Here’s an Oscar Peterson disc that tends to fly under the radar a bit but well worth owning and is very well recorded…
https://www.amazon.com/Oscar-Peterson-Meets-Hargrove-Ralph/dp/B000003D5K
Blues for Aficionados
I have found that postings music is a good way to listen to all the music in your collection. I have neglected the ultimate source of much of the music I post. This tread corrects that oversight. All Blues post are welcome. I will concentrate on the Delta.
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Roosevelt Sykes-Dirty Double Mother-recorded in 1973 and released by the BluesWay label. Roosevelt Sykes (January 31, 1906 – July 17, 1983) was an American blues musician, also known as "the Honeydripper". He plays piano in a barrelhouse style of blues, in the musical form that got its start in brothels in New Orleans. You'll get a chuckle by listening carefully to the lyrics. Persimmon Pie https://www.youtube.com/watch? |
Wow! Things you can find on a mellow Saturday night. Thank you for everyone contributing. I’m going to be listening to A LOT of blues. I have a contribution- Jimmy Rogers-Chicago Bound (1970, Chess), compilation of 1950s Chess recordings. Rogers’ back-up band is a who’s who of Chicago blues-Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Walter "Shaky" Horton, Fred Below, Otis Spann. Chicago Bound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeCm_1jwPh8 Walking By Myself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu44TfgLlbo |
Howlin' Wolf THE BACK DOOR WOLF MCA Chess 1973 / 1995 Notes: "Wolf was titanic by several scales. Sam Phillips rermembered him "as about sis foot six, with the biggest feet i'd ever seen on a human being..." Phillips also considered Wolf the greatest talent among his many discoveries, Elvis included. Remembering the impression he made in the Delta in the 1930s, Johnny Shines likened Wolf to "some kind of beast or something," adding that his fearsome presence was a product not of his size but of the sound he was giving off."
The Back Door Wolf
You Turn Slick on Me
Can't stay here
Speak Now Woman
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Johnny Young JOHNNY YOUNG and HIS FRIENDS Testament Records 1974 / 1994 Excellent biographical Booklet Wiki: Johnny "Man" Young was an American blues singer, mandolin player and guitarist, significant as one of the first of the new generation of electric blues artists to record in Chicago after the Second World War. He was one of the few mandolin players active in blues music in the postwar era. Born: January 1, 1917, Vicksburg, MS Died: April 18, 1974, Chicago, IL Prison Bound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmKvH2BeSHc Blues And Trouble https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY1PE3Axf44 Whoop It Up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1_eysXAypE All My Money Gone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC7xe9wnhwE Forty-Four Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9o5Gt0cyzY Cheers |
Elmore James KING OF THE SLIDE GUITAR Capricorn Records 2CD Box 1992 The Fire / Fury / Enjoy Recordings Wiki: James was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. Born: January 27, 1918, Richland, MS Died: May 24, 1963, Chicago, IL The Sky Is Crying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd7b1Ye6Oc0 Look On Yonder Wall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJaiekk-uY8 Dust My Broom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jcGY7NbaQw It Hurts Me Too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3F7mbgL5jA Shake Your Money Maker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=837GaWUZ4Yk Held My Baby Last Night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJAfRMEM4BM And 18 more Cheers |
Howlin' Wolf HOWLIN' WOLF / MOANIN' FOR MY BABY MCA Chess 1986 2 Albums on one CD From Moanin' in the Moonlight: I Asked For Water https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b2erhwv7WA Evil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE-yuA4QuVI Smokestack Lightnin' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnXTpkugcHo Baby How Long https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYvPG8UE7y0 I'm Leavin You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMGf-Mxj-2M Forty Four https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JCk7P0Crug Cheers |
