. Cheers |
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@dabel:
Glad you like the posts. Memphis was also our annual trip to the big city. I thought it was a million miles away.
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Sonny Terry - Johnny Winter - Willie Dixon WHOOPIN' Sonny Terry(harmonica, vocals), Johnny Winter(guitar, piano) Willie Dixon(bass), Styve Homnick(drums) Alligator Records 1984 Notes: Back when the Blues was being called folk music, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee were some of the first people to be recorded, and they were one of the first country Blues harp and guitar duets I heard. I loved them, but I always felt like Sonny was never quite in his element. Brownie's a great guitar player but he has that mellow, pretty Carolina style and Sonny's voice was always more raspy -- it had a lot of the Mississippi Delta quality to it. So when Sonny asked if I'd produce an album with him, I tried to make a record with a lot of Delta feel to it, like we had cut the record in Mississippi. That why I played a lot of slide on it. -- Bruce Iglauer
I Got My Eyes On You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bW1kxFRRxs
Sonny's Whoopin' The Doop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_RoI18QE6c
Whoo Wee Baby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO_Zk4myS7M
So Tough With Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oh1v9iIG_U
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Melvin Taylor PLAYS THE BLUES FOR YOU Lucky Peterson (organ, piano) Evidence 1993
Melvin Taylor (born March 13, 1959, Jackson, Mississippi) is an American electric blues guitarist, based in Chicago.
During the 1980s he joined Pinetop Perkins and the Legendary Blues Band in a year-long European tour. He has returned to Europe several times with his own group, which has opened for B.B. King, Buddy Guy, and Santana -- wiki
Talking to Anna Mae, Pt. 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOo5AAbUvrE
I'll Play the Blues for You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E8E2NE9D9o
TV Mama Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2O2_1Iq0nM
Talking to Anna Mae, Pt. 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnkm-Z_w394Cheers |
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Koko Taylor FORCE OF NATURE Buddy Guy, Guitar and Vocals Carey Bell, Harmonica Alligator 1993 wiki:
Koko Taylor was an American singer whose style encompassed Chicago blues, electric blues, rhythm and blues and soul blues. Sometimes called "The Queen of the Blues", she was known for her rough, powerful vocals. Wikipedia
Born: September 28, 1928, Memphis, TN
Died: June 3, 2009, Chicago, IL
Mother Nature
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGu9O-ziIUAHound Dog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsvCGs7zZb0
Born Under A Bad Sign
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHiZG-TvfUQ
Let The Juke Joint Jump
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Malian "Blues"
Complete and utter BS. Just another attempt to give credit where no credit is due. Music does not travel with skin color. Nor does religion, language or culture in general.
It's much more likely that he has been listening to Junior Kimbrough CDs.
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Hubert Sumlin MY GUITAR AND ME Evidence 1994 Notes: Hubert Sumlin was born on November 16, 1931 in Greenwood, Mississippi, one of 13 kids in a closeknit sharecropping family. He began to develop his musical by plunking on a string of baling wire nailed to the wall by his older brother. Around age 11, Sumlin's mother bought him a guitar. He subsequently played in the Baptist church and teamed up with another local boy who played the harmonica, James Cotton. As teens, Cotton and Sumlin worked local fish frys and local spots. Both also later worked at various times with Howlin' Wolf and were ultimately reunited in Chicago as members of Muddy Waters' Band.
My Guitar and Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wkto5Uq9LM
Broke and Hungry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rne85zs2LwI
The Last Boogie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcpIQIhBosk
Easy, Hubert, Easy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5dA49cocqYCheers |
Has anyone mentioned The Best Of Little Walter Volumes 1 & 2 on Chess Records?
I will later. I'm going through my CDs in alphabetic order. Still in the S's. Cheers |
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Byther Smith
ADDRESSING THE NATION WITH THE BLUES
JSP 1994
Notes: "I'm just a working man" is how the genuinely humble Byther Smith neatly describes himself. A modest statement perhaps, but one which also reveals just what makes him such a great Blues artist--in its own environment, the Chicago Blues has always been, and remains, Black working-class music. The Windy City still teems with Blues artists, but once beyond the 'Blues for the tourists' coach trips... there remains a small number of singers and musicians who adhere to that wisest piece of Blues advice, "find your own thing"--and Byther definitely falls into the latter category.
Born April 17, 1932 Monticello, Mississippi
Died September 9, 2021 (aged 89) MississippI
I was coming Home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Elc09qWyRSQ
Hello Mrs. Brown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfDrWIS7qHc
Addressing the Nation with the Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M4erORyjVY
What Have I Done
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6Ld5UuO-0Y
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Saffire -- The Uppity Blues Women HOT FLASH Alligator 1991 Wiki --- Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women was a three-woman blues musical ensemble in the Washington, D.C. area. It was founded in 1987 by Ann Rabson, Gaye Adegbalola and Earlene Lewis. Lewis separated from the band in 1992 and was replaced by Andra Faye. [1] The group then featured Rabson on piano, vocals and guitar, Adegbalola on vocals and guitar, and Faye on vocals, bass, mandolin, violin and guitar. [1] An announcement on the group’s website in November, 2009, stated Saffire had retired and amicably disbanded. Rabson died on January 30, 2013, in Fredericksburg, Virginia, after a long battle with cancer. She was 67.[2] Andra Faye is now living and playing in the Indianapolis, Indiana area.
