Speaking of Johnny Winter.....

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....if ya wanted a great....Blue Eyes Blues ...mix, here it is.

I will be starting at the origins of it all and working my way up.....


Frank Hutchison....The Train That Carried The Girl From Town. He is considered the first white blues cat.
Dock Boggs....Pretty Polly, a must listen.
Justice...Cocaine Blues....a word for word cover of Luke Jordan's classic, But since it was a race record few whites knew about Jordan.
Jimmie Rodgers....My Good Gal Gone Bad. Rodgers perfrorming with a black jug band.
Jimmie Davis....Easy Rider Blues. A one time governor of Louisiana who recorded with black guitarist Oscar Woods.
Clarence Ashley...House of the Rising Sun. Yep, the original from 1933.
Woody Guthrie with Cisco Houston....John Henry, one of the best versions.
Hank Williams...Lonesome Whistle Blues.
Elvis...Midnight Train....great cover of a Junior Parker hit (Junior never saw a dime)

That gang would give a real good example of the origins of Paleface Blues/Blue Eyed Blues.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1lGGhQ-Ew8



Now coming up to speed....

Canned Heat....Goin' Up The Country...they got that name from a 1928 Tommy Johnson*** tune
Bob Dylan...Fixin' To Die....better than Bukka Whites original.
The Grateful Dead....Viola Lee Blues (a cover of a Gus Cannon Jug Stompers classic, funny how Viola Lee is never mentioned)
Joe er...Blackeye Blues....talk about a beat.
Johnny Winter....Too Much Saconal....it's as if you're sitting in a little kicker bar in west Texas.
The Allman Brothers...Statesboro Blues, a great take on Blind Willie McTells classic.
ZZ Top...Just Got Back From Babys.....would be in the same jukebox with...Too Much Saconal.
Townes Van Zandt....Black Crow Blues.....fantastic song writer, another unique sound.
Kris Kristofferson.....Border Lord....he should have just sang them blues.
John Mayall....Evil Woman Blues...the king of British Blues
Savoy Brown...Cold Woman Blues....one of my favs
Johnny "Slim" Campbell....Angel of Sorrow...incredible guitarist.
Mark Lemhouse....Paper Sack....unique sound.
Ray Wylie Hubbard...Purgatory....imagine an old Texan half drunk.

Some amazing stuff up there, and I think you'd be hard pressed to find a better collection of ...Pale Face/Blue Eyed blues anywhere.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-csuxRIZrI



*** Tommy Johnson the originator of that ...sold my soul at them Crossroads...story.

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Oh yeah, add...

Stevie Ray Vaughn
Calvin Russell
Steve Earle
Ray Lamontagne

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nobody else wanted to speak with you?

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Being I'm pinked I needed some threads to post in. I knew if I asked anyone to bump up some of mine....nope. So I used a little trick, yep, worked like a charm, hahahaha~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Poor little s, they stand no chance, ha~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Nice Texas blues mix

Townes Van Zandt
Albert Collins
Lightnin' Hopkins
SRV
Delbert McClinton
Larry Davis
Frankie Lee Sims
Smokey Hogg
Johnny Winter
Lil'Son Jackson
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

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I was not speaking of Johnny Winter

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Speaking of Texas.

The All Time Texas 200m

lane

1.Ameer Webb Tex A&M
2.Oba Thompson UTEP
3.Joe DeLoach Houston
4.Michael Johnson Baylor
5.Carl Lewis Houston
6.Floyd Heard Tex A&M
7.Jimmy Hines Texas Southern
8.Jeff Wiliams Prairie View

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I was not speaking of Johnny Winter

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Finally~~~~ Ok, see this silly , well this is all you are good for ok stupid? Stick to this sort of simply , ok?

While here....

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Elvis...Midnight Train

Some say his most pure recording.

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Some say his most pure recording.

Actually it was a cover of a fellow Sun recording artist named Junior Parker and I do prefer the original.

This is as good as Elvis gets, in my opinion.





What an amazing sound.

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Love this song. One of the great oldies.




keeping the mood

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We need some blue eyed soul, the great....Wayne Cochran.




Nobody walks the dog like Jackie Shane.




Gotta have some Ironing Board Sam.

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Shifting gears