Cute girl, but this is what it's all about it.
Big Joe Williams wrote/recorded that in 1935, as you know it's been covered by a ton.
That's Shelia Wilcoxson on the National Steel guitar and vocals. Her, Rose Hemphill and Appalachian great Hazel ens must listens.
Cute girls a dime a dozen.
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Frankie Lee Sims was from Louisiana but mostly played in Texas. This from 1948 a year after his cousin Lightnin' Hopkins first recorded out here in Cali.
Tommy Johnson a Delta player the first to sing about....meat shaking on the bone....back in 1928. His...Big Fat Mama...a classic.
I think most of you have heard of BB King. And maybe John Lee Hooker. Muddy Waters?
Well they all recorded after 1940.
Robert Johnson recorded in 1936 and he's pretty well known. Then we have those old blues cats that are only known by those like myself. A lot of these cats stepped into a recording studio sang a few songs and were never heard of again. guys like Bo Jones, Bobby Grant, Lane Hardin, The Shelor Family, ...Freezone (nobody knows his real name)...only recorded one song.
Then we had this from 1927....
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When Rolling Stone Magazine did their TOP 100 GUITARISTS of all time they had a number of blues cats listed with B.B.King and Robert Johnson in the top 10. They also ranked T-Bone Walker, Buddy Guy and Lightnin' Hoplkins. Now you'd think Rolling Stone would know their stuff, nope!
You don't have to include blues guys at all, but if you do you must have Tampa Red, Scrapper Blackwell and the greatest blues guitarists ever, Lonnie Johnson.
This is an amazing tune, one that Elvis covered at his first Sun Records recording session in 1955. You can see why...
Elvis also covered Big Boy Crudups That's Alright Mama and Junior Parkers Mystery Train. His "Hound Dog" which came a little later was a Big Mama Thornton song. Yep, none of them saw a dime.
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Bluecoat Tom Nelson, he was called that because he performed wearing a blue army coat from the cival war, yep...yankee, he along with T.C.Johnson and some cat called Porkchop worked in the old minstrel shows. They have a rather unique sound, a little different.
One of the really primitive old blues players was Bo Jones, he was a Texan. He recorded but one record and it's about as down in the bucket/back in the alley as it gets. What a shame he didn't record more. Why just one record can be asked for a ton of these guys, it's simply...???
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(with 10 or so seconds left in a video move on to the next, yep...smooth)
While I own all that old stuff, I;m not constantly wandering around the Delta searching for those crossroads in 1927 with Tommy Johnson. It's just that that is the music that inspired this....
That is a cover of a cover, ha~~~~~ Robert Johnson did the original, then along came slide master Elmore James (huge influense on Brian Jones with the Stones) to make it famous.
Derek Trucks
The great Warren Haynes Gov't Mule
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So good it hurts...
Just keep on rollin'
If there is one song that needs to follow that one, it has to be this one.
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The trick is to keep a smooth mood....
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rollin' on down the line....
First time I heard this song I was at a gym in Chula Vista, I thought......nice!
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Heading into Louisiana now...
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Ok heading east, up into the Carolinas and Virginia, back where everyone is related, haha!!!!!!!!!
When hicks/hillbillies starting trying to immulate what they had heard the blacks singing this is "THE" tune that best represents that attempt. Yep, a classc!
The queen of that High n' Lonesome.
The king Roscoe Holcomb, Bob Dylan a huge fan.
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It took me a long long time to finally warm up to bluegrass, why I don't know. The talent these artists have is great, now I have Bill Monroe, The Stanley Brothers, Flatt & Scruggs and a ton of this...
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If your lover is treating ya bad, maybe cheatin' n' lyin', and you're all bummed out, down in the dumps and need something to cheer ya up, put a smile back on your face, this is it.
So what is my favorite blues tune? There is just something about this song that grabs me like no other. And old Lightnin' is a Texan.
Heading off in another direction.
Headphones a must.
Her we have a cat where novody knows who he was, all we know is that he was in prison when he was recorded. It doesn't get anymore authenic that this....
Lead Belly and Robert Pete Williams were discoverd in prison in that same way.
I'm not listening to that right now. The Spurs are on.
Avante... what new music are you vibing off of... say last five years.
I've decided to use this thread as my music thread. A free musical eduction for those like yourself.
Go for it old timer. Just don't post any bull .
The Black Keys, Ray Lamontagne, Damien Rice, The White Strips are cool. Also like Ben Harper, Marc Cohn, Gov't Mule, Mark Knopfler, Mark Lemhouse.
What about Gary Clark Jr.? Is it because he's black that you don't like him? And would you believe the Black Keys...are white??? And the White Strips...are not as effective as laser?
Have you looked at any of those above videos at all? I'm just as into....Hank Williams, Bob Wills, Patsy Cline, Jimmy Rodgers, as I am Blind Lemon Jefferson, Robert Johnson, Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters.
Of course I kow who the Black Keys are, come on guy. I first discovered them on Fat Possum Records long before they became famous.
For some unknown reason I'm missing out on Gary Clark Jr. Why....???
There was a good do entary about Fat Possum a while back. They're where I first heard RL Burnside.
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