The great Blues appreciation thread!

by **Chankgeez** » Fri Jun 10, 2022 10:03 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVWZtccSDws

by **Blackened Soul** » Fri Jun 10, 2022 10:21 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEkzZ7WjisA

by **Dandolin** » Tue Jun 14, 2022 4:43 pm

my fav'rite King (Albert is awfully close tho)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMtuNipi-SE
was harder than it should have been to find a version of this that wasn't on the Public Enemies soundtrack :/

by **Blackened Soul** » Tue Jun 14, 2022 5:05 pm

Oh yeah, I forgot about him!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeHLMrL7nzY

by **Dandolin** » Tue Jun 14, 2022 6:05 pm

Sonny & Brownie are like a genre all by themselves - i liked these two as Piedmont followers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewdAcT-3ivs

listening to that Sonny & Brownie album - that is pretty far for their core style - it def opens a can of worms
and this song, which is pretty far from blues, although it is kind've gospel, is the biggest can opener in the drawer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io6eZTjgOLc

although i prefer their prime material, this is a pretty interesting counterpoint to 'Fathers and Sons'
plus, banjo

and back to Otis Taylor and his 'Recapturing the Banjo' album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twypAhhSSAI

by **Chankgeez** » Tue Jun 14, 2022 6:21 pm

Oh, forgot I found this the other day:

https://reverb.com/item/53066392-nation ... ohn-cephas

Your post reminded me. :yay:

by **Dandolin** » Tue Jun 14, 2022 6:44 pm

noice! i want it :drool:

i'ma post the Otis Taylor tiny desk i'm watchin', which has some elucidative commentary from the man; and, because he's on that second OT song, but moreso 'cause Albert King purportedly preferred to be referred to as "Albin Keen" - some Alvin Youngblood Hart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am4GcbBrdMA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16kiY-la2ok

and later, cause Cephas & Wiggins cover two of his songs on their debut, i'ma post some Skip James, *my* king of the blues :snax:

by **Chankgeez** » Tue Jun 14, 2022 7:38 pm

Sonny & Brownie were pretty prolific. Speakin' of stuff outside their core style, I like their more "urban" stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YPgOqBwwrA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaN340m5dP8

I also like their stuff w/ Earl Hooker:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu0zybWT_l0

by **Dandolin** » Tue Jun 14, 2022 7:44 pm

nice - that is a lot of range :thumb:

by **Chankgeez** » Thu Jun 16, 2022 6:30 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOuEZipvtmE

by **Dandolin** » Thu Jun 16, 2022 6:48 pm

navasota'd

so good :love:

as mentioned previously
the '31 stuff is better, but there's so little of it that it's by definition over-played
his later stuff still has that otherworldly tinge in the vocals and some new themes that are poignant as he faces mortality (but with very little diminution in his powers afaic)