Blues for Aficionados
Terry Evans PUTTIN' IT DOWN Ry Cooder (guitar) Audioquest Music 1995 Notes: " I grew up in a little town called Vicksburg, Mississippi, which was close to the Delta, Greenville, where B.B., Robert Johnson and all the famous cats came up. I was raised up in the church. My family thought it was a good idea for me to go to church. I was in the junior/senior choir. I used to sing tenor, baritone, bass. We weren't allowed to sing what they called the rough stuff, you know, the rock and roll stuff. We weren't allowed to sing that in those days. All we could sing was gospel songs, so we had to slip away to sing some of the secular type songs." Too Many Ups and Downs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQv80sQohNI Money in Your Pocket https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npvmPNaMhUA Down in Mississippi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHKZjqvghWk Walking in the Same Tracks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iit8j0wPNjg Rooftop Tomcat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-s3mPwm6i0 Cheers Not too many Blues albums with inserts in German, French and Spanish. |
Taj Mahal / Keb Mo TAJ MAHAL & KEB' MO' Concord Records 2017 Big Band Delta Blues? Don't Leave Me Here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l97saNpTHIM Om Sweet Om (featuring Liz Wright) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHiMZqlfUjE She Knows How To Rock Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDfIMrcpF3I Ain't Nobody Talkin' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM05QysXA9o Cheers |
Earl King HARD RIVER TO CROSS Snooks Eaglin (guitar), Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff (Tenor, baritone, flute) Black Top Records 1993 Wiki: Earl Silas Johnson, known as Earl King, was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter, most active in blues music. A composer of blues standards such as "Come On" (covered by Jimi Hendrix, Freddie King, Stevie Ray Vaughan) and "Big Chief" (recorded by Professor Longhair), he was an important figure in New Orleans R&B. Born February 7, 1934 in New Orleans, Louisiana Died April 17, 2003 (aged 69) Hard River to Cross https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3VCH7bPArg Seduction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPSsDSX6kQE Big Foot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1nIX-bwoNI No city like New Orleans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gij7NlGGt1g Cheers |
Booker T Laury NOTHIN' BUT THE BLUES Bullseye Blues 1994 Notes: "Everybody who hears this music will buy this record," he says matter-of-factly. Lots 'em wants to play the Blues now, lot of them can't play, down there playing, wishing the could play." Wiki: Lawrence Laury was an American boogie-woogie, blues, gospel and jazz pianist and singer. Laury worked with Memphis Slim and Mose Vinson but did not record his debut album until he was in his late sixties. Born: September 2, 1914, Memphis, TN Died: September 23, 1995, Memphis, TN Blues on the Prowl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffios-wc-YQ Blues with a Feeling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkkGfWoS7HQ Woke up this Morning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI0pWC-vUGY Early in the Morning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLTMYoxvnhk DB Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0BQG4Y6YpM Cheers |
Leadbelly ALABAMA BOUND with / The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet: (Willie Johnson, William Langford, Henry Owens and Arlandus Wilson) RCA Heritage Series 1940 / 1989 Notes:"Huddie William Ledbetter was born on January 29, 1885 on Jeter plantation near Mooringsport, Louisiana, the only child of farmer Wesley and part-Cherokee Indian Sally Ledbetter. When Huddie was five, his family moved to nearby Leigh, Texas, and it was while growing up there that the young boy's interest in music began to develop under the encouraging eye of his uncle Terrell, who bought Huddie his first instrument, an accordion." Whoa, Back Buck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKD0wDpujZE Midnight Special https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MyFLUTyDUo Pick a Bale of Cotton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLKvlSSy44Y Gray Goose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTEswHQ9fKo&t=51s Rock Island Line https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2awJUF4l6co Easy Rider https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0aZLxqdI28 Cheers |
Little Whitt & Big Bo MOODY SWAMP BLUES Vent Records 1995 Notes: "Little "Whitt" Wells was born on a small farm in Ralph, Alabama on Feb 19th, 1931. "Big Bo" McGee was born on October 9th, 1928 in Mississippi and Alabama!! His house was built on the state-line between Emelle, Alabama, and Porterville, Mississippi: "We would eat breakfast in Alabama and sleep in Mississippi!" he quipped." There is no more impressive Blues Credential than to be Born in, die in, or be Buried in two or more different places. I can't be Satisfied https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdaFy_d1b4I Walking Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNZIb3J9XbQ Mean Old World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOmxhP4-vJ4 Sweet Home Chicago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_-GsrdyYjY Two Trains Running https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLhlSir7_i8 Cheers |
