11-07-2021 BLUES:MiX # 33 blues(y) songs from the BLUES circle 1988-1997

11-07-2021 BLUES:MiX # 33 blues(y) songs from the BLUES circle 1988-1997 # Lazy Lester, Tinsley Ellis, Bob Dylan, Champion Jack Dupree, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials, B.B. King, Charlie Musselwhite, Jimmy Johnson, Thornetta Davis,  Tommy Castro

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1988-1997

 

Swamp blues vocalist and harp-man of the 1950s and '60s who earned an impressively long revival beginning in the 1980s.

Lazy Lester 

I'm a Man (Bo Diddley) 4:00

Alligator Shuffle(Leslie Johnson) 2:45

from Harp & Soul 1988 

After a lengthy hiatus from the music business, Lester was in the midst of his comeback when he waxed this album for Alligator. The overall sound is redolent of those Louisiana swamp blues classics, but with a cannily updated contemporary edge that works well.

A fiery guitarist and talented songwriter who plays a unique blend of Memphis R&B, southwest blues, and urban funk.

Tinsley Ellis 

I've Made Nights By Myself (Albert King) 2:36

Lucky Lou (Jody Williams) 3:21

from Georgia Blue 1988

A hard-rocking, high-voltage blues guitarist most often compared to Stevie Ray Vaughan, Tinsley Ellis is hardly one of the legions of imitators that comparison might imply. Schooled in a variety of Southern musical styles as evidenced by his 1988 Alligator debut Georgia Blue (a label he has been signed to three different times) Ellis draws not only from fiery Vaughan-style blues-rock, but also Texas bluesmen like Freddie King and Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, the soulful blues of B.B. King, the funky grit of Memphis soul, and numerous other electric bluesmen...

Iconic singer/songwriter and musical wanderer who rose to prominence during the '60s folk revival and changed the world of music.  Bob Dylan's influence on popular music is incalculable. As a songwriter, he pioneered several different schools of pop songwriting, from confessional singer/songwriter to winding, hallucinatory, stream-of-consciousness narratives...

Bob Dylan 

Political World  (Bob Dylan) 3:48

Everything Is Broken (Bob Dylan) 3:13

from Oh Mercy 1989

Oh Mercy was hailed as a comeback, not just because it had songs noticeably more meaningful than anything Bob Dylan had recently released, but because Daniel Lanois' production gave it cohesion. 

PnM.MiX - 23 selected songs from ALLMUSIC FAVORITE BLUES ALBUMS 2020 (1h 45m)

PnM.MiX - 23 selected songs from  ALLMUSIC  FAVORITE BLUES ALBUMS 2020

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Elvin Bishop / Charlie Musselwhite - 100 Years of Blues / 100 Years of Blues

Bobby Rush - Rawer than Raw /Dust My Broom

Johnny Iguana - Chicago Spectacular! / Stop Breakin' Down

Bettye LaVette - Blackbirds / Blues For The Weepers

Early James - Singing for My Supper / Blue Pill Blues

Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters - Rise Up / Higher Love

Fantastic Negrito - Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? / Your Sex is Overrated feat. Masa Kohama

Dion - Blues With Friends / I Got the Cure I Got The Cure feat. Sonny Landreth

Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways / Crossing the Rubicon 

Duke Robillard - Blues Bash with Duke Robillard & Friends / Do You Mean It

The James Hunter Six - Nick of Time / Till I Hear It From You

Randall Bramblett - Pine Needle Fire / Don't Get Me Started

Marcus King - El Dorado / The Well

Walter Trout - Ordinary Madness / Ordinary Madness

Sonny Landreth - Blacktop Run / Beyond Borders

Joe Bonamassa - Royal Tea / High Class Girl

Shemekia Copeland - Uncivil War / Money Makes You Ugly

Robert Cray - That's What I Heard / Hot

Thorbjørn Risager & the Black Tornado - Come on In / On and On

Tinsley Ellis - Ice Cream in Hell / Your Love's Like Heroin

Don Bryant - You Make Me Feel / Is It Over

Dan Penn - Living on Mercy / Blue Motel

Ruthie Foster - Live at the Paramount / Singin' the Blues

09-06-2019 BLUES:MiX # 33 blues(y) songs from the BLUES circle 2003-2012

Taj Mahal

09-06-2019 BLUES:MiX # 33 blues(y) songs from the BLUES circle 2003-2012 # Taj Mahal, Guy Davis, Sean Costello, Otis Grand, Charlie Musselwhite, Dave Specter, Luther Dickinson & The Sons of Mudboy, Mannish Boys, Shemekia Copeland, Mary Bridget Davies

