Daily Blues

[christopher3393]

Time for Blues? Inspired by another thread:  Music About Time...

 

B.B. King's first hit record: 3 O'Clock Blues, 1951

 

 

...with Eric Clapton, 2000

 

 

Gary Clark Jr.,  2014

 

 

[Iving]

You Don't Love Me Blues - T-Bone Walker (1945)

 

 

[christopher3393]

1 hour ago, Iving said:

You Don't Love Me Blues - T-Bone Walker (1945)

 

Jump Blues! You've tapped a big vein! Could easily fill a long thread by itself. Dance music, fun music, often with playful double-entendres, a blend of emerging urban blues and big band jazz, swing, boogie-woogie, big in 40s-50s, big influence on emerging rock and roll. My parents loved this stuff.

 

1949: Saturday Night Fish Fry - Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five

 

 

[Iving]

This is easily my preferred Walker version of T-Bone Shuffle:

 

Then there was this:

 

[Iving]

Tend To Your Business - 2 versions courtesy James Wayne

 

1951

 

 

1961

 

I prefer the original by a long chalk. Not unusual!

[Iving]

Lowell Fulson - Guitar Shuffle (1952)

 

 

[Iving]

Roy Brown - Train Time Blues

 

 

Thread altruism ;-)

[christopher3393]

On 5/6/2021 at 5:55 PM, sphinxsix said:

Evolution of the blues.

Catfish Blues to be exact.

Which dates back to 1920s Mississippi.

 

 

 

Yeah, this is based on 'Catfish Blues':

 

 

There is neither Hendrix 'CB' version from his 'Blues' album nor 15 min long 'Vodoo Chile' on mighty Youtube.. I'm very surprised..

..hence 5 live versions of the former song:

 

 

..and this (both songs based on 'CB'):

 

 

2010's

 

 

 

On 5/7/2021 at 8:10 AM, sphinxsix said:

Apologies for obsessive posting  two more CB.

 

 

 

 

On 5/7/2021 at 8:19 AM, christopher3393 said:

 

No worries. Much appreciated.

 

A little more Gary Clarke Jr. paying tribute to the tradition

 

 

 

 

On 5/7/2021 at 9:53 AM, sphinxsix said:

In such case one more VC by the guy who sooner or later has to appear on this thread.

 

 

 

well, lookie here:  Catfish Blues Part 2

 

Catfish Blues”/”Rollin’ Stone” “ ... seems to have originated with a group of players based in and around Bentonia, in the southern part of the state”.  This group would have included Skip James who was born in Bentonia, Miss. 1902. “Catfish Blues” was evidently “already traditional when Petway recorded it. Skip James having performed the same song in the 1920s.”

 

 

 

 and at the other end of the narrative:

 

 

[christopher3393]

Hard Time Killing Floor Blues · Skip James.

 

First recorded in "31, this is from the Vanguard sessions from the "60s

 

 

 

 

[christopher3393]

From the movie O' Brother Where Art Thou: Hard Time Killing Floor Blues, Chris Thomas King 2000

 

 

 

[christopher3393]

From "The Soul of a Man" the 2003 documentary film, directed by Wim Wenders, the second instalment of the documentary film series "The Blues", produced by Martin Scorsese. 

 

Hard Times Killing Floor Blues - Lucinda Williams

 

 

[christopher3393]

Hard Time Killing Floor · Buddy Guy, '03

 

 

[christopher3393]

 

[christopher3393]

CIGAR BOX GUITARS!!!

 

 

[botrytis]

(16) Seasick Steve - You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks (Trix) - YouTube

[christopher3393]

too bad Seasick Steve was such a fraud. Sometimes his sound was really raw in a good way, sometimes an empty shell. He fooled a lot of people, including me ( and maybe JPJ).

 

So, this post was spot on, no problem.  Cigar box variations.  Thanks.

 

Does it matter that he was a fraud?

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/sep/29/seasick-steve-session-musician-ramblin-man-book

 

something about subjectivity and its significance is involved. I can barely listen to this. What does that mean? I don't care, **** him.

 

☠️

 

but he's just a musician trying to get on. Nobody wants to suffer. Everyone wants to be happy. The guy got lost in some kind of unhealthy ambition, maybe.

 

 

 

 

[christopher3393]

Another classic: "Killing Floor (1964 Single)" - Howlin' Wolf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[fas42]

2 hours ago, christopher3393 said:

Another classic: "Killing Floor (1964 Single)" - Howlin' Wolf

 

 

 

This is a case where the original riff was done so brilliantly, that I doubt it can ever be surpassed... love this version!

 

[cambridgehank]

9 hours ago, fas42 said:

 

This is a case where the original riff was done so brilliantly, that I doubt it can ever be surpassed... love this version!

 

I went looking for this song and found this album at iTunes Store.  I have not listened to Wolf and thanks to your post, I will now.

[christopher3393]

Louise · John Lee Hooker, '51

 

 

 

Louise (Live @ Marquee Club) · Eric Clapton And The Yardbirds, '64

 

 

 

The Black Keys - Louise, '21

 

 

[Iving]

Just a imho for conversation's sake. Not trying to be right or anything. Posted on ASR first time in donkey's yesterday. New Thread "Music is Dead". Boils down to whether there's some kind of Golden Age (music of the past was actually better in some way) vs. Grumpy Grandad (you carry on loving the music you tuned in to as a teenager). Tracing over the years "Going Down" [Don Nix] informative to my brain and ears. I'd rather take a walk in the country than in the city any day. My personal arguments in favour of Golden Age include that I used to listen to music "before my time" when I was a teenager unlike my friends/peers - plus I appreciate era-congruent music I've never heard. I know these aren't unassailable arguments. The Tracy Conover performance is not the most polished - but well worth a listen all the way thru - especially if, like me, you have a good system!

 

Moloch (1969)

 

Freddie King (1971)

 

Chicken Shack (1972)

 

Jeff Beck Group (1972) [NB: Cozy Powell]

 

John Lee Hooker (1973)

 

Deep Purple (1976)

 

Luther Allison (1977)

 

Dutch Mason Blues Band (1979)

 

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jeff Beck (1989)

 

Dr Feelgood (1991)

 

Peter Green Splinter Group (1997) [NB: Cozy Powell again]

 

Sonic Flower (2003)

 

Tracy Conover (2004)

 

Nine Below Zero (2004)

 

Quireboys (2017)

 

Fun Lovin' Criminal (2019)

 

[christopher3393]

11 hours ago, Iving said:

Tracing over the years "Going Down" [Don Nix] informative to my brain and ears.

 

Great post, thanks. Will take time to digest. Just finished sampling around 50 recordings of Hard Times Killing Floor. Skip James Vanguard performance may still be my favorite, but the exploration is a learning process.  Freddie King's Going Down hasn't lost anything over time.  Jeff Beck plays the hell out of it as well. But still am curious about  some of the others.

 

Masters Of Reality "Ants In The Kitchen" "Goin' Down" (Live At The Viper Room)

 

 

[Iving]

Down The Highway – Bob Dylan (‘Freewheelin’’, 1963)

 

 

[christopher3393]

Key To The Highway · Big Bill Broonzy, 1941

 

 

Key To The Highway · Little Walter, 1958

 

 

Key To The Highway · Derek & The Dominos, 1970

 

 

Eric Clapton & Keith Richards - Key To The Highway (LIVE) Madison Square Garden New York 2013

 

 

‘Key To The Highway’: Unlocking Bill Broonzy’s Classic Blues Song

[orresearch]

Fabulous Thunderbirds  -   WHY GET UP