windy1 Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 While my music will probably always be classic rock,since I was listening to it when it wasn't classic, it was new,I can only hear and actually enjoy certain songs so many times.I have become a huge fan of blues in the last 10 years or so.How about anyone else? Comments good or bad? Here's my "short list" of favorites: Rock/Blues/crossover genres-how I got started The Stones Jimi Janis Joplin Eric Clapton The Jeff Beck Group Dr. John Ray Charles Bonnie Raitt Straight Up Blues: :guitar: Jimmy Reed Robert Johnson BB King Elvin Bishop Muddy Waters Buddy Guy Howlin Wolf Taj Mahal Albert King Koko Taylor T-Bone Walker BoDiddly John Mayall Etta James John Lee Hooker Blind Lemon Blind Owl Bessie Smith Billie Holiday Any suggestions on anything I may not have heard by any of them, or other artists? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 My first encounter with the blues (around 1966) was having friends turn me on to "The Paul Butterfield Blues Band" album. I have the CD today, and happened to be listening to it when I read your post. It's still Blues With A Feeling and Screamin'. I've got a bargain CD called "Muddy & The Wolf" which I think is pieced together from the "Fathers And Sons" album with Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, Mike Bloomfield, Butterfield and "Duck" Dunn -and - Howlin' Wolf's "London Sessions" with Clapton, Stevie Winwood, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts. I've always dug Muddy's Long Distance Call and the "rehearsal" that leads into Howlin' Wolf's Red Rooster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tybalt Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Here's a bunch more great blues artists, in no particular order: Freddie King, Albert Collins, Charlie Musselwhite Mississippi Fred McDowell (I Do Not Play No Rock 'n' Roll) Champion Jack Dupree, Lightnin' Hopkins, Sonny Boy Williamson Magic Sam, James Cotton, Bobby 'Blue' Bland Slim Harpo, Otis Rush, RL Burnside, Robert Cray Delbert McClinton, Roy Buchanan, Canned Heat Johnny Winter, Siegal-Schwall Band, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Boz Scaggs (at his best with the blues) You can even find Elmore James recordings on CDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel17592 Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Besides what has already been mentioned, here's a few more: Willie Dixon - "I am the Blues" Little Walter - "His Best : The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection" Otis Spann - "Blues Never Die" B.B. King - "Live in Cook County Jail" Buddy Guy - "A Man and the Blues" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielj Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 I love the blues. My friends think I'm crazy. They say "If your gonna listen to old music, listen to rock!" I tell them to screw popularity and listen from the heart to what they really like. Has anyone else ever heard the B.B. King and Eric Clapton Album? Love it. The Paul Butterfield ones are good too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windy1 Posted August 31, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Ridin' with the King? Got it, Love it.Danny boy you rock (or is that you blue). I don't have any Paul Butterfield, although I think I've heard him. I'll check it out. If your friends want to hear rock, just put on Jimi and play Red House or Catfish Blues. You'll convert 'em. you guys haven't mentioned any women. Listen to Janis' Turtle Blues or Summertime or Little Girl Blue.Great. Bazooka(is that for the gum or the weapon?)Muddy Waters and Howlin Wolf are 2 that haven't got anything I don't like. London Sessions is great, and it's got a couple of my boys, Bill and Charlie. I adore Charlie Watts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted September 1, 2004 Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 My favorite compilation cd - From the Vaults - Vol.1 Work Song - Paul Butterfield Your Love is Real - William Clarke Snatch It Back and Hold It - Junior Wells Keep on Lovin' Me Baby - Magic Sam Killing Floor - Howlin' Wolf Driving Wheel - Little Junior Parker All Your Love (I Miss Loving) - Melvin Taylor Low Society - Lowell Fulson You'll Need Another Favor - Little Johnny Taylor Mama, What About Your Daughter? - J.B. Lenoir Blind Man - Little Milton Hold That Train - Otis Rush Black Nights - Lowell Fulson then some r&b Treat Her Right - Roy Head / Traits Tell Mama - Etta James W.P.L.J. - 4 Deuces Hey Bartender - Floyd Dixon Searching for My Love - Bobby Moore / Rhythm Aces Every Beat of My Heart - James Brown Band I Don't Know What You've Got, But It's Got Me - Little Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted September 1, 2004 Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 you guys haven't mentioned any women. You've listed Koko Taylor, one of my favorites, and Big Bad Etta, of course. Bonnie Raitt re-introduced the classic Blues singer/writer Sippie Wallace to a wider audience a few years before Sippie died in 1986. Angela Strehli and Susan Tedeschi are a couple of newer blues/rock standouts. And I've always loved Lydia Pense & Cold Blood. Bazooka(is that for the gum or the weapon?) It's ambiguous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windy1 Posted September 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 Etta ~~ At Last, You Can Leave Your Hat On, I've Been Lovin You Too Long (top of the line favorite) Bessie Smith ~~ Baby Won't You Please Come Home Koko Taylor ~~ Evil, Bills Bills Bills Just a few of my favorites. Thanks for the hints on newer blues gals. Oh, and I'll take Bazooka as the gum - it makes the best bubbles!! :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 Wow! Take a look at the talent roster for the 32nd Annual San Francisco Blues Festival. "Some that you recognize, some that you've not even heard of". And check out Blues Festivals Dot Com, a searchable database for upcoming Blues events nation/worldwide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvish Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 Cool, Bazooka. I didnt' think anyone would mention Susan Tedeschi. She's an awesome singer and guitarist. I've seen her