Give me some good examples of Blues music.

[LostInAnomie]

Most of what I've heard sucks. I want to see what I've been missing.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

1. James Cotton

That's a good place to start........

[jobycom]

2. Buddy Guy's good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuRhaDrnlWo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CVNfZy-dgc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNSaBmaQrIA&feature=related

[hippywife]

83. Buddy Guy isn't good.

He's bloody freakin' awesome, he is! :hi:

[jobycom]

112. I stand correct.

:)

[sasquatch]

3. The essential bluesman: Leadbelly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCf60f_sAA0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRtd9TFfScU

[Haole Girl]

4. Here ya go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ny5ajCn0xw

[BurtWorm]

88. .

:hi:

(Posted in the wrong place)

[abq e streeter]

5. I guess if it doesn't move ya, it just doesn't, but seeing a good blues band in person

is the way to really appreciate it. Just a few examples beyond James Cotton, as far as recorded blues ( and I suppose its probably an acquired taste) would be on some of the Chess records anthologies---Little Walter, Howlin Wolf ( definitely an acquired taste, but listen to him do Smokestack Lightnin and try to not get chills up and down your spine)...Elmore James ( although , more than most blues artists, many of his records were saddled with inferior backing bands etc, but his Chess stuff...), Muddy Waters... Junior Wells; check his old stuff on Delmark records out......What about BB King? Listen to his stuff from the 50's and 60's; hell even 70's.... I assume you've heard Stevie Ray Vaughn; saw him once and went in with a negative attitude ;"OK , just another white guy playing the blues, big deal"---took about 30 seconds of watching him play to turn that right around; he was the real deal. There are many younger guys keeping the music alive and I'm ashamed to say I'm not as familiar with the new generation as I should be. But again, maybe it just isn't gonna be your thing... On edit....glad others are posting actual links to you tube---I'm still too much of a low tech idiot to have figured out how, but hopefully you'll find some of these artists on you tube on your own , if you are interested.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

8. Thanks ........

While reading your thorough and informed post, I realized I'd overlooked the most obvious, so I just corrected it and posted.

Robert Johnson.

You ever take a good look at his fingers?

[abq e streeter]

11. Absolutely; in fact recently saw a kind of docudrama about him

i.e. a documentary with imagined/recreated scenes ; he was played by Keb Mo in those parts; I think Danny Glover narrated it. But yeah, I've been fascinated by him for decades (and not the only one fascinated by him either, by a long shot) and have seen the pictures with those long spidery fingers...Thought about including him in my list , but I remember first being introduced to his music as a college kid and not "getting " it...too "primitive" or something at that time, before I acquired the sophistication to appreciate him. So I intentionally listed the more rockin' electric guys as maybe being more accessible to someone who at this point doesn't "get" blues. (and no law that he has to---as I said in my post, it may just not be his thing, but I admire that DUer's openness to "getting" something he doesn't "get" so far).

[abq e streeter]

14. Just found a you tube of my old band from about 3 years ago...

I'm not proud of my harp solo, and if anyone chooses to watch it , you'll notice me shaking my head with a kind of disgusted with myself look on my face right at the end of it... oh well, the rest of the band sounded decent...and again, its not like we're some big time blues band like the ones being posted; just some local New Mexico guys playing on the Santa Fe Plaza on a Thursday night...but if you or anyone wants to see it, you can type in Brother E and Blue Rhythm Kings on you tube and its the first thing at the top of the page.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

17. You're GREAT!

Oh, man, that is a terrific band! And you're playing in one of my favorite places - the Plaza!!! I used to live in Santa Fe, a lifetime ago.

That is a GREAT harp solo, and you are a total cutie. Thank you so much for this! What a treat!!!