Howlin' Wolf HOWLIN' WOLF / MOANIN' FOR MY BABY MCA Chess 1986 2 Albums on one CD From Howlin' Wolf: Little Red Rooster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M95tCfMxwiM Back Door Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlFWLtCKdyQ Spoonful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fjviTLYqoc Howlin' for My Baby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q0TjJSgwaA Wang Dang Doodle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bCtAhaQgqw Goin' Down Slow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6abAJgvMdBc Cheers |
CHESS BLUES Various Artists Chess Records 1992 I picked up this 4 disc CD boxed set in the used bin a few years ago. It provides a 20 year retrospective of Chicago Blues artists on the Chess Label. Its a good mix of famous and more obscure tracks and comes with an excellent booklet. Disc One 1947 -1952 Highlights: Muddy Waters - "Rollin' Stone" (The Stone's namesake) Muddy Waters - "I Can't Be Satisfied" Howlin' Wolf - "Moanin' at Midnight" Disc Two 1952 - 1954 Highlights: Little Walter - "Juke" Muddy Waters - "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man" Howlin' Wolf - "Evil" Disc Three 1954 - 1960 Highlights: Howlin' Wolf - "Smokestack Lightning" Little Walter - "My Baby" Muddy Waters - "Got My Mojo Working" Disc Four 1960 -1967 Highlights: Howlin' Wolf - "The Red Rooster" Sonny Boy Williamson - "Bring it on Home" Etta James - "I'd Rather Go Blind" |
Howlin' Wolf THE CHESS BOX MCA Chess 3CD Box 1991 Wiki: The musician and critic Cub Koda noted, "no one could match Howlin' Wolf for the singular ability to rock the house down to the foundation while simultaneously scaring its patrons out of its wits." Producer Sam Phillips recalled, "When I heard Howlin' Wolf, I said, 'This is for me. This is where the soul of man never dies.'" Several of his songs, including "Smokestack Lightnin'", "Killing Floor" and "Spoonful", have become blues and blues rock standards. In 2011, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 54 on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". Born June 10, 1910 White Station, Mississippi Died January 10, 1976 (aged 65) Hines, Illinois Many say Muddy Waters was the Boss of the Blues. Many could be wrong. Howlin' For My Darling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paEv5A5Ir1c Who's Been Talking? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7jxaWMFhTg Goin' Down Slow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KDAAx-PXGQ I Asked For Water https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGoKbPR6kwY And 71 more! Cheers |
Sonny Boy Williamson THE ESSENTIAL SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON MCA Chess 2CD Set 1993 CD 2 Trust My Baby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ0akPeo4oY Checkin' Up On My Baby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3nJUAiSpbQ Too Young To Die https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT5Dust3tsY Too Old To Think https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKP2lFy28Xo Cool Disposition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9O_RUfjPh4 Cheers |
Howlin' Wolf THE LONDON SESSIONS (Deluxe Edition) MCA Chess 2CD Set 1970 / 2002 Extensive booklet that gives a blow by blow account of the recording session. Big time names from the world of Rock, but as I would have predicted, guitars too much and too loud. If its the Blues, its all about the singer. Red Rooster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2JCfuWaaGE I Ain't Superstitious https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDHWiypJOAY Highway 49 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DqNKXNsTBM Built For Comfort https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMKwzB7tdKk Cheers |
Sonny Boy Williamson THE ESSENTIAL SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON MCA Chess 2CD Set 1993 Excellent Booklet. CD 1 All My Love In Vain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9rfY__yAC8 You Killing Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elr0xxmNas4 Your Imagination https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6lC_Ib0Y-A Don't Start Me To Talkin' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoJM8Vymj9k Cheers |
Sonny Boy Williamson THE BLUEBIRD RECORDINGS 1937-1938 BlueBird / BMG 1937-38 / 1997 Excellent and informative booklet. Wiki explains why there are two Blues players named Sonny Boy Williamson. This is Sonny Boy ll. Born December 5, 1912 Tutwiler, Mississippi Died May 24, 1965 (aged 52) Helena, Arkansas Good Morning School Girl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyF9IG2WAVw Sugar Mama Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5syTmBusAXw Got The Bottle Up And Gone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXTtMYA0Xag Sunny Land https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_nmQghqHhg Cheers |