twice in concert. I think if blues were a more popular musical genre, she would be a household name. I also like Jonny Lang - he was practically a child prodigy on guitar just a few years ago, but now he's getting a little older (he's 22). He sounded like an old blues man as a teen. Check out "Lie to Me" and "Wander this World." Keb' Mo' is absolutely awesome. I have his self-titled, and it's all acoustic. Y'all have covered the oldies but goodies, so I'll stop while I'm ahead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windy1 Posted September 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 Crystal, I like Johnny Lang too, but I'm not crazy about Kenny Wayne Shepard (similar story-young kid playin old blues). How about you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windy1 Posted September 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 Crystal, I like Johnny Lang too, but I'm not crazy about Kenny Wayne Shepard(similar story- young kid playin old blues). How about you? Here in St Louis over the Labor Day Weekend they are having the Muddy Blues Festival. Four stages, eighteen bands, from well known to little known, and it's all free! We're pretty big on blues around here, of course. :guitar: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvish Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 Lately I've been more fond of Jonny. I've seen them both in concert and they can definitely play, but the thing that turned me off with Kenny Wayne is that his first album was billed as "Kenny Wayne Sheppard" and then when I saw him live and he had a lead singer while he sang back up and played guitar. I know close reading of liner notes would have prevented the shock, but it was almost like he was misleading people. (All subsequent albums have been "Kenny Wayne Sheppard Band ") Also, a few years ago in an interview he was asked what he thought about other young, talented blues guitarists and he basically commented that he wasn't aware of any others. That bothered me because both he and Jonny Lang were major phenoms at the time. He would've have to been under a rock not to have heard of Jonny. Nevertheless, I own both of Kenny Wayne's albums and will probably buy the third when it's released this fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvish Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 Can't believe I forgot this one, three words: Stevie Ray Vaughan!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crocodill14 Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 Im not a big fan of the blues, but I noticed your from St. Louis (so am I) you forgot to mention our hockey team is called the blues. Oh well im just a stupid 15 year old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 Now here's a Blues event I would love to have seen and heard. (The Howling Wolf vs. Muddy Waters) from sometime in the early 1960s I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windy1 Posted September 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 Croc, this is unbelievable. Welcome neighbor. I put St Louis cause I figure nobody would know St Charles. I'm from St Charles!!!I've told everyone how :sleepy:Missouri is, and St Charles is more so. I'm gonna ask a St Louis question, nobody else will get the humor: What high school do you go to. High or West? I'm tickled silly, and don't worry, we love the young'uns around here. I'll explain that question, I was actually gonna start a thread about it a while back, like what strange things do they do in your hometown. Around the St Louis area, when you meet someone one of the first questions any one asks, whether you are 14 or 40 or 80 is "What High School did you go to"? no one knows why, and you hear it everywhere,tv, radio, parties. I guess thats how we define people. In fact in honor of Croc i'm gonna change my location to the correct one. And I went to High!! Bazooka that bill would have been the SH**!! :guitar: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvish Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 Around the St Louis area, when you meet someone one of the first questions any one asks, whether you are 14 or 40 or 80 is "What High School did you go to"? no one knows why, and you hear it everywhere,tv, radio, parties. I guess thats how we define people. Carole, this must be a Missouri thing. People ask me this, too, although I didn't even grow up in Springfield. (I'm a Mississippi Queen myself, born and raised in the Bootheel!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windy1 Posted September 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 Crystal, what is the deal with that?? And yeah I am a Mississippi Queen. a little too much so. That ole river took half my stuff away back in 93. Now we're on high ground. We've got so much in common it's spooky. :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crocodill14 Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 LOL I just started my freshman year last week... but im going to Duchesne High. I can practically see High from my house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted September 4, 2004 Report Share Posted September 4, 2004 Sorry to break into these scintllating tales of the "Show Me" state Today, I got a taste of the latest Dave Alvin CD ("Ashgrove"), and, folks, it was tasty. I was also reminded of the still great and still underrated Tommy Castro Band . I first "discovered' Tommy Castro on TV as the house band for the Saturday late-night "Comedy Showcase" . His latest CD is "Gratitude", a tribute to Tommy's own favorite Blues artists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crocodill14 Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 Dude, you ruined our conversation. man that's so low Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windy1 Posted September 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 I started the thread so if I bump it.... croc I can see duschene from my house! You might to be too young to really appreiate the blues, but give'em a try. like I said, Hendrix played a lot of blues and every guy likes Hendrix young or old. :guitar: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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