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BKSir -> RE: learnin' bout the Blues (10/26/2009 3:05:06 PM)
Good, I see someone did mention Bonnie Raitt. She's often overlooked. Also on the jazz/blues border music that I would suggest, Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong. They are primarily thought of as Jazz musicians, but, they also took quite a few treks into the blues world, rather successfully.

Moonhead -> RE: learnin' bout the Blues (10/26/2009 3:48:47 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: IronBear John Lee Hooker & Muddy Waters (I'm Bad Like Jesse James) I love that one. There's a cover by the Animals (I'm Mad), but that sounds rather camp by comparison: Hooker, on the other hand, sounds like he means every bloody word...

Moonhead -> RE: learnin' bout the Blues (10/26/2009 3:56:26 PM)
Jimi Hendrix is worth a mention as well. He's best known for his plank spanking, but he did a lot of blues covers, and most of his quieter numbers have a strong whiff of the blues to them as well (just listen to Angel or Castles Made of Sand). He had a perfect voice for that stuff, and there's some great stuff on the "Hendrix does ver blues" compilation they stuck out a few years back. If it's The Blues Brothers that first aroused the OP's interest, James Brown's blues album might be worth investigating, though that one's pretty hard to get hold of now. Albert King's Damn Right I'm Funky, on the other hand, is still in print, and is rather a cracker. That does a very nice balance between electric blues and '70s soul.

zephyroftheNorth -> RE: learnin' bout the Blues (10/26/2009 4:07:31 PM)
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee, Buddy Guy, Leadbelly

angelikaJ -> RE: learnin' bout the Blues (10/26/2009 4:11:22 PM)
You might create some stations over on Pandora. I don't think Susan Tedeschi and Rory Block have been mentioned yet.

BKSir -> RE: learnin' bout the Blues (10/26/2009 4:25:59 PM)
Oooh, good call on Susan Tedeschi. Also, there are a lot of insanely great blues musicians coming out of japan over the last 5 or 6 years, and it's only getting better. June Yamagishi, George Kamikawa, and Yoko Noge are three that come to mind right off. They bring some interesting new technical aspects to the style of music, while not straying far from the roots at all.

Moonhead -> RE: learnin' bout the Blues (10/26/2009 4:28:27 PM)
How about Little Axe? As an attempt to update the stuff, they're pretty convincing.

DomImus -> RE: learnin' bout the Blues (10/26/2009 4:36:28 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Termyn8or What I've seen in the responses is that blues is hard to define. I never thought of ZZ Top as blues, but now that I think of it....i.e. Jesus Just Left Chicago for one. ZZ Top's early work is heavy with blues influences. Say 1979 or earlier. The last good album they recorded (in my opinion) is one of my favorites - 1979's "Deguello". I love their cover of Elmore James' "Dust My Broom". After that they discarded their razors and discovered shag carpet guitars and have just gone downhill ever since. Billy Gibbons was an awesome guitarist in his day. I have music from just about every older blues artist named in this thread but I don't listen to it much. I prefer the blues influenced rock bands that derived from that music. One of my favorites is Foghat. Most people only know them for "Slow Ride" but they were big blues fans having been born of Savoy Brown. I love their versions of Robert Johnson's "Terraplane Blues" and "Sweet Home Chicago" and Rod Price's slide guitar solo in their cover of Elmore James' "It Hurts Me, Too" still gives me goosebumps after thirty years and hundreds of playings.

IronBear -> RE: learnin' bout the Blues (10/26/2009 5:54:56 PM)
I'd suggest that the OP may like to head to You Tuber and type in either Blues or any one of the artists recommended here and enjoy tyhe hours of music pop up. I've just down loaded a whole heap of Muddy waters filmed at concerts which adds to the large collection I have of pure music on file. Not a bad way to help in CD selections too so you know what you are getting.

abuddingdom -> RE: learnin' bout the Blues (11/4/2009 8:30:51 PM)
I need to get off the general BDSM boards more often......... Charlie Musselwhite, Rory Block(who I saw from about 15 feet away this past Summer), John Hammond , Roomful of Blues are 4 who I think haven't been mentioned. Also any of the guys who used to play with Muddy : Pinetop Perkins, BobMargolin, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Luther Johnson. They all have solo albums which are well worth seeking out. about 4 years ago I saw them play in Levon Helm's barn in Woodstock NY and it was one of the best shows I've ever seen. And there's a young woman from NYC who can belt them out, her name is Alexis B Suter - I've seen her twice but haven't heard her albums, but if she comes around treat yourself to a good rime and go see her..Remember Maria Muldaur, one hit pop wonder from the early 70's? She's been making some fine albums the lasr few years in tribute to the old country blues women who have been mentioned in this thread. BKSir : I advise that you seek out Clapton's EC Was Here, a live album from 74 or 75. It wasn't a real popular one and is likely out of print, but it's an absolute killer. The one you mention, Behind The Sun, was when he really started changing his sound and about the time I started losing interest in Slowhand. Actually, it was Backless which did that. He's right up there asa bluesman, though......

abuddingdom -> RE: learnin' bout the Blues (11/4/2009 8:34:33 PM)
BKSir again: even Benny Goodman used to dabble in some blues swingin......."If the blues was whisky, I'd STAY drunk all the time......" I still damn the virtual demise of vinyl........

Hierodule -> RE: learnin' bout the Blues (11/4/2009 8:43:12 PM)
The blues ain't nothin' but a good man feelin' bad All the greats have prob been mentioned . I'll try some semi-obscure ones Little Walter, Big Bill Broonzy ,Willy Mabon, Sonny Boy Williamson Forgive me if they have been mentioned I didn't read the whole thing

Hierodule -> RE: learnin' bout the Blues (11/4/2009 8:45:49 PM)
Oops forgot Lowell Fulson (you got to reconsider baby) and when it comes to the 60 blues revial in Britian you can't really get any better than John Mayall and the Blues Breakers

Termyn8or -> RE: learnin' bout the Blues (11/4/2009 9:20:21 PM)
FR If you include rythim(sp) and blues, Buddy Holly made a very hard to get album called "Rock Around With Ollie Vee". And what about Ollie Vee ? (this was not with the Crickets and not on the Coral label) T Gawd I can't believe that right now I can't spell that word. I'll just slink away in shame now unless someone is willing to shoot me.

Moonhead -> RE: learnin' bout the Blues (11/5/2009 5:17:58 AM)
Has nobody mentioned Seasick Steve? He's done some great stuff.

iamthebluesman -> RE: learnin' bout the Blues (12/13/2009 6:03:50 PM)
Buddy Guy. If I had to pick an album- Alligator Records 'Stone Crazy'. I can't believe a discussion of blues can be carried this far without any mention of this blues icon.

zephyroftheNorth -> RE: learnin' bout the Blues (12/13/2009 6:33:08 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: iamthebluesman Buddy Guy. If I had to pick an album- Alligator Records 'Stone Crazy'. I can't believe a discussion of blues can be carried this far without any mention of this blues icon. Errrr actually Buddy Guy has been mentioned at least twice, by Anaruus and...well ME [:)] Zeph

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