Cole Miner Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Blues have been the only good thing in my life plenty of times. This is outstanding IMO http://youtu.be/m-G0TgjGzvo Great solos in this one. Especially the first one at 1:40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Well if we are going to talk about the blues, we might as well get one that talks about no good women, slave driving bosses, and being held down by the man. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cole Miner Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 Been listening to Charley Patton a lot recently; too much probably. Love how dynamic his vocal style is even though i need lyrics to understand it often. Well, backwater done rose all around Sumner now, drove me down the line Backwater done rose at Sumner, drove poor Charley down the line Lord, I'll tell the world the water, done crept through this town Lord, the whole round country, Lord, river has overflowed Lord, the whole round country, man, is overflowed You know I can't stay here, I'll go where it's high, boy I would goto the hilly country, but, they got me barred Now, look-a here now at Leland river was risin' high Look-a here boys around Leland tell me, river was raisin' high Boy, it's risin' over there, yeah I'm gonna move to Greenville fore I leave, goodbye Look-a here the water now, Lordy, Levee broke, rose most everywhere The water at Greenville and Leland, Lord, it done rose everywhere Boy, you can't never stay here I would go down to Rosedale but, they tell me there's water there Now, the water now, mama, done took Charley's town Well, they tell me the water, done took Charley's town Boy, I'm goin' to Vicksburg Well, I'm goin' to Vicksburg, for that high of mine I am goin' up that water, where lands don't never flow Well, I'm goin' over the hill where, water, oh don't ever flow Boy, hit Sharkey County and everything was down in Stovall But, that whole county was leavin', over that Tallahatchie shore Boy, went to Tallahatchie and got it over there Lord, the water done rushed all over, down old Jackson road Lord, the water done raised, over the Jackson road Boy, it starched my clothes I'm goin' back to the hilly country, won't be worried no more Another BB King song and another Gary Moore song. From 1992. Moore was finally showing signs of restraint at this point compared to some 1990 stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Library Dude Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 That first T-Bone Walker video is AMAZING. Really looking forward to picking up some recommendation from this thread. A great Big Bill Broonzy performance: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo Woodbine Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 I absolutely adore Mississippi John Hurt, just the most amazing combination of guitar and voice. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cole Miner Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 The word endearing certainly fits Mississippi John Hurt well Requiem for him. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxWNWq21GUE An Elizabeth Cotten instrumental. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cole Miner Posted November 18, 2013 Author Share Posted November 18, 2013 Might be note heavy for some peoples taste. Should be though with a name like Smokin' Dynamite. Drinking gasoline not a great idea. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-_JWQHee10 One from his father as well. Guy has some great control of the harmonica. Find myself appreciating harmonica playing more these days. It was the instrument of choice for my tone deaf father growing up. Thankfully that wasn't hereditary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 First, a classic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcqiiWO0Rkc Second, a reworked classic: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cole Miner Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 Those are 2 great songs. Love Manx's percussive style. Great tune. It is an Elmore James night here for the most part. Trying to give my GF a case of the shakes. Blind Boy Fuller- Shake It Baby. This actually led me to a hokum song from 1931 called My Girl's Pussy by Harry Roy. Surprised I had never heard it before. I thought Bo Carter was too obvious. Love most of Elmore's songs. Which makes sense since for the most part they are all pretty similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo Woodbine Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cole Miner Posted November 26, 2013 Author Share Posted November 26, 2013 Really can't go wrong with any of the songs from Live and Burning I've put this guy over before and will again. Swiss slide player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Library Dude Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 The BBC's music documentary series' are often great (Lost Highway, their series on country back in 2003 was fantastic, and I liked their soul series Dancing in the Street from last year a lot too). I only caught the last few minutes of the first episode of Blues America last night. There are only two episodes but they are showing a bunch of live performances from their archives, and a doc on Big Bill over the next couple of nights. I don't know if this is going to be on BBC America at some point, but it's worth keeping an eye out for or, ahem, obtaining. Anyway, Howlin' Wolf talks the blues. There's that wacky thread on here where people are booking Hollywood actors as wrestlers. If you did that with musicians, Howlin' Wolf would be Vader. Or Abdullah the Butcher. What a scary dude. Badass. http://youtu.be/OQ654Lg6m8k Classic song, amazing performance. http://youtu.be/SqI2YStPK3E 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 http://youtu.be/1-kNtcBKrFw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cole Miner Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 Thanks for the heads up the BBC series. As good as expected. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl0RV8tkPfM Deep River Blues Doc Watson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyQOCJ4SUSk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Fun fact: Frank Zappa used to say that Guitar Slim's tone was like an icepick in your forehead. With all due respect to Stevie Ray, I prefer his big brother's take here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo Woodbine Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Magic Sam, playing Earl Hooker's guitar. The version of Lookin' Good is especially stunning I thought. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Usually I don't care for jazz blues, but this one is awesome. And here we have some latter-day Mud, with Johnny Winter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cole Miner Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 Tough call which of these I like more. I like the tempo of the Kokomo version but the slower tempo suits Johnson better since his individual notes sound so great. Guy somehow gets more out of a note than other players with no vibrato or bending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Hypnotic African-style blues from the late great Junior Kimbrough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cole Miner Posted February 15, 2014 Author Share Posted February 15, 2014 Slow blues kind of morning. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PObrNZDCdU I can see Bertha Lee but Bertha Lee can't see me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Not a massive blues fan but I have always dug this song by Blind Willie Johnson. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Not a massive blues fan but I have always dug this song by Blind Willie Johnson. Oh my fucking god, YES. The first time I heard this song I was listening with headphones in a dark room. Scared the shit out of me, legit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cole Miner Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 Blind Willie Johnson is one of the rare gospel performers I can listen to. That song definitely earned that spot on the Voyager golden record. Another is Washington Phillips playing his mystery instrument. Rev. Gary Davis as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 The Iceman, Albert Collins. That's Debbie Davies on rhythm, who's pretty damn good in her own right. Witness as she tackles Gatemouth Brown's signature tune. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Like that Washington Philips piece, never heard that before. Like that instrument, whatever it is. How about some piano blues? I have this book on Robert Johnson's technique and a lot of it came from playing piano songs on a guitar. Jabo Williams - Pratt City Blues Roosevelt Sykes - Gulfport Boogie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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