:thumbsup:

[abq e streeter]

18. Its 2:45 in D.C (that's where you are, right?)

what the HELL are you still up for? I know why I am---taking my mind off the fact that I apparently overdid it in the gym this afternoon and felt so weak, shaky and tight-chested that I almost went to the ER about 3 or 4 hours ago, but things have stabilized---still freaked the crap outta me....Anyway, thanks for the kind words. I thought I mangled at least parts of the solo, but I guess all of it didn't suck, but I'm usually better than that; had driven all the way from Denver to meet up with the guys; put my sax together, organized my harps and just started playing with no warm up ( I think you can hear that its our first song)...So, you've met an old college friend of mine from Illinois in D.C. AND you've lived in Santa Fe --small world...The plaza area really is still kind of magical even if a lot of people think its gotten too touristy. Not me though; got no problem with tourists;, and I love S.F. There's now even a commuter train from Belen (or Los Lunas?),and as of last winter; the Rail Runner was extended all the way to Santa Fe, so there's now the option of driving or taking the train up there from Alb. One of the cool things Gov. Richardson pushed through ( I like some things he's done, not so crazy about others). Wonder if Lost in Anomie ( that was the OP , I think) will dig some of the blues that everyone but Mr. low-tech doofus here knew how to post...P.S. thanks for the "cutie" comment---I noticed my little bit of gut there, and have gotten rid of most of it ( but was worried I'd possibly killed my self in the process today)

[Tangerine LaBamba]

23. Jeez, easy does it .......

A good friend of mine had a heart attack at his gym. Don't be so macho when you're working out - your symptoms are scary, but check your hydration during the workout - that's what they sound like.

Hey, having found you here, I'm not interested in your going to the hospital, so watch it.

We do have some interesting criss-crosses between us, don't we? It's really a small world.

That train ride sounds lovely, but I always liked the drive - going through the weird village of Madras, with the really interesting people who dwell there, and I recall some fine meals - but I'd take that train, just to see what it's like.

I'm a night owl, staying up late, sleeping late. My circadian rhythms are not suited to a 9-5 world, so I just roll with them.

Again, thanks for a musical treat. Where's the band now?

[abq e streeter]

44. Friday AM, still alive, apparently...

feel a little knocked on my ass ,but OK... weird thing is that I felt pretty good in the gym ; stayed at least somewhat hydrated ( probably not enough though), but may have made a mistake by having a big meal a couple of hours ( or less) later. It was after that meal that I noticed that I felt unusually wiped out instead of energized, as a good workout usually does, even if it wipes me out at the time. I practiced the sax some, and when done noticed how short of breath I felt, and all that lasted a good 2 or 3 hours. I'm going back today, but taking it real easy; if anything happens again I'll go to an urgent care center.But already paying off massive medical bills, and don' t want any more ( hell of a health care system; "gee I might be dying, but can't afford to find out"). Actually probably shouldn't hijack a blues thread with this stuff--will PM you today ( maybe right now, if not ,this afternoon,and tell you a little more about the "weird village" and what happened to the band.....

[Crabby Appleton]

6. Some Freddie King - Travis County Jail Concert

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAXTa381bes

Clapton & Friends
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtmebR-vqNQ

Gregor Hilden - Slow Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9Ujm4HEXGc

[Tangerine LaBamba]

7. I forgot the most obvious.........

Robert Johnson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd60nI4sa9A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MCHI23FTP8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoednwhKoZI&feature=related

A real interesting character - you might enjoy reading a bit about him:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnson_(musician)#Death

[WCGreen]

9. anything by Britney spears...

She is the queen of the blues...

