Blues for Aficionados

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

Willie Dixon

THE CHESS BOX

MCA Chess  2CD set     1988

CD 1

18 tracks.  All  songs are written by Dixon, but 14 are performed by other artists.

Little Walter  -  My Babe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3cKJ42HAd0

Jimmy Witherspoon  -  When The Lights Go Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUrP-E61ohg

Willie Dixon  -   Crazy For My Baby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DG9lWD8S5w

Willie Dixon  -  29 Ways
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVqb97x-ysI

Willie Dixon  -  Walking The Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6RavtCBdDk

Willie Dixon  -  This Pain In My Heart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS3X8jmADaY

Cheers

Bukka White

THE COMPLETE BUKKA WHITE

Columbia Legacy  /  Sony    1994   

Booker T. Washington "Bukka" White was an American Delta blues guitarist and singer. Bukka is a phonetic spelling of White's first name; he was named after the African-American educator and civil rights activist Booker T. Washington. Wikipedia
Born: November 12, 1906, Aberdeen, MS
Died: February 26, 1977, Memphis, TN

Nice informative booklet about White and each song on this disc.

Parchman Farm Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4m3z0NmL_s

Shake 'Em On Down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOW3OjQm1Hw

Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOahtuxo5sc

Fixin' to Die Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDjBVQjTfrM

Bukka's Jitterbug Swing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnaVP-xlbqc

Cheers