Blues music (page 2)

heathen

Big blues fan here --- check out some Johnny Winters , room full of blues , The blues brother movie soundtracks had some good songs on it . I think robert plant and jimmy page put out a blues album in the last couple of years that was very good .

gitasatsangha

y'all need to come up here to memphis one night. we'll we wall-to-wall xdubs up Beale street. :_

Steve Egner

Lots of greats have already been mentioned, but my personal, standout favorite, will always be Albert Collins. Never really found the fame he deserved, but what a treasure to hear. From any roadhouse performance, he'd connect his Telecaster to a 100' plus jack, and make his way out one of the building exits, playing the whole way. He never lost the rhythm or line, even when he could barely hear the band from outside. I followed him every time, stood right in front of him, knowing I was observing a master of his art.

Steve

avishai

y'all need to come up here to memphis one night. we'll we wall-to-wall xdubs up Beale street.

I'm there, man!! How bout a southern apostofest? I'm serious. I can't find good barbecue, good whiskey, or good music here! Dammit!!

exjdub

y'all need to come up here to memphis one night. we'll we wall-to-wall xdubs up Beale street.
I'm there, man!! How bout a southern apostofest? I'm serious. I can't find good barbecue, good whiskey, or good music here! Dammit!!

That might just be the thing that would draw me North of Florida!

Evesapple

I don't have any CD's personally...but I love blues, especially in a bar....if ever up here in Chicago, there are some great small, smoky, blues bars, where the audience is up out of their seats.......

Markfromcali

Thanks for all the input guys, it'll take me a while to go through them but don't stop with this message, keep them coming if you have them!

maxwell

I'm more into jazz, but blues is the parent of jazz. And I like blues a lot too. The only blues CD I've bought is a B.B. King live concert at Cook County Jail. There audience response to the annoucement of the sheriff's presence at the beginning of the concert is quite "interesting". Also interesting that they allowed people in jail a concert, but the music is great. "How Blue Can You Get" is my favorite.

I found the lyrics to that song. I'm only putting part of them here, because this is the part that always trips me out.

I gave you a brand new Ford, but you said: "I want a Cadillac"
I bought you a ten dollar dinner, and you said: thanks for the snack
I let you live in my penthouse, you said it just a shack
I gave seven children, and now you wanna give them back

You have to hear how he sings it to get the full effect. Of course you have to remember that this is an old song, and a ten dollar dinner might have been somewhat impressive (though obviously not to this particular woman he's writing about) at the time it was written.

When I was a JW, I played with an amateur JW band and about 1/3 of our songs were blues from the 60's and 70's. Stuffy like "Stormy Monday" and "The Thrill is Gone". I loved playing that stuff. Blues has a simple basic format, but it is definitely fun to play even if you haven't really lived the life to be truly blue. I grew up down there in Memphis, but never actually went into a club on Beale Street. I did walk down Beale Street a few times and I saw a few bands playing outside and the people dancing with their drinks wherever they got them. Very interesting atmosphere. Of course, I was a JW then, but I knew a few JW who did go into clubs there sometimes. I was only 22 when I left. Come to think of it, I've only gone to one blues club here and the two nights I went it was because a saxophonist I know was there playing with a Swing/jazz band. But there's this oldies place downtown, I plan to check out one of these days.

itsallgoodnow

My fave - Showdown with Robert Cray, Johnny Copeland and Albert Collins. It rocks!

Insomniac

Shemekia Copeland and Dawn Tyler are two of the best newer artists I've heard- very rockin' stuff. Also, Johnny Lang has put out some good albums. Also, Keb 'Mo, Marcia Ball, Son Seals are all great.

As kind of a "starter kit" of the blues, you might want to pick up "Safe House" which is a compilation released a few years back-available on Amazon. Lots of old and newer stuff, different styles, etc. to get you started. Have fun finding some new tunes!

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