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2003-2012

A guitarist and singer/songwriter who took an interest in reviving the rural blues tradition, later extending to reggae and ragtime influences. 
Taj Mahal
Blues with a Feeling (Walter Jacobs) 3:52
Señor Blues (Horace Silver) 6:44
(You've Got To) Love Her with a Feeling (Freddie King / Sonny Thompson) 3:45
from Blues with a Feeling: The Very Best of Taj Mahal 2003
Throughout his career, Taj Mahal has always been considered a bluesman, which is true enough, since the basis for everything he does has been the country blues, but he is not a traditionalist at heart, and he has always looked for ways to push the blues into new places and shapes. Adding at times rhythms and sensibilities that are drawn from reggae, ragtime, calypso, zydeco, and other genres, Mahal practices a kind of blues hybrid that is his alone, and he has been a huge influence on newer artists like Chris Thomas King and Corey Harris. This collection derives from the five albums he recorded with Private Records during the 1990s, and overlaps somewhat with The Best of the Private Years, released in 2000...

Acclaimed American blues singer, songwriter, actor, and teacher. Updating the rural blues tradition for the modern era, Guy Davis was among the most prominent ambassadors of African-American art and culture of his generation, additionally winning great acclaim for his work in the theater.
Guy Davis
Uncle Tom's Dead (Guy Davis) 4:47
Run Molly Run (Henry Thomas / Traditional) 3:30
Drop Down Mama 4:00
Cypress Grove (Nehemiah James) 5:06
from Legacy 2004
With the exception of the opening "Uncle Tom's Dead," which is a blues versus rap debate of only minimal interest, Guy Davis' Legacy consists of the blues from various genres. Alternating older material with his recent originals (some of which sound more traditional than the vintage songs), Davis plays straight-ahead blues, country blues, a couple songs that could be called bluish pop, folk music, and blues ballads. Davis' baritone singing is pleasing, his guitar is solid, and his band is tight yet versatile. It is Davis' goal to keep the legacy of the blues alive, and this CD should help the worthy effort.

Teen blues phenom Sean Costello was born and raised in Atlanta, receiving his first guitar for his ninth birthday. A primarily self-taught player, he initially gravitated toward hard rock but soon discovered Stevie Ray Vaughan, moving on from there to Howlin' Wolf; under the wing of local bluesman Felix Reyes, a 14-year-old Costello won the Beale Street Blues Society's talent award in 1994.
Sean Costello
It's My Own Fault (Jules Bihari / Riley King) 4:41
Hard Luck Woman (Sean Costello) 3:22
You Don't Know What Love Is (Fenton Robinson) 4:39
I Went Wrong (Sean Costello) 4:34
from In the Magic Shop 2005
2008 April 15th is not a great day. Oh, yes, Income Taxes are due then but that is not why I note the date. It is the day that a young and bright star of the blues left us. Sean Costello was on the eve of his 29th birthday when an accidental overdose took him from his family and us only a week after beginning an alcohol addiction program and being diagnosed with bi-polar disorder. Enveloped in depression, he had difficulty sleeping and told a friend he was taking something to help him sleep that fateful night. A shy and unassuming soul, Sean was also a premier blues guitar player, singer and songwriter.... Joining Costello on this recording are Paul Linden on B3, harp and keys, Melvin Zachery on bass and Ray Hangen on drums. A few others perform here and there, too, but the foursome of Costello and these three comprise the main band. It took Rosenthal six years to get the gumption up to play these recordings again and then by Summer 2014 he had recompiled and re-created this masterful recording. Half new and half fine covers, this album gives us but a glimpse of what we’ve missed with the loss of this fine musician.

