love me the blues....deep south blues esp, love all the variants.,.... been listening to a lot of SNOWY WHITE recently........its a little more modern i know, sounds AMAZING at camp, played LOUD, by the campfire and the lake..........recently after the healing drum in Lytton BC, I played this several hours later, around 1000 hours. Played it loud. A lot of the families in the recreational site camp waved and nodded, one older well worn guy said it was the most haunting and beautiful thing he has heard in his life, besides the mornings healing drums. Black Snake Moan also is a favorite post up your favorite Blues, music links or videos.
If a Blues thread is going to start then let's get one thing straight. F*ck B.B. King! Albert King is the better one.
You should check out jonny lang. He was singing and playing like a 50 year old bluesman as a 16 year old white boy. He's pretty impressive.
Wife and I saw Buddy Guy play a couple of weeks ago. Dude killed it. He moved around like someone half his age (still does the lap through the crowd while playing) and plays better than he did 40 years ago. Was really loud too. Not Slayer or Lamb of God loud, but pretty damn loud nonetheless.
Well, I grew up in Me'omphis, home of the blues. I saw Sleepy John Estes and Miss'ssippi Slim play downtown. I worked on BB King's father's truck (in my dad's service shop) while his brother Bubba watched. There's blues, then there's electronica. Never the [Mark] 'twain should meet. I'll find some appropriate blues later. But it's too late on Saturday night by now, and I haven't eaten dinner yet, so ... ... I'll just put this here for now.
Many years ago I was backpacking in Rocky Mountain National Park. After finishing our first loop (Odessa,Fern and Spruce Lakes), we headed into Estes Park to resupply and stay at the local campground for a night before starting our next hike (Longs Peak)...We decided a good burger was what we all were craving after eating dehydrated meals and GORP for several days. We asked around and found ourselves in Lonigans, an Irish pub and grill. The food was amazing. We had planned to finish eating and head back to the campground for an early night full of rest, but a band started playing and we were hooked. It was a blues band with a real Soulful sound, a guitar player who wailed and a front man that was a true entertainer. We really were getting into the music and the band noticed. After their first set they came over and introduced themselves. The guitarist,and head of the band, was Sammy Mayfield. Sammy had played guitar for Solomon Burke but was now doing his own thing. The front man went by Mr Wonderful. He was a captivating performer and a funny guy to be around. We stayed and watched them play all night, having laughs and drinks with them during their set breaks. We ended up closing the bar and having a blast...The early morning hike the following day (actually later that same day) was pretty brutal though. That was probably one of the best blues performances I have ever seen in person...
Ok, so since we've jumped into R&B (not just plain blues), I'll add this. I'm finally watching season 5 after a long interruption from GoT. Note: no electronica. All analog.
In retrospect, this one was too far afield for this thread ... I'll post it in Stone's music thread instead.
Lest any be skeptical that Led Zeppelin is appropriate for a blues thread, here's a paragraph from a very long Wikipedia article about them. The term "blues" appears 23 times in the article. "Led Zeppelin's music was rooted in the blues.[7] The influence of American blues artists such as Muddy Waters and Skip James was particularly apparent on their first two albums, as was the distinct country blues style of Howlin' Wolf.[124] Tracks were structured around the twelve-bar blues on every studio album except for one, and the blues directly and indirectly influenced other songs both musically and lyrically.[125]" Here's a fine Muddy Waters track. I saw him play twice in Memphis back in the 70's. He also played at least once with the Rolling Stones in their early days. https://www.vevo.com/watch/muddy-waters/long-distance-calls-(live)/USSE91333725