Sonny Boy Williamson / Willie Love CLOWNIN’ WITH THE WORLD Alligator Records / Trumpet Records 1953-1954 Notes: "Since the earliest years of the century, Nelson Street has served the black community of Greenville, Mississippi as its social and commercial mainstream. Its many cafes, saloons, barbershops, juke joints and dives have played host to some of the best musicians in the Delta. It was here in 1942 that Aleck "Rice" Miller, one of the most extraordinary of all Blues artists, first met and gigged with Willie Love Jr., a Greenville resident whose rolling, swinging piano playing kept him steady demand on Nelson Street and beyond." In most Southern States there was always one place that was a little different from the rest of the state. In Mississippi, that place was Greenville / Washington County. In it’s heyday, the third largest city in the state. Sonny Boy Williamson: (Aleck ’Rice’ Miller) She’s Crazy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR_G9HleBUk 309 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVQNJTU1N7I Clownin’ with the World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEQyZAK4SAg Willie Love: Take It Easy, Baby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eVgtr0tUwk Nelson Street Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJSfv4X7f2E Worried Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB79aVOB7Rk Cheers |
Lee Shot Williams COLD SHOT Black Magic 1995 Wiki: Henry Lee "Shot" Williams was an American blues singer. He got the nickname "Shot" from his mother at a young age, owing to his fondness for wearing suits and dressing up as a "big shot." Born: May 21, 1938, Lexington, MS Died: November 25, 2011, Chicago, IL If It Wasn't For Bad Luck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euxAJkk6hTk Drowning On Dry Land https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgTtHgfcx6M Cheers |
Joe Williams NOTHIN' BUT THE BLUES Red Holloway(leader & tenor sax), Eddie Cleanhead Vinson(vocal & alto sax), Jack McDuff(organ & piano), Phil Upchurch(guitar), Ray brown(bass), Gerryck King(drums) Delos Records 1983 Notes: "Overseas, Jazz is looked on and respected as part of our classical presentation. So, recordings the first Jazz album on a prestigious American classical label like Delos is a giant step toward broadening our audience here in this country." The Blues with Jazz band backing. And, a guy who can sing. Who She Do https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2jOiIxnEDs Just a Dream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne5_RVF9gMY Going to Chicago Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcn3DsNTudA Alright, Okay, You Win https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEGOvLtkmX0 Sent For You Yesterday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niE9YjJlVE4 Cheers |
Big Joe Williams CLASSIC DELTA BLUES Milestone / Original Blues Classics 1964 / 1991 Notes: "Despite it being a music of intense individuality, of strong personal expression, the Blues is also a communal music...The creation of one particularly gifted Blues poet may even be assimilated into the body of traditional Blues, becoming a kind of cultural common property. (Big Joe Williams' well known "Baby, Please Don't Go", for example, has found its way into the repertoire of virtually every Blues singer who has been active since Big Joe first recorded it!)" Blues artists have taken what the Jazz folks call "quoting", to another level. Same with Gospel. Rollin' And Tumblin' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIaGF_zps94 Terraplane Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAanLVzUrP0 Banty Rooster Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHIbQOv4eqo Pea Vine Special https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoH69CWnuzg Crossroads Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw_bbGsIA3Q Cheers |
David "Honeyboy" Edwards WHITE WINDOWS Evidence Records 1993 wiki: Edwards was born in Shaw, Mississippi. He learned to play music from his father, a guitarist and violinist. At the age of 14, he left home to travel with the bluesman Big Joe Williams, beginning life as an itinerant musician, which he maintained through the 1930s and 1940s. He performed with the famed blues musician Robert Johnson, with whom he developed a close friendship. Edwards was present on the night Johnson drank the poisoned whiskey that killed him, and his story has become the definitive version of Johnson's demise. Edwards also knew and played with other leading bluesmen in the Mississippi Delta, including Charley Patton, Tommy Johnson, and Johnny Shines." West Helena Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjiLY6GbOec Build Myself a Cave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucBKPwQ0E6k 61 Highway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwtNBzKz-mc Drop Down Mama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8aGBFMTe8g Cheers |