[ornotna]

10. There's all kinds of blues

Here are a few examples

Rory Gallagher
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9TqyJW2tyY

Paul Butterfield Blues Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3LEhfbKCSc

Lightnin' Hopkins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVF-0JKLnd4

Koko Taylor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxCa16-nxtM

[sakabatou]

12. From Yoko Kanno

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnMcv-13-C8

[pokerfan]

13. Willie Dixon

I Can't Quit You, Baby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpxNJcNRwFA

You Shook Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n7pfNNP2EM

[abq e streeter]

16. And an absolute sweetheart of a guy.

Opened for him in 1984, and we were told by the powers that be to not "bother" him and that all the beer and barbeque was for him and his band only. Well, Willie saw me and the drummer peering into the room where he was relaxing after the show, chowing down on the ribs and invited us in .We told him we'd been told not to and he laughed and basically said "bullshit" , and to come on in and help ourselves to as much beer and ribs as we wanted, and we sat there shooting the shit with the great Willie Dixon ,and drinking his beer and eating his food, and he couldn't have been more generous, friendly and hospitable.

[pokerfan]

20. Very cool

[abq e streeter]

38. Yes it was, and yes he was

I mean, the guy was a living legend, and we were just two guys from a local band that had been foisted on him as an opening act, yet he treated us as if we were long lost friends. A class act all the way ,and of course he and his band were great .

[madrchsod]

15. luther allison-"live in chicago"

any robert cray album

paul butterfield blues band-"born in chicago"

chicago-the blues 3 volume lp or cd

[Rob H.]

45. Seconding "Live in Chicago"

That CD set kicks all kinds of ass. It's a shame more people don't know about Allison's music.

[Burma Jones]

19. Sonny Boy Williamson II for some blues harp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxDUBAx_gxc&feature=PlayList&p=40572B2B412118B7&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=18

[old mark]

21. BB King is a little more uptown....

Played onstage with him about 30 years ago.

Anything he does is great blues, very distinctive guitar style, wonderful voice.

mark

[abq e streeter]

28. I just posted above about sharing beer and ribs with Willie Dixon, but you PLAYED with BB King !!

I am in complete and eternal awe.

[old mark]

58. The band I was in opened for him - back in the early '70's.

I remember it well.
I am certain he does not.:D

Yes, I was the singing bass player at that time....


mark:hi:

[Flaxbee]

102. me, too. Saw BB at The Blue Note in NYC in 1998;

his voice just makes me cry. It is so rich, and strikes me every single time. Hands down, the best concert I ever saw (well, tied with seeing Ray Charles).

[mitchum]

22. Anything by Howlin' Wolf

[bif]

24. Hound Dog Taylor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuHcN9Cg5J8

I used to be a big blues fan, but I don't listen to it much any more. So much of it sounds the same. But not Hound Dog. This song cracks me up "Give me back my wig, honey let your head go bald."

[Bennyboy]

25. Something a bit more modern!

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByUdhNhy9po

Johnny Lang http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uihnK4C5cgY

[abq e streeter]

30. The soulfulness in Johnny Lang's voice from such a young age has alwys amazed me

there's a bay area blues guy I suspect you may be familiar with who I think is really great by the name of Tommy Castro( another real nice guy BTW). I had the great honor of doing a few songs with him, oh maybe about 15 years ago ( I think not long after he'd left the Dynatones to go out on his own). Wondering if you're familiar with him and if you, like I do, think he's also one of the real good modern ones?

[Bennyboy]

59. I love Tommy Castro!

Living in NORCAL it is hard to not see that guy.

Lots of new blues artists out there but they ain't getting much out of it. Walter trout is amazing. Rick Estrin and the Nightcats (used to be Little Charlie and the Nightcats). are so good, Rick is a harp monster (my instrument).

Walter "the Wolfman" Washinton is rally really really underappreciated too. Outta New Orleans. great band with a horn section.

Joe Bonnamassa is great too.

Anthony Gomes is one of the most exciting performers out there in any genre.

Little Jimmy King was on the way but he died way too young. but he was Albert King's godson and had that same thang going on.

But here in NORCAL we are seeing some fetivals have a hard time. SF blues Fest is dunzo. There just aren't artists that are breaking ut and getting people to see the blues. SF Blues fest is Dunzo, there are no artists that draw a ton of people anymore. SHAME TOO. In the jam community we have Susan Tedeschi, Wofman and grace Potter, but it woul dbe nice to see one of them break out and become tTHAT PERSON.