01-14-2019 # BLUES:MiX # 33 blues(y) songs from the BLUES circle 1975-1987

01-14-2019 # BLUES:MiX # 33 blues(y) songs from the BLUES circle 1975-1987 # Hound Dog Taylor, Luther Allison, Charlie Musselwhite, Eric Clapton, Hip Linkchain, Etta James, Jimmy Johnson, Mike Bloomfield, James Sparky Rucker, Cash McCall, Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, American Folk Blues Festival, Lonnie Brooks, Jimmy Carl Black and the Mannish Boys

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1975-1987

Alligator Records, Chicago's leading contemporary blues label, might never have been launched at all if not for the crashing, slashing slide guitar antics of Hound Dog Taylor. Bruce Iglauer, then an employee of Delmark Records, couldn't convince his boss, Bob Koester, of Taylor's potential, so Iglauer took matters into his own hands. In 1971, Alligator was born for the express purpose of releasing Hound Dog's debut album. We all know what transpired after that...
Hound Dog Taylor
Wild About You, Baby 3:54
Sen-Sa-Shun (Freddie King / Sonny Thompson) 3:19
What'd I Say? (Ray Charles) 4:08
from Release the Hound / Rec. May 25, 1971 - March, 1975 (2004)
As the debut act on the fledgling Alligator label, Hound Dog Taylor obviously holds a hallowed place in owner Bruce Iglauer's heart. That has resulted in more posthumous albums (three) from the raw boogie-blues man than "official" ones (two) released in his lifetime. And that's not including the Alligator tribute disc. Iglauer has returned to raid what must be some pretty threadbare vaults by now, to cobble together this 70-minute collection of live tracks, outtakes, and general leftovers. Fortunately, this barrel-scraping has turned up some real gems, although they are far rougher than what is already in Taylor's gritty, gutbucket rocking catalog...

Distinctive Chicago blues guitar stylist who expatriated to France in the '70s and returned to great acclaim in the '90s. An American-born guitarist, singer, and songwriter who lived in France since 1980, Luther Allison was the man to book at blues festivals in the mid-'90s. Allison's comeback into the mainstream was ushered in by a recording contract with an American record company, Chicago-based Alligator Records. After he signed with Alligator in 1994, Allison's popularity grew exponentially and he worked steadily until his death in 1997.
Luther Allison
Love Me Papa (Luther Allison) 5:58
Standing at the Crossroad (Robert Johnson) 3:15
Feelin' So Good [Take 2] (Herman Parker) 8:08
from Standing At The Crossroad / Rec. 1977 Barclay Studio, Paris, France (2003)
Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica – Luther Allison, Bass – Jim Campbell, Drums – Donald Robertson, Guitar – Dan Hoeflinger, Piano, Organ – Sid Wingfield

Boogie-blues band originating from England, based in America, built a strong following in the '70s. Foghat specialized in a simple, hard-rocking blues-rock, releasing a series of best-selling albums in the mid-'70s. While never deviating from their basic boogie, they retained a large audience until 1978, selling out concerts across America and earning several gold or platinum albums.
Foghat
Stone Blue (Lonesome Dave Peverett) 5:37
Sweet Home Chicago (Robert Johnson) 4:00
from Stone Blue 1978
After racking up huge sales with Live, Foghat found themselves forced to choose between staying a hard rock cult group or trying to expand their success and become a full-on commercial phenomenon. They decided to experiment with adding a commercial edge to their sound and hired producing wiz Eddie Kramer (knob-twiddler for Jimi Hendrix and Kiss) to help them find the right balance between guitar power and studio gloss...

A Mississippi transplant whose rangy, subtle harp playing made a splash in Chicago blues circles beginning in the 1960s. Harmonica wizard Norton Buffalo can recollect a leaner time when his record collection had been whittled down to only the bare essentials: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Stand Back! Here Comes Charley Musselwhite's South Side Band...
Charlie Musselwhite
Harpin' on a Riff (Charlie Musselwhite) 3:34
Blues All Night 3:27
Chicago Sunset (Charlie Musselwhite) 3:27
from Harmonica According to Charlie 1979
Ostensibly an instructional blues harp album (with an exhaustive accompanying book penned by Charlie), this is emotional and listenable rather than academic. Charlie covers a wide range of blues styles (and harp positions), and ventures to the outer fringes of the genre for the instrumentals... The English studio band is sympathetic, especially pianist Bob Hall.

