Blues for Aficionados

John Cephas & Phil Wiggins

GUITAR MAN

Flying Fish Records   1989

Notes: "For more than a dozen years, Bowling Green John Cephas and Harmonica Phil Wiggins have been performing, preaching and teaching a brand of traditional music known as Piedmont Blues.  Geographically, the Piedmont stretches from Richmond to Atlanta.  Musically, it refers to a recognizable regional sound, a combination of repertoire and instrumental approaches shared among Black musicians in the Southeast."

Guitar Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTM-Vo8z1CQ

Corrine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OEVP8KsrAw

Careless Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLGV0r0bohQ

Richmond Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxh0abE84bY

Cheers

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham

SWEET BABY BLUES

Concord Jazz  1985

Notes: "Jimmy Cheatham is responsible for the routines and highly effective arrangements heard here.  Born in Birmingham and raised in Buffalo, he is accustomed to an organizational role of this kind with other professionals and at the University of California, San Diego, where he is in charge of the University's Jazz program."

Ain't Nobody's Business
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO6jKdfck-w

Brand News Blues Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1q071nB3w4

Muddy Water Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE3CaI9cqGM

Meet Me with Your Black Drawers On
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfypt-2sUGI

Cheers

Clifton Chenier

BOGALUSA BOOGIE

Arhoolie  1975 / 1990

Notes: "The reviews of this recording were very favorable and Rolling Stone Record Guide gave the original release a five star rating:  "Indispensable: a record that must be included in any comprehensive collection."

One Step at a Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo_bn0JAxPg

Ma Mama Ma Dit (My Mama Told Me)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1UteUYhLik

Bogalusa Boogie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e154TuzMauU

Je Me Reveiller Le Matin (I Woke Up This Morning)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJk-h7Xsf2c

Cheers

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