[abq e streeter]

60. Didn't know you're a harp player...me too

I sing, and play sax and flute, but stared gigging as harp player and added the rest as time went by.:toast:

[Bennyboy]

62. I play the harp and hand drums and xylophone things...

Just for fun, never on stage though. love to jam.

Right now I am strting a non profit, that is going to bringing drums and prcussion instruments to schools,alzheimers facilites,youth centers,Childrens receiving Homes etc.

Got some interesting people part of it too.

Music is such good therapy and we are going to teach people to play WITH drums, not to play drums.

[abq e streeter]

78. juust checked out Estrin on you tube--song called Marion's Mood

thanks for turning me on to him---the guy's a bad motor-scooter

[Bennyboy]

79. Cool, look up some Little Charlie...

and the Nightcats. Charlie retired a year or two ago and Rick toook the band and the tunes....


Rick is great songwriter too. "Dump that chump" and many others are a hoot and the band just kicks serious ass.

[martymar64]

66. What about some of the songs PigPen sang?

Easy Wind is always one of my favorites, along with Hurts Me Too from Europe 72.

[Bennyboy]

84. Piggers! The Dead WERE a blues band back then...

The Dead are a good place to start with the Blues actually. Most of that old sixties stuff was the blues. Paul Butterfield, Quicksilver and the British Invasion was all the blues.

Operator" "The Rub" "good Morning Little School Girl" "You Lied You Cheated" "Death Don't Have No Mercy" all that stuff. Pretty amazing how that band was a lot of styles but it all ended up being GRATEFUL DEAD music.

[martymar64]

93. Heard that!

I'm re-reading Electric Koolaid Acid Test. . It's a cool insight to how the whole scene began, in large ironic part to the CIA and MKULTRA when they turned on Kesey.
Just got the new DVD for the Grateful Dead Movie. I've worn out a few vhs copies of it so it's nice to have it on disc now.
Also Brent had a nice bluesy sound to his singing and hammond playing.
You can never go wrong with the Dead.

[Bennyboy]

96. I am in the Movie!

Big thanks to DU'r Darkstar for finding this one! my Girl at the time, Eileen is the girl with the Levis skirt and tank top that is dancing in the hallway. How she got more screen time than I did I don't understand!

I saw all those shows from october 74 (and all the bay area shows for the most part) since forever.

I loved Brent too, he had a great quality about his voice and he was Ying to Jerry's Yang I thought. Brent was the only one in the band that he did not teach to play their instrument.

The last song that Willie Dixon wrote is "Eternity" With Bob Weir. bob loved the blues too. Wang dang Dooldle" "The Same Thing" CC Rider all were in the deads set for ever and ever along with other blues standarsd like Little red rooster" Lovelight" etc.

[martymar64]

98. That's far out!

The guy selling beer looked just like my German Grandpa! I got into them beginning about 78 when they played on SNL. I saw my first show in 87 when they played with Dylan at Anaheim Stadium. I saw roughly about 35 shows after that. My last show was in Seattle of 94. I saw mostly shows in SoCal with the occasional foray to Vegas or Shoreline or up to Eugene, I would go to Trader Joes's prior to the shows and stock on all the beer my Bug I could carry and I'd take my Igloo through the parking lot and earn my tickets, food, party favors, etc as a roving bartender.
I liked Bobby best when he'd go reggae on us, like with Estimated Profit or Throwing Stones. On keyboards I also dug Vince but mainly that was from also being a Tubes fan. He could always pull out some crazy licks.

Do you ever see anybody else that was in the movie? The other day I was thinking about people that were in the movie. They were as much a part of it as the band and the animation and I wondered how many of them are still out there. Deja fucking vu!

[Bennyboy]

99. A couple of them..

The guy "chicklets" who is the star of the movie I have met a the Frost before. But most of em, I never knew before or after!

