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!
Runner Up at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis in 2001...from Australia
"C" is for COLLARD GREENS & GRAVY
"OUT IN THE DESERT"
Reply to this From the Dancing Dave Channel...Oz Blues with a country feel
"C" is for JOHNNY CASS BAND
"SUN GOES DOWN"
"STEAL ME"
Reply to this Still playing at 81...Chief of the West side Chicago blues style
"C" is for EDDY "THE CHIEF" CLEARWATER
"WINDS OF CHANGE" & "ALL YOUR LOVE"
Reply to this Winding up another cracker week
"C" is for THE CRUEL SEA
"BETTER GET A LAWYER" Son...ya gonna need a good one
Reply to this "C" is for the king of the trombone...GENE "MIGHTY FLEA" CONNORS
"PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE"
WOW...Just discovered this artist...FANTASTIC
"C" is for ALBERT CASTIGLIA
"LOAN ME A DIME"
A Rising Star of Bad Ass Blues...another new artist for me
"C" IS FOR SEAN CHAMBERS
"FULL MOON ON MAIN STREET"
So so so cool...another new artist for me
"C" is for JT COLDFIRE
"SHE'S CRAZY"
SO ENDS THE WEEK OF THE LETTER "C"
OVER 40 ARTISTS THIS WEEK...MAGIC
COMPILING THE BEST BLUES ON THE PLANET
ROOM HERE FOR MORE...LET US KNOW IF MORE TO ADD Reply to this From USA to Germany where they wouldn't let him go
Some of the Best Slow Blues on the Planet
"D" is for EB DAVIS
"WHAT YOU GONNA DO"
Reply to this Wow....not sure how to follow that intro.....just grateful to be with the Dancing One as we journey through some epic blues performers and songs to reach our goal.......to be fully engulfed in a great art form.
The Dancing One has fronted a great bluesman...oh my.
Wanted to just get put it out there that many great rock 'n roll bands had blues tunes in their repertoire....in this case...the Lizard King and his band....The Doors....."Roadhouse Blues."
Reply to this Gotta say Roadhouse Blues takes me there...thanks Dangerous one
Now for some sweet sweet groves...rockin' me baby
"D" is for LARRY DAVIS
"DOWN HOME FUNK"
Great voice, sweet guitar, great video
"AS THE YEARS GO PASSING BY"
Reply to this We're going to some awesome places Dancing One....I am continually impressed.
Now for someone whose songs were made famous by bands for a generation of rock fans......his tunes were covered by so many bands.....Willie Dixon.
Reply to this I reckon Willie Dixon deserves some further raps and tracks Dangerous One...but while you are pondering...
"Somebody write my mother...tell her the shape I'm in"
I get off on electric but sometimes an acoustic set tells the story better. This guy does just that...brilliant
"D" is for GUY DAVIS
"GOING DOWN SLOW"
One thing I like about the blues is artists love to share songs from the past...not called "covers" just "sharing the blues". Just like this old number
"SEE THAT MY GRAVE IS KEPT CLEAN"
Reply to this Guy Davis has a fabulous gravely voice that really sends the lyrics home......
It's time for more Willie Dixon though....this time with Robbie Robertson.
"The Seventh Son"
Reply to this There are times when you have such a night that you have to call the doctor.
Well.....here he is....with some New Orleans blues.....Dr. John with "Such a Night"
Reply to this Brothers of the keyboards...brothers in real life
"D" is for LACHY DOLEY
"MOTHER"
Reply to this Now for the younger brother
"D" is for CLAYTON DOLEY
"DISBELIEF"
Reply to this From the Nobel Prize winner of 2016 whose journey has been Like a Rolling Stone to Traveling Wilberys
"D" is for BOB DYLAN
"THINGS HAVE CHANGED"
"NORTH COUNTRY BLUES
Reply to this Love a bit of slide you say.
Here is some early blottleneck gospel blues from 1928...yep 1928
"D" is for BLIND WILLIE DAVIS
"THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN"
Reply to this How is it that there are so many Afro blind musos?
"D" is for REVEREND GARY DAVIS
"CHILDREN OF ZION"
Reply to this Voted 4th best guitarist in the World by Rolling Stone magazine...a bit of a self absorbed meander when we've seen him live. But when you're this good you can do what you like
"D" is for CHRIS DUARTE
"MY WAY DOWN"
Taking his guitar and virtuoso skill to another level
"BOTTLE BLUES"
Reply to this To say that we're having a great time is a supreme understatement......
"D" is for Larry Davis. He wrote a great tune that SRV made famous....."Texas Flood"
Hard to find video....but easy to find his great licks....sit back and enjoy.....
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