Blues for Aficionados

Clifton Chenier

BON TON ROULET

Arhoolie    1990

Notes: "Since these recordings were first released, Zydeco music has undergone many changes.  Like all black popular musics, this regional variation has changed and evolved, yet to a remarkable degree, has continued to serve as a very popular dance music, and like its white counterpart, Cajun music, has continued to utilize older and traditional tunes and songs."

Bon Ton Roulet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy123iZLq6I

French Town Waltz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy79qb0hCok

Let's Talk It Over
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyEwUdbDZdo

Things Ain't Like They Used to Be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vhqblc16wE

Cheers

William Clarke

GROOVE TIME

Alligator  1994

Notes: "Slashing fat-toned harmonica...he welds Chicago Blues passion to West Coast swing, emerging with a sound of his own.  Clarke is convincing in a way few newcomer's to the Blues bigtime are." -- Living Blues

The Complainer's Boogie Woogie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fixrZV3DxQ

Saturday Night Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl37wP7RJys

A Good Girl Is Hard To Find
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D-SKp7rA10

Chicago Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecB3QCUGEDY

Cheers

Otis Clay

I'LL TREAT YOU RIGHT

Bullseye  1992

Notes: "Otis Clay is very simply one of the premier deep soul singers working today.  Robert Cray will readily admit, "I went to school on that guy" and along with O.V. Wright and Syl Johnson, Clay put in some of the most gospel and Blues-based soul efforts of the early seventies.  While Otis also had hits in the soul heyday of the sixties, he is even better today.  His gospel fire drives his energetic blend of R&B, Soul and Blues to ecstatic heights."

I Can Take You To Heaven Tonight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-mziNxBgGw

Thanks a Lot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YDZ1YW4i34

Leave Me and my Woman Alone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpVgcKjb66w

Love Bone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_HNlEoSkUI

Cheers

Albert Collins

COLD SNAP

Alligator Records  1986

"Albert Gene Drewery, known as Albert Collins and the Ice Man , was an American electric blues guitarist and singer with a distinctive guitar style. He was noted for his powerful playing and his use of altered tunings and a capo. His long association with the Fender Telecaster led to the title "The Master of the Telecaster".  Wiki
Born: October 1, 1932, Leona, TX    Died: November 24, 1993, Las Vegas, NV

I Ain't Drunk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcrWZu6Mg7U

Too Many Dirty Dishes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4qYXIHNydA

Bending Like A Willow Tree
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO1FOCw-AA0

A Good Fool Is Hard To Find
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDjRGWp-87M

Lights Are On But Nobody's Home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ8nBqCLpNk

Cheers

Johnny Copeland

CATCH UP WITH THE BLUES

Verve - Gitanes    1993

John Clyde Copeland was an American Texas blues guitarist and singer. In 1983, he was named Blues Entertainer of the Year by the Blues Foundation. He is the father of blues singer Shemekia Copeland. In 2017, Copeland was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. Wikipedia

Born: March 27, 1937, Haynesville, LA       Died: July 3, 1997, New York, NY


Catch Up with the Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=193Dw3yuKaA

Making a Fool of Myself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zp93YB0YBU

Cold, Cold Winter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjqOHpf7EUc

Rolling with the Punches
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49ae8NAMguI

Cheers