Snooks Eaglin SOUL'S EDGE Black Top Records 1995 No notes. Very good band! Josephine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oiaYznZdoM Thrill On The Hill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5TgDV7Ik3w Answer Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8x-QZl5Xfg Skinny Minnie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqi9dUJWnNc Ling Ting Tong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyVUn5h6WM8 and 9 more! Cheers |
Big Joe Williams BLUES ON HIGHWAY 49 Delmark 1992 Wiki: Born in Oktibbeha County,[5] a few miles west of Crawford, Mississippi,[6] Williams as a youth began wandering across the United States busking and playing in stores, bars, alleys and work camps. In the early 1920s he worked in the Rabbit Foot Minstrels revue. He recorded with the Birmingham Jug Band in 1930 for Okeh Records. During the early 1930s, Williams was accompanied on his travels through the Mississippi Delta by a young Muddy Waters. Williams recounted to Blewett Thomas, "I picked Muddy up in Rolling Fork when he was about 15. He went all 'round the Delta playin' harmonica behind me. But I had to put him down after awhile. All these women were comin' up to me and sayin', 'Oh. your young son is so nice!' See, I had to put Muddy down because he was takin' away my women." Highway 49 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-qSfOZtkS4 Blues Left Texas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idvU2gM7Gp4 Down In The Bottoms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Su-ZLxWqUw Four Corners Of The World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYaewqzoBEQ Tiajuana Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKMBo2jh8Fk Cheers |
Snooks Eaglin COUNTRY BOY DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS Arhoolie 1955, 1967 / 1991 Notes: "Though Snook Eaglin's sources are diverse, spanning country Blues, spirituals and gospel songs, hillbilly, pop standards, rhythm & Blues, rock and roll, traditional and progressive Jazz, virtually every type of music he was exposed to in his native New Orleans, he transforms them all into something characteristically his own." Rock Me Mama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLq0DDC0Pyw This Train https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5Y1GQf381c Country Boy Down in New Orleans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L80lxlXybc Walking Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qlo_Vag_Bk I've Had My Fun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx_E8OPsZDU Mardi Gras Mambo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5ze5nB0Afk Cheers |
Willie Dixon THE CHESS BOX MCA Chess 2CD set 1988 CD 2 18 Tracks, one performance by Dixon, all songs composed by Dixon. You Can't Judge A Book By It's Cover -- Bo Diddley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkw6iZtvyV0 Weak Brain, Narrow Mind -- Willie Dixon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25O4cNDYUcE Bring it on Home -- Sonny Boy Williamson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YF1qYXiN0s The Same Thing -- Muddy Waters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ancHn85FGrQ Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy -- Howlin' Wolf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UorxEdBEZX8 I can't quit you baby -- Little Milton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFs1XuCyTrI Cheers |
Bukka White THE COMPLETE BUKKA WHITE Columbia Legacy / Sony 1994 Booker T. Washington "Bukka" White was an American Delta blues guitarist and singer. Bukka is a phonetic spelling of White's first name; he was named after the African-American educator and civil rights activist Booker T. Washington. Wikipedia Born: November 12, 1906, Aberdeen, MS Died: February 26, 1977, Memphis, TN Nice informative booklet about White and each song on this disc. Parchman Farm Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4m3z0NmL_s Shake 'Em On Down https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOW3OjQm1Hw Aberdeen Mississippi Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOahtuxo5sc Fixin' to Die Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDjBVQjTfrM Bukka's Jitterbug Swing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnaVP-xlbqc Cheers |
