SONG OF THE WEEK...BLUES, BLUES & MORE BLUES

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!

5 years ago, December 7th 2018 No: 421 Msg: #206202 Delete Edit

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

B Posts: 6,107

Medicine for the soul...MISSISSIPPI MAGIC

"M" is for the NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS

"HEAR MY TRAIN A'COMING"

"MEET ME IN THE CITY"

Reply to this

5 years ago, December 7th 2018 No: 422 Msg: #206203 Delete Edit

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

B Posts: 6,107

Sultry is Sultry...Argentinian blues style

"M" is for MEMPHIS LA BLUSERA

"LA ULTIMA LAGRIMA"

"MOSCATO, PIZZA y FAINA"

Reply to this

5 years ago, December 7th 2018 No: 423 Msg: #206204 Delete Edit

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

B Posts: 6,107

Grab your dancing shoes...slip 'em on...shimmy with some Latin blues with me

"M" is for LA MISSISSIPPI"

"BLUES DEL EQUIPAJE"

Reply to this

5 years ago, December 9th 2018 No: 424 Msg: #206221 Delete Edit

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

B Posts: 6,107

Blues grabs the soul...wrings it out and fills it up again

Nothing like a jam to bring the flavours out

"M" is for MUDDY WATERS

Here with some guests joining him for a jam for the ages at Buddy Guy's Club...get into it

MUDDY WATERS & THE ROLLING STONES

"BABY PLEASE DON"T GO"

"MANNISH BOY"...joined by BUDDY GUY, JUNIOR WELLS & LEFTY DIZZ

Reply to this

5 years ago, December 15th 2018 No: 425 Msg: #206257 Delete Edit

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

B Posts: 10.9K

And........I'm back! It's been a long hiatus along with a TB glitch or two....but the blues always prevails.

The Dancing One teased us earlier in the letter "M" with him, but now he's front and center, telling everyone the truth....

"M" is for Gary Moore....."Still Got the Blues"

Reply to this

5 years ago, December 15th 2018 No: 426 Msg: #206258 Delete Edit

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

B Posts: 10.9K

In the Northern Hemisphere, the winds can howl this time of year and the snow falls....yeah, it's winter....again.

Got to be careful or you get "The Winter Time Blues."

"M" is for Big Maceo......

Reply to this

5 years ago, January 4th 2019 No: 427 Msg: #206349 Delete Edit

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

B Posts: 10.9K

Time to ease into the New Year....no rush, no fuss.....

"M" is for Carl Martin........

"Crow Jane Blues"

Reply to this

5 years ago, January 5th 2019 No: 428 Msg: #206351 Delete Edit

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

B Posts: 6,107

Happy New Year Bluesters

A word of advice from 1954

"M" is for JERRY BOOGIE McCAIN

"STAY OUT OF THOSE AUTOMOBILES"

Satisfaction guaranteed...show me just what you got

"LOVE WHIP"

Reply to this

5 years ago, January 10th 2019 No: 429 Msg: #206387 Delete Edit

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

B Posts: 10.9K

Now we're getting back in the groove.....ah....we were never that far off course in the first place.

Whatever you do, don't let some dues give you da blues....

"M" is for the Nick Moss Band...

"The High Cost of Low Living"

Reply to this

5 years ago, January 10th 2019 No: 430 Msg: #206388 Delete Edit

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

B Posts: 10.9K

I might be singing in your love jail....but it's all good.

"M" is for Coco Montoya

"Blues Garage"

Reply to this

5 years ago, January 10th 2019 No: 431 Msg: #206389 Delete Edit

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

B Posts: 6,107

Saw this band at the Denny Blues Festival a few years back

"M" is for STEVE MILLER BAND

An early version of this famous song ...this version before the studio version so is quite different to the one we all know

"FLY LIKE AN EAGLE"...circa 1973

Now the song we all know...quite an evolution

"FLY LIKE AN EAGLE ...circa 1976

Reply to this

5 years ago, January 10th 2019 No: 432 Msg: #206390 Delete Edit

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

B Posts: 6,107

Did you know Manfred Mann started as a Blues Band?

