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10-06-2005, 02:00 PM
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Re: Music: I think I\'m a Blues fan, but need some direction....
Don't listen to anything proporting to be blues that is:
1. Made by white guys 2. Made after 1972 Zepplin's biggest influence was electric chicago blues, mostly on Chess records, mostly recorded from 1950-64. That is the good stuff... Brief Sampler: Elmore James Muddy Waters Willie Dixon Howlin Wolf Big Joe Turner Etta James (pre 1963) 
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#22
10-06-2005, 02:02 PM
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Re: Music: I think I\'m a Blues fan, but need some direction....
GET:
TEN YEARS AFTER- SLOW BLUES IN C AND IM COMIN HOME. Do me a favor, and after you download those, make sure to tell everyon that my suggestion was the best.....
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#23
10-06-2005, 02:07 PM
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Re: Music: I think I\'m a Blues fan, but need some direction....
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Check out: The White Stripes The Tragically Hip [/ QUOTE ] white stripes and tragically hip = not blues [/ QUOTE ] Yes, a lot of it is. It's blues rock. [/ QUOTE ] Blues-based rock is not the blues. There's the Three Kings - Albert, BB and Freddie. Get "Born Under a Bad Sign" by Albert King, for BB the "Live at the Regal" album is a good place to start. Freddie King I would recommend just about anything...there used to be a live video out for him that was really good (Live in Austin, TX), and the King Curtis-produced "Freddie King is a Blues Master" is one of my favorites. Muddy Waters came out with four albums near the end of his career that were produced by Johnny Winter, do a google search for the titles. Good stuff. Buddy Guy's recent recordings on Silvertone are probably right up your alley, it's supercharged-style blues almost in a rock vein. There was a live record and video w/ GE Smith in the band, I think it's called The Real Deal. Insane type good. Also, any of Buddy's records with Junior Welles will usually be very good as well. From there move to Junior's mentor, the late great Little Walter, one of the greatest blues harmonica players of all time. Find a good retrospective/greatest hits type album. Walter got his start playing for Muddy Waters before he went solo. Howlin' Wolf and John Lee Hooker are another couple of great classic blues musicians. Again, just look for greatest hits type stuff to start with. Magic Sam is kind of forgotten nowadays, but his stuff holds up right next to the other guys here. T-Bone Walker and Lightning Hopkins were both big influences on a lot of the guys mentioned above. You can dig way back w/ Robert Johnson (King of the Delta Blues Singers I + II) who wrote a lot of the lyrics that Zep ripped off in their tunes. Blind Willie Johnson is one of my favorites from that period, try to find something with "Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground," and "Nobody's Fault But Mine," (another one Zep stole shamelessly.) For more modern bands, I was a big fan of Alvin "Youngblood" Hart and The Radio Kings, the latter has broken up but their records may still be available. I don't know if Hart has recorded recently but his first 3 albums are top notch. *edit: Don't know how I forgot Elmore James and Albert Collins, but definitely check those guys out. Elmore in particular is one of my favorites.
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#24
10-06-2005, 02:13 PM
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Re: Music: I think I\'m a Blues fan, but need some direction....
What are the songs by led zepplin, that are real bluesy? Ive heard them before a bunch of times, because my friend is really into zepplin but always under the influence, and I dont remember their names.
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#25
10-06-2005, 02:21 PM
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Two bands
Climax Blues Band
Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green era)
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#26
10-06-2005, 07:25 PM
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Re: Music: I think I\'m a Blues fan, but need some direction....
Barnard Allison
Shameka Ccopeland Both very good You might also check out.. Buddy Guy Robert Cray (who is playing Austin later this month!! WOOOHHHOOO) Mars
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#27
10-06-2005, 09:04 PM
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Re: Music: I think I\'m a Blues fan, but need some direction....
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Don't listen to anything proporting to be blues that is: 1. Made by white guys 2. Made after 1972 Zepplin's biggest influence was electric chicago blues, mostly on Chess records, mostly recorded from 1950-64. That is the good stuff... Brief Sampler: Elmore James Muddy Waters Willie Dixon Howlin Wolf Big Joe Turner Etta James (pre 1963) [/ QUOTE ] So stupid.
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10-06-2005, 09:13 PM
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Re: Music: I think I\'m a Blues fan, but need some direction....
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What are the songs by led zepplin, that are real bluesy? Ive heard them before a bunch of times, because my friend is really into zepplin but always under the influence, and I dont remember their names. [/ QUOTE ] The Lemon Song Travelling Riverside Blues In My Time Of Dying I Can't Quit You Baby You Shook Me When The Levee Breaks Boogie With Stu
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