Blues for Aficionados

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

Texas Blues

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QII1YfFVhNU

Johnny Winter:

Born in Texas, but spent a lot of his young life in my hometown in Mississippi.   Nice clip.

Cheers

Leadbelly

ALABAMA BOUND

with / The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet: (Willie Johnson, William Langford, Henry Owens and Arlandus Wilson)
RCA Heritage Series   1940 / 1989

Notes:"Huddie William Ledbetter was born on January 29, 1885 on Jeter plantation near Mooringsport, Louisiana, the only child of farmer Wesley and part-Cherokee Indian Sally Ledbetter.  When Huddie was five, his family moved to nearby Leigh, Texas, and it was while growing up there that the young boy's interest in music began to develop under the encouraging eye of his uncle Terrell, who bought Huddie his first instrument, an accordion."


Whoa, Back Buck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKD0wDpujZE

Midnight Special
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MyFLUTyDUo

Pick a Bale of Cotton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLKvlSSy44Y

Gray Goose
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTEswHQ9fKo&t=51s

Rock Island Line
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2awJUF4l6co

Easy Rider
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0aZLxqdI28

Cheers

Little Whitt  & Big Bo

MOODY SWAMP BLUES

Vent Records   1995

Notes: "Little "Whitt" Wells was born on a small farm in Ralph, Alabama on Feb 19th, 1931.  "Big Bo" McGee was born on October 9th, 1928 in Mississippi and Alabama!!  His house was built on the state-line between Emelle, Alabama, and Porterville, Mississippi:  "We would eat breakfast in Alabama and sleep in Mississippi!" he quipped."

There is no more impressive Blues Credential than to be Born in, die in, or be Buried in two or more different places.

I can't be Satisfied
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdaFy_d1b4I

Walking Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNZIb3J9XbQ

Mean Old World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOmxhP4-vJ4

Sweet Home Chicago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_-GsrdyYjY

Two Trains Running
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLhlSir7_i8

Cheers