Blues for Aficionados

Sonny Terry

WHOOPIN’ THE BLUES: THE CAPITOL RECORDINGS, 1947-1950

Capitol Records 1995

Notes: "You see, I don't play like nobody else.  I play my own style.  Somebody say, "Well, you don't play like so-and-so,  I say, "well they don't play like me."
--Sonny Terry

Definitely not from the Delta.

Telephone Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bxSBwAw4Rg

Riff and Harmonica Jump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwCAhlsheR0

Dirty Mistreater Don’t You Know
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhvrU1K5I88

Crow Janes Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTJwMa1m7ZI

Cheers

A million miles away ;-) As a young lad I’m assuming…From what departure point?

From Washington County.

I've been to the Presley house in Tupelo.  Typical style for that time.  I just recently purchased three of his CDs, including the Gospel CD.  He has a great voice, made for that type of music. 

Cheers

Joe Turner

TELL ME PRETTY BABY

with Pete Johnson's Orchestra
Arhoolie    1947, 1948, 1949  /  1992

Notes:   "This is an album of Kansas City music.  One fact no one listening this record should forget--all this is fundamentally dance music, not primarily a form of entertainment.  Boogie-woogie was the name for a dance step long before it became the tag for a type of music."

Very informative fold-out booklet.


Wine-O-Baby Boogie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNuZ2zXTvVY

Boogie Woogie Baby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWzR7tqofBY

Rocket Boogie "88" (Pt. 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17zLmpgwlDI

Around the Clock Blues (Pt. 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke8wRWsVHh0

Rainy Weather Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKf70beNTCQ

B & O Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9FHT5Iziz8

and 18 more!

Cheers

Love Joe Turner, @rok2id! I was fortunate to see/hear him live in the mid-80's, back by The Blasters. I consider Joe the first Rock 'n' Roll singer, one of the Jump Blues practioners the Southern white Hillbillies like Elvis and Jerry Lee were listening to before they started recording.