wim Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Recommend a quality Blues track/album you think should be heard. I'm partial to Lightnin' Hopkins myself but could do with more Blues in my life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zGOwOmrUAc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Bessie Smith - St Louis Blues (1925/youtube) Classic W.C. Handy lyric sung by the great Bessie Smith, with titanic cornet accompaniment from Louis Armstrong. A foundation stone of 20th Century American music. It has taken on even greater personal significance to me since we buried our dad to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djb Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 (edited) Appalling SQ but I sometimes like to listen to the old old stuff Big Bill Bronzy Robert Johnston < actually some decent SQ if you buy the correct brand If you like Ribald -- Memphis Mini ie "Now I just need to get my ashes hauled" Torch songs try Lena Horn Country blues the one and only Mississipi John Hurt - his last three albums circa 1960-63 are in stereo Edited November 2, 2014 by djb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djb Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 @third drawer down seems to have had tragic obsessions with obscure corners of many genres he might have offerings. I have yet to borrow from his library on this account -it may not exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruffnutz Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 The beautiful, haunting Skip James... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulinap Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Ladies & Gentlemen Sister Rosetta Tharpe......... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proftournesol Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Willie Dixon - 'Hidden Gems'. An accurately titled album name. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCC Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 T-Bone Walker - Call It Stormy Monday, the version from the "Live From Montreaux" recorded 1972 is my favourite. http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/t_bone_walker/bluesband___live_from_montreux.p/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batty Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 So much Blues and not enough time. Try The Healer by John Lee Hooker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel459 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 One of my favourites, Mississippi Fred McDowell. Son Seals honouring the great Hound Dog Taylor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R83_XYh0xG4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulinap Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Son Seals honouring the great Hound Dog Taylor: Hound Dog Taylor is one of my all time favourites....rough as hell.......six fingers...one coricidin bottle...and boy what a racket......! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Eric Bibb - Spirit and the Blues http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G2s0vrV56M8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenikoy Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Best Youtube grab shot EVER. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZEN MISTER Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Albert King- "I'll Play The Blues For You" Taj Mahal- " Giant Steps/ De Old Folks At Home" Robert Johnson- " King Of The Delta Blues Singers" John Mayall - " Bare Wires" Johnny Winter- " Second Winter" Muddy Waters- " The Real Folk Blues" Janis Joplin- " Kozmic Blues" Chain - "Towards The Blues" ..for starters, ZM. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-k-k-kenny Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 +1 for Hound DogTaylor. Any of the albums are good: drums , 2 guitars, no bass. You might not think that would work, but it sue does. Beware of the Dog, cut live, is utterly sick. The fairly recently late Chris Jones: Roadhouses & Automobiles. He was an accomplished white American acoustic guitarist/singer resident in Germany. Not Robert Johnson, but very enjoyable. And well recorded. But if I had to pick just one track, then today it would be Howlin' Wolf: You'll Be Mine. Or maybe Muddy Waters' version of Good Morning Little Schoolgirl. It's really quite ill. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulinap Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 +1 for Hound DogTaylor. Any of the albums are good: drums , 2 guitars, no bass. You might not think that would work, but it sue does. Beware of the Dog, cut live, is utterly sick. Technically not as proficient as his other compatriots, but boy, he could make that cheap Japanese guitar (no offence intended) sing...... HDT was the godfather of garage/ punk blues movement - Black Keys....White Stripes......real house-rocking music....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surprisetech Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Just been listening to Odetta. Blues everywhere I go. Songs & SQ both great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surprisetech Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Kevin Borich & Dutch Tilders. The Blues had a baby. If you can find it. Also; Dr. John. Taj Mahal. Johnny Winter. Roy Buchanan (I'd recommend Livestock for starters) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-k-k-kenny Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Are we able to admit that a lot of well known blues artists had very limited repertoire? Much as I love them, Elmore James only had a couple of noteworthy songs - OK, three - Jimmy Reed and a host of others likewise. BB King's Live at the Regal is not like that. Mind you, I would not be without the great songs of those others. On the other hand, how did John Lee Hooker get so far with so little? Gotta be the voice. Highly recommend the Union Square label Essential JLH Collection: has all his best pre-rediscovery material including his fabulous take on Will The Circle Be Unbroken - he doesn't even have to sing words that make sense to be convincing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wim Posted November 5, 2014 Author Share Posted November 5, 2014 Thank you all! I'm working my way slowly through each-and-every artist listed here. Bought Bessie Smith - Empty Bed Blues on vinyl today. Some of these aren't that easy to find. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCC Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Taj Mahal self-titled lp.... http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/taj_mahal/taj_mahal.p/ with Jesse Ed Davis and Ry Cooder in his band. Listen to "Statesboro Blues" and you'll recognise where Duane Allman got his licks from. cheers..yee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulinap Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Taj Mahal self-titled lp.... http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/taj_mahal/taj_mahal.p/ with Jesse Ed Davis and Ry Cooder in his band. Listen to "Statesboro Blues" and you'll recognise where Duane Allman got his licks from. cheers..yee The story goes like this....... "Allman's version comes from when his brother Gregg gave him a record by Taj Mahal (containing his version of "Statesboro Blues") and a bottle of Coricidin pills, both for his birthday and as Duane had a cold that day; A short while later, Duane, who had never played slide guitar before, washed the label from the Coricidin bottle and learned how to play the song, even exhibiting it to Gregg." (source: Wikipedia) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancientflatulence Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Rory (Aurora) Block Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickj1 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Taj Mahal self-titled lp.... http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/taj_mahal/taj_mahal.p/ with Jesse Ed Davis and Ry Cooder in his band. Listen to "Statesboro Blues" and you'll recognise where Duane Allman got his licks from. cheers..yee It's also got a brilliant version of 'Leavin' trunk' and my all time favourite version of 'Dust my broom' this side of Elmore James. cheers mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickj1 Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 If you like acoustic LH get a copy of 'Blues Hoot' with Lightnin' Hopkins, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee and Big Joe Wiliiams - it's got a fabulous version of 'Big Car blues' on it among other gems. " I got me a black cadillac with white-wall tyres - I'm sittin up in there all black with white teeth and white eyes" Cheers Mick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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