It's time to make rafters weep...to enter into the groove...to reach into music heaven...to tap, tap, tap. Join us in this adventure in the Blues...to hear tracks you may otherwise never hear...'cause Blues is my business...and business is good!
That was.....heavy. Man has got some soul in those words.
Said hi to Red...didn't see Dingo at Red's.
Here is a double header of the blues featuring not one, but two legends....John Lee Hooker and John Hammond....wow. We knew that the letter "H" was going to be great....and we're just getting started.
Reply to this Dangerous Dave has introduced this guy and I've found a sensational live clip of him performing his incredible "WICKED GRIN" Album...songs of TOM WAITS...Sensational
YA GOTTA HEAR THIS
"H" is for JOHN HAMMOND
"THE WICKED GRIN ALBUM"...Yippee Do da
Reply to this Hey hey hey yeh yeh yeh shake me...gotta have more of this guy Dangerous One
Do ya feel alright? Say "Yeh Yeh Yeh"
"H" is for JOHN LEE HOOKER with CARLOS SANTANA & ETTA JAMES
"BLUES BOOGIE"
Great blues...great groove
JOHN LEE HOOKER & BONNIE RAITT
"I'M IN THE MOOD"
That's for the warmup...now for some slow burning blues
JOHN LEE HOOKER & CANNED HEAT
"THE DRIFTER"
Reply to this Turn back the clock.....black and white video recording of "Boom Boom Boom"
Reply to this Enjoying John Lee Hooker Boogies...Boom Boom Boom
A cool cool cool interlude
"H" is for JOHNNY HEARTSMAN
"TONGUE"
Reply to this Shivers up the spine...fingers stretching...soul searching for some wah wah...yeh
"H" is for EARL HOOKER
"WAH WAH BLUES"
Foot tapping...tapping some more
"HOLD ON, I'M READY"
Reply to this You've got us weeping from the rafters, Dancing One.....
A good harp player can get you that way.....so here's not one, but two giants....
Big Walter Horton and Charlie Musselwhite.......oh man!
Reply to this Getting myself off the floor...that Big Walter Horton with Charlie Musselwhite track from Dangerous Dave...OH MAN!!!
Let's carry on the mesmerising HARP BLUES
"H" is for BEN HARPER with CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE"
"I'M IN I'M OUT AND I'M GONE"
Reply to this Here at Song of the Week...Variety is the Spice of Life...and that's where BLUES RULES
Sliding...gliding...Slide guitar grooves
"BEN HARPER & THE INNOCENT CRIMINALS
"FIGHT FOR YOUR MIND"
Reply to this One of the great songwriters of our time...Country Blues
"H" is for JOHN HIATT
"SLOW TURNING"
"MEMPHIS IN THE MEANTIME"
Reply to this Never ceases to amaze me how blindness can lead some men into inner musical majesty...one such man played blues out of his mind
"H" is for JEFF HEALEY
"AS THE YEARS GO PASSING BY"
A tribute to Jeff Healey
"LIKE A HURRICANE"
Reply to this Harper, Healy and Hiatt........whew!! The letter "H" is an absolute gold mine of great blues music....but I can't hold back any longer....although I tried....been waiting to put this forward as it is one of my favorites of all time and an extremely fantastic version....enjoy all 12 minutes of this classic.
Jimi Hendrix....."Red House"
Reply to this Jimi raising the heat...but need this guy to get everyone off their feet
"H" is for DAVE HOLE
"SHORT FUSE BLUES" ...turn it up...I said turn it up...even more!
Reply to this Shake off the sweat...shaking twisting twirling...begging for more
"H" is for HOT TUNA with PAPA JOHN CREACH on electric violin
"COME BACK BABY"
Reply to this Awesome stuff Dancing One......with Papa John Creach? Wow......
How about some country blues with one of the all-time greats?
Lightning Hopkins with
"Baby Please Don't Go"
Reply to this Don't hold back Dangerous One...bring the Lightning into the room.
One of my favourite songs of all time...from a Bluesman who was so out there one wonders how can anyone be so whacko but grand
"H" is for SCREAMING JAY HAWKINS
"PORTRAIT OF A MAN"
Another magnificent display of a voice for the ages
"COULDA', WOULDA', SHOULDA'"
Reply to this Blues not only excites but feeds the soul
"H" is for the THE HOLMES BROTHERS
"FEED MY SOUL"
Reply to this Blues is for long livers
At 82 and still rockin...believes a slow song is not blues...it's just someone singing slow
"H" is for ALBERTA HUNTER
"TWO-FISTED DOUBLE-JOINTED MAN"
Reply to this Some like it hot...some like it red...some like it blue...great groove
"H" is for LONG JOHN HUNTER
"STILL BLUE"
Reply to this Righteous to bring out Screamin Jay Hawkins.....but you gotta love this one as well
"I put a spell on you"
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