Robert Jr. Lockwood STEADY ROLLIN' MAN Delmark Records 1970 Notes: "Robert Jr. Lockwood's music shows the influence of not only his stepfather Robert Johnson but also that of Jazz guitarists Charlie Christian and Eddie Durham. By the mid-50s he found himself in the enviable position of being THE studio guitar player in Chicago. He can be heard on classic blues songs like Little Walter's "My Babe" and "Boom, Boom, Out go the lights"; Sonny Boy Williamson's "Nine Below Zero" and "Eyesight to the Blind." He also recorded with Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, Eddie Boyd, Willie Mabon, Sunnyland Slim, Roosevelt Sykes and others. This 1970 session was Robert's first album as a leader!" Steady Rollin' Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-E4bP7aGMA Take a Walk with Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAZiyttmFHM Worst Old Feeling (alternate) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVsjtYQdm2g Lockwood's Boogie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4BXwVqwhR0 Blues and Trouble https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um9tM2XeduU Ramblin' on my Mind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4t11Oqx0xQ Cheers |
Magic Sam WEST SIDE SOUL Delmark Records 1967 Notes: "Samuel Maghett was born February 14, 1937 on a farm in central Mississippi, eight miles east of Granada. Bt the time he was thirteen, like most other kids his age, he was doing a full day's work, but found time to start learning how to play the guitar by stretching strings tied to nails driven into a wall in a manner similar to Big Joe Williams' primitive one-string guitar. The Maghett family got its first taste of big-city life when the moved to Chicago in 1950." I need you so bad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MoKLnUtoN0 I feel so good (I wanna boogie) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fFmx3jy2sI Sweet home Chicago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fFmx3jy2sI I found a new love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4UDs5nwcF4 Lookin' Good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rRcjfB1YAs Cheers |
Taj Mahal DANCING THE BLUES Private Music 1993 Blues Ain't Nothin' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU2OoZ8C5Rc Hard Way https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a5tBc8JGNs Going to the River https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-blhBJh0y-0 Mockingbird (with Etta james) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5PMxmpNL3Q Blue Light Boogie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHAYpDEcM3Q Cheers |
Taj Mahal
LIKE NEVER BEFORE Private Music 1991 Born in NYC!!! Why, I never heard of such a thing! Ev'ry Wind (In The River) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgREPFYiAB0 River of Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKqzX8RT5Jg Big Legged Mommas are Back in Style https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3rAvxZbgQk Bonus: Taj Mahal and friends. Blues at a different level. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7eOIfFfyBw Corrine, Corrina (Feat. Taj Majal) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaGUd1Vc8tI Cheers |
Taj Mahal SEÑOR BLUES Private Music 1997 Queen Bee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCN4_dDysQ4 Señor Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBcPMTFEtWc You Rascal You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcflAVteyqQ Having a Real Bad Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOcNYN9bN2c Sophisticated Mama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in_aIXtd4lA Oh Lord, Things Are Getting Crazy Up In Here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQbJmuE_Ci0 Cheers |
Albert King BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN Stax Records / Concord Music Group 1967 / 2013 The baddest album cover art in Blues. wiki: Born: April 25, 1923, Indianola, MS Died: December 21, 1992, Memphis, TN Born under a Bad Sign https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyqXDM3mFhM The Hunter (Take 1 – Alternate) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4SdXxcqLg4 Laundromat Blues (Mono Mix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8qPXdZJca4 As The Years Go Passing By (Mono Mix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuBf_1fbJYk Cheers |