We were at the same show I think, I did every Oregon show ever, all the Vegas shows, the greeks, the Frost, shoreline etc..

Did you see them this year? They were efucking amazingly good.

I was a huge Tubes fan. Saw them maybe 50 times one year. loved that band like no there....

[martymar64]

100. I haven't seen any big shows for a few years.

I've been mostly seeing local jam bands here in Austin. There's as nice little community here. I wasn't able to make SXSW either this year because of some prior work committments. I'm hankering to go to a big show pretty soon. I'm thinking about catching Camper Van Beethoven in September in Pioneertown, I think it's for a whole weekend of shows. They're a lot of fun.
As for the Tubes, I never got to see them live, but I used know LeRoi Jones from their crew when he was the co-owner of Toi on Sunset in Hollywood.

[Bennyboy]

107. Austin is great....

I have a friend that moved there to play music, Slim Bawb and Gator Bait, is the band. He used to be in a band called the Beer Dawgs here in Sacramento. He moved to Austin a couple of years ago.

You don't go to Austin City Limits festival? That has been a good one.

Lots of great people come from Austin including my next ex-wife, Carolyn Wonderland.

[martymar64]

111. I like Austin, except for the heat

It's been close to 100 for at least a week and is likely to continue that way until October. That's a little hard to take. I guess I haven't been to a lot of big outdoor shows here partly because of that and partly that I'm not as much into big crowd scenes as much anymore. There are tons of places for the small intimate settings.
I did, however get some tickets to see Henry Rollins here on the 4th of July. I decided that I really, really do need to get out more. I'll keep an eye out for your friend. Some of my friends here have some stuff somewhere online. My friends from Groovin Ground have some material on archive.org and my old roommate Mo Pair has a website.
I've been here this time for about 4 years put I long to head back West, maybe after the economy recovers. I lived in Venice/ Santa Monica for quite a few years and I loved it there and would like to return. Austin will always be one of my homes, though. It really grows on you, despite the brutal summers.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

26. You must listen to these guys;

Sonny Terry (harp) Brownie McGhee (vocals/guitar). These guys do it!!!!!!!!!
:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLKvn6WRwQM

edit- forgot the link!

[livetohike]

27. T-Bone Walker _"Call it Stormy Monday"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVR8lg1YLuc

He's been gone for over 30 years now. This is a classic, but I like all of his music.

[malta blue]

29. There are so many different types of blues as well.

In no particular order:

Albert Collins
Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials
Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows
Son Seals
Taj Mahal
Koko Taylor (she just recently died)
Leon Redbone
Robert Johnson

[abq e streeter]

34. Outstanding examples--and good to see some not so famous names there

Son Seals, especially, was absolutely incredible live ;saw him many many times in Chicago bars...Assuming you own records/CD's etc of Big Twist and Albert Collins, I'd be curious if any of em have Sam Franklin on sax with Albert, or Melvin Crisp on drums with Big Twist. I'm very blessed and honored to be able to say those guys are ( or were) good friends. Sam was one of my dearest friends ;he passed away in 2001 ( small world; he was also a friend of DUer guitarman, though he and I have never met except on DU), and Melvin, while not a close friend like Sam was , is still a friend, and I'm pretty sure there were two Big Twist albums he played on. No big deal, but that'd be cool if you have records or Cd's with my friends in your collection. Hope this didn't seem like "name dropping"; but I am ,as I said, proud and honored to have been able to call these guys my friends.

[malta blue]

43. I lost my entire vinyl collection to an asshole who left my

stuff in a barn. I no longer have any Big Twist :cry: All my Albert Collins I have downloaded off iTunes.