The other side of the story? Great song titles. Billy Branch on harmonica.
Two In The Bush Is Better Than One In The Hand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axwow-Ti3n4 No Need Pissin’ On A Skunk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4r9s-6-h2c Sloppy Drunk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nUHgQFYteQ Tom Cat Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vsBSBHU-PAOne Good Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp7UnrtR4QgDirty Sheets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n0jBxbOv_QCheers |
Otis Rush RIGHT PLACE, WRONG TIME HighTone Records 1971 / 1985 Wiki: Otis Rush Jr. (April 29, 1934 – September 29, 2018) [1] was an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter. His distinctive guitar style featured a slow-burning sound and long bent notes. With qualities similar to the styles of other 1950s artists Magic Sam and Buddy Guy, his sound became known as West Side Chicago blues and was an influence on many musicians, including Michael Bloomfield, Peter Green and Eric Clapton.
Born April 29, 1934 Philadelphia, Mississippi
Died September 29, 2018 Chicago, Illinois
Right Place, Wrong Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIxl8hIsDmc
Tore Up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCkxIvyyJMM
Take a Look Behind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGN76ksRT58
Your Turn to Cry
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Fred McDowell MISSISSIPPI FRED MCDOWELL Rounder 1995 Notes: What you hold here in this compact disc is an authentic document. The real thing. Recorded one day during Easter Week, 1962, in Como, Mississippi. The studio: the living room of Fred's house. The studio audience: Fred's wife, family and neighbors. The ambient sounds: Fred's dog and a number of unidentified children. Thirty-three Easters have passed since this session. And the music remains as immediate and compelling as it was the day it was recorded. For old friends and new, this collection is a wonderful testament to a man who has been called "the point of entry" into the Blues for a great many people.
Done Left Here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIJzwAQxH-U
All The Way From East St. Louis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLO5TRRy89U
Shake 'Em On Down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH7TuwWFWmkJohn Henry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeOt19i_oRYCheers |
Snooky Pryor IN THIS MESS UP TO MY CHEST Antone's Records 1994
Wiki: Pryor was born in Lambert, Mississippi, United States.[3] He developed a country blues style influenced by Sonny Boy Williamson I (John Lee Williamson) and Sonny Boy Williamson II (Aleck Ford "Rice" Miller). In the mid-1930s, in and around Vance, Mississippi, Pryor played in impromptu gatherings of three or four harmonica players, including Jimmy Rogers, who then lived nearby and had yet to take up playing the guitar.[5] Pryor moved to Chicago around 1940. While serving in the U.S. Army he would blow bugle calls through a PA system, which led him to experiment with playing the harmonica that way. Upon discharge from the Army in 1945, he obtained his own amplifier and began playing harmonica at the outdoor Maxwell Street Market, becoming a regular on the Chicago blues scene.
Born: September 15, 1921, Lambert, MS
Died: October 18, 2006, Cape Girardeau, MO
Bury You in a Paper Sack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPLME5DJPL0
Pay for All Our Sins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJrDUqH3j4w
Take it Easy Greasy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYvfU1VmjGw
Slow Down Baby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orcexOun5XcJudgement Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL44FiuiQEYCheers |
R. L. Burnside:
Was never one of my favorites. North Mississippi style. I always felt there were outside influences at work. Nothing definite, just a feeling. Probably from listening to too much Howlin' Wolf.
I did like his playing on the CD soundtrack to the movie DEEP BLUES.
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Billie and DeDe Pierce NEW ORLEANS: THE LIVING LEGENDS Riverside / Original Blues Classics 1961 / 1990 Notes: The singing of the Blues to the accompaniment of cornet and piano was one of the earliest forms taken by Jazz when it first found its way onto phonograph records in the 1920s. The records of Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Ida Cox are examples of "classic" Blues, and thirty-five years ago the "race" catalogues of record companies were full of them. To most collectors of such records, the "classic" Blues style is fascinating--and all but extinct. But in New Orleans, thanks to a durable couple named Billie and DeDe Pierce, and also to a rather fantastic little dance hall named Luthjens, this tradition has been kept very much alive. Billie Pierce (piano and vocals) DeDe Pierce (cornet) Albert Jiles (drums)
Billie and Dede Pierce - Vocal Blues and Cornet in the Classic Tradition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcBeaIKw0T8Cheers |
Keegiam,
Acman3 is correct, it does not work, in spite of being highly recommended by The Frogman. All I got were looks of disgust.
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Jack Owens & Bud Spires IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE DEVIL Testament Records 1971 / 1995 Notes:"The Bentonia style apparently grew up in isolation in this little country town (Bentonia) on the edge of the Delta between Jackson and Yazoo City. Skip James was the only important Bluesman to bring it to a wider audience. It is distinctive for its high melismatic singing and complex melodies, its minor-keyed, intricately picked guitar parts, and haunting, brooding lyrics dealing with such themes as loneliness, death and the supernatural, in addition to the usual lyrics about love and its problems. Altogether it is one of the eeriest, loneliest and deepest blues sounds ever recorded. Hearing Jack Owens singing out across the fields late at night is one of the most moving experiences I have ever had."
Jack Ain't Had No Water
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A8HJYC_R70
Catfish Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HJeTlaZqy4
I Won't Be Bad No More
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZSpFoHFY08
It Must Have Been The Devil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnQPXLZ9zeo
Can't See, Baby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0ZvzKfejz0Cheers |
