The Blues

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• p_gunn 2,284 Posts

  July 2005

  

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• pickwick33 8,946 Posts

  July 2005

  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)

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• Funky_McVay 121 Posts

  July 2005

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

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• Funky_McVay 121 Posts

  July 2005

  
  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.

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• tallbobsmoke 715 Posts

  July 2005

  Thanks for the recs.
  
  And, yes I got the record stores names confused.
  
  

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• parsec 5,087 Posts

  July 2005

  Willie Williams- "raw unpolluted soul"

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• pickwick33 8,946 Posts

  July 2005

  
  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."

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• motown67 4,513 Posts

  July 2005

  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.
  

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• motown67 4,513 Posts

  July 2005

  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

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• tallbobsmoke 715 Posts

  July 2005

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