Buddy Guy Live Video

Here is a little something for my old friend mr anchovy and my new friend stagg.

This video is of Buddy Guy playing "Look What All You've Got," "Crawlin' Kingsnake," and "Damn Right I've Got The Blues."

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Pedimont Blues Guitarist Etta Baker Dies At 93.

I love the pedimont blues. Because it is just simple and sweet blues music. Mrs. Etta Baker, a great peidmont blues player has passed to the other side. If I were a better writer I would write something more fitting to remember this gentle soul by. A woman who played the blues with such passion and grace.

Due to my failings, instead I think it might be better to give links where you can go and possibly down load some of Mrs. Baker’s music if you have never heard her. I think her music says it better than I ever could.

MP3s
Links to Etta Baker mp3s

"Never Let Your Deal Go Down" Mp3

"One-Dime Blues" Mp3

Articles
Etta Baker @ Fitzgerald’s Journal.

Etta Baker - Fingerpicking the Piedmont Blues

Etta Baker @ wikipedia

Etta Baker, Legend of Piedmont Blues NPR

Blues guitarist Etta Baker dies at 93

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Sonny Boy Williamson II Your Funeral and my trial Video

This Rice Miller (Sonny Boy Williamson II) song has been on my mind as of late.

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Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee Videos

One of the main reasons that I learned to play the harmonica was because of Sonny Terry. I actually became aware of Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee via Sonny Terry's music which I listened to first. But then after I bought a couple of their CDs I learned to love Brownie McGee too. I really enjoy his performance in the video below.

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- Born And Livin' With The Blues

Other Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee Videos @ YouTube

Corn Bread & Peas - This video includes some interesting commentary.

Key To The Highway

Easy Rider - Note the harmonica work on this song. This is from the Pete Seeger's Rainbow Quest DVD mentioned below and is a delightfully display of blues mastery. These guys tear this one up.

Sun Gonna Shine In My Back Door

A great source of some great video of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee is the DVD Pete Seeger's Rainbow Quest - with Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, and Mississippi John Hurt, Hedy West, & Paul Cadwell (see link below). This is a great DVD because it also has music by Mississippi John Hurt.



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Willie Dixon - I Get Nervous Video

This video is too cool. The bass playing prowess of one Mr. Willie Dixon are on full display here, and I believe that Otis Span is helping out a little bit on the piano. I'm getting nervous just typing this, I tremble in my bones. I believe that this video is from the "The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2 (2003)" DVD.

As in this video on that DVD Willie Dixon "nervously" stutters his way through this comical song where he is introduced by a very dignified Memphis Slim: "He is such a big man", says Slim, "he weighs four or five hundred pounds, something like that. Imagine a guy that big being nervous!"

Willie Dixon, is one of my favorite bluesmen, who I believe was pound for pound one of the best all around bluesmen ever, and I say that because of his abilities as a producer, songwriter and session musician who helped so
many other Chess Records artist and who also was instrumental in creating the Chicago blues sound.

In the original liner notes to Dixon's classic album "I Am The Blues: Willie Dixon", Pete Welding describes Dixon this way:

He may well be the single most influential artist in the modern blues. Certainly, in light of his prodigious activities in and on behalf of the magnificent, impassioned, urgent and powerful music to which he has contributed so significantly over the years, he must be considered on of the major figures of the postwar blues.

Willie Dixon: Seventh Son video @ YouTube.

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R.L. Burnside Videos

Here is a twofer of R.L. Burnside

R. L. Burnside - Poor Black Mattie(Short Version)



R. L. Burnside - Rollin and Tumblin

Thanks go to the Record My Mind blog. Lots of good stuff over there, check it out.

See also Venerable Bluesman RL Burnside Dies for other information on Mr. Burnside and some mp3s.

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Bukka White's Poor Boy Long Way from Home Video

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.

And here is another surprise, a video of Bukka White playing a piano boogie.

Also check out this post over at trees lounge where you will find an mp3 of Bukka White's song "Boogie 'Til DuBuque." This post is one in a series of the great post from the 50 States.

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John Lee Hooker On My Mind

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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Muddy Waters mp3s and videos

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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Uncensored History of the Blues Podcast

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.

Again words fell me, so without more delay please click on one of the links below;

www.deltabluesmuseum.org

Uncensored History of the Blues Blog - Song list and other information about each podcast.

Below are a few examples of podcast and song list:

Show 20 - Death Tributes Songs:

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Death of Leroy Carr - Bumble Bee Slim and Scrapper Blackwell
Death of Blind Boy Fuller - Brownie McGhee
Oh Death - Charley Patton and Bertha Lee
Death of Walter Barnes - Leonard 'Baby Doo' Caston
Death of Holmes' Mule - Charlie Turner and Winston Holmes
Death of Sonny Boy Williamson - Peck Curtis and Houston Stackhouse

Show 19- Bootlegger's Blues Songs:

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Bootleg Rum Dum Blues - Blind Blake
Bootleggers' Blues - Mississippi Sheiks
Jones Law Blues - James "Stump" Johnson
Sloppy Drunk Blues - Leroy Carr
Good Whiskey Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
Bootleggin' Ain't No Good No More - Blind Teddy Darby
Alley Bound Blues - Curtis Jones

Show 15 - Blues of the Great War

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Army Blues - Kingfish Bill Tomlin
Uncle Sam Blues - Clara Smith
Army Camp Harmony Blues - Ma Rainey
Army Mule in No Man's Land - Coley Jones
Wartime Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson

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