I saw Son Seals several times, but my all time fave is Albert. He played at my college for an event and that is where I first saw him (back in 1986). I had such an amazing time. That summer, I saw him in Chicago (I was underage and snuck in) and he recognized me. I was so scared I was going to get booted out of the bar - I think it was Rose's - but he just plopped me at a table right in front of the stage and sang to me. Told the crowd he remembered the "little girl" who danced her ass off at some tiny school in Minnesota :rofl:

[abq e streeter]

48. great story ( not counting the losing all your albums part--that just sucks big time)

'86--I think Sam was in the band around then; do you happen to remember a tall black guy playing tenor sax? And was the bar called Rosa's? Kind of an odd, funky neighborhood; not among the cluster of blues bars around Lincoln and Halstead streets...? Sugar Blue, the greatest harp player I ever saw, used to be a regular performer there ( he's the guy that does the solo on the Stones' Miss You etc) And not to be nosy, but curious which "tiny school"? I went to Knox in Ilinois,and St Olaf and Carleton were in our conference...

[malta blue]

52. Ha - I was a Carl!

Yes, it was Rosa's! I had many friends from the Chicago area - actually, I still DO have many friends in that area.

I must admit, I don't recall much about the band itself - it was a long time ago..... :smoke:

Lil Ed and Big Twist also made visits to Carleton while I was there. I transferred after two years to Ripon in WI.

[abq e streeter]

53. Was that still in the old Midwest conference then ? ( I'm just a teensy bit older than you)

I started at Knox in'68....Ripon was in the conference too at the time---a guy I was friends with in junior high became, supposedly, a basketball legend at Ripon---Ron Cooper............Anyway, between Melvin and Sam, I bet you saw at least Sam and very possibly Melvin play...:toast:

[malta blue]

54. I am not sure what conference we were in....

I was not very sports-oriented.

:toast:

[abq e streeter]

55. ah--Ok ... like a lot of of commie-pinko-hippie lib'rul guys, I'm a closet jock

[malta blue]

56. I did play on the men's lacrosse team at Ripon....

I'm a female, BTW, so that was amusing :thumbsup:

And I played rugby at Carleton!

[abq e streeter]

61. I'm impressed !

no sarcasm; I really am :hi:

[PeaceNikki]

31. Koko Taylor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IWL13X7N2c

[Flaxbee]

103. Wang Dang Doodle!

Damn I love Koko!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp5NIxWdUbI

[rucky]

32. Taylor Hicks!

:hide:


kidding....KIDDING

[mvd]

35. He's not bad - I'm no musical elitist

Guess he's more soul/pop than blues, though.

[Initech]

33. One of Frank Zappa's biggest influences: Johnny Guitar Watson

[Tikki]

36. Willie DeVille and here is one with Zuccero...

(an Italian Blues singer) and Maná (who are not necessarily a blues band, but a damn good band).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrqfgY-WWtg
"Cadillac Walk"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5jwRCUsiiU
"Baila Morena"....Zuccero and Maná


Tikki

[abq e streeter]

41. So Willy is calling the band Mink DeVille again ,cool...

Cadillac Walk is a Moon Martin song ( same guy that wrote Bad Case of Loving You), and I still have that album on vinyl...Love that slow soul tune, Can't Live Without It ( I think that's the the right title anyway)...Been trying to track down a song of Willy's that got some "alternative" airplay in the 90's-----a sensitive love ballad called Mama Keep Your Big Mouth Shut.........

[Tikki]

46. Thanks, always appreciate the info...

ha ha...I fancy myself a music witness...


Tikki

[abq e streeter]

51. and I fancy myself as being witless--so pretty close

[av8rdave]

37. I gotta put in a plug for Johnnie Bassett and the Blues Insurgents

Now THIS is blues!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YCwVQBNfLc

[mvd]

39. Bessie Smith, Etta James, Big Mama Thornton, B. B. King, some of Sam Cooke's stuff

I don't know much about modern day pure-blues.

[mvd]

40. Oh, and I guess Billie Holiday, Muddy Waters, and Ray Charles would qualify

Maybe Janis Joplin, too. All older artists again.

