Sunday, June 20, 2010
Leonard Cohen - Because Of [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]
You have to stick with this...it gets better and better...
Saturday, June 19, 2010
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Friday, June 11, 2010
Nina Simone - Solitude
Beautiful song by Eddie Delange, Irving Mills and Duke Ellington. Nina's longing voice once again makes this an unforgettable rendition.
In my solitude you haunt me
With reveries of days gone by
In my solitude you taunt me
With memories that never die
I sit in my chair
Filled with despair
Nobody could be so sad
With gloom ev'rywhere
I sit and I stare
I know, I know that I'll soon go mad
In my solitude
I'm praying
Dear God above
Send back my love
In my solitude
I'm praying
Dear Lord above
Send back my love
Leonard Cohen Suzanne
Posting all these Cohen songs and I heard a riff, a certain style of construction, and all of a sudden I knew Cohen wrote the "Judy Collins" song Suzanne...and sure enough I was right. What a great songwriter.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (Original Studio Version)
Beautiful boy...died too young. RIP Jeff Buckley.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Pop Song (Jon Lajoie)
Not blues for sure but an all-too-true disection of the made-for-teen-girls market...
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Chess Records and Chicago Blues History Fair Documentary
Compliments of musjunk22 — July 09, 2008 — "This is a documentary produced with a friend for the Chicago History Fair. It outlines the blues' roots and how it changed in Chicago to become what blues is known as today."
Koko Taylor ft. Little Walter - Wang Dang Doodle
Willie Dixon wrote Wang Dang Doodle, covered here by Koko Taylor. Also covered by Howlin' Wolf, Grateful Dead, Savoy Brown, Box Tops, PJ Harvey, Rufus Thomas, The Pointer Sisters, The Blues Band, Widespread Panic.
Willie Dixon - I can't quit you, baby
Cick on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Dixon and scroll down to songs to see Willie's incredible list of songs and notable covers.
Willie Dixon -- Blues You Can't Lose
Some they march while some stand still
Some they die while others live
Some they laugh while some they cry
Some hang on while some pass by
Some are high and some are low
Some are sure and some don't know
Some are weak and some are strong
Some are here and some are gone
CHORUS:
With all these things
In a poor man's mind
He gotta have the blues
He can't leave behind
With all these things
In a poor man's mind
He gotta have the blues
He can't leave behind
Willie Dixon - Bassology
William James "Willie" Dixon (July 1, 1915 – January 29, 1992) was a American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer.[1] A Grammy Award winner who was proficient on both the Upright bass and the guitar, as well as his own singing voice, Dixon is arguably best known as an acclaimed, prolific songwriter, and one of the founders of the Chicago blues sound. His songs have been recorded not only by himself, or that of the trio and other ensembles in which he participated, but an uncounted number of musicians representing many genres between them. A short list of his most famous compositions include "Little Red Rooster", "Hoochie Coochie Man", "Evil", "Spoonful", "Back Door Man", "I Just Want to Make Love to You", "I Ain't Superstitious", "My Babe", "Wang Dang Doodle", and "Bring It On Home". They were written during the peak of Chess Records, 1950–1965, and performed by Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Little Walter, influencing a worldwide generation of musicians.[2] Next to Muddy Waters, he was the most influential person in shaping the post World War II sound of the Chicago blues.[3] He also was an important link between the blues and rock and roll, working with Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley in the late 1950s. His songs were covered by some of the biggest artists of more recent times, including Bob Dylan, Cream, Led Zeppelin, Foghat, The Yardbirds, The Rolling Stones, Queen, The Doors, The Allman Brothers Band, the Grateful Dead,[3] and a posthumous duet with Colin James.
Big Walter Horton - Blues in the Morning
Blogward: Big Walter 'Shaky' Horton demonstrating his unamplified hand modulation stuff. This is the best I can make out of the amazing lyrics:
Help me take the blues mama, taken me the same old way
Just meet me baby yes in the same old place
Blues in the morning, blues when I layin' down
That's all right baby just the way you do
Catch me in the morning, catch me when I' m goin'
All right baby that's the way you doin'
Blues about New Orleans, New Orleans on my mind
I got to go baby cause I got the ride you didn't
Hey Mama! what's the matter with you today?
Fare you well cause I got no more to say(?)
Howlin' Wolf - Back Door Man (1960)
The photograph seen in this video between 01:09 and 01:19 (outdoor shot, the Wolf with a guitar on his belly) is reproduced with kind permission of Sandy Schoenfeld, photographer. Sandy Schoenfeld's photos can be viewed and purchased at http://www.howlingwolfphotos.com/
Howlin' Wolf - How Many More Years
Damn sure got the blues!
Recorded in 1966. I didn't know the Wolf could play the harp like this.
Recorded in 1966. I didn't know the Wolf could play the harp like this.
Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy (Live) - Best Version (Feat. Johnny Winter)
Live from 1971 with Johnny Winter. My favorite version!
Pinetop Perkins and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith - Joined At The Hip
Pinetop Perkins (born Joseph William Perkins, July 7, 1913) is a American Blues musician. Perkins, whose specialty is the piano, currently shares the distinction with one of his lifelong friends, David Honeyboy Edwards, as being the eldest living Delta blues performers who continue to tour and perform from the past century. He has played with some of the most influential blues and rock and roll performers in American history, and received honors that include the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and induction into the Blues Hall of Fame.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Leonard Cohen - Everybody Knows
"And everybody knows that it's now or never, Everybody knows that it's me or you And everybody knows that you live forever, Ah when you've done a line or two"
Buddy Guy - Done Got Old live at Montreux 2004
Well I done got old....I got old....I can't do the things I used to do because I'm an old man....
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells - Baby What You Want Me To Do
This was recorded in France sometime in the early 80s I think and is called Alone and Acoustic. A top shelf recording!
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Muddy Waters - Can't Get No Grindin'
Muddy Waters live in Dortmund, Germany in 1976. He plays the song Can't Get No Grindin'. The band consists of Muddy Waters on vocal/guitar, Luther Johnson & Bob Margolin on guitar, Pinetop Perkins on piano, Willie "big eyes" Smith on drums, Calvin Jones on bass and Jerry Portnoy on harmonica.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Muddy Waters - Champagne & Reefer
As Muddy said.."THE BLUES GOT PREGNANT AND THEY NAMED THE BABY ROCK AND ROLL"..
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