30-11-2018 BLUES:MiX # 33 blues(y) songs from the BLUES circle 1969-1980

Albert King

30-11-2018 BLUES:MiX # 33 blues(y) songs from the BLUES circle 1969-1980 # Albert King, Little Milton, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, John Lee Hooker, Van Morrison, Savoy Brown, Alvin Lee, Hound Dog Taylor, Rory Gallagher, Luther Allison, Foghat, Charlie Musselwhite, Eric Clapton

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1969-1980

One of the most important post-war blues guitarists, renowned for his massive tone and unique way of squeezing bends out of a guitar string. Albert King is truly a "King of the Blues," although he doesn't hold that title (B.B. does). Along with B.B. and Freddie King, Albert King is one of the major influences on blues and rock guitar players. Without him, modern guitar music would not sound as it does -- his style has influenced both black and white blues players from Otis Rush and Robert Cray to Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Albert King
Hound Dog (Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller) 4:03
Heartbreak Hotel (Mae Boren Axton / Tommy Durden / Elvis Presley) 6:06
Love Me Tender (Vera Matson / Elvis Presley) 5:20
from Blues For Elvis: King Does The King's Things 1969
Blues for Elvis - King Does the King's Things is the fifth studio album by Albert King. The songs in this album are versions of songs previously recorded by Elvis Presley. On the album sleeve there is a review by Albert Goldman, Music Critic of LIFE Magazine, who says, among other things "For the first time on record, the King of Blues is meeting the King of Rock." and "...you're gonna love every minute of this musical feast fit for kings.".

Soul/blues singer whose style is characterized by a gritty, impassioned vocal style and precise, textured guitar playing. He may not be a household name, but die-hard blues fans know Little Milton as a superb all-around electric bluesman -- a soulful singer, an evocative guitarist, an accomplished songwriter, and a skillful bandleader. He's often compared to the legendary B.B. King -- as well as Bobby "Blue" Bland -- for the way his signature style combines soul, blues, and R&B, a mixture that helped make him one of the biggest-selling bluesmen of the '60s (even if he's not as well-remembered as King).
Little Milton
If Walls Could Talk (Bobby Miller) 3:09
Blues Get off My Shoulder (Bobby Parker / Robert Parker) 3:12
I Play Dirty (Pearl Woods) 2:27
from If Walls Could Talk 1970
On If Walls Could Talk, Little Milton continues to fuse blues with soul -- if anything, the album leans toward soul more than blues. Supported by a band with a thick, wailing horn section, Little Milton sings and plays with power. Though there a couple of wonderful solos, the focus of the record is on the songs, which all sound terrific, thanks to Milton's compassionate vocals.

With a style honed in the gritty blues bars of Chicago's south side, the Butterfield Blues Band was instrumental in bringing the sound of authentic Chicago blues to a young white audience in the mid-'60s, and although the band wasn't a particularly huge commercial success, its influence has been enduring and pervasive.
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Play On (Paul Butterfield / John Elefante / Kerry Livgren) 3:34
Night Child (Paul Butterfield / Brother Gene Dinwiddie / Ted Harris / Rod Hicks / Oscar Peterson) 4:26
Drowned in My Own Tears (Henry Glover) 5:18
from Sometimes I Just Feel Like Smilin' 1971
Sometimes I Just Feel Like Smilin' is the last of the Butterfield Blues Band's studio recordings with Elektra. Again we see a change in the group's lineup, most notably with guitarist Buzzy Feiten out and Ralph Walsh in. The post-Bloomfield Butterfield Blues Band studio efforts saw a high turnover in the musicians surrounding Butterfield and the releases reflect this fact. The direction on Sometimes I Just Feel Like Smilin' is a distinct departure from their radio-friendly predecessor, Keep On Moving. With longer soloing and instrumental tracks, this Elektra recording brings back blues currents that were lacking in their previous album and better combines vocals and instrumentation.