Willie Dixon THE CHESS BOX MCA Chess 2CD set 1988 CD 1 18 tracks. All songs are written by Dixon, but 14 are performed by other artists. Little Walter - My Babe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3cKJ42HAd0 Jimmy Witherspoon - When The Lights Go Out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUrP-E61ohg Willie Dixon - Crazy For My Baby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DG9lWD8S5w Willie Dixon - 29 Ways https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVqb97x-ysI Willie Dixon - Walking The Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6RavtCBdDk Willie Dixon - This Pain In My Heart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS3X8jmADaY Cheers |
Harry Belafonte BELAFONTE SINGS THE BLUES RCA / Sony 1958 / 2016 Notes: "I've always had a feeling for the basic blues, but it took several years of removing myself from that predominantly modern Jazz environment and finding myself and my own set of values before I had the courage to attempt an album like this. Here I can just step out and sing wholly the way I feel." This man can really sing, and this must be The Blues, because it says so in the title. With Eldridge and Webster, what could go wrong? Losing Hand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tHgLXfHBv8 One for my Baby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObPlEtkLJ_Q In the Evening Mama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd1wZN8jg0w Hallelujah I Love Her So https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyRurphPtqU God Bless the Child https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFOq4aNAEs0 Cheers |
Junior Wells ON TAP Delmark 1991 Notes: "Junior Wells held court at Theresa's Tavern at 4801 South Indiana on Chicago's south side. If Junior was in town he was at Theresa's, a surprisingly small tavern several steps below street level with no bandstand, no ticket window, unreliable plumbing, an assortment of beer and liquor signs for brands the house never or no longer carried, and Christmas lights all year round." Welcome to the world of the Blues. What my Mama told Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoeKw76K6e0 The Train I Ride https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r9n9sfPDiM Goin' Down Slow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIb0_-klFg4 Key To The Highway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_2-wcGqWAs So Long https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I_Z0OtX6W4 Cheers |
Willie Dixon THE ORIGINAL WANG DANG DOODLE MCA Chess 1995 Excellent informative booklet. Notes: "By the time Willie Dixon died in Glendale, California, on January 29, 1992, his music had won him widespread recognition, numerous awards including a 1988 Grammy Award, and a certain measure of comfort in his later years. His last wish was fulfilled early in 1993 by his wife Marie and daughter Shirli when the family purchased the historic Chess records building in Chicago to be the new home of Willie's long-cherished dream, the Blues Heaven Foundation." Wang Dang Doodle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCWC4tTSPSA So Long https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqtiYZGHQV0 Tail Dragger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZr5BYflkcQ Walking The Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8oKiX5q3rI Crazy For My Baby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAfR7AEzojs Cheers |
Junior Wells MESSIN' WITH THE KID Paula Records 1957 to 1963 No notes. It Hurts Me Too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQE0IY4uSIY Come on in this House https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv5r6f83TG4 Messin' With The Kid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLz82AfE-R0 Little By Little https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEibNV4YA-E So Tired https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqMQfgsnQz0 Calling All Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPE98v23kTY Cheers |
Willie Dixon THE BIG THREE TRIO CBS Records 1990 wiki: Next to Muddy Waters, Dixon is recognized as the most influential person in shaping the post–World War II sound of the Chicago blues. A short list of his most famous compositions includes "Hoochie Coochie Man", "I Just Want to Make Love to You", "Little Red Rooster", "My Babe", "Spoonful", and "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover". These songs were written during the peak years of Chess Records, from 1950 to 1965, and were performed by Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, and Bo Diddley; they influenced a generation of musicians worldwide. Dixon was an important link between the blues and rock and roll, working with Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley in the late 1950s. In the 1960s, his songs were adapted by numerous rock artists. He received a Grammy Award and was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. -- wiki
