Blues Music

[Psy-Fi]

A thread for blues music. Post anything to do with the blues.

[Guybrush]

I don't listen to much blues, but I do like this one.

[Psy-Fi]

I was listening to this album recently. Hadn't heard it in a while and had almost forgotten how much it hits the spot when I'm in the mood for some authentic Mississippi hill country blues...

R.L. Burnside - Mississippi Hill Country Blues (2000)

It's a pleasure to hear R.L. Burnside's early acoustic blues played the way he learned them in the hill country of Northern Mississippi. Three of these tracks date from 1967 and were recorded in Coldwater, MS by folklorist George Mitchell, while the remaining 16 were recorded in the early '80s by Swingmaster operator Leo Bruin in Groningen, Netherlands. This is Burnside playing solo (and mainly) acoustic country blues with the only addition to his guitar and voice being the harmonica of Red Ramsey on "Rolling and Tumbling." While you can't go wrong with the purchase of any Burnside recording, these Swingmaster sessions portray a natural relaxed unaccompanied Burnside. – AllMusic

[Lisnaholic]

Here is some impeccably played blues, and a chance to watch three talents sharing the spotlight, because in addition to Little Walter and Koko Taylor, Hound Dog Taylor (standing to LW's right) is playing guitar :-

[SGR]

I was listening to this album recently. Hadn't heard it in a while and had almost forgotten how much it hits the spot when I'm in the mood for some authentic Mississippi hill country blues...

R.L. Burnside - Mississippi Hill Country Blues (2000)

Burnside is the man! One of my favorite bluesmen!

[Lisnaholic]

^ Yes, I remember us same three - you, me and Psy-Fi - enthusing about RLBurnside in the thread dedicated to him on MB. 

...and if we are destined to repeat that forum, here's a Roy Buchanan track, which is like my fave track on fave album by fave artist in fave blues genre. So you get the idea, I'm sure: this one's a favourite:-

[Lisnaholic]

Bumping a thread that has really slid off the grid, with an artist who isn't a blues purist. Mainly acoustic songs, but he comes from Reading in Berkshire, England, so not exactly Delta Blues territory:

[Psy-Fi]

Inmates battle heat, mold and mice inside Mississippi's largest prison

[Lisnaholic]

This is how I like electric blues: so much guitar playing that the singing is just a brief change of focus, and not the element that dominates the song:

Some great guitar playing from both guys, and the on-stage chat as they settle into serious playing comes across very well, as it becomes clear that they are two old friends, with some shared jamming history from way back. Although the clip is labelled Stormy Monday, it could've been called Texas Flood too, because there's 20 mins of that before AK calls out a key change for the next song.

By my standards, this is a mildly obscure recording, because it's only on the more complete DVD version of a TV show: you may not find it on the CD version, which was released as In Session. That CD could also do with a different name - I'd call it The Baby And The Bathwater to indicate what they threw out when making up the tracklist. If you are curious, let wiki explain :  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Session_(Albert_King_and_Stevie_Ray_Vaughan_album)