Author Topic: Blues. (Read 27059 times)

elbow · « **Reply #200 on:** July 5, 2011, 11:24:06 am »

I'm amazed nobody has mentioned Junior Kimbrough! Here's a couple of his best:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/IuzNX4ZSbJc?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/IuzNX4ZSbJc?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/8MhPxRbgXkY?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/8MhPxRbgXkY?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB</a>

You can see where The Black Keys get some of their style from, especially the mournful way he sings. In fact, The Black Keys did a whole album of Junior Kimbrough cover versions, "Chulahoma". Well worth checking out:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/bsP4kBTa9X4?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/bsP4kBTa9X4?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/XHp5O61Yi-c?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/XHp5O61Yi-c?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB</a>

Shajan · « **Reply #201 on:** July 20, 2011, 01:39:17 am »

My first thread here on RAWK

Been posting on lfc.tv forums for a while.

So. I thought we should have a blues thread in which people can share music and opinions/thoughts about songs/artists. So let me begin!

One of my favorite songs ever:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fk2prKnYnI

I believe we need a new blues revolution. We have to get back to music where feelings and words matter instead of just beats. I mean you can enjoy blues songs for the rythm and such if you want but there's also the option of listening to the lyrics. These days that option is no longer here. And as I once said: Blues is not about escaping "the blues", it's about confronting it, and defeating it instead of running away.

brendanbrady · « **Reply #202 on:** July 20, 2011, 02:02:28 am »

John Mayall-blues breakers with Eric clapton is what got me into blues. Still learning. Bought an Albert king album and Robert Johnson album after having a search of the best blues albums online. I would recommend this strategy for anyone looking to learn about the blues

RedmeisterOZ · « **Reply #203 on:** July 21, 2011, 07:40:01 am »

Heaps of Blues postings here Shajan.

Nice track by B.B. King.

http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=261287.msg7205630#msg7205630

http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=207025.msg3778677#msg3778677

Shajan · « **Reply #204 on:** July 21, 2011, 12:45:35 pm »

Some of the best blues tracks:

Howlin Wolf - Smokestack Lightning

http://www.youtube.com/v/A1FK620bS7A

B.B. King - Blues Boys Tune

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

Sonny Boy Williamson II - Nine Below Zero

http://www.youtube.com/v/AGUGXOxs6p0

Buddy Guy - First Time I Met The Blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_rd8y8A2oE

Rolling Stones Feat. Buddy Guy - Champaign and Reefer LIVE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeOw8JBmXsE

On a side note I play the harmonica so I usually tend to lean towards harmonica based tracks but Buddy and BB are priceless!

eAyeAddio · « **Reply #205 on:** July 21, 2011, 02:10:04 pm »

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/O8hqGu-leFc?version=3&amp;hl=en_US" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/O8hqGu-leFc?version=3&amp;hl=en_US</a>

RedmeisterOZ · « **Reply #206 on:** July 31, 2011, 02:05:48 pm »

Jimmy Reed: "Down in Mississippi"

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/lO8blq8i3L4?version=3&" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/lO8blq8i3L4?version=3&</a>

RedmeisterOZ · « **Reply #207 on:** July 31, 2011, 02:24:34 pm »

How many Blues greats can you have in the same place?
Helen Humes, Willie Dixon, Jump Jackson, Memphis Slim, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee and
T-Bone Walker.

'The Blues aint' nothin' but a woman'

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/irXywhqP1ho?version=3&" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/irXywhqP1ho?version=3&</a>

Moldyman · « **Reply #208 on:** August 3, 2011, 03:14:13 pm »

this belongs nowhere near this thread but you guys would be the best to seek the advice of!! my demo of death letter blues by son house. was recorded in a one take job at college so apologies for the poor quality and lazy vocal and what not...anyways feedback would be much appreiciated! even if its to tell me i'm shite! i knew rawk would be the best place to come for some brutal honesty!

heres the link: http://snd.sc/pHh0h0

RedmeisterOZ · « **Reply #209 on:** August 11, 2011, 03:51:35 am »

Albert Collins: "Lights Are On Nobody Home"

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/7YohNajNjxg?version=3&" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/7YohNajNjxg?version=3&</a>

Uhoh AureliOs · « **Reply #210 on:** September 9, 2011, 03:08:18 pm »

It's not bad Moldyman but there's a lot lost in the quality of the recording - no access to a decent mic? With slide and a poor recording it sounds like you're in the bathroom

Something sounds odd about the tempo after the turnaround (1:40ish) but it's a good effort. What guitar are you using?

Uhoh AureliOs · « **Reply #211 on:** September 9, 2011, 03:32:41 pm »

And whilst we're on Son House he wrote this whilst working for New York Central.

This intro doesn't make it onto most collections of his work - his voice is amazing, if a little heard to understand

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZEJN1r-ObDY?version=3&amp;hl=en_US" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/ZEJN1r-ObDY?version=3&amp;hl=en_US</a>

Found this version which is rough and full of phlegmy growls and mumbling which adds to it's charm...

