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"Boogie Chillun" · Lonnie Pitchford (playing one-string guitar) and friends, 1980 field recording

 

 

( Lonnie on his one-string)

 

 

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"Boogie Chillen No. 2" · Cedell Davis, 1994

 

 

"When he was 10, he suffered from severe polio which gave him little control over his left hand and restricted use of his right. He had been playing guitar prior to his polio and decided to continue despite his handicap, which led to his development of the butter knife method."

 

 

CeDell Davis, Bluesman Who Played Guitar With a Knife, Dies at 91

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WARNING: Extended Metaphorical Sexual Innuendo

 

"Terraplane Blues" · Robert Johnson, '36

 

 

"Terraplane Blues" - Johnny Shines, '71

 

 

Terraplane Blues · Foghat, '75

 

 

"Terraplane Blues" - Roy Rogers and The Delta Rhythm Kings, '01

 

 

 

"Terraplane Blues" · Eric Clapton, '04

 

 

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"I'm So Glad" · Skip James, '31

 

 

"I'm So Glad" - Skip James, '66

 

 

"I'm So Glad" - Cream, '66

 

 

"I'm So Glad" - Cream, '68

 

 

"Prelude: Happiness / I'm So Glad" - Deep Purple, '68

 

 

"I'm So Glad" - Iggy And The Stooges , ('72 - '73?)

 

 

"I'm So Glad" - Beck,'03

 

 

 

That's it for "I'm So Gad"......well, that was wierd.

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"Runnin' Drunk Blues" · Bumble Bee Slim, 1934

 

 

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"Dissonance In Blues" · Gerald Wilson, 1948

 

 

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A different kind of dissonance in blues:

 

"I'm Bad Like Jesse James" (Live At Cafe Au-Go-Go/1966) · John Lee Hooker

 

 

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"Goin' To Chicago Blues" (live in London) - T-Bone Walker, "Jazz At The Philharmonic", 1966

 

 

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promising young artist Cristina Vane covering Son House's “Preachin’ Blues”

 

 

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I love to watch Gatemouth play:

 

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - I've Got My Mojo Working (From "Blues at Montreux 2004")

 

 

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Alligator Records Founder Bruce Iglauer On 50 Years Of Celebrating The Blues

 

 

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North Mississippi Allstars -- "Rollin' and Tumblin'" live at High Sierra 2013

 

 

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"Trouble in Mind" · Bertha "Chippie" Hill, Louis Armstrong on cornet, 1926

 

 

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"Trouble in Mind" · Georgia White, 1936

 

 

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Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - "Trouble In Mind" (1936)   [wtf?]

 

 

"Trouble in Mind" (feat. Lyle Lovett) · Asleep at the Wheel, 2015

 

 

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"Trouble In Mind" · Dinah Washington, 1952

 

 

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"Trouble in Mind" (Live at the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI, June 30, 1960) · Nina Simone

 

 

 

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"Trouble in Mind" (Live) · The Wood Brothers, 2016

 

 

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"Rocket 88" - Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats, 1951

 

 

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"Rocket 88" - Bill Haley and the Saddlemen, 1951

 

 

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"Rocket 88" · The Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet, 1966 [great album btw]

 

 

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"Rocket 88" - Johnny Mars, 1972

 

 

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won't argue with that. BTW some consider this the first rock 'n roll single: 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/apr/16/popandrock

 

Others argue for Goree Carter's "Rock Awhile" 1949:   https://www.houstonpress.com/music/racket-6561005

 

 

The list of candidates is long.

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19 hours ago, Iving said:

 

 

 whoops! no image on this end.

 

meanwhile, a little jump blues:

 

"Well Oh Well" - Tiny Bradshaw - 1950