Born July 1, 1915 Vicksburg, Mississippi Hard Notch Boogie Beat
Since My Baby Gone
You Don't Love Me No More
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6k---0B4k4 Come Here Baby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sh9mt1BMaQ Tell That Woman Cheers |
Junior Wells HOODOO MAN BLUES Delmark 1965 Notes: "I went to this pawnshop downtown and the man had a harmonica priced at $2.00. I got a job on a soda truck...played hookey from school...worked all week and on Saturday the man gave me a dollar and a half. A dollar and a half! For a week of work. I went to the pawnshop and the man said the price was two dollars. I told him I HAD to have that that harp. He walked away from the counter--left the harp there. So I laid my dollar-and-a-half on the counter and picked up the harp. When my trail came up, the judge asked me why I did it. I told him I HAD to have that harp. The judge asked me to play it and when I did he gave the man the 50 cents and hollered "case dismissed!" -- Chicago 1948 Wells' initial LP appearance, and maybe the first LP by any Blues band. Early in the Morning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EBd3bN9Z3Y Snatch It Back And Hold It https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6TwTmFbEd4 Hoodoo Man Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdKRWaIaZ14 Yonder Wall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy5DFOo6Ar8 Good Morning Schoolgirl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrGIB1eBL9Y Cheers |
Junior Wells BLUES HIT BIG TOWN Delmark 1998 Notes: 'Blues Hit Big Town' contains the historic first recordings of Junior Wells. Junior was still a teenager at the time of the first session and had replaced Little Walter in the Muddy Waters band. In a Down Beat review Pete Welding said "In their power, directness, unerring taste and utter consistency of mood, these may well be the most perfectly distilled examples of Wells' music ever recorded, taking their place alongside of those of Waters, Walter, Wolf and other masters of the period. Five stars." 'Blues Hit Big Town' captures genius emerging from one of the greatest Blues personalities and harmonica players of all time." Blues Hit Big Town https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPsreuzjNro Hoodoo Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08fFLrKI-28 Lord Lord https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jI6iKiwSxc Junior's Wail https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzdW7yxSv2o Cheers |
Muddy Waters THE CHESS BOX MCA Chess 1989 3CD Set Disc Three: 1960 to 1972 I Feel So Good (Live At Newport Jazz Festival/1960) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MhcrGcca0I&list=OLAK5uy_nUUub8pT1q3NQ8DStmIaGsIbBcC1uCxpE&i... Elevate Me Mama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUYTP5QXxm4&list=OLAK5uy_nUUub8pT1q3NQ8DStmIaGsIbBcC1uCxpE&i... Things That I Used To Do https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg78YRPtOOU&list=OLAK5uy_nUUub8pT1q3NQ8DStmIaGsIbBcC1uCxpE&i... Going Down Slow (Live) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxCGQ3wr_-A&list=OLAK5uy_nUUub8pT1q3NQ8DStmIaGsIbBcC1uCxpE&i... Cheers |
Muddy Waters THE CHESS BOX MCA Chess 1989 3CD Set Disc Two: 1954 to 1959 Mannish Boy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBz5vCDxyE0&list=OLAK5uy_nUUub8pT1q3NQ8DStmIaGsIbBcC1uCxpE&i... Got My Mojo Working https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThD9xswxxtk&list=OLAK5uy_nUUub8pT1q3NQ8DStmIaGsIbBcC1uCxpE&i... Smokestack Lightnin’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AOPkijFgpk&list=OLAK5uy_nUUub8pT1q3NQ8DStmIaGsIbBcC1uCxpE&i... I Just Want To Make Love To You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4j9OtAlzvA&list=OLAK5uy_nUUub8pT1q3NQ8DStmIaGsIbBcC1uCxpE&i... Cheers |
