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funky blues

HamHam 872 Posts
edited May 2007 in Strut Central
I'm listening to arelean brown "i've broken many hearts" right now, and it has left me wanting more funk with blues elementsmaybe albertina walker "love one another", alex williams & the mustangs "the thrill aint gone", patti drew "beggar for the blues", andrew brown "you made me suffer" could fit in to the same sound..can anyone suggest any funky blues/bluesy funk?

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  • MoogManMoogMan Sao Paulo, Brazil 1,173 Posts



    Albert King - I wanna get funky.




    Peace
  • mr.brettmr.brett 678 Posts
    B.B. King - B.B. Jones
  • motown67motown67 4,513 Posts
    A couple years ago I was really into finding funky Blues albums. Here's a couple to check for:

    Luther Allison - Bad News Coming

    Mel Brown - Big Foot Country Girl
    Mel Brown - Blues For We
    Mel Brown - Chicken Fat
    Mel Brown - Eighteen Pounds of Unclean Chitlins
    Mel Brown - I'd Rather Suck My Thumb
    Mel Brown - Mel Brown's Fifth
    Mel Brown - Wizard

    http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/list.php?category=Blues

    Albert Collins - Love Can Be Found Anywhere
    Albert Collins - Compleat Albert Collins

    Lowell Fulsom - Let's Get Stoned
    Lowell Fulsom - Now
    Lowell Fulsom - Tramp

    Joe Hicks - Mighty Joe Hicks

    http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/list.php?category=Blues&page=2

    Earl Hooker - Funk Last Of The Great Earl Hooker

    John Lee Hooker - Free Beer and Chicken

    Howlin Wolf - This Is Howlin Wolf's New Album

    Etta James - Come A Little Closer
    Etta James - Etta James
    Etta James - Etta Is Betta Than Evvah
    Etta James - Funk

    Johnny Jenkins - Ton Ton Macoute

    http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/list.php?category=Blues&page=3

    Albert King - I Wanna Get Funky
    Albert King - King Of The Blues Guitar
    Albert King - Lovejoy

    Freddie King - Is A Blues Master

    Curtis Knight - Down In The Village

    Little Sonny - Black And Blue
    Little Sonny - New King Of The Blues Harmonica

    Cash McCall - Omega Man

    http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/list.php?category=Blues&page=4

    Johnny Otis - Cuttin Up

    Junior Parker - Love Ain't Nothin But A Business
    Junior Parker - Outside Man

    Son Seals - Son Seals Blues Band

    Koko Taylor - Basic Soul

    http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/list.php?category=Blues&page=5

    Muddy Waters - Electric Mud

    Junior Wells - On Tap
    Junior Wells - You're Tuff Enough

    http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/list.php?category=Blues&page=6
  • tonyphronetonyphrone 1,500 Posts
    Junior Parker and O.V. Wright...
  • Pistol_PetePistol_Pete 1,289 Posts
    this one's got a couple nice tracks...
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Can't forget about Little Mack Simmons, from Chicago. That's him playing harmonica on Arelean Brown's "I Am A Streaker," but he made many fine singles in the seventies on the PM, Dud Sound and Simmons label (including a version of the Ohio Players'"Skin Tight"). He had one insanely hard to find LP on PM entitled Inflation Blues. Most of his sides from that era are compiled on a CD compilation, The PM/Simmons Collection.
  • vajdaijvajdaij 447 Posts
    On a more recent note, there's some funky Junior Kimbrough releases on Fat Possum.
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts


  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Freddy Robinson - Off The Cuff (Enterprise) (LP)
    Buster Benton - "Good To The Last Drop" (Jewel) (45)
    Little Johnny Taylor - "As Long As I Don't See You" (Ronn) (45)
    Little Milton - "That's What Love Will Make You Do" (Stax) (45)
    P. Willie Buck - "Disco Blues" (IRC) (45)
    A Good Blues Band - "Disco Blues" (Lauderdale Music) (45)
    (back then, when a bluesman called himself doing disco, it usually meant it was a behind-the-times funk record...believe me, you want these)[/b]
    Jimmy Dawkins - "Put It On The Hawg" (Excello) (45)
    Little Oscar - "The Message" (Supreme Blues) (45)
    Little Beaver - "Funkadelic Sound" (Cat) (45)

    Any of U.S. Warren's records...

    Just about any of Bobby Rush's seventies records. Of course there's the Rush Hour album on Philadelphia Int'l, which is surprisingly hard considering Gamble & Huff produced it, but you may also want to track down singles like "Get Out Of Here" (Warner Bros.) and "Chicken Heads" (Galaxy).
  • holmesholmes 3,532 Posts

    A Good Blues Band - "Disco Blues" (Lauderdale Music) (45)
    (back then, when a bluesman called himself doing disco, it usually meant it was a behind-the-times funk record...believe me, you want these)[/b]
    This 45 is real good, every now & then when I'm having a 45 throwout session, I always try to get rid of this because of the title, then I listen to it & remember how cool it is, I think it is in my gig box at the moment in fact.
  • HamHam 872 Posts
    Thank you all very much for the knowledge dropped!
  • BlastkidBlastkid 240 Posts
    I can highly recommend John Mayall - The Pusher Man from the 'The Latest Edition' Lp.
  • the_average_manthe_average_man 675 Posts
    never got round to posting the same question, good work boyz
  • bluewaterbluewater 145 Posts
    Johnny Holiday - "Nobody Loves Me But My Mama"

    great record.

    also arlean brown's "impeach me baby" is stellar.
  • vajdaijvajdaij 447 Posts
    a nasty version of a classic:

  • luckluck 4,077 Posts
    alex williams & the mustangs "the thrill aint gone"

    BOOM.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    alex williams & the mustangs "the thrill aint gone"

    BOOM.

    With all the reissues of soul-blues from the Jewel/Ronn/Paula vaults, this song must[/b] have turned up on some album by now. I know damn well the single won't be given away free on the corner with every crack shipment, so I see no shame in buying it on a compilation album. Anyone know if this tune has been anthologized?

    (Cue some high-roller: "Oh, I see 'The Thrill Ain't Gone' CHEAP all the time...it was just $100 on eBay!")
  • jinx74jinx74 2,287 Posts
    sonny rhodes on cherrie - local bay area funky blues track.
  • bluewaterbluewater 145 Posts
    alex williams & the mustangs "the thrill aint gone"

    BOOM.

    With all the reissues of soul-blues from the Jewel/Ronn/Paula vaults, this song must[/b] have turned up on some album by now. I know damn well the single won't be given away free on the corner with every crack shipment, so I see no shame in buying it on a compilation album. Anyone know if this tune has been anthologized?

    (Cue some high-roller: "Oh, I see 'The Thrill Ain't Gone' CHEAP all the time...it was just $100 on eBay!")

    while i am no high roller, i picked my copy up back in the day for only about 25 bucks minty. has the value for this one gone up over the last 3 years or so?
  • HamHam 872 Posts
    had to share this one



    thats little mack simmons on there.
  • the_average_manthe_average_man 675 Posts
    thrill aint gone came out on Jewel and Soultrack. Soultrack being the rarer one
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    a nasty version of a classic:


    I love me some Jr., feel real lucky that I got to see him live...it was like seeing Spacemen 3 on the trance aspect...just a riff/groove driven for all she got
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