Magic Slim & The Teardrops SCUFFLIN' Blind Pig Records 1996 Real name was Morris Holt. Born near Grenada, Mississippi. Was a childhood friend of Hall of Fame Blues guitarist Magic Sam. Lot of Magic in Grenada. Wikipedia Born: August 7, 1937, Yalobusha County, MS Died: February 21, 2013, Philadelphia, PA Down in Virginia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcTuzRMj3Dk Hole in the Wall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HBlRLfLY5A Scufflin' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOZ8m4GLlJM I'm Gonna Get You Babe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXfxxxvbFyU Cheers |
Blues for Every Taste. War - War Is Coming Blues Version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROgbAPE2E7I Catfish Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ov0-XmddxA Hog Calling Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLrS9LDdHxY West End Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTxhgmk_ofk Cheers |
Percy Mayfield LIVE Winner 1992 Wikipedia: Percy Mayfield was an American rhythm-and-blues singer with a smooth vocal style. He was also a songwriter, known for the songs "Please Send Me Someone to Love" and "Hit the Road Jack", a song popularized by Ray Charles. Born: August 12, 1920, Minden, LA Died: August 11, 1984, Los Angeles, CA Strange Things Happening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjdsvLQ1QzI Don't Start Lying to Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuMvj56bNSg My Jug and I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ8IUoowIXk Please Send Me someone to Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euUzq2QFvqQ Cheers |
Mighty Sam McClain GIVE IT UP TO LOVE AudioQuest Music 1993 Wikipedia: Samuel McClain, billed as Mighty Sam McClain, was an American soul blues singer and songwriter. Born: April 15, 1943, Monroe, LA Died: June 15, 2015, New Hampshire Give it Up to Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFFAHyGvzEQ What you want me to do https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2ER7pRxvV4 I'm Tired of These Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW8q0XxeNx4 Don't Turn Back Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5T2naP-utc Cheers |
Mighty Sam McClain KEEP ON MOVIN' AudioQuest 1995 Can you Stand the Test of Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk9wDH3q8Ok Lord will Make a Way https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXICRFDW_Kk I'm so Lonely https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jXDxEBm1xA Keep on Movin' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POZ_HOd4xzg Cheers |
Mighty Sam McClain SLEDGEHAMMER SOUL & DOWN HOME BLUES AudioQuest 1996 Nice Booklet with pictures. Explains the origin of each song. When the Hurt Is Over https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w2LNOL4rmk Things ain't what they used to be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_PuFqeYRPw They call me Mighty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUTssy7j9os Hey, Miss Bea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1tiPd9VBq8 Cheers |
Floyd McDaniel WEST SIDE BABY Delmark 1997 Backwater Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlBvu10of1Q West Side Baby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8MSpEChsLE Red Top https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YgIae9jZL8 Sweet Home Chicago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1qkjgJ-5v0 Cheers |
Floyd McDaniel LET YOUR HAIR DOWN Floyd McDaniel & The Blues Swingers Delmark 1994 What a difference a real Blues band makes. Let Your Hair Down https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fsz3GFytqWc Mary Jo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W65r805gjCY Sent for You Yesterday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qp0TXZ9Qr0 Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clIOxXHLtOE Caldonia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDAxpotQYz0 Cheers |
The Memphis Horns THE MEMPHIS HORNS WITH SPECIAL GUESTS Wayne Jackson (trumpet, trombone) Andrew Love (tenor saxophone) Telarc Records 1995 Excellent booklet with many photos. Short paragraph with background of each song and the artist performing it. You Don't Miss Your Water (william bell) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDcux8J123s Take Me To The River (etta james) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaMuYQIEjns Somebody Have Mercy (bobby womack) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoN9RJMeV4I Sad Song (marvis staples) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=779QdK34Qec I've Been Loving You Too Long (warren haynes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT2poJjNLr4 Cheers |
Memphis Slim AT THE GATE OF HORN Vee Jay 1993 Notes: "Soon after this album Memphis Slim moved to Europe, where he played the role of the expatriate Bluesman to the hilt, cutting countless albums on countless labels doing endless versions of his old songs. He occasionally returned to the United States to perform, often recording yet more albums seemingly in his sleep. He died at 72 in Paris on February 24, 1988 of kidney failure. Many feel that this was his last focused work." The Comeback https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVBaQ62VRw4 Steppin' Out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcaciW6UQ4Q Messin' Around https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6-YlvhG5Xs Rockin' The Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1RRxAc63wc Slim's Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMbIuobIt98 Cheers |