Muddy Waters THE CHESS BOX MCA Chess 1989 3CD Set Notes: "72 classic performances by perhaps the greatest Bluesman ever, Muddy Waters. Covering a quarter century on Chess Records, the recordings are sequenced as recorded and are digitally remastered from the original masters or original Chess 78 r.p.m. singles. Twenty-Four of the tracks are rare, including 10 previously unreleased. Included is a 32-page booklet, featuring two sets of liner notes (one focusing on Muddy's life, the other on his music), song-by-song credits, a complete album by album Chess discography, historic photos and related memorabilia." Package and booklet are the size of a LP set. They don't make them like this anymore. Great photos and info. Disc one: 1947 to 1954 Gypsy Woman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiX1t5rzN5A&list=OLAK5uy_nUUub8pT1q3NQ8DStmIaGsIbBcC1uCxpE&i... Rollin' And Tumblin' (Pt. 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLy2zPZV0s0&list=OLAK5uy_nUUub8pT1q3NQ8DStmIaGsIbBcC1uCxpE&i... Honey Bee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJf5XkGko9k&list=OLAK5uy_nUUub8pT1q3NQ8DStmIaGsIbBcC1uCxpE&i... Walkin' Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOHurLHs2g8&list=OLAK5uy_nUUub8pT1q3NQ8DStmIaGsIbBcC1uCxpE&i... Cheers |
Muddy Waters ONE MORE MILE: Chess Collectibles, Vol. 1 Chess 1994 2CD Set Notes: "It's long been thought that all the existing Muddy Waters Chess studio recordings had already been issued; those that were still missing were presumed to be lost forever. Therefore, this surprise-package set of rarities and recent discoveries will delight even long-time Muddy Waters collectors and fans. The first thirty tracks on this set closely parallel the growth and development of Muddy's career at Chess Records. From the earliest tracks, which feature just a single guitar and bass, the growth of his musical development moves steadily along. Band members come and go, with the resulting changes in the group's sound, and we can actually hear the refining process at work." Hard Days https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN-mzePSs-s Burying Ground https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgMGlWJ-tSA Crawlin' Kingsnake (Alternate Take) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH4M6wcyJ58 Rollin' Stone (Alternate Take) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBhTC0y9EVA Trouble In Mind (Hornless Remix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STMbi3AYhlY Hoochie Coochie Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb23nVUgBFk And 35 more!! Cheers |
Muddy Waters: His Best, 1956 to 1964 THE CHESS 50TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION MCA Chess 1997 Notes: "Muddy Waters might have been the most magnificent of all the Bluesmen to come out of Mississippi...Muddy became a father figure to generations of musicians, black and white. Muddy became an institution. Back in Indianola, we knew that he'd gone to Chicago, where he established a whole school that he'd rule for five decades. Some went to the South Side before Muddy and some went after...but no one had Muddy's authority. He was the boss of Chicago and the reason some call Chicago the sure-enough home of the Blues." -- B.B. King All Aboard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0snu8RLorQ Forty Days And Forty Nights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SiqyQbtEIk The Same Thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ancHn85FGrQ I Love The Life I Live (I Live The Life I Love) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I2PUAa0MKc Got My Mojo Working https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Frs6IRCmJeY Cheers |
Muddy Waters: His Best, 1947 to 1955 THE CHESS 50TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION MCA Chess 1997 Excellent Booklet with a historical bent. "When Muddy Waters began his recording career for the Aristocrat Records Label in 1947, the world was enjoying a post-war buzz of activity. India gained Independence, Maria Callas debuted, Dead sea Scrolls discovered, Jackie Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Al Capone and Henry Ford died." A lifetime ago. Sugar Sweet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrrx5YdFsQ8 Young Fashioned Ways https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQBEsSas-w0 I Feel Like Going Home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M0kkmCbdQY Hoochie Coochie Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSnxwnPkgas She Moves Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX5TX7Y1jCY Cheers |
Muddy Waters FOLK SINGER James Cotton(harmonica), Otis Spann(piano), Willie Dixon(bass), Buddy Guy(guitar) MCA Chess 1963-64 / 1999 The title is a misnomer if ever there was one. As the notes point out, this was an attempt to cash in on the 'Folk Music' craze of the times. The Kingston Trio and Peter, Paul and Mary type music. This CD is really just Muddy playing the Blues. My Home Is In The Delta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_TJoSf6_z0 My Captain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UpL_ewXIhw My John The Conqueror Root https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLVo8zkBy1w Good Morning Little School Girl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOCgOX2dtPQ You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcjowO17SyA Cheers |