[Joey Liberal]

42. Gary Moore - great Blues! nt

[bikebloke]

47. Old Fleetwood Mac

With Peter Green. A bluesy different sound, than the pop with Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham.

[Captain Hilts]

49. I get the blues every day by Joe Williams.

[Captain Hilts]

50. The dirty stuff, like "Couch for sale." nt

[sarge43]

57. Miles Davis' Kind of Blue -- cool jazz style n/t

[HERVEPA]

63. Chris Smither!

[Blue_In_AK]

64. I'm old school.

I like Lightnin' Hopkins.

[Jetboy]

65. Son House

He deserves a mention. My favorites are Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, and Willie Dixon.

Hubert Sumlin is one of the best old school guy still around.

[aquaman]

72. Love Son House.....

Oh yeah!

[Strong Atheist]

81. Belated Welcome to DU!

:toast:

[greendog]

67. Skip James

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytVww5r4Nk0

[hellbound-liberal]

68. Here's one of my favorites: Tab Benoit doing Freddie King's Night Train

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxvbY6PfdM0

[Metta]

69. More than you can shake a stick at.

http://www.wirz.de/music/sellefrm.htm

[hellbound-liberal]

70. It boggles my mind that no one has mentioned Johnny Winter yet

Still tearing it up at 64!

Red House
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4sbLPbtJJE

[tigereye]

71. the late Johnny Clyde Copeland and his wonderful daughter Shemekia

(great blues belter!)

Albert Collins

Sapphire, the Uppity Blues Women

Buddy Guy

[many a good man]

73. Best Ever: There is No Justice by Lonnie Johnson (1932)

Now they put me in this jailhouse, twenty long years today,
And it’s drivin’ me crazy, I’ve got thirty more years to stay.

The jailhouse, boy is a lonesome place.
Especially when that turnkey, slams the door in your face.

Now they set me up for blackmail, and I can’t even sign my name.
Some dirty rat pulled this job, and I’ve got ta bare the blame.

I even give my last dolla’, ta those with a beggin’ hand,
Then bad luck passed all the crooks and I had ta, be that fallin’ man.

Boys I been laying in this death cell, writin’ my time upside the wall.
When I had plenty of money I had friends, now I’m in trouble, ain’t got a friend at all.

Boys, it’s a pity, but I sure can’t understand.
They said the judge is for justice, and still he framed an innocent man.

I was put in this cell, twenty long years ago.
Some poor men lives their time out, and some never lives to go.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtzhKWvuHPw

[greendog]

74. Memphis Minnie

Me And My Chauffeur Blues:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiRoNuw5x4M&feature=related

[greendog]

75. Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell

Papas On the House Top:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNyZNKnlxko

[greendog]

76. Tampa Red & Georgia Tom

You Can't Get That Stuff No More:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ-YCwjqXb0&feature=related

[av8rdave]

77. Oh, yeah...and another one: Deborah Coleman

She is awesome (got to meet her once :) )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKrZbScbLJI

[eauclaireliberal]

80. Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie

Led Zeppelin got the idea of When the Levee Breaks from KJ.

[hippywife]

82. In addition to all the fine blues pioneers folks have listed here...

some more contemporary examples, but in no way new or recent, would be John Mayall and Johnny Winter.

Another of the great Chicago blues masters would be John Lee Hooker.

Frankly, I've never heard any blues that sucked.

[Kali]

91. "Frankly, I've never heard any blues that sucked."

I'll sure second that!

and I have to wonder what the OP has heard. If any of the mentioned artists in this thread sucked then I don't think they are going to find ANY they will like!

[melman]

85. Stevie Ray Vaughan

Texas Flood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEOY0f_hNro

[NNN0LHI]

86. Go here to the Blues Blogger web site and listen to this one

Boz Scaggs (1969): Loan Me a Dime

http://thebluesblogger.com/499/boz-scaggs-1969-loan-me-a-dime

Or this one:

Buddy Guy: A Man & The Blues (1968)

http://thebluesblogger.com/

Lot of good stuff to listen to on this site. I highly recommend it.