"M" is for MANFRED MANN

"STORMY MONDAY BLUES"...great version 1964

:"FOR YOU"...2014

Reply to this

5 years ago, January 16th 2019 No: 433 Msg: #206409 Delete Edit

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

B Posts: 6,107

One of the greats...seen him in Oz and with Denise, the Dangerous One & MJ on the Caribbean Sea

"M" is for TAJ MAHAL

"QUEEN BEE"

"CAKEWALK INTO TOWN"...1973

TAJ MAHAL & THE PHANTOM BLUES BAND

"HONKY TONK"

Reply to this

5 years ago, January 21st 2019 No: 434 Msg: #206430 Delete Edit

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

B Posts: 10.9K

All is not always what it seems.....got to focus......got to try and see it clearly....really? Are you kidding?

"M" is for Janiva Magness......"The Devil is an Angel too"

Reply to this

5 years ago, January 21st 2019 No: 435 Msg: #206431 Delete Edit

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

B Posts: 10.9K

Of course sometimes, there simply is no doubt......no reason to reason...it just is what it is....

"M" is for Moreland and Arbuckle....

"Mean and Evil"

Reply to this

5 years ago, February 2nd 2019 No: 436 Msg: #206513 Delete Edit

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

B Posts: 10.9K

Back in the fall of 2017, my brother and I ventured to Memphis and caught a great act at BB King's.

Blind Mississippi Morris.....sit back and enjoy....

Reply to this

5 years ago, February 2nd 2019 No: 437 Msg: #206514 Delete Edit

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

B Posts: 6,107

This rocker played this at The House of Blues...Dangerous Dave is back...so grab your Money & let's go back

Stole my keys and took me for a ride

"M" is for EDDIE MONEY

"SHAKIN' "

Reply to this

5 years ago, February 3rd 2019 No: 438 Msg: #206515 Delete Edit

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

B Posts: 6,107

The time has come...a fact's a fact...how can we dance when our beds are burning?

Heard this in a taxi in Buenos Aires...had to get the driver turn it right up

Played this at The House of Blues & Filmore in 2017

"M" is for MIDNIGHT OIL

"BEDS ARE BURNING"

So you cut all the tall trees down...poisoned the sea...left precious little for me

My favourite Midnight Oil track...brings me to tears each time

"RIVER RUNS RED"

One of the pivotal gigs in music history...a band that started in a garage and played in front of the Exxon Building and brought New York to a standstill

The drummer's elder brother Stephen was a best friend of mine in High School...his younger brother Robert Hirst one of the best drummer's in the World

"THE STORY OF MIDNIGHT OIL"

Reply to this

5 years ago, February 7th 2019 No: 439 Msg: #206544 Delete Edit

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

B Posts: 6,107

The 35th International Blues Challenge in Memphis has just wound down a few days ago

One of the Duo acts...great vocals and beautiful acoustic guitar

"M" is for THERESA MALENFANT & SCOTT MEDFORD

"QUEEN BEE"

THERESA MALENFANT & THE INSTIGATORS

Strong vocals wome really cool guitar, keyboard & harp blues...oh man...really cool

Reply to this

5 years ago, February 7th 2019 No: 440 Msg: #206547 Delete Edit

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

B Posts: 6,107

Gotta get to the IBC one day...i'd swim from Oz to get more of this

Another incredible act at the 35th IBC in 2019...man can that guy sing...then the guitar solo...mmm

"M" is for THE MOTION

"HOW WILL I MAKE YOU LOVE ME?"

"BEAUTIFUL WOMAN"

Reply to this

Welcome to the Travel Forums

SONG OF THE WEEK...BLUES, BLUES & MORE BLUES