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Blues for Aficionados

I have found that postings music is a good way to listen to all the music in your collection.  I have neglected the ultimate source of much of the music I post.  This tread corrects that oversight.  All Blues post are welcome.  I will concentrate on the Delta.
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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
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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

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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

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Byther Smith

ADDRESSING THE NATION WITH THE BLUES

JSP   1994

Notes: "I'm just a working man" is how the genuinely humble Byther Smith neatly describes himself.  A modest statement perhaps, but one which also reveals just what makes him such a great Blues artist--in its own environment, the Chicago Blues has always been, and remains, Black working-class music.  The Windy City still teems with Blues artists, but once beyond the 'Blues for the tourists' coach trips... there remains  a small number of singers and musicians who adhere to that wisest piece of Blues advice, "find your own thing"--and Byther definitely falls into the latter category.

Born April 17, 1932 Monticello, Mississippi
Died September 9, 2021 (aged 89) MississippI

I was coming Home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Elc09qWyRSQ

Hello Mrs. Brown
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfDrWIS7qHc

Addressing the Nation with the Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M4erORyjVY

What Have I Done
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6Ld5UuO-0Y

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Byther Smith

ALL NIGHT LONG

Delmark    1997

Walked All Night Long
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvgwzDYLUOw

Look Over Your Shoulder
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntGC9gmxiiE

Thinking Real Hard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieKXF1Lya84

Cried Like A Baby Child
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bY7tY4-45o

Cheers




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