The Blues

tallbobsmoke

I'm drunk in Chicago.I've visited many record store and am enjoying myself although I have not met any soulstrutters.Meaty Ogre's 45 is for sale at Hi Fi records in Hyde Park.I wish I new more about good funky blues music. I mean I know about Albert King, and Muddy Waters and Howling Wolf and what not, but I wish I knew about the more obscure stuff.'And, if you know about andy secret squirrel spots in Chicago, plaese to holla.Love,TBS

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pickwick33

Meaty Ogre's 45 is for sale at Hi Fi records in Hyde Park.

Hi-Fi Records is in LINCOLN Park. Maybe you're confusing it with Hyde Park Records, who also has that single?

I wish I new more about good funky blues music. I mean I know about Albert King, but I wish I knew about the more obscure stuff.

Here you go:
Freddy Robinson[/b] - Off The Cuff (Enterprise, LP)
Bobby Rush[/b] - "Get Out Of Here" (Warner Bros., 45)
Mack Simmons[/b] - The PM/Simmons Collection (Electro-Fi, CD - collects a grip of his 70's singles on the PM and Simmons labels)
Little Sonny[/b] - Black & Blue (Enterprise, LP - backed by the Bar-Kays)
Bobby Rush[/b] - Rush Hour (Philadelphia Int'l, LP)
Bobby Rush[/b] - "Chicken Heads" (Galaxy, 45)
A.C. Reed[/b] - "Talking About My Friends" b/w "Boogaloo Tramp" (Nike, 45)
W. Williams & Sonny Wash[/b] - "Don't Lie To Me Lover" (Little Lynn, 45)

Funky_McVay

Not exactly "funky", but Otis Spann's "Otis Spann Is The Blues" is one of the best blues LP's I've heard.

Funky_McVay

Here you go:
Freddy Robinson[/b] - Off The Cuff (Enterprise, LP)

Wasn't he credited as "Freddie" on this album? I have heard that his name is Abu Talib now.

Good recommendation, nonetheless.

tallbobsmoke

Thanks for the recs.

And, yes I got the record stores names confused.

parsec

Willie Williams- "raw unpolluted soul"

pickwick33

Here you go:
Freddy Robinson[/b] - Off The Cuff (Enterprise, LP)

Wasn't he credited as "Freddie" on this album? I have heard that his name is Abu Talib now.
Probably. I'm at work and my copy is at home, but I think I've seen it spelt both ways, just in general (just like Freddy "Freddie" King). And yes, he does indeed go by that name now. I understand that in his self-penned liner notes to one album, he explained the name change (I think he is now a Muslim) and capped it by saying: "in the words of Curtis Mayfield, Freddie's dead."

motown67

Funky Blues to check:

Luther Allison - Bad News Is Coming

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

Bobby Bland - Dreamer. Not really funky, but a damn soulful LP to check

http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/crates/list.php?category=B&page=9

Bloomfield, Kooper, Stills - Super Session. Part of the 60s Blues fad amongst white Rock musicians.

http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/crates/list.php?category=B&page=10

Mel Brown - ALL. By far one of the best and more consistent funky Blues men.

http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/crates/list.php?category=B&page=22
http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/crates/list.php?category=B&page=23

Butterfield Blues Band - Part of that same Rock-Blues fusion from the 60s.

http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/crates/list.php?category=B&page=26
http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/crates/list.php?category=B&page=27

Albert Collins - Love Can Be Found Anywhere
Albert Collins - Compleat Albert Collins.
Sort of like the Meters meets the Blues. Other of his records are just so-so. These are the 2 to check.

http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/crates/list.php?category=C&page=10

Papa John Creach - Filthy. He has quite a few records but this is the only one I own. If you can handle his violen playing, the rhythms are usually good.

http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/crates/list.php?category=C&page=16

Lowell Fulsom - Tramp
Lowell Fulsom - Let's Get Stoned
Lowell Fulsom - Now
He basically made a living out of replaying the Tramp rhythm on these 3 LPs but still good to find.

http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/crates/list.php?category=F&page=9

Earl Hooker - Funk. Part of the Electric Chicago Blues scene
John Lee Hooker - Free Beer and Chicken. Doesn't sound as good now that I listen to it, but still worth a listen.

http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/crates/list.php?category=H&page=9

Etta James - Come A Little Closer
Etta James - Etta James
Etta James - Tell Mama
Etta James - Etta Is Betta Than Evavah
Etta James - Losers Weepers
I always just considered her an RnB singer, but her records are mostly in the Blues section these days. All 4 are good, and the later ones are pretty much straight Soul-Funk LPs.

http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/crates/list.php?category=J&page=2
http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/crates/list.php?category=J&page=3

Freddie King - Is A Blues Master. Second side is straight fire from beginning to end!

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

Little Sonny - Black & Blues
Little Sonny - King of The Blues Harmonica
More of that Soul-Funk-Blues crossover sound

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

Cash McCall - Omega Man

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

Johnnie Otis - Cuttin It Up. Good for one song along, Watts Breakaway

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

Junior Parker - Outside Man or Love Ain't Nothin. Actually the same record on different labels with different album covers.

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

Merl Saunders - Fire Up
Merl Saunders - ST
Merl Saunders and Aunt Monk - You Can Leave Your Hat On
Again, one of those artists that wasn't a straight Blues player but his records are mostly found in the Blues section these days. Local Bay Area guy.

Think that might be it from me in terms of suggestions.

motown67

P.S. Freddie Robinson records are usually found in the Jazz section. Here's reviews of 3 of his records that I have:

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

tallbobsmoke

Damn... thanks for sharing all of the knowledge. Much appreciated.