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Does anyone here like the Blues? Can we discuss?

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It's okay, but I don't have much to say about it.
I'd rather just listen.

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You mean there are people who don't know the Blues??.... Shock!!!.... Blasphemy!!!.... Apocalypse Now!!!!

John Lee Hooker FTW

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You mean there are people who don't know the Blues??.... Shock!!!.... Blasphemy!!!.... Apocalypse Now!!!!

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A man after my own heart.



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Howlin' Wolf...you can't beat that voice
Smokestack Lightning is the greatest

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Howlin' Wolf...you can't beat that voice
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Probably the 'Greatest One-Riff Song Ever'. Timelessly beautiful baseline as well. I'm impressed.... many people have heard various covers but not the original.

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Quote from gan17
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Howlin' Wolf...you can't beat that voice
Smokestack Lightning is the greatest


Probably the 'Greatest One-Riff Song Ever'. I'm impressed.... many people have heard various covers but not the original.

I have a cover of it bigrazz

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For those of us in the dark but wishing to make a foray into the wonderful wide world of Blues, what would y'all recommend to start us off?

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Quote from kuraruka
For those of us in the dark but wishing to make a foray into the wonderful wide world of Blues, what would y'all recommend to start us off?


Albert King
John Lee Hooker
Howlin' Wolf
Muddy Waters
Robert Johnson
Son House