Big Maceo THE KING OF CHICAGO BLUES PIANO Arhoolie Productions 1941-1945 / 1992 Excellent enclosed booklet. Wiki: Major Merriweather, better known as Big Maceo Merriweather, was an American pianist and blues singer. He was mainly active in Chicago through the 1940s. Born: March 31, 1905, Newnan, GA Died: February 23, 1953, Chicago, IL Worried Life Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqSPsJFUt_g Detroit Jump https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw3hDYnzVNQ Texas Stomp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pzrqh6elac Ramblin' Mind Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrvcFk-f7eg Texas Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Npxlc-BNS_4 Chicago Breakdown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD7Jnfziauk Cheers |
Amos Milburn DOWN THE ROAD APIECE Aladdin / EMI 1993 Notes: "Like innumerable budding musicians of his generation he was a fervent devotee of Louis Jordan, but Amos reserved his deepest affections for the holy trinity of boogie woogie piano: Pete Johnson, Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis. After some formal piano lessons, Millburn quit school while still quite young to work as a delivery boy and part time musician. With the advent of World War ll, he tacked a few years onto his age for the benefit of recruitment officers and joined the Navy in 1942. Assigned to the Pacific Theater, Millburn received numerous battle stars for his participation in some of the fiercest fighting of the conflict." You are sure this is a Blues disc when you notice his name is spelled as Milburn and Millburn on the CD label. He was also born in 1924, 1927 and 1928. Wiki: Joseph Amos Milburn was an American rhythm-and-blues singer and pianist, popular in the 1940s and 1950s. He was born in Houston, Texas, and died there 52 years later. Born: April 1, 1927, Houston, TX Died: January 3, 1980, Houston, TX Milk and Water https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q47HsWASOw8 Down The Road Apiece https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfMpqpTGYRU Good, Good Whiskey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SGstBK1pZc Roll, Mr. Jelly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go5OmJPtffs Thinking And Drinking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_qkwUAXtgY Cheers |
Charlie Musselwhite ACE OF HARPS Alligator Records 1990 No Notes. Wiki: Charles Douglas Musselwhite is an American electric blues harmonica player and bandleader, one of the white bluesmen who came to prominence in the early 1960s, along with Mike Bloomfield and Paul Butterfield. He has often been identified as a "white bluesman". Born: January 31, 1944 (age 77 years), Kosciusko, MS She May Be Your Woman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AP6qJGaYCg The Blues Overtook Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxMlKYUSy1I Mean Ole Frisco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekpWCrZSeU4 River Hip Mama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrmTczQZ9VQ Cheers |
Mississippi Sheiks STOP AND LISTEN Yazoo 1992 Fascinating Booklet of their history. Early 1900s Mississippi. Notes: "The Mississippi Sheiks were probably Mississippi's most commercially successful blues musicians, although they fit none of the musical stereotypes of their time and place. The off-shoot of a string band that catered to square dance audiences, the Sheiks displayed more white influence than any other popular Blues stars. Still their work drew favorable comments from such unadulterated Mississippi stylists as Son House and Howlin' Wolf, who even preferred them to Charlie Patton." Stop And Listen Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aEpsNgvYO8 Sitting On Top Of The World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWu3NusPBgU I've Got Blood In My Eyes For You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgzi7VOSMs4 She Ain't No Good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmtqw9Pc-MM Cheers |
Robert Nighthawk - Houston Stackhouse MASTERS OF MODERN BLUES Testament Records 1994 Another excellent Booklet. wiki: Robert Lee McCollum (November 30, 1909 – November 5, 1967)[1] was an American blues musician who played and recorded under the pseudonyms Robert Lee McCoy and Robert Nighthawk. He was the father of the blues musician Sam Carr. Nighthawk was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1983.[2] wiki: Houston Stackhouse (September 28, 1910 – September 23, 1980) was an American Delta blues guitarist and singer. He is best known for his association with Robert Nighthawk.[1] He was not especially noted as a guitarist or singer, but Nighthawk showed gratitude to Stackhouse, his guitar teacher, by backing him on a number of recordings in the late 1960s. Apart from a brief tour in Europe, Stackhouse confined his performing to the area around the Mississippi Delta. Robert Nighthawk: Maggie Campbell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AzVX_jZffQ Black Angel Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1M4a91xHic Houston Stackhouse: Kansas City Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNM5Hbry8s8 Big Road Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4FVv5ID_Fw Cheers |
