Here is a twofer of R.L. Burnside
The way Bukka White says, "You got to give me a chance to get all my tools out now, what'cha reckon." and then just goes into this song, makes me laugh. I guess you would have to have grown up around people who talk like that to understand.
And then there is that beautiful National Steel Guitar, being played on his lap. You got to love it.
For some odd reason John Lee Hooker is on my mind. I have written about him on several occasions (here, here and here) and I think it is a good time to do another post on him and his music because his birthday was on 22 Aug.
Here are a few links to blogs that have recently posted some of his music.
In a post titled "Somewhere There's A Drink With My Name On It" from the On Cyprus Avenue you can find an mp3 of John Lee Hooker's song "Hittin The Bottle Again."
And here is another great post from the blog trees lounge. He has been doing a post on all the states, and his Kentucky State post includes an mp3 of John Lee Hooker's song "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer."
And one last mp3 for your consideration. The right Reverend Frost posted a versions of John Lee's "Whiskey & Women in his great blog. This is another one of those post that has some really good music in it.
And here are a group of Videos from YouTube
John Lee Hooker & Santana - The Healer
John Lee Hooker & Santana - Chill Out
John Lee Hooker plays with Carlos Santana, Elvin Bishop and Paul Butterfield
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music, blues, video, mp3
Don't you hate it when you lose a CD, or more likely miss place it. So I'm surfing the web last night to see what other bloggers have to say about Muddy Waters and I come across this:
Howling Wolf, Muddy Waters & Bo Diddley doing Sweet Little Angel mp3 @ www.kalamu.com
Which is accompanied with a cool post on the similarities of rap and the blues. A conversation that I have had many times.
After listening to the mp3 I realize that I own a disk with this song on it, which caused me to search through some 400 disk or so, to no avail. This song is not on any of my Muddy Waters CDs, nor Howling Wolf CDs, or Bo Diddley CDs. But like as with most of my searches, there is a silver lining, I found several other disk that I have been looking for, for some time now.
Other post about Muddy Waters @ SqueezeMyLemon
It's The Birthday Of Muddy Waters
The Official Muddy Waters Site & Downloadable Sound Files
Muddy Waters - Interview
Links to other Muddy Waters mp3s @ other music blogs
Blues Had a Baby and They Named it Rock and Roll - Muddy Waters
Louisiana blues - muddy waters This is a great post, many songs about the great state of Louisiana.
GOT MY MOJO WORKING - Muddy Waters
Deep Down in Florida [#2] - Muddy Waters Again many other cool songs about the state of Florida.
Links to Muddy Waters Videos @ YouTube
Muddy Waters - "Hoochie Coochie Man" (Newport Folk Festival)
Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working (Live 1963 American Folk
Muddy Waters - Johnny Winter "Walking Through The Park"
Muddy Waters & Sonny Boy Williamson II
Muddy Waters Long Distance Call(1968)
Muddy Waters Honey Bee(1968)
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music, blues, video, mp3, muddy waters
I have just recently become aware of blues podcasting. It is something that I have wanted to explore in-depth for a while now, but just never got around to. But I recently found a podcast that prompted me to dive right in.
I wish I could write something elegant enough to explain how good the Uncensored History of the Blues podcast is. But words fell me. I don't know if it is the plain spoken presentation style of the host Mike Rugel or if it is the fact that he picks a topic and then presents prewar blues songs that illustrate the theme. One thing that I really like about this podcast is that it has a lot of historical value.
Both the themes and the music give you a glimpse into the past as well as the lives of the musicians. I have always thought that the best way to understand the blues, is to consider the time when the music was being made. This podcast does a good job of connecting the music to past events.
The site is discribed @ ODEO.com
Mike Rugel and the Delta Blues Museum take a raw look at the early history of blues music. Each show includes a series of pre-war blues tracks along with context and exposition.
If this video is what I think it is then it is too cool, but if it is not then it is still cool. I think this is Big Bill Broonzy playing a guitar shuffle. Enjoy!
Here is a different take on some of the early female blues singers. I had not read or heard some of this information before, but it makes for interesting reading.
They had a reason to sing the blues: Lesbian blues singers Alberta Hunter, Gladys Bentley, Ma Rainey by Ernie Alderete @ Blues The World Forgot
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music, blues, blogs
I had the idea recently to link to some of my favorite blues music links as a service to my readers and to shine a light on some of the better blues resources that are out there on the web.
One such resources that I find myself going back to again and again is The South Side, Blues and Rhythm & Blues with Chas Lewis links page.
This page is just full of interesting links that most blues fans will find useful.
They have links that cover the below areas;
Because my online friend mister anchovy mentioned Buddy Guy in a comment I thought I would do a quick search for some of Buddy's music. I came across this interesting interview of him. It made me laugh to here him talking about making guitars when he was a boy.
I guess every little boy in the state of Louisiana that was born before 1970 or so must have tried to make a guitar at least once in his life. Glad that Buddy's father broke down and bought him one though, because he is a great bluesman and I love his playing.
