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The BLUES Thread

33thirdcom33thirdcom 2,049 Posts
edited June 2007 in Strut Central
Alright who ya listenin to? I have been bumpin alot of Freddie King lately. This Album is really doin it for me...

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  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Alright who ya listenin to? I have been bumpin alot of Freddie King lately.



    This Album is really doin it for me...


    These albums are okay, but for the REAL schitt pick up his sixties sides on the King/Federal label. I mean, anything you see; they've been issued and reissued numerous times, but you can't go wrong with any of 'em. 'Specially his instrumentals (like his 1961 pop crossover hit "Hide Away"); these were real songs and not just faceless 12-bar jams.

    This album here: reissues two all-instrumental albums he did for King and belongs on any blues "desert island disc" list.
  • 33thirdcom33thirdcom 2,049 Posts
    Ha most definately. His earlier stuff is great, just been in that later roadhouse simple shite right now. what else you got?
  • billbradleybillbradley You want BBQ sauce? Get the fuck out of my house. 2,889 Posts
    I haven't been listening to much blues but the last thing I listened to was The Soul of Texas Blues Women compilation.

  • HamHam 872 Posts
    The Freddie King stuff he did on the show "The!!!Beat" or whatever it's called, that's so great.
  • pj4533pj4533 481 Posts

    From my radio show a while back:

    Galactic Fractures Blues Show

    Playlist:

    Lightnin Hopkins - Blues In The Bottle (Bluesville)
    Mississippi John Hurt - Avalon Blues (Piedmont)
    Leadbelly - Blind Lemon (Stinson)
    Mance Lipscomb - Shake Shake Mama (Arhoolie)
    Bill Williams - My Girlfriend Left Me (Blue Goose)
    JD Short & Big Joe Williams - Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do (Delmark)
    Butch Cage & Willie Thomas - 44 Blues (Folk-Lyric)
    Blind Lemon Jefferson - Hot Dogs (Biograph)
    Pink Anderson - I Got Mine (Riverside)
    Brownie Mcghee & Sonny Terry - If You Lose Your Money (folkways)
    Muddy Waters - Good Morning Schoolgirl (Chess)
    Charlie Patton - 34 Blues (yazoo)
    Willie Blackwell - Shes Young And Wild (document)
    Taj Mahal - Fishin Blues (Edsel)
    Leadbelly - Midnight Special (folkways)
    Lightnin Hopkins - Bad Luck And Trouble??? from bad luck and trouble (folkways)
    Blind Lemon Jefferson - See The My Grave Is Kept Clean (Biograph)
    Lightnin Hopkins - See The My Grave Is Kept Clean (folkways)
    Tommy McClennan - Whiskey Head Man (document)
    Mississippi John Hurt - Salty Dog (Piedmont)
    Rev Gary Davis - There Was A Time I Was Blind (Riverside)
    Mance Lipscomb - Jack o Diamonds Is A Hard Card To Play (Arhoolie)
    Charlie Patton - Shake It And Break It (yazoo)
    Leon Strickland - I Don???t Wanna Be Yo Low Down Dog No Mo (Folk-Lyric)
    Robert Johnson - Me And The Devil Blues (Columbia)
    Brownie Mcghee & Sonny Terry - Make A Little Money (folkways)
    JD Short & Big Joe Williams - Rambled & Wandered (Delmark)
    Bill Williams - Lucky Blues (Blue Goose)
    Muddy Waters - Big Leg Woman (Chess)
    Leadbelly - Gray Goose (Stinson)
    Robert Johnson - Hellhound On My Trail (Columbia)
    Clarence Edwards - Stack o Dollars (Folk-Lyric)
    Brownie McGhee - Good Morning Blues (folkways)
    Brownie McGhee - Four Day Creep (folkways)
    Lightnin Hopkins - Goin To Dallas To See My Pony Run (Bluesville)
    JD Short & Big Joe Williams - Goin Back To Crawford Mississippi (Delmark)
    Blind Lemon Jefferson - Got The Blues (Biograph)
    Blind Lemon Jefferson - Long Lonesome Blues (Biograph)
    Mississippi John Hurt - Casey Jones (Piedmont)
    Leadbelly - Careless Love (folkways)
    Leadbelly - Easy Rider (folkways)
  • salviasalvia 279 Posts
    I don't listen to much blues but really enjoyed this documentary about Lightnin' Hopkins...