19-07-2018 12:58 BLUES:MiX # 33 blues songs from the BLUES circle 1989-1978

Charlie Musselwhite

19-07-2018 12:58 BLUES:MiX # 33 blues songs from the BLUES circle 1989-1978 # Charlie Musselwhite, Henry Gray, Snooky Pryor, Chris Thomas King, Albert Collins, Johnny Copeland, Robert Cray, Pee Wee Crayton, ZZ Top, Hound Dog Taylor, Robin Trower, Jack Bruce, Bill Lordan, Tom Waits, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Jimmy Johnson

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1989-1978

A Mississippi transplant whose rangy, subtle harp playing made a splash in Chicago blues circles beginning in the 1960s. Harmonica wizard Norton Buffalo can recollect a leaner time when his record collection had been whittled down to only the bare essentials: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Stand Back! Here Comes Charley Musselwhite's South Side Band. Butterfield and Musselwhite will probably be forever linked as the two most interesting, and arguably the most important, products of the "white blues movement" of the mid- to late '60s -- not only because they were near the forefront chronologically, but because they both stand out as being especially faithful to the style.
Charlie Musselwhite
If Trouble Was Money (D.A.R.) 5:21
It Ain't Right (Walter Jacobs / Little Walter) 3:59
Finger Lickin' Good (Charlie Musselwhite) 4:0
from Memphis Charlie 1989
Charlie Musselwhite earned the nickname “Memphis Charlie” during his years in Memphis, Tennessee, where he learned to play guitar and blues harmonica. Moving to Chicago in 1962 to look for better-paying work, Musselwhite jumped into the blues scene, becoming a regular at blues venues, sitting in and playing with some of the great musicians of the Chicago scene. This album, released in 1989, contains songs recorded in 1971 and 1974 that feature the electrifying blues vocals and harmonica of Memphis Charlie.

This harmoinca player's records were harbingers of the amplified, down-home sound of post-war Chicago blues.  Only recently has Snooky Pryor finally begun to receive full credit for the mammoth role he played in shaping the amplified Chicago blues harp sound during the postwar era. He's long claimed he was the first harpist to run his sound through a public address system around the Windy City -- and since nobody's around to refute the claim at this point, we'll have to accept it! James Edward Pryor was playing harmonica at the age of eight in Mississippi...
Snooky Pryor
Broke and Hungry (Snooky Pryor) 2:36
Judgment Day (Snooky Pryor) 4:16
Key to the Highway (Big Bill Broonzy / Charles Segar) 2:55
from Snooky 1987
An outstanding comeback effort by Chicago harp pioneer Snooky Pryor, whose timeless sound meshed well with a Windy City trio led by producer/guitarist Steve Freund for this set. Mostly Pryor's own stuff ... with his fat-toned harp weathering the decades quite nicely.

Initially known for his audacious fusion of blues and hip-hop, Chris Thomas King reached a whole new audience with the Coen Brothers film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, not only appearing on the award-winning soundtrack but playing a prominent supporting character as well. Despite the much-celebrated, down-to-earth rootsiness of O Brother's music, King had previously been a determined progressive, hoping to reinvigorate the blues as a living African American art with a more contemporary approach and adamantly refusing to treat it as a museum piece whose "authentic" forms needed careful preservation. King eventually modified that approach to a certain degree, attempting to create a more explicit link between blues tradition and the general musical present.
Chris Thomas King
The Blues Is Back 3:37
Cheatin' Women Blues 4:38
Going Home To Louisiana 3:43
South Side Shuffle 1:45
from The Beginning 1986
Recorded at Reel To Reel Sound Factory - Baton Rounge, La.

Albert Collins - The embodiment of the Texas blues guitar style, with non-standard tuning and slashing blocked chords. 
Johnny Copeland - An influential blues guitarist since the 1950s, journeyman hit critical paydirt in the 1980s. 

Robert Cray - The guitarist who brought blues back to the charts in the '80s via songs that defined blues themes but added modern and personal twists. 

Albert Collins, Johnny Copeland, Robert Cray
T-Bone Shuffle (T-Bone Walker) 4:58
The Dream (Unknown Blues Band) 5:32
Blackjack (Ray Charles) 6:34
from Showdown! 1985
More cooperative than competitive in spirit, Showdown! ranks above other blues ‘supergroup’ sessions in the cohesiveness of the music, as three of the top names in blues of the 1980s shared the spotlight with a tight rhythm section in support. There were still plenty of hot guitar licks, though, from Collins, Cray and Copeland, with Albert even taking a turn on harmonica. T-Bone Walker’s T-Bone Shuffle provided a common ground for the triumvirate to kick the album off, and the rest of the program consisted of originals and lesser-known covers of Muddy Waters, Ray Charles, Texas legend Hop Wilson and others....