Blues for Aficionados

Howlin' Wolf

THE BACK DOOR WOLF

MCA Chess    1973 / 1995

Notes: "Wolf was titanic by several scales.  Sam Phillips rermembered him "as about sis foot six, with the biggest feet i'd ever seen on a human being..." Phillips also considered Wolf the greatest talent among his many discoveries, Elvis included.  Remembering the impression he made in the Delta in the 1930s, Johnny Shines likened Wolf to "some kind of beast or something," adding that his fearsome presence was a product not of his size but of the sound he was giving off."

The Back Door Wolf

You Turn Slick on Me

Can't stay here

Speak Now Woman

Cheers

Wow! Things you can find on a mellow Saturday night. Thank you for everyone contributing. I’m going to be listening to A LOT of blues. I have a contribution-

Jimmy Rogers-Chicago Bound (1970, Chess), compilation of 1950s Chess recordings. Rogers’ back-up band is a who’s who of Chicago blues-Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Walter "Shaky" Horton, Fred Below, Otis Spann.

Chicago Bound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeCm_1jwPh8

Walking By Myself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu44TfgLlbo

Paul Butterfield Blues Band Better Days

Blood Sweat and Tears

Walter Trout "Ordinary Madness"

Roosevelt Sykes-Dirty Double Mother-recorded in 1973 and released by the BluesWay label. Roosevelt Sykes (January 31, 1906 – July 17, 1983) was an American blues musician, also known as "the Honeydripper". He plays piano in a barrelhouse style of blues, in the musical form that got its start in brothels in New Orleans. You'll get a chuckle by listening carefully to the lyrics.

Persimmon Pie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2adlvXS1Bg