Recommend some Blues Songs?

JPMDan · 01-25-2007, 04:51 AM

I'm feeling a bit bluesy right now, I don't know why but can someone recommend some really good blues?

Nidolf · 01-25-2007, 09:54 AM

Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings

Desecrated · 01-25-2007, 10:02 AM

I think BB king is the best,

How blue can you get
Nobody loves me but my mother

are 2 fairly easy and good songs.

NDG · 01-25-2007, 10:23 AM

Elmore James - The Sky is Crying (compilation)
Sonny Boy Williamson (I or II) - any compilation

distressed_romeo · 01-25-2007, 10:30 AM

SRV: 'Texas Flood' This album rocks, although it spawned a whole generation of second-rate clones.
Eric Sardinas: 'Devil's Train'
Any Johnny Winter
Anything featuring Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks

Drew · 01-25-2007, 10:33 AM

Ahh, somehting I'm actually something of an authority on here.

Texas Blues:
Albert King - "Personal Manager," "Born Under a Bad Sign"
SRV - "The Sky Is Crying," Texas Flood"

Chicago Blues:
Howlin' Wolf - "Smokestack Lightning," "Spoonful," "Back Door Man"
Muddy Waters - "Long Distance Call" (look for a live version off the "Muddy and the Wolf" compilation)
Elmore James - "Twelve Year Old Boy"

"Modern" Blues:
Jimi Hendrix - "Born Under a Bad Sign," "Bleeding Heart" (off the Jimi: Blues compilation, not the funkier version on First Rays of the New Rising Sun, whick kind of blows in comparison)

Jazz Blues:
Kenny Burrell - Chitlins Con Carne

Stuff that defies easy categorization:
Tom Waits - "Jesus Gonna Be Here," "Cold Water"
John Prine: "Pretty Good"
Bob Dylan: "New Pony"

EDIT -

Quote:

Originally Posted by distressed_romeo

SRV: 'Texas Flood' This album rocks, although it spawned a whole generation of second-rate clones.

A huge +1 here. Vaughan is a seriously talented guitarist, but these days all you ever hear are guys playing Texas blues. If you listen to what Jimi was doing 20 years before, it's an absolute shame.

distressed_romeo · 01-25-2007, 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drew

Ahh, somehting I'm actually something of an authority on here.

Texas Blues:
Albert King - "Personal Manager," "Born Under a Bad Sign"
SRV - "The Sky Is Crying," Texas Flood"

Chicago Blues:
Howlin' Wolf - "Smokestack Lightning," "Spoonful," "Back Door Man"
Muddy Waters - "Long Distance Call" (look for a live version off the "Muddy and the Wolf" compilation)
Elmore James - "Twelve Year Old Boy"

"Modern" Blues:
Jimi Hendrix - "Born Under a Bad Sign," "Bleeding Heart" (off the Jimi: Blues compilation, not the funkier version on First Rays of the New Rising Sun, whick kind of blows in comparison)

Jazz Blues:
Kenny Burrell - Chitlins Con Carne

Stuff that defies easy categorization:
Tom Waits - "Jesus Gonna Be Here," "Cold Water"
John Prine: "Pretty Good"
Bob Dylan: "New Pony"

EDIT -

A huge +1 here. Vaughan is a seriously talented guitarist, but these days all you ever hear are guys playing Texas blues. If you listen to what Jimi was doing 20 years before, it's an absolute shame.

+1000000000000000 for Kenny Burrell...that guy has phrasing to die for!

Oh, small point, but I'd avoid all the back-to-the-blues albums Shrapnel's Blues sub-section puts out by former rock guys, as they tend to be pretty pathetic bids for credibility.

Drew · 01-25-2007, 10:41 AM

"Midnight Blue" is an absolutely awesome album. I'd love to play in a jazz trio doing that sort of stuff.

Let me also toss out a nod to Howlin' Wolf's "What a Woman (Commit a Crime)" and amazing acoustic version of Jimi's "Hear my Train A'Comin'" as well.

Wiz · 01-25-2007, 11:29 AM

yeah kenny burrell is the man. Been transcribing that bloody chitlins con carne forever

Drew · 01-25-2007, 11:36 AM

I wouldn't have thought it would be that hard, but then again I've never tried it.

Hmm.

I think I know what I'm doing tonight.

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