  • 33thirdcom33thirdcom 2,049 Posts

    From my radio show a while back:

    Galactic Fractures Blues Show

    Playlist:

    Lightnin Hopkins - Blues In The Bottle (Bluesville)
    Mississippi John Hurt - Avalon Blues (Piedmont)
    Leadbelly - Blind Lemon (Stinson)
    Mance Lipscomb - Shake Shake Mama (Arhoolie)
    Bill Williams - My Girlfriend Left Me (Blue Goose)
    JD Short & Big Joe Williams - Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do (Delmark)
    Butch Cage & Willie Thomas - 44 Blues (Folk-Lyric)
    Blind Lemon Jefferson - Hot Dogs (Biograph)
    Pink Anderson - I Got Mine (Riverside)
    Brownie Mcghee & Sonny Terry - If You Lose Your Money (folkways)
    Muddy Waters - Good Morning Schoolgirl (Chess)
    Charlie Patton - 34 Blues (yazoo)
    Willie Blackwell - Shes Young And Wild (document)
    Taj Mahal - Fishin Blues (Edsel)
    Leadbelly - Midnight Special (folkways)
    Lightnin Hopkins - Bad Luck And Trouble??? from bad luck and trouble (folkways)
    Blind Lemon Jefferson - See The My Grave Is Kept Clean (Biograph)
    Lightnin Hopkins - See The My Grave Is Kept Clean (folkways)
    Tommy McClennan - Whiskey Head Man (document)
    Mississippi John Hurt - Salty Dog (Piedmont)
    Rev Gary Davis - There Was A Time I Was Blind (Riverside)
    Mance Lipscomb - Jack o Diamonds Is A Hard Card To Play (Arhoolie)
    Charlie Patton - Shake It And Break It (yazoo)
    Leon Strickland - I Don???t Wanna Be Yo Low Down Dog No Mo (Folk-Lyric)
    Robert Johnson - Me And The Devil Blues (Columbia)
    Brownie Mcghee & Sonny Terry - Make A Little Money (folkways)
    JD Short & Big Joe Williams - Rambled & Wandered (Delmark)
    Bill Williams - Lucky Blues (Blue Goose)
    Muddy Waters - Big Leg Woman (Chess)
    Leadbelly - Gray Goose (Stinson)
    Robert Johnson - Hellhound On My Trail (Columbia)
    Clarence Edwards - Stack o Dollars (Folk-Lyric)
    Brownie McGhee - Good Morning Blues (folkways)
    Brownie McGhee - Four Day Creep (folkways)
    Lightnin Hopkins - Goin To Dallas To See My Pony Run (Bluesville)
    JD Short & Big Joe Williams - Goin Back To Crawford Mississippi (Delmark)
    Blind Lemon Jefferson - Got The Blues (Biograph)
    Blind Lemon Jefferson - Long Lonesome Blues (Biograph)
    Mississippi John Hurt - Casey Jones (Piedmont)
    Leadbelly - Careless Love (folkways)
    Leadbelly - Easy Rider (folkways)

    nice i am DLing as I type.
  • oldjeezyoldjeezy 134 Posts
    T-Bone Walker: Complete Imperial Recordings

    Magic Sam: West Side Soul

    Bobby "Blue" Bland:Turn On Your Love Light Duke vol 2
  • 33thirdcom33thirdcom 2,049 Posts
    Yes on Magic Sam.

