Blues for Aficionados

Saffire -- The Uppity Blues Women

HOT FLASH

Alligator 1991

Wiki --- Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women was a three-woman blues musical ensemble in the Washington, D.C. area. It was founded in 1987 by Ann Rabson, Gaye Adegbalola and Earlene Lewis. Lewis separated from the band in 1992 and was replaced by Andra Faye.[1] The group then featured Rabson on piano, vocals and guitar, Adegbalola on vocals and guitar, and Faye on vocals, bass, mandolin, violin and guitar.[1]

An announcement on the group’s website in November, 2009, stated Saffire had retired and amicably disbanded. Rabson died on January 30, 2013, in Fredericksburg, Virginia, after a long battle with cancer. She was 67.[2]

Andra Faye is now living and playing in the Indianapolis, Indiana area.

The other side of the story? Great song titles.  Billy Branch on harmonica.

Two In The Bush Is Better Than One In The Hand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axwow-Ti3n4

No Need Pissin’ On A Skunk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4r9s-6-h2c

Sloppy Drunk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nUHgQFYteQ

Tom Cat Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vsBSBHU-PA

One Good Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp7UnrtR4Qg


Dirty Sheets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n0jBxbOv_Q


Cheers

Son Seals

LIVING IN THE DANGER ZONE

Alligator Records   1991

Wiki:   Frank "Son" Seals was an American electric blues guitarist and singer. In 2009, Seals was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.
Born: August 14, 1942, Osceola, AR
Died: December 20, 2004, Chicago, IL

Frigidaire Woman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGyHKGNJcDg

I Can't Lose The Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YttCP_YFPms

Tell It To Another Fool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A5CoQCv6Lk

Danger Zone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AddLRF6lYm8

Cheers

Preston Shannon

MIDNIGHT IN MEMPHIS

Bullseye Blues   1996


Notes: "Memphis is a city steeped in music folklore and tradition and any new name emerging from this mystical melting pot is worth investigating.  Preston Shannon is that name, a singer/guitarist who evokes memories of Otis Redding and Bobby Womack with his gruff vocals; Albert King, Freddie King and T-Bone Walker influences filter through his guitar technique."

"This album is dedicated to God..."  ---  Preston Shannon
Only in the Blues could an album about women and sex be dedicated to God.

Midnight in Memphis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBfwmZYjO2w

The Streets will Love you to Death
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wj5_XAZ6KU

Round Midnight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-iaPjAL-zY

The Clock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZrl1DBUas8

Cheers

The Johnny Shines Band

MASTERS OF MODERN BLUES

Testament    1967 / 1994

Notes: One of the most arresting though obscure Blues artists to have recorded in postwar Chicago was singer-guitarist Johnny Shines.  His recorded output was small; he made but 12 recordings, and only half of these were issued.  On this recording Shines is supported by several of the finest musicians in the modern Blues.  On harmonica is Big Walter Horton, in whose playing this simple instrument has been brought to astonishing levels of emotional expression and virtuosity; on piano is Otis Spann, long mainstay of the Muddy waters band; Lee Jackson is on bass, while Fred Below, perhaps the finest drummer in the Blues, rounds out the rhythm section.

Rollin' and Tumblin'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLAOy0oJyJM

Mr. Tom Green's Farm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvtQL8btW8Q

Sweet Home Chicago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqdIJZoe3PQ

Walkin' Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0a223eLEog

Two Trains Runnin'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkk4zuSxBXk

Cheers

Johnny Shines 

JOHNNY SHINES WITH BIG WALTER HORTON

Testament      1966 / 1969 / 1995

G. B. Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT0vmQBFiLo

You don't have to Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNbcv8AzQwM

Hello Central
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4qh1bWjZ30

Sneakin' and Hidin'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1_0V-qSVZg

Cheers