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/AZrYfiUztt8?version=3&amp;hl=en_US" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/AZrYfiUztt8?version=3&amp;hl=en_US</a>

...but he altered my favourite section so here's a less gritty version with it in.

Asked the conductor,
"Please let me ride the blinds."
I Asked the conductor,
"Please let me ride the blinds."
He said, "I wouldn't mind, Son,
But this Empire State ain't mine".

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/kwqeffiewBA?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;hd=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/kwqeffiewBA?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;hd=1</a>

"A walk way between two passenger cars covered with either canvas or leather in an accordion shape. From the outside of the blinds to the outer edge of the cars there was a space about 24 inches wide. There was a ladder running up to the top of the car in this space and the bums would grap hold of the ladder and hold on to it. That was riding the blinds"

I wonder if he ever got to ride it.

Rattleduser · « **Reply #212 on:** September 9, 2011, 09:56:42 pm »

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kx1KLqKAQKg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/Kx1KLqKAQKg</a>

glorious

RedmeisterOZ · « **Reply #213 on:** September 11, 2011, 11:38:22 am »

Albert King: "I'll Play The Blues For You"

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/wdDRCIEEZ3w?version=3&" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/wdDRCIEEZ3w?version=3&</a>

RedmeisterOZ · « **Reply #214 on:** September 11, 2011, 11:56:54 am »

Lonnie Brooks: 'Don't Answer That Door'

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/hTUfDrp3nJk?version=3&" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/hTUfDrp3nJk?version=3&</a>

redmanmarshall · « **Reply #215 on:** September 14, 2011, 06:07:04 pm »

Buddy Guy has such an amazing voice.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/n_4UmAY852I?version=3"><param name" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/n_4UmAY852I?version=3"><param name</a>

Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac. In my opinion (and a lot of others), the best British blues guitarist ever.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/RtmW2ek7WkQ?version=3"><param name" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/RtmW2ek7WkQ?version=3"><param name</a>

Finally, a little bit of John Mayer

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/9CQZXiMK3PQ?version=3"><param name" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/9CQZXiMK3PQ?version=3"><param name</a>

shelovesyou · « **Reply #216 on:** September 14, 2011, 06:16:58 pm »

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/vr2ZUJPonF8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/vr2ZUJPonF8</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/NYBaSDM3nWE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/NYBaSDM3nWE</a>

RedmeisterOZ · « **Reply #217 on:** September 15, 2011, 01:42:45 pm »

No Big Joe Turner on any of the Rawk Blues threads?, shame.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/y_uO-47K7tc?version=3&" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/y_uO-47K7tc?version=3&</a>

RedmeisterOZ · « **Reply #218 on:** December 5, 2011, 01:22:27 pm »

Nothing, but the Blues.
'Blues Before Sunrise' - John Lee Hooker

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/9oz66xHeaaM?version=3&" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/9oz66xHeaaM?version=3&</a>

RedmeisterOZ · « **Reply #219 on:** December 11, 2011, 05:32:48 am »

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/aKo80b-QfK0?version=3&" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/aKo80b-QfK0?version=3&</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/j7EPIYlyUIM?version=3&" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/j7EPIYlyUIM?version=3&</a>

Trabolgan · « **Reply #220 on:** December 11, 2011, 01:42:54 pm »

The chef Rick STein had a programme recently called " a taste of the blues" on BBC 2" was really good you might still find it on I player.

RedmeisterOZ · « **Reply #221 on:** February 29, 2012, 02:08:10 pm »

Captain Beefheart:'Hard Working Man'

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/O6T6vCbKAuo?version=3&" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/O6T6vCbKAuo?version=3&</a>

dave 5516 · « **Reply #222 on:** February 29, 2012, 07:08:42 pm »

I was just about to post about Louisiana Red,and i found out he died last Friday.I was listening to his 1976 album Dead Stray Dog today on a bike ride.Shit.

Red knew the blues,both musically and in his life.His mum died not long after his birth and the klan lynched his dad.

Even in his later life he was still releasing great blues record's. in 2010 he released You Got To Move.

I dont know if any of you listened to Red,if not,you should.He really was that good.

RIP brother.

KERRYKOP · « **Reply #223 on:** March 1, 2012, 12:10:25 pm »

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/4Ou-6A3MKow" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/4Ou-6A3MKow</a>

RedmeisterOZ · « **Reply #224 on:** March 27, 2012, 11:32:23 pm »

Elwood Blues: You may go if you wish. But remember this: walk away now and you walk away from your crafts, your skills, your vocations; leaving the next generation with nothing but recycled, digitally-sampled techno-grooves, quasi-synth rhythms, pseudo-songs of violence-laden gangsta-rap, acid pop, and simpering, saccharine, soulless slush. Depart now and you forever separate yourselves from the vital American legacies of Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Jimmy Reed, Memphis Slim, Blind Boy Fuller, Louis Jordan, Little Walter, Big Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson I and II, Otis Redding, Jackie Wilson, Elvis Presley, Leiber and Stoller, and Robert K. Weiss.
Donald "Duck" Dunn: Who is Robert K. Weiss?
Elwood Blues: Turn your backs now and you snuff out the fragile candles of blues, R&B and soul, and when those flames flicker and expire, the light of the world is extinguished because the music which has moved mankind through seven decades leading to the millennium will wither and die on the vine of abandonment and neglect.

