Blues for Aficionados

Ted Hawkins

SONGS FROM VENICE BEACH

Evidence   1995

Ted Hawkins (October 28, 1936 – January 1, 1995) was an American singer-songwriter born in Biloxi, Mississippi.[1] He was an enigmatic figure for most of his career. He split his time between his adopted hometown of Venice Beach, California, where he was a mostly anonymous street performer, and Europe and Australia, where he and his songs were better known and well received in clubs and small concert halls.

Songs from Venice Beach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I3sVMbalwM&t=67s

0:00 I Got What I Wanted 3:52 Bring It On Home To Me 7:20 Ladder Of Success 10:31 Green Green Grass Of Home 13:34 Gypsy Woman 17:02 Part Time Love 22:01 He Will Break Your Heart 26:03 North To Alaska 28:29 There Stands A Glass 31:05 Quiet Place 33:40 Country Roads 37:34 Your Cheatin' Heart

Cheers

Ted Hawkins

THE NEXT HUNDRED YEARS

David Geffen Company   1994

There Stands the Glass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GHT7f_cIA0

Afraid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HHeVbmDYdw

The Good and the Bad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKTw794g9hU

Long as I can see the Light
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8UsXFrfq7I

Biloxi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtxt4CK4Ry8

Cheers

Buddy Guy

SOUTHERN BLUES 1957-63

Paula Records  1994

"If you really want to tell the truth, just call it Southern Blues. I mean there were great players coming out of Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and everywhere. Lay the facts on the line, we were Southern Blues players." Buddy Guy, Living Blues, Dec, 1993

Try to Quit you Baby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6NE5fpyjsU

Sit and Cry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0GAI1ep_6U

This Is The End (Alternate Version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbIhFF93bCQ

You Sure Can't Do (Alternate Version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcNvCR4rVXs

Cheers

Buddy Guy & Junior Wells

ALONE AND ACOUSTIC

Alligator Records 1991

Notes: "In 1981, Buddy and Junior spent a day in a studio in Paris, in the midst of a European tour, getting back to their roots. Instead of their usual electric guitar and amplified harmonica, both played acoustic instruments. Instead of accompaniment by a full band, they were accompanied only by each other."

Catfish Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW07uvwPIa4

My Home’s In The Delta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBRuezyZzM0

Rollin’ and Tumblin’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHRBz799hjk

Medley:Baby what you want me to do / That’s Alright
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzIWgKN2HZg

High Heel Sneakers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96Q5riSlSvY

Cheers

Poppa Chubby
Savoy Brown
Walter Trout 
early Peter Green era Fleetwood Mac
Johnny Lang
Kenny Wayne Shepard
Ronnie Earl 
early pre-Martin Barre Jethro Tull (w/ Mick Abrahams)
Robben Ford
John Mayall

…… I could go on