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[Kegemusha]

 

[Kegemusha]

 

[mirlo]

Cristina Vane

 

[Pegwill]

One from the Jeff Healy Band - While my guitar gentle weeps

 

[Phorize]

 

[Freeway]

 

[raindance]

This concert was a fun one:

 

[Sal1950]

Hubert Sumlin - Kings of Chicago Blues Volume 2
This is the real schitt.

 

[Katji]

It's been a while, this thread. ...11 months.

Music genres are all related, and two billion years ago they were playing...
[,,,]
Life is ♪ beautiful when the Blues takes over all your body and soul. ...Life, Love & the Blues → Etta James.

Etta James is why i searched for this thread. I thought there was one for the Blues, maybe Jazz* and Blues, and it turned out to be the last in 3 pages of search results.

And then, after reading what @NorthSky had said, I read what @Sal1950 had said. ...wow. Lucky.
I started with 60s R&B/doo-wop as a kid, and then when I was 15 it started with Led Zeppelin, and that led to Willie Dixon and the roots.

So now, listening to some of a mix by a girl in Stuttgart, "I'd Rather Go Blind", i went to youtube, got a live show, and Etta James mentioned Rod Stewart having a big hit with it. [Yes, that first album of Rod Stewart, before he became a pop star.]

ok...

original, B-side:

This is a good one. There's also a later one with BB King.

And this one is the doo-wop style. 1960. Berry Gordy.

 

[Katji]

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:-o Good lord, that must've been where they got the name from. One of my real favourites, still now - one of the few I still have copies of. [Canned Heat]

 

[Gregss]

Hello All,

Another Blues group you may not be familiar with that I enjoy is The Bluescasters. FWIW.

 

[Sal1950]

Good to see this old thread having some life again.
My Bad for not contributing lately, there's always some blues spinning around here.
I've had this 3 CD compilation in the cue for a few days now, own'd this set for decades an never tire of listening to it.
A real who's who of Chicago style blues.

Chicago Blues - The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection

 

[spiral scratch]

If you get the chance to see her live, check her out. She is a phenomenal blues artist. This album smokes as well. The lads gifted her a couple of pink strats at the end of the session.

 

[diddley]

To honour the lady above; Sue Foley Peter Karp; Plank Spank

 

[MoreWatts]

What, a year with no blues? Impossible.

The 2 recent studio albums by Gov’t Mule are worth a listen. Done with some neat recording quirks.

Allmusic: “Heavy Load Blues marks the first time the quartet have recorded an album devoted strictly to blues. They cut it in one small room in a New England studio standing very close to one another -- without headphones -- using small vintage amplifiers. The band played stripped-down blues live from the studio floor; the few overdubs were added later. The 13-song standard version of the set offers six excellent Warren Haynes originals alongside covers by masters such as Ann Peebles, Howlin' Wolf, Elmore James, Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland, and others… Heavy Load Blues is raw, heavy, and immediate, the sound of a band unfettered while pursuing a deep blue groove that never quits.” This got nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Tradtitional Blues album. The video below is a live take from the sessions.

Gov’t Mule, Heavy Load Blues, full album: YouTube link ; Spotify link

Allmusic “Peace...Like a River is a companion album to 2021s Heavy Load Blues. The dates were actually recorded simultaneously in different spaces inside the same studio. In different rooms, the band -- guitarist / vocalist Warren Haynes, drummer Matt Abts, bassist Jorgen Carlsson, and keyboardist Danny Louis -- and co-producer John Paterno set up two entirely different recording areas with amps, guitars, keys, and microphones, with the intention of giving each album its own sonic and musical identity. While Heavy Load Blues is an epic blues-rock date, Peace...Like a River is a labyrinthine trek through original songs that nod at the band's classic rock influences, creating an album that sounds like it was written and recorded during the 1970s… This set reaffirms Gov't Mule's place as one of the most musical, stylistically ambitious bands out there.”

Gov’t Mule, Peace...Like a River, full album: YouTube link ; Spotify link

 

[Sal1950]

Gov’t Mule, Peace...Like a River, full album

I'm diggin the tune on the video.
Got to check out the albums soon.

 

[Philbo King]

I feel less alone in the world now because of this thread.
I love a lot of blues artists, and have met quite a few. Name dropping sort of sucks, so I'll mention just one.
I once was honored to play harmonica with Kingfish (Cristone Ingram), before he took a Grammy.
I have found, generally, the really great ones are also really nice and kind people.

 

[Sal1950]

I have found, generally, the really great ones are also really nice and kind people.

Very true, I lived in Chicago for 60+ years before retirement and been to many of the clubs tons of times,
I lived walking distance from one of the most famed. They are mostly relatively small intimate clubs that allowed
close interaction between the performers and audience. Really great folks and times.

 

[Barrelhouse Solly]

Something a bit older. A two part commercial for a psychic firm that actually existed although may not relate directly. I've been listening to this music, some say obsessively, since I was 15 back in the Kennedy administration. Funny Papa Smith made some great records. He went to prison and was never heard from again. My favorite line is at the end of Part 2. He had an ear for biblical prose.

 

[Barrelhouse Solly]

This guy made a few records under the names Sam Butler and Bo Weevil Jackson. He was one of the first slide guitar players to record. Sylvester Weaver preceded him but played Hawaiian style.