20 Greatest Blues Songs of All Time. no debate.

[Blake]

1. Memphis Blues - W.C. Handy
* 2. Crazy Blues - Mamie Smith
* 3. Pine Top Boogie - Pine Top Smith
* 4. Dust My Broom - Elmore James
* 5. Boogie Chillun - John Lee Hooker
* 6. Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters
* 7. Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker
* 8. hound On My Trail - Robert Johnson
* 9. Spoonful - Willie Dixon
10. The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King
11. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Sonny Boy Williamson I
12. Born Under A Bad Sign - Albert King
13. Forty Four Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
14. Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
15. Statesboro Blues - Taj Mahal
16. Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
17. Juke - Little Walter
18. The Little Red Rooster - Willie Dixon
19. Come In My Kitchen - Robert Johnson
20. I'm a King Bee - Slim Harpo

http://www.internationalbluesmusicda...s-history.html

[Blake]

I wonder if Mamie Smith is related to Pine Top Smith.

[SpursforSix]

I wonder if Mamie Smith is related to Pine Top Smith.

No Pee Pee the Kidnapper. Fail.

[Blake]

No Pee Pee the Kidnapper. Fail.

Pee pee was great but was limited to playing the one eyed flute

[SpursforSix]

Pee pee was great but was limited to playing the one eyed flute

Don't you dare ing besmirch Pee Pee the Kidnapper or disavow the impact his music had on the blues landscape. Yep...nope...not much known about him except some early recordings. Then nope...yep...he disappeared.

[pgardn]

I wonder if Mamie Smith is related to Pine Top Smith.

My father claims he really had to pick the mind of Cripple Clarence Lofton to truly understand the impact of Pine Top Smith as Cripple was an admirer of Cow Cow Davenport who in turn really had the goods concerning Pine Top. Pine Top was around for such a brief time. But Cow Cow would weave a tall tale so it's tough.

[Blake]

My father claims he really had to pick the mind of Cripple Clarence Lofton to truly understand the impact of Pine Top Smith as Cripple was an admirer of Cow Cow Davenport who in turn really had the goods concerning Pine Top. Pine Top was around for such a brief time. But Cow Cow would weave a tall tale so it's tough.

So you're saying Cow Cow's stories were bull

[Blake]

Song that absolutely no one here has ever heard of

"Strut your puddy" by the Choo Choo Jazzers

http://www.allmusic.com/song/strut-y...y-mt0046916804

Pretty raunchy for 1920 something

[pgardn]

So you're saying Cow Cow's stories were bull

My Dad thinks they are indeed bovine residue.

[SpursforSix]

Song that absolutely no one here has ever heard of

"Strut your puddy" by the Choo Choo Jazzers

http://www.allmusic.com/song/strut-y...y-mt0046916804

Pretty raunchy for 1920 something

what we have here is an average song by an average bluesman. just because it's rare does not mean...yep...
Anyone with 10,000 books about dem blues...

Hey Avante, you've never heard of Choo..
Avante: Choo Choo Jazzers...yep...have several books with mentions of him...you know...but no full chapters...know why?
you piddle fart
Avante: rolling eyes...didn't think so...want me to put together a list of the top 10 rare but average bluesmen?
YES! Choo Choo
Avante: he's not on the list

[lebomb]

Down Home Blues.......ZZ Hill

[clambake]

its nice that someone thought about this music.

good topic, blake.

[Blake]

its nice that someone thought about this music.

good topic, blake.

I figured it's about time someone started a solid blues thread.

I'm not too knowledgeable about the blues but I'm learning a lot from Google. No doubt I'll master the complete history in about 2 hours.

[SpursforSix]

Down Home Blues.......ZZ Hill

we don't hear much from ZZ Hill. Everyone of course knows...ZZ Top...Billy Gibbons played with many of the greats...even played with Jimi Hendrix.
Jimi's influcences...yep...dem old blues from that south. We know that he went on to be a good rock guitarist but would we have even heard of him without...

Robert Johnson...Lighting Hopkins...

I have a signed copy of the bio on Hendrix...Kiss the Sky...
not my favorite writing but not bad to have the signature...

I had put it out on a table next to some cassettes during a yard sale
tall slim negro man with shades comes up..
How much for the book?
Sorry...not for sale
Why's it on the table?
Sorry...just showing off...you're welcome to sit in that folding chair over there and read while I'm out here. Just for your trouble, I'll make a duplicate cassette copy of Eliminator for ya.
Thanks man.
No problem.