Blues for Aficionados

Luther Allison

BLUE STREAK

Alligator Records  1995

"Luther Allison was an American blues guitarist. He was born in Widener, Arkansas, although some accounts suggest his actual place of birth was Mayflower, Arkansas."--   Wiki

Hey, it's the world of The Blues.   At least he died in one place.

What Have I Done Wrong?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thPuo1FbbGQ

All The King's Horses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzd-s7HmycU

Should I wait
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eE32OX-XzA

Cherry Red Wine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC3qrrR5ZVQ

Cheers

Vera Hall - Trouble So Hard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9SENzRLk_M
(A thanks to Moby for the intro)

Sonhouse - John The Revelator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGBoP70A7Q0

Ernestine Anderson

WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN

Anderson(vocals), Brown(bass), Harris(piano), Holloway(Tenor sax), King(drums)
Concord Jazz  1985

Notes: "What we have here is proof--for proof was never needed--but a soulful reminder that among her many gifts, Ernestine Anderson has more that a mere penchant for the blues.  She has a deep-down, abiding love for it--which is precisely the feeling I have about this album."  Leonard Feather

Goin' to Chicago Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs3_koFgK6k

In the Evening when the Sun goes Down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OTrtKMJSSA

Down Home Blues Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_n5RLhPBOU

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL3S2_SE7so

Cheers

Black Ace

I AM THE BOSS CARD IN YOUR HAND

Arhoolie    1961 / 1992

Notes: "Black Ace (B.K. Turner) was a great Texas Blues Singer and one of the few exponents of the flat Hawaiian guitar blues style to have been recorded.  This CD contains almost his entire recorded legacy."

Whiskey and Women
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb7qJncWabk

I am The Black Ace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRzvW10J0Y8

Evil Woman Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cTduZ-zKQM

No Good Woman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE3h-FyhlsE

Cheers

Bobby Bland

TURN ON YOUR LOVE LIGHT: THE DUKE RECORDINGS VOL 2

Duke / MCA   1994

Notes: Welcome to the golden age of the ageless Bobby "Blue" Bland.  Long an icon in blues and proto-soul circles, the man really hit his stride in the early 1960's when, as a thirty-something veteran of the Memphis scene, he forged a new frontier for the full-throated, mostly mid-tempo stylings.  To this day, it's a sound that sets the standard for emotive vocal music.  In a field dominated by pimply teens and rubber-legged showoffs, the mature confidence exuded by Bobby is refreshing in itself."

LOL.   Let the culture war begin.

Turn On Your Love Light
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gszjF-OxJho

Stormy Monday Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAWzczucDVs

Saint James Infirmary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJoNAAWIprE

Yield Not To Temptation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-RoP05BdC4

Ain't That lovin' you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSVC9oajnFs

cheers