    Also Jimmy Witherspoon



    Is doin it on some late night steez
  • troublemantroubleman 1,928 Posts
    I love the blues. A large part of my collection is blues 45's, LP's and 78's. I prefer the earler pre-war blues. But every once in a while I love the 60's and 70's (and even some 80's) stuff.

    Here is a crazy sounding and damn funny 80's blues song that didn't have a label. Just had "dip my dipper" written on it.
    http://www.sendspace.com/file/2iou93


    and here is Abner Jay:

    kicks ass. he is a one man band plays all the instruments at the same time and sounds a bit like Wesley Willis. Here's a song
    http://www.divshare.com/download/1084696-a53
  • 33thirdcom33thirdcom 2,049 Posts
    I love the blues. A large part of my collection is blues 45's, LP's and 78's. I prefer the earler pre-war blues. But every once in a while I love the 60's and 70's (and even some 80's) stuff.

    Here is a crazy sounding and damn funny 80's blues song that didn't have a label. Just had "dip my dipper" written on it.
    http://www.sendspace.com/file/2iou93


    and here is Abner Jay:

    kicks ass. he is a one man band plays all the instruments at the same time and sounds a bit like Wesley Willis. Here's a song
    http://www.divshare.com/download/1084696-a53

    hahaa the Dippins track is hilarious, and the sound is crazy.
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    John Lee Hooker
    Albert Collins
    Billy Boy Arnold
    Slim Harpo
    Mississippi John Hurt

    big cosign on Freddy King.
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    In the here and now, Austin blues guitarist and singer Gary Clark, Jr. is no less than phenomenal.

  • billbradleybillbradley You want BBQ sauce? Get the fuck out of my house. 2,889 Posts
    In the here and now, Austin blues guitarist and singer Gary Clark, Jr. is no less than phenomenal.


    He lives 3 doors down from me and I have yet to go see him play. I need to go do that.
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    In the here and now, Austin blues guitarist and singer Gary Clark, Jr. is no less than phenomenal.


    He lives 3 doors down from me and I have yet to go see him play. I need to go do that.

    In doing so, you will feel that you've seen Robert Johnson, Jimmy Reed, Albert King, Jimi Hendrix, Robert Cray, W.C. Clark (Gary's uncle), and Stevie Ray Vaughn all rolled into one.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Here is a crazy sounding and damn funny 80's blues song that didn't have a label. Just had "dip my dipper" written on it.
    http://www.sendspace.com/file/2iou93

    "Dip My Dipper" by Chicago's own Cicero Blake!!! On the Sound Plus label (dist. by TK). I think the date on this is actually '77 (I'm not 100% sure, since I'm not at home where my copy of this record is). This was a HUGE hit for Blake on the chitlin'-circuit, and probably remains his signature song to this day.
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    Paul deLay
    Aretha Franklin Never Loved A Man and most of the Spirit In The Dark LP
    Johnny Taylor Raw Blues
    Linda Hornbuckle
    Blind Willie Johnson
  • troublemantroubleman 1,928 Posts
    Here is a crazy sounding and damn funny 80's blues song that didn't have a label. Just had "dip my dipper" written on it.
    http://www.sendspace.com/file/2iou93

    "Dip My Dipper" by Chicago's own Cicero Blake!!! On the Sound Plus label (dist. by TK). I think the date on this is actually '77 (I'm not 100% sure, since I'm not at home where my copy of this record is). This was a HUGE hit for Blake on the chitlin'-circuit, and probably remains his signature song to this day.


    wow, thanks for the info. I was always curious about who it was, and a little info about it. It's such a great song.
  • holmesholmes 3,532 Posts


    Magic Sam: West Side Soul

    I have had the cassette of this for years & it is easily my fave blues album, my girlfriend just bought me the CD for an anniversary present & it is such a quiet mastering, kind of a let down.

    She has never been a big blues fan but I bought her the Bluesbreakers with Clapton, Hound Dog Taylor's first on Alligator & the first Butterfield Blues Band LPs a month ago & remembered how great each of those LPs are also.
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