Daily Blues

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[christopher3393]

 

[christopher3393]

"(Come back baby) I Wish You Would" - Billy Boy Arnold [Chicago, Illinois] - 1955

 

 

I Wish You Would · The Yardbirds 1963 

 

 

 

I Wish You Would · John Hammond 1967

 

 

 

I Wish You Would David Bowie 1973  🤪

 

 

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[christopher3393]

Speaking of yer daily blues,

 

"Everyday I Have the Blues"

 

Original: Pinetop Sparks, 1935:

 

 

Lowell Fulson, 1950:

 

 

...and now a word from the Blues Foundation:

 

“Everyday I Have The Blues” – B.B. King (RPM, 1954)

“Everyday I Have the Blues” is one of the most ubiquitous of all blues songs, a required number in the repertoires of the countless bar and lounge bands of many genres. Its late entry into the Blues Hall of Fame reflects the fact that no strong consensus emerged as to which of the hundreds of recorded versions was most deserving. But it often is associated with B.B. King, and so the first of his own many versions gets the honors. Issued as a single on the RPM label, it was recorded on March 2, 1954, in Los Angeles with a session crew including arranger/tenor saxophonist Maxwell Davis and pianist Willard McDaniel. It made the Billboard R&B charts in January 1955, just weeks before Joe Williams and the Count Basie band hit with it again. Earlier recordings included a No. 1 1952 rendition by Williams, a 1950 hit by Lowell Fulson, and a 1948 version by Memphis Slim entitled “Nobody Loves Me.” Its origins have been traced back to a 1935 record by Aaron “Pine Top” Sparks.

 

B.B. King, 1955:

 

 

 

Every Day I Have the Blues · Joe Williams · Count Basie ('59 version, better sound):

 

 

and now, a cover from the notoriously "overrated" ERIC CLAPTON - Everyday i Have The Blues - 1995  😏):

 

 

finally, a recent recording from a little known Chicago artist, Jimmy Burns, 2020:

 

 

 

 

[fas42]

Just came across this one ...

 

 

 

[bluesman]

The past is great, but the past is the past.  I strongly recommend getting into the future of the blues as well.  There's a large and growing group of modern blues people who dig the groove deeper than ever and cruise it with style and grace.  Start with the incoming generation of blueskeepers - these are the not-too-distant senior statespeople of the blues.  Start with Larry Garner, a proud son of Baton Rouge, a member of the Louisiana Blues Hall of Fame, and the future of the blues.  Larry has about a dozen great albums out to date, and I suggest buying them all ASAP.  He writes 99% of his tunes and is both a fine musician and a profound thinker whose lyrics are the stories of modern life:

 

 

Then there's Larry McCray, who's been making the blues his own for some years now.  He's another major talent who's paid his dues:

 

 

And to round out the group, check out Michael Hill.  He's yet another monster talent who writes songs that can take you from tears to joy and back in the space of a single track. He's also a killer guitarist.  But, like Larry G, his lyrics are pure poetry.

 

 

Women are also strongly represented in this group.    Check out Ana Popovic:

 

 

Samantha Fish!

 

 

...and the great Debbie Davies -

 

 

And there's a lot more where they come from!!!

[fas42]

Throw in a bit o' soul, and you can have the very current, from downunder,

 

 

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[christopher3393]

...so...contemporary blues...hmmm... I think this speaks for itself and doesn't need an intro:

 

 

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[christopher3393]

More contemporary...a little "country blues"? Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band  🤪

 

 

 

https://www.rockandbluesmuse.com/2021/04/06/review-dance-songs-for-hard-times-rev-peytons-big-damn-band/

[christopher3393]

More contemporary (that I like but maybe not as much as the classic stuff): latest from long time contemporary Chicago player

 

Joanna Connor: 4801 South Indiana Avenue

 

 

“We chose the album title ‘4801 South Indiana Avenue’ because it was the actual street address of the hallowed funky blues sanctuary ‘Theresa’s Lounge.’ We want the listener to open that door, walk in and feel to their core some of the magic that a place like that brought night after night. It was an honor to bring this to you, the listener.”

 

 

[christopher3393]

Let's see...Chicago... does John Primer count as contemporary?

 

"John Primer (born March 5, 1945, Camden, Mississippi, United States) is an American Chicago blues and electric blues singer and guitarist who played behind Junior Wells in the house band at Theresa's Lounge and as a member of the bands of Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters and Magic Slim before launching an award-winning career as a front man, carrying forward the traditional Windy City sound into the 21st century."

 

from a 2020 album:

 

 

pretty old school sound.

 

 

[christopher3393]

...speaking of Chicago, what do these folks think of the future of the blues?

 

https://dailynorthwestern.com/2021/03/11/ae/chicago-blues-musicians-listeners-have-hope-for-the-genres-future/

 

How about Buddy Guy? Still alive. Contemporary? This guy should know something about the scene:

 

https://www.npr.org/2015/08/03/427728963/buddy-guy-i-worry-about-the-future-of-blues-music

 

This classic performance from the past still sounds very alive and present to me and I'd trade a bunch of contemporary recordings to just have access to music like this:

 

 

[christopher3393]

another contemporary woman...from Belgium, with a blues rendition of an old spiritual ---

 

Ghalia Volt performs "Wade in the Water" live:

 

 

recent album release:

 

 

https://www.rockandbluesmuse.com/2021/01/14/review-one-woman-band-ghalia-volt/

 

 

 

[christopher3393]

A young contemporary blues/ rock/Americana guy: Marcus King

 

 

...who loves his guitar:

 

 

..and teamed up with Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys for his first solo album, El Dorado, which was nominated for a grammy in 2020:

 

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[christopher3393]

Contemporary female duo Larkin Poe:

 

 

They've done a lot of classic blues covers over the last decade. One example:

 

Blind Willie Johnson - Good Moves On The Water,1929:

 

 

Larkin Poe - God Moves On The Water, 2020:

 

 

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[fas42]

Everyone dabbles ...

 

 

 

 

[AudioDoctor]

Does this count?

[christopher3393]

17 hours ago, fas42 said:

Everyone dabbles ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Iving]

Listened to “Leaving Town Blues” this afternoon and thought of this thread.

 

Off “Jumping At Shadows - The Blues Years [Disc 2]” [info: recording (Unissued Version) Session for Radio 1 'Top Gear' Recorded at the Playhouse Theatre, London. First broadcast on May 23, 1970]

 

Bonus - a nice “reflection” [on Peter Green] by Rory Gallagher:

 

imo a really important topic wrt evolution of and integrity of music [cf. Trains!] – could spend my whole life here but better not …

[christopher3393]

Track from a 2021 Grammy nominee Best Traditional Blues album, CYPRESS GROVE by Jimmy "Duck" Holmes:

 

 

[christopher3393]

1 hour ago, Iving said:

Listened to “Leaving Town Blues” this afternoon and thought of this thread.

 

Off “Jumping At Shadows - The Blues Years [Disc 2]” [info: recording (Unissued Version) Session for Radio 1 'Top Gear' Recorded at the Playhouse Theatre, London. First broadcast on May 23, 1970]

 

Bonus - a nice “reflection” [on Peter Green] by Rory Gallagher:

 

imo a really important topic wrt evolution of and integrity of music [cf. Trains!] – could spend my whole life here but better not …

 

Welcome back to the lving! Evolution and integrity of the music: nice way of putting it, thanks.