The entire first Led Zeppelin album is some of the best blues you will ever hear also.

Happy listening.

Don

[Madrone]

87. If you ain't like the blues, you gotta hole in your soul.

:)

It would be easier to pick something to share if I knew what you've heard, and what kind of music you DO like. I'm not sure how much blues you HAVE listened to, but it's entirely likely that if you've never heard anything in that genre you don't think "sucks" - the blues just ain't for you.

[BurtWorm]

89. Shake For Me by Howlin' Wolf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWYYn1WysaY

One of my very favorite YouTube videos. Rarely seen for some reason. It's brilliant.

[myrna minx]

95. I was just going to post Howlin' Wolf. I was surprised not to see him referenced here and lo and

behold!

Live Smokestack Lighting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1FK620bS7A

SKip James: The Devil Got My Woman:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtZ6DoeimP4

[mitchum]

106. I referenced him earlier (he was also the world's greatest rock star)

[Kali]

90. do you mean classic American Blues?

If you want to hear something a little different find some Turkish Saz music. And of course the roots of American Blues are in Africa.

[Iggo]

92. Terraplane Blues

There's some Robert Johnson stuff on Youtube (sound only), along with a bunch vids of folks giving it a shot in the Related section. And there's a Clapton studio vid floating around with him singing and playing, and another guy playing one of those steel-top hubcap guitars (the name of the guitar escapes me right now, but either way...)

That's the blues. If ya don't dig it, ya don't dig the blues. But it's alright...

[enigmatic]

94. "Sad Days, Lonely Nights"- Junior Kimbrough

The video is amazing, too:

http://recluseshow.blogspot.com/2007/06/sad-days-lonely-nights-junior-kimbrough.html

[Nevernose]

97. Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers

Good stuff and a lot of fun. Although he came up from an old-school, traditional blues school, his best recordings were when he was older, in the 1970s. You have to like the electric guitar, though.

[handmade34]

101. John Lee Hooker and Billie Holiday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SRLpCHQB2c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWtUzdI5hlE&feature=related

[Flaxbee]

104. Do yourself a favor: Buy B.B. King "Blues Summit"

B.B. King with John Lee Hooker, Etta James, Ruth Brown, Koko Taylor, Albert Collins... it's an incredible collection.

Really. INCREDIBLE. So much humor, heartache, all with incredible voices.

[retread]

105. Muddy Waters. Impossible to pick one song. Someone ought to name a rock-n-roll

band after this tune!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBywcdZ65Z8

[Zorro]

108. Hot Tuna's first album

Acoustic blues played by Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Cassidy, with some wailing harmonica work by Will Scarlett.

Listen to Uncle Sam Blues ("Got my questionnaire Baby, ya know I'm headin' off for war...gonna kill somebody, won't have to break no kind of law...") and then you'll understand the appeal.

[deek]

109. Jonny Lang

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=jonny+lang&aq=f

[old mark]

110. Some older country style but still the best - Try Leadbelly,

Bill Broonzey, Blind Willie McTell (IMO, he and Leadbelly are the greatest 12 string players) and Memphis Minnie (her songs were covered by The Animals, Led Zep, Bob Dylan and many others)

I hope you are finding some of these things enjoyable.

mark

[astral]

113. Bonnie Bramlett

Okay, she wasn't "Just" Blues~~~ Here's a snippet from her killer song, "Dirty Old Man." (Sorry, I don't know how to find the whole song online but found this in my search and now must go to bed ~~! ; )

http://www.emusic.com/samples/m3u/song/10921549/14076763.m3u

[RebelOne]

114. Check out Johnny Lang.

I'm not a big fan of blues, but this guy is fantastic and I think he is only about 22.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uihnK4C5cgY

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DayCrQWJXuI