B.B.King and Albert Collins: 'Stormy Monday'

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/FQdPiRBOrgE?version=3&" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/FQdPiRBOrgE?version=3&</a>

dave 5516 · « **Reply #225 on:** March 27, 2012, 11:58:20 pm »

Otis Taylor.A great bluesician,as Gil Scott would have said.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31rrtc8GHlc&feature=fvst

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UlU2XPSkhQ

Just a couple of piece's from a fine musican,how this man is'nt huge i dont know.

RedmeisterOZ · « **Reply #226 on:** March 28, 2012, 12:27:15 am »

Willie Dixon: "I can't quit you, baby"

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/rpxNJcNRwFA?version=3&" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/rpxNJcNRwFA?version=3&</a>

dave 5516 · « **Reply #227 on:** March 28, 2012, 10:04:11 am »

Louisiana Red,doing the Sam Cooke Piece.Bring It On Home To Me.RIP Red.

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

dave 5516 · « **Reply #228 on:** March 28, 2012, 10:10:55 am »

Quote from: RedmeisterOZ on March 28, 2012, 12:27:15 am

Willie Dixon: "I can't quit you, baby"

Sonny Boy Williamson.Doing Willie Dixon's,Bring It On Home.The tune that made me realise that Led Zeppelin were more than just a rock group,listen to Zep do this live,and it just blow's you away.

Still not as good as this version tho.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpyKg6hqvoc

eAyeAddio · « **Reply #229 on:** March 29, 2012, 11:50:24 am »

Quote from: Trabolgan on December 11, 2011, 01:42:54 pm

The chef Rick STein had a programme recently called " a taste of the blues" on BBC 2"

Sounds a bit fishy to me......

There's nothing fishy about Fats Domino though. Have a listen:

"http://www.youtube.com/embed/SjX1vFk384s"

RedmeisterOZ · « **Reply #230 on:** September 20, 2012, 12:53:24 pm »

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/XIbFJETrScI?version=3&" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/XIbFJETrScI?version=3&</a>
Muddy Waters: 'After the Rain' (1969)

eAyeAddio · « **Reply #231 on:** September 20, 2012, 02:06:38 pm »

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/ecwW2fX1Yew?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/ecwW2fX1Yew?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;</a>

tonysleft · « **Reply #232 on:** September 20, 2012, 10:18:49 pm »

Quote from: eAyeAddio on September 20, 2012, 02:06:38 pm

First guy that came to my mind, what a guy. So, so ahead of his time.. and the legacy and folklore attached to him makes him all the more interesting

Django Reinhardt came to mind when the OP mentioned jazz.. what a guitarist, a genius. And then you consider that he only had the use of two of his fingers on the fretboard, unbelievable, when you see how dexterous he was. His version of Honeysuckle Rose is a beauty.

Xabi Gerrard · « **Reply #233 on:** September 20, 2012, 11:41:24 pm »

Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground by Blind Willie Johnson.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/vD4fKKhYS1g" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/vD4fKKhYS1g</a>

Despite all the hardships he endured in life, his song is currently leaving the solar system on Voyager...

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/-s92lsTMcZQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/-s92lsTMcZQ</a>

Lawnmowerman · « **Reply #234 on:** September 21, 2012, 12:06:29 am »

R.L. Burnside: See My Jumper Hanging On the Line

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/K_DOnKJ232M?version=3&amp" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/K_DOnKJ232M?version=3&amp</a>

kavah · « **Reply #235 on:** September 28, 2012, 06:58:20 am »

^ that is perfect, what a find ( i just put one of those '78 clips in another thread ) as it says in the comments : "epic... perfect, the shirt, the boots, the kecks, the crying baby, the hard hard fingers, the battered guitar... a genius"

Lawnmowerman · « **Reply #236 on:** September 28, 2012, 05:13:52 pm »

Quote from: kavah on September 28, 2012, 06:58:20 am

^ that is perfect, what a find ( i just put one of those '78 clips in another thread ) as it says in the comments : "epic... perfect, the shirt, the boots, the kecks, the crying baby, the hard hard fingers, the battered guitar... a genius"

Yeah, its quality. I hated those bleedin' crickets when i was down that part of the world, but even the crickets there sound pure bliss

RedmeisterOZ · « **Reply #237 on:** December 29, 2012, 02:45:43 am »

Gary Clark Jr. - 'Bright Lights' (Live)

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/x_ZeDn-hHGE?version=3&amp" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/x_ZeDn-hHGE?version=3&amp</a>

RedmeisterOZ · « **Reply #238 on:** December 29, 2012, 04:36:51 am »

'I Smell A Rat': Buddy Guy

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/DalBAPTQFF8?hl=en_US&amp;version=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/DalBAPTQFF8?hl=en_US&amp;version=3</a>

RedmeisterOZ · « **Reply #239 on:** February 22, 2013, 11:37:39 am »

R.I.P Magic Slim
(August 7, 1937 – February 21, 2013)