Muddy Waters 35 years later. Muddy Waters / Clark Terry: Stormy Monday Blues (1977) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY4YB_6P4qk Cheers |
Muddy Waters THE COMPLETE PLANTATION RECORDINGS MCA Chess 1993 Excellent Booklet accounting the history of the Library of Congress Field Recordings. A Long way from the electric Muddy of Chicago. Country Blues (No. 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRAXrVt3Ass Joe Turner Louis Ford(vocal) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRz55odXdo0 Pearlie May Blues Percy Thomas(vocal) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKI-25wN64s You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone (No. 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlx5jjqAbwc Ramblin' Kid Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4r9lyfMQfg Cheers |
Muddy Waters BLUES SKY Muddy waters(vocal/guitar), Johnny Winter(guitar/screaming), James Cotton(harp), Pinetop Perkins(piano), Bob Margolin(guitar), Charles Calmese(bass), Willie "Big Eyes" Smith(drums) Epic / Sony 1992 Excellent Booklet! Jealous Hearted Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE3tjmJuQwk Who do You Trust https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQpgI6pvASI Mamie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4C2-JqUYZ8 Too young to know https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E-Y3378riI Cheers |
"Skin Tight"; that was my cue to find that gal in them skin tight white britches, and git on the dance floor; "The Bump" was the only dance I mastered. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBG3qpYj5DU&t=66s |
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Robert Ward HOT STUFF Relic Records 1995 wiki: Robert June Ward, Sr. was an American blues and soul guitarist. He was known for founding the Ohio Untouchables, the band that later would become the Ohio Players. He played the guitar with a unique tone soaked in vibrato coming from a Magnatone amplifier. Born: October 15, 1938, Luthersville, GA Died: December 25, 2008, Dry Branch, GA I'm Tired https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzIfxPp07dg Forgive Me, Darling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdI_yAd8p4c Your Love Is Amazing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0FACH8UTvo Your Love Is Real https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDeTbn7_YsU I'm Gonna Cry a River https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgS2yRXSg2w Cheers |
Billy Ward & his Dominoes SIXTY MINUTE MEN: THE BEST OF BILLY WARD & HIS DOMINOES Rhino Records 1993 Notes: "One of the most popular groups of the early 1950s, Billy Ward & His Dominoes owed their phenomenal success to three men: Clyde McPhatter with his atmospheric, gospel-tinged tenor, Jackie Wilson and his room filling second tenor, and Billy Ward. During World War ll, Ward was a commissioned Officer and led the Coast Artillery Choir at Fort Eustis in Virginia. After the war he resumed his studies at the Chicago Art Institute and The Juilliard School in New York City. While pursuing a career at as a vocal coach and part-time arranger on Broadway, he met talent agent Rose Marks, and the decided to form a vocal group from the ranks of his students." Sixty Minute Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJbDHw_qsFs Harbor Lights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muWw_fUe89I Have Mercy Baby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu9uE9yHx34 The Bells https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRRriFFr8y4 Weeping Willow Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF2j-NbF1ew Cheers |
Little Walter THE BLUES WORLD OF LITTLE WALTER Delmark 1993 Notes: "In 1950-51 there was a new generation of Bluesmen whose evolving music synthesized the raw power of the Delta Blues, and amplified energy of electric instruments and the bold tempo of the ghetto streets. Little Walter was just 19 years old, Baby Face was 26 and Muddy Waters was 34. The Parkway session presented here failed to produce any chart records, but did generate a wild romping collection of down-home Blues that has achieved legendary status through various issues and reissues." I Just Keep Loving Her https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkbo5zR60qc Rollin' and Tumblin' (Part 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jr-S4MRHSc Rollin' and Tumblin' (Part 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB_lMPLkY1Q Muskadine Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XibPh7ndzr4 Cheers |