Not Tonight Honey, I Got the Blues

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Blues and blues only here. Post it brothers and sisters.

Mr. Elmore James ~ Baby Set A Date

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Mr. Taj Mahal ~ You Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond

 

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Lawd, you can't play the blues without Miss Koko Taylor ~ Evil. I love this song. The bass line just knocks me out.



Great harp as well.

 

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Stevie Ray! I love this song.

 

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Mr. Muddy Waters and Mr. Johnny Winter ~ Bus Driver

Winter produced this incredible album by Muddy Waters. Pure blues.

 

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From the same album ~ Champagne and Reefer.

 

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Listen to this white girl sing the blues! Ms. Susan Tedeschi (Trucks) ~ It Hurts So Bad.

 

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Traveling Riverside Blues-Robert Johnson.

In the second verse of this song, Johnson uses the lyrics: "I got womens in Vicksburg, Clean on into Tennessee." This is actually true, but with a slight twist. Whenever Johnson came upon a new town, he would pick the ugliest girl in that town, figuring, that she would have no boyfriend and by extension no competition. He did this so that whenever he returned, he would always have a place to stay.




Led Zeppelin's version of Traveling Riverside Blues:

 

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Mr. Delbert McClinton ~ The Jealous Kind

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Traveling Riverside Blues-Robert Johnson.

In the second verse of this song, Johnson uses the lyrics: "I got womens in Vicksburg, Clean on into Tennessee." This is actually true, but with a slight twist. Whenever Johnson came upon a new town, he would pick the ugliest girl in that town, figuring, that she would have no boyfriend and by extension no competition. He did this so that whenever he returned, he would always have a place to stay.




Led Zeppelin's version of Traveling Riverside Blues:

Love it!

 

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Mr. Jimi Hendrix ~ Red House

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The Iceman himself, and the Master of the Telecaster...

Albert Collins:

 

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The Thrill Is Gone. The best ever IMHO ~ Traci Chapman & Mr. BB King

 

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The Iceman himself, and the Master of the Telecaster...

Albert Collins:

Great, great, great! Anything with Albert Collins is awesome.

 

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Oh law', somebody he'p me! While You Were Slipping Out ~ Mr. Buddy Guy. It can't get much better than Buddy Guy.

 

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Junior Wells and Buddy Guy - Snatch it back and hold it

 

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Elmore James - The Sky is Crying

 

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Blind Lemon Jefferson - See That my Grave is Kept Clean

 

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Skip James - Crow Jane

 

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This is it for tonight. As far as I am concerned this particular cut is the quintessential contemporary blues song. It is down home, juke joint blues at its very best. If you have ever been lucky enough to be in a predominantly Black juke joint on Saturday night down South, this is the kind of incredible music you might be fortunate enough to hear. It is a rare treat.

Mr. Willie King ~ It Takes A Good Woman. This is raw real blues at its very best.

 

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Big Mama Thorton - Big Mama's Comin' Home

 

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Charlie Patton - I'm Goin' Home

 

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Bessie Smith - Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do

 

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Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper - Stop

 

[MMC]