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!
Bobo Jenkins...great voice...thanks for that Dangerous One.
More great "J's" to come...including some of the Greats of the Blues
Another great tune from 1949
"J" is for Lil SON JACKSON
"HOMELESS BLUES"
Reply to this We often play covers from the greats...this dedicated to the deceased master
"J" is for BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON
BLUES HARP & BOTTLENECK GUITAR DUET
Reply to this Gotta luv GARAGE BLUES...raw blues...the rawer the better
"J" is for PAUL "WINE" JONES
"GOIN' BACK HOME"
Feel the groove...gotta get ya heels a clickin'
"HEELS CLICKIN' "
Reply to this At Song of the Week we don't ask you to just listen...we ask you to get into it...to live it
An inspiration for OTIS REDDING...THE ALLMAN BROTHERS...and JIMI HENDRIX
"J" is for JOHNNY JENKINS...wow this guy knows how to rock
"I WALK ON GILDED SPLINTERS" with DUANE ALLMAN
JOHNNY JENKINS & THE PINETOPPERS playing some groove
Reply to this Can't have enough of a good thing...the WEEK OF THE LETTER "J"...take it away
"J" is for JAMES GANG with JOE WALSH
"FUNK 49"
Reply to this Now you are warmed up...a Jimmy I should have introduced in the Week of the Letter "D"
Introduced him earlier with JIMMY JOHNSON
"J" is for JIMMY DAWKINS...an absolute Legend of the Blues
"LONELY GUITAR MAN"
"ME MY GUITAR & THE BLUES"....sweet as
Reply to this I've been waiting to get you in the right place...to give you a good time
"J" is for DR JOHN
"RIGHT PLACE, WRONG TIME"
DR JOHN with JOHNNY WINTER
"MEAN MISTREATER"
Reply to this They've been knockin' at the door for the longest time.....but we haven't let them in.....why is this?
This artist is arguably one of the all-time blues greats with so many great tunes......just can't wait no longer......you know what I'm sayin'?
"J" is for Elmore James........."One Way Out"
Reply to this C'mon now....that's not even enough....we need more.
"Shake Your Money Maker"
Reply to this Elmore James was famous for "Dust my Broom" and "Standing at the Crossroads" ...both songs by Robert Johnson as "I think I'll Dust my Broom" and "Standing at the Crossroads."
Now that Dangerous Dave has stood a the Crossroads of 61 & 49 at Clarksdale, Mississippi (as have I)...here is the story that drew us there
Did Robert Johnson sell his soul to the Devil...to play the Blues?
Reply to this Clearly.....that is the stuff that legends are made of.....part truth....part fiction. The Dancing One and I have both been to the Crossroads.....
The truth is....we'll never know....but the legend.....lives on....
Reply to this I believe he might have......especially with the
"Hellhound on My Trail"
"J" is for Robert Johnson
Reply to this Pushing the Devil aside...I say "Yeh...Everything is gonna be alright"
"J" is for SHAKEY JAKE
"FURTHER ON UP THE ROAD" and
"EVERYTHING GONNA BE ALRIGHT"
Reply to this Featured band in this weeks Blues Blast Magazine
"J" is for JAY WILLIE BLUES BAND
"HITTIN' ON NOTHIN' "
Reply to this Prince is Dead...but the Professor of the Blues is NOT
"J" is for VASTI JACKSON
"PURPLE RAIN"
Reply to this Rock 'cos ya wanna blues rock
"J" is for ERIC JOHANSON
"GRAVEYARD QUEEN"
Reply to this From Cairns, Nth Queensland...crocodile blues swamp rock
"J" is for JOHNO'S BLUES BAND
"DON'T KNOCK THE CROC"
Reply to this Gotta wind up the week of the letter "J"
What do we all need to prepare before entering Blues Heaven?
JJ CALE & ERIC CLAPTON
"LAST WILL & TESTAMENT"
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