Blues for Aficionados

Willie Dixon

THE BIG THREE TRIO

CBS Records    1990

wiki:

Next to Muddy Waters, Dixon is recognized as the most influential person in shaping the post–World War II sound of the Chicago blues.

 A short list of his most famous compositions includes "Hoochie Coochie Man", "I Just Want to Make Love to You", "Little Red Rooster", "My Babe", "Spoonful", and "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover". These songs were written during the peak years of Chess Records, from 1950 to 1965, and were performed by Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, and Bo Diddley; they influenced a generation of musicians worldwide.

Dixon was an important link between the blues and rock and roll, working with Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley in the late 1950s. In the 1960s, his songs were adapted by numerous rock artists. He received a Grammy Award and was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame.  --  wiki

Born July 1, 1915 Vicksburg, Mississippi
Died January 29, 1992 (aged 76) Burbank, California

Hard Notch Boogie Beat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXMThTIYpfI

Since My Baby Gone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbDSvd_PYvw

You Don't Love Me No More

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6k---0B4k4

Come Here Baby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sh9mt1BMaQ

Tell That Woman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm8E7wtypIs

Cheers

Junior Wells

MESSIN' WITH THE KID

Paula Records     1957 to 1963

No notes.

It Hurts Me Too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQE0IY4uSIY

Come on in this House
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv5r6f83TG4

Messin' With The Kid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLz82AfE-R0

Little By Little
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEibNV4YA-E

So Tired
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqMQfgsnQz0

Calling All Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPE98v23kTY

Cheers

Willie Dixon

THE ORIGINAL WANG DANG DOODLE

MCA Chess   1995

Excellent informative booklet.

Notes: "By the time Willie Dixon died in Glendale, California, on January 29, 1992, his music had won him widespread recognition, numerous awards including a 1988 Grammy Award, and a certain measure of comfort in his later years.  His last wish was fulfilled early in 1993 by his wife Marie and daughter Shirli when the family purchased the historic Chess records building in Chicago to be the new home of Willie's long-cherished dream, the Blues Heaven Foundation."

Wang Dang Doodle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCWC4tTSPSA

So Long
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqtiYZGHQV0

Tail Dragger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZr5BYflkcQ

Walking The Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8oKiX5q3rI

Crazy For My Baby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAfR7AEzojs

Cheers

Junior Wells

ON TAP

Delmark    1991

Notes: "Junior Wells held court at Theresa's Tavern at 4801 South Indiana on Chicago's south side.  If Junior was in town he was at Theresa's, a surprisingly small tavern several steps below street level with no bandstand, no ticket window, unreliable plumbing, an assortment of beer and liquor signs for brands the house never or no longer carried, and Christmas lights all year round."

Welcome to the world of the Blues.

What my Mama told Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoeKw76K6e0

The Train I Ride
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r9n9sfPDiM

Goin' Down Slow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIb0_-klFg4

Key To The Highway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_2-wcGqWAs

So Long
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I_Z0OtX6W4

Cheers

Harry Belafonte

BELAFONTE SINGS THE BLUES

RCA / Sony     1958 / 2016

Notes: "I've always had a feeling for the basic blues, but it took several years of removing myself from that predominantly modern Jazz environment and finding myself and my own set of values before I had the courage to attempt an album like this.  Here I can just step out and sing wholly the way I feel."

This man can really sing, and this must be The Blues, because it says so in the title.  With Eldridge and Webster, what could go wrong?

Losing Hand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tHgLXfHBv8

One for my Baby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObPlEtkLJ_Q

In the Evening Mama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd1wZN8jg0w

Hallelujah I Love Her So
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyRurphPtqU

God Bless the Child
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFOq4aNAEs0

Cheers