Blues for Aficionados
Terry Evans PUTTIN' IT DOWN Ry Cooder (guitar) Audioquest Music 1995 Notes: " I grew up in a little town called Vicksburg, Mississippi, which was close to the Delta, Greenville, where B.B., Robert Johnson and all the famous cats came up. I was raised up in the church. My family thought it was a good idea for me to go to church. I was in the junior/senior choir. I used to sing tenor, baritone, bass. We weren't allowed to sing what they called the rough stuff, you know, the rock and roll stuff. We weren't allowed to sing that in those days. All we could sing was gospel songs, so we had to slip away to sing some of the secular type songs." Too Many Ups and Downs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQv80sQohNI Money in Your Pocket https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npvmPNaMhUA Down in Mississippi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHKZjqvghWk Walking in the Same Tracks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iit8j0wPNjg Rooftop Tomcat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-s3mPwm6i0 Cheers Not too many Blues albums with inserts in German, French and Spanish. |
Taj Mahal / Keb Mo TAJ MAHAL & KEB' MO' Concord Records 2017 Big Band Delta Blues? Don't Leave Me Here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l97saNpTHIM Om Sweet Om (featuring Liz Wright) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHiMZqlfUjE She Knows How To Rock Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDfIMrcpF3I Ain't Nobody Talkin' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM05QysXA9o Cheers |
Earl King HARD RIVER TO CROSS Snooks Eaglin (guitar), Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff (Tenor, baritone, flute) Black Top Records 1993 Wiki: Earl Silas Johnson, known as Earl King, was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter, most active in blues music. A composer of blues standards such as "Come On" (covered by Jimi Hendrix, Freddie King, Stevie Ray Vaughan) and "Big Chief" (recorded by Professor Longhair), he was an important figure in New Orleans R&B. Born February 7, 1934 in New Orleans, Louisiana Died April 17, 2003 (aged 69) Hard River to Cross https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3VCH7bPArg Seduction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPSsDSX6kQE Big Foot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1nIX-bwoNI No city like New Orleans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gij7NlGGt1g Cheers |
Booker T Laury NOTHIN' BUT THE BLUES Bullseye Blues 1994 Notes: "Everybody who hears this music will buy this record," he says matter-of-factly. Lots 'em wants to play the Blues now, lot of them can't play, down there playing, wishing the could play." Wiki: Lawrence Laury was an American boogie-woogie, blues, gospel and jazz pianist and singer. Laury worked with Memphis Slim and Mose Vinson but did not record his debut album until he was in his late sixties. Born: September 2, 1914, Memphis, TN Died: September 23, 1995, Memphis, TN Blues on the Prowl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffios-wc-YQ Blues with a Feeling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkkGfWoS7HQ Woke up this Morning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI0pWC-vUGY Early in the Morning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLTMYoxvnhk DB Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0BQG4Y6YpM Cheers |
