re: Your favorite blues artists/songs

Posted by Shoulderchoke

Swamps of Lafourche

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Posted on 1/22/14 at 3:24 pm to ApexTiger

Buddy Guy

Dude was waaaaay ahead of his time. He was also a major influence in Hendrix's style.

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Posted by Cdawg

TigerFred's Living Room

Member since Sep 2003

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Posted on 1/22/14 at 3:57 pm to Shoulderchoke

Prefer the Hill Country myself even though T Model is from the delta. He still has the hill country sound.

T Model Ford - Where you been

T Model Ford - Chicken Head Man

Way under appreciated, Charles Caldwell. To obad by the time he was discovered he passed away.
Charles Caldwell - same man

Charles Caldwell - Remember me

But Popular blues...
Taj Mahal - Corinna

Posted by PGT Beauregard

Dead Presidents

Member since Dec 2013

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Posted on 1/22/14 at 3:58 pm to Shoulderchoke

quote:
Buddy Guy
Dude was waaaaay ahead of his time. He was also a major influence in Hendrix's style.

saw him in Denver once. One of the best shows of the festival

Posted by Geert Hammink_43

Member since Dec 2004

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Posted on 1/22/14 at 4:39 pm to Spaulding Smails

quote:
Buddy Guy-Sweet Tea (Album broke up into seperate vids)

I think that's his best record. very raw, dark, & nasty sounding. unfortunately, he never plays anything from it.

another outstanding record.

albert king- blues at sunset

Posted by JumpingTheShark

America

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Posted on 1/22/14 at 5:07 pm to Sampson

Leadbelly is pretty good

T-Bone Walker - Call it Stormy Monday
BB King - Live at Cook County Jail (Full Album)
Howling Wolf - How Many More Years
Howling Wolf - Evil (Is Going On)
Howling Wolf - Smokestack Lightning
Buddy Guy - First Time I Met The Blues
Buddy Guy - Five Long Years
T-Bone Walker - Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong

Posted by DownSouthCrawfish

Simcoe Strip - He/Him/Helicopter

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Posted on 1/22/14 at 6:03 pm to Sampson

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Posted by Fishwater

Carcosa

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Posted on 1/22/14 at 6:22 pm to Geert Hammink_43

quote:
Buddy Guy-Sweet Tea

The song Stay All Night is a Junior Kimbrough song

Posted by 12Pence

Member since Jan 2013

6344 posts

Posted on 1/22/14 at 6:59 pm to Sampson

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you The Velvet Bulldozer. Give it up for Albert King's Born Under a Bad Sign.

This has always been my favorite.

Posted by HeadyBrosevelt

the Verde River

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Posted on 1/22/14 at 8:07 pm to 12Pence

Al Kooper,Mike Bloomfield,& Stephen Stills - Super Session
a criminally underrated album. "Season of the Witch" in particular is haunting.

another gem, Jammed Together by Albert King, Steve Cropper, and Pop Staples
What'd I Say
Big Bird
Optus de Soul

No explanation needed.
Bell Bottom Blues
Key to the Highway - this may be favorite blues jam ever
Anyday

Posted by robyman

Member since Dec 2013

540 posts

Posted on 1/22/14 at 8:45 pm to Sampson

I really like this Harmonica player Fingers Taylor. Most of y'all have probably never heard of him but hes from Mississippi

Posted by LuckySo-n-So

Member since Jul 2005

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Posted on 1/22/14 at 8:58 pm to Sampson

Go to Picadilly on Government St. around lunchtime. On weekdays, a living blues legend by the name of Henry Gray plays there a few days a week. He has played with EVERYONE who is anyone in Blues. He just sits at his little piano and plays a few songs and sings. Dude's 89 years old, and still got it.

Posted by robyman

Member since Dec 2013

540 posts

Posted on 1/22/14 at 9:11 pm to LuckySo-n-So

quote:
Henry Gray

saw him once 2 years ago for like 30 minutes. dude was magical...

Posted by Breesus

House of the Rising Sun

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Posted on 1/22/14 at 9:15 pm to Sampson

Hopefully these guys have been mentioned already:

Warren Haynes (solo and Govt mule)
Joe Bonamassa
Davie Knowles (especially Roll away by BDS)
Robin Trower

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