Any Blues Fans Here?

The Thrill is Gone by B B King

So much so that I bought a Gibson "Lucille" Guitar

[macpappy]

I'd recommend you visit and subscribe to roadhousepodcast.com for the "finest blues you've never heard" if you don't already.

I have close to 1,000 blues songs on my ipod and they pretty much cover every type of blues you would like to listen to. The artist range from Big Al Carson to Muddy waters. Right now I'm listening to a lot of "swamp blues" and Texas blues. Some of my current favorites are Tab Benoit, Brian Langlinais, Smoking Joe Kubek and John Winters. Also check out Jon Cleary if you haven't already.

[smokin5]

You want blues?
I got yer blues right HERE, baby!
Sounds like you've found the 50's-60's electric blues,
but you're just scratching the veneer.
If you like the Muddy Waters & Paul Betterfield sound, look into
what is termed 'Chicago Blues'. Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker,
Magic Slim & the Teardrops, Buddy Guy, Albert King (better than his brother, B.B., IMHO), Otis Rush, Otis Spann, etc. Check out a lot of the 50's-60's artists on the old Chess record label. BTW, most of the Chess songs, played by Muddy, Howlin', etc., were actually written or arranged by Willie Dixon.

Newer good stuff of the electric nature include Coco Montoya, Luther Allison, (Bernard Allison (son of Luther Allison), Sonny Landreth (Clapton called Landreth his favorite contemporary blues guitarist), Eric Sardinas (electric dobro - very Johnny Winter-like), Anson Funderburgh......I could go on all day.

PM me your address & I'll throw together a tasty Blues sampler for you.
Probably take me a few weeks, though, as I've got my hands full with some CD projects & a couple of guerilla vacations (hit n' run).

[WyoBob]

Originally Posted by smokin5

You want blues?
I got yer blues right HERE, baby!
Sounds like you've found the 50's-60's electric blues,
but you're just scratching the veneer.
If you like the Muddy Waters & Paul Betterfield sound, look into
what is termed 'Chicago Blues'. Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker,
Magic Slim & the Teardrops, Buddy Guy, Albert King (better than his brother, B.B., IMHO), Otis Rush, Otis Spann, etc. Check out a lot of the 50's-60's artists on the old Chess record label. BTW, most of the Chess songs, played by Muddy, Howlin', etc., were actually written or arranged by Willie Dixon.

Newer good stuff of the electric nature include Coco Montoya, Luther Allison, (Bernard Allison (son of Luther Allison), Sonny Landreth (Clapton called Landreth his favorite contemporary blues guitarist), Eric Sardinas (electric dobro - very Johnny Winter-like), Anson Funderburgh......I could go on all day.

PM me your address & I'll throw together a tasty Blues sampler for you.
Probably take me a few weeks, though, as I've got my hands full with some CD projects & a couple of guerilla vacations (hit n' run).

Listen to this guy. He knows his stuff!

smokin5 sent me a Luther Alison CD he put together and it's outstanding. I'd never listened much to this kind of music but I will now, that's for sure.

Thanks, smokin!

WyoBob

[MajorCaptSilly]

Son Seals is one of my faves. I also enjoy Joe Bonamassa and Dave Hole.


MCS

[pmwz]

Originally Posted by BeachBonsai

The Thrill is Gone by B B King

love this song.
i have a couple of gigabyte blues on my computer. a lot of the cadillac records stuff, some bb king and a couple of other cds.
i am going listen to couple of artists mentioned in this thread when i have the time.

Wake up mama!

The Allman Brothers Band - Statesboro Blues