Can anyone recommend some blues music to listen to?

[Alexander]

Just trying to find something cool to do on this dreary Sunday night.

[opiate69]

1. Here's a link...

to a label that specializes in Blues.. They have an online jukebox.
http://www.alligatorrecords.com/

[mitchum]

2. "Howlin' Wolf: His Greatest Sides"...

will take the gloom away

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. Lotsa fun stuff here

http://stations.mp3s.com/stations/92/penguin_blues.html

[davsand]

4. Want some funny Blues?

Look for Screamin Jay Hawkins. He did a song called Constipation Blues that is great for anyone who is willing to laugh at bathroom humor...

His other stuff is really good, but that song always sticks in my mind as one of the funniest blues sonfgs I've ever heard.

Laura

[Semi_subversive]

5. Anything BB King

or Etta James will get you in the mood. Try some Johnny Lang if you want to get into some serious blues guitar.

[SOteric]

14. I second this recommendation.

Go for the BB first.

[soothsayer]

6. "Hail to the Chief" makes me weep these days

Wait, it makes me retch actually.

[noiretextatique]

7. i like jazzy blues..."willow weep for me"

as interpreted by billie holliday, sarah vaughn, dinah washington...and others. i love this particular song, so i've been listening to various interpretations all say long.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

9. OK well then you have to NOW go pursue

Wes Montgomery's version and Steve Miller's version...btw..NSMA has a version of that too :D

[noiretextatique]

16. it's on my playlist

of course :D i also have grant green's version and dexter gordon's. i told you: i LOVE this song :D

btw...i had did an audition at my church for a talent showcase they're doing. as it happens, the audition was right after choir practice, so my audience was the choir. after i read a few poems, a few choir members approached me about adapting my poems for lyrics...and for writing lyrics!!! i'm so jazzed about this because i've always wanted to write a song. i may not know music, but i do know rhythm, and i know words, so i am excited!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

17. That is VERY cool!

I'd love to hear it when it happens

[noiretextatique]

20. sure...now send me your goddamn song

sheesh :evilgrin:

[noiretextatique]

19. WHAT?!?! NSMA'S VERSION?!?!?! damn...right over my head

ok missy...i want a copy, post haste :D damn...i can't believe i missed THAT.

[Syrinx]

8. Have you ever heard of Johnny Shines?

He lived in my small, Southern city. He died several years ago.

He played in Robert Johnson's band back in the day. I wonder if he knew where the "crossroads" were?

ON EDIT: He was pretty famous in Europe.

[mitchum]

11. "Too Wet To Plow"!

Shines was fantastic

[Syrinx]

13. I've only got mp3's

Got any records?

I'm a white guy in Alabama. But my best friend from 17-21 was a black dude, slightly older than me. His brother was Johnny Shine's wife's "back-door man." I feel kind of "historical." :)

[Tom Kitten]

10. Jesse Mae Hemphill...

Raw rocking blues....she was getting big in the 90s (I saw her at the Portland Blues Festival and she was Great!)

Unfortunately she had a stroke in 94 and is now confined to a wheelchair. Here's a link, with other links...check it out!

http://www.shs.starkville.k12.ms.us/mswm/MSWritersAndMusicians/musicians/JessieMaeHemphill/JessieMaeHemphill.html

She released 2 albums, one is definitely out on cd....

(edited to provide link...d'oh!)

[sasquatch]

12. Lead Belly, Muddy Waters and Blind Willie Johnson

are all good to listen to. Pre WWII blues songs are problably the best.

[Bossy Monkey]

15. I like and recommend Mississippi Fred McDowell

You might want to specify whether you mean acoustic blues, electric blues, Delta blues, Chicago blues, British blues, Memphis blues...

[Maddy McCall]

18. THE JUVENATORS!

They're all my very good friends and are from my hometown. They kick ASS! They play all over the south, including at Houston's Mercury Room. They have quite a following in the south and Texas.

Go here for a listen:

www.thejuvenators.com



"The blues, the whole blues, and nothing but the blues."

[Maddy McCall]

21. Ok, I hate to be pushy, but you have to go listen to the juvies

I posted their link above...I am listening to them right now...they are great.

So go listen! (And, no, I'm not their agent!) :-)