Johnny Nocturne Band SHAKE 'EM UP Bullseye Blues 1994 Notes:"The Johnny Nocturne Band offers power-house renditions of instrumental jump Blues and Jazz tunes from the late 40s and early 50s. Hailing from Northern California, the band, featuring the swinging Brenda Boykin on vocals, are favorites on the club and festival circuits. SHAKE 'EM UP was recorded live in the studio with no overdubs and features material from Duke Ellington, Little Esther, Big Maybelle, Jimmy Rushing and others." In support of the DANCE wing of the Dance / Art split in Jazz Reelin' And Rockin' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjIYwPcYskE Boogie Woogie Choo-Choo Train https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ-3uXt2S9I I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw-7fiQLahY New Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7kv92IL0Ok Fool's Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puK-JMn7Ses Cheers |
Allen Toussaint THE BRIGHT MISSISSIPPI Nonesuch 2009 Real New Orleans Music. Blues with a little sophistication. Jay Bellerose (drums and percussion) West End Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcPsgMa74Lk Long, Long Journey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkSlStHxyPA Singin' the Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91HEDiFpiAc St. James Infirmary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdZcU4SniIc Bright Mississippi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCHddHp8OAw Cheers |
Ollie Nightingale I'LL DRINK YOUR BATH WATER, BABY ECKO 1995 Notes: "Ollie Nightingale began his singing career in the early 1950's as lead singer of the Memphis based gospel group, the Dixie Nightingales. He was born Ollie Braxton Hoskins in bateville, Mississippi, on Sept 6, 1936. With some early vocal training by his grandmother and only a little coaxing, Ollie quickly became successful singing in the church choir. It was the influence of the church that later began to characterize his recordings." David Ruffin, future lead singer of The Temptations, was a teenage member of the Dixie Nightingales. Babysitting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_okszAXKM4 Changing for the Better https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG2W626QcRw I'll Drink Your Bath Water, Baby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51Mek3CqDXI That's What You Are to Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXxJvzAebgw Cheers |
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=M0ZvzKfejz0 Cheers |
How about some blues from Poland, from 1972. Karate, album called ’Breakout’ https://youtu.be/u6BYIgnQnrU https://youtu.be/UscnXi8mz_U one more... https://youtu.be/IJWT68OumVs |
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=dcBeaIKw0T8 Cheers |
More Blues Blues to Bechet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5s9kuNBuoM Jeep's Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUcEGOLfUTE Blee Bop Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z13_lIfGAak Swingin' the Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHnHPPcKCiE Cheers |
Yikes, it's great to see you all sharing Jr. Kimbrough. Asie Payton anyone? Cedell Davis? Robert Belfour? RL Burnside? These guys aren't going to be mentioned in "Jazz for Aficionados," so thanks Rok for creating BFA. I'll be back. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8UWL6rBdXM |
Want the real deal? RL Burnside in his back yard, 1978. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXvf12Bi6v8&list=RDS-G-VpZ34UM&index=3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_DOnKJ232M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meC4pmw5u84&list=RDS-G-VpZ34UM |
John Primer THE REAL DEAL Atlantic Records 1995 John Primer (born March 5, 1945, Camden, Mississippi, United States) is an American Chicago blues and electric blues singer and guitarist who played behind Junior Wells in the house band at Theresa's Lounge and as a member of the bands of Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters and Magic Slim before launching an award-winning career as a front man, carrying forward the traditional Windy City sound into the 21st century.---Wiki I called my baby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeTPYIQXlSE Tomorrow might not be the same https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG2TeXPRKmQ Stop draggin' that chain around https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOTg_kKbJWg Tired and worried https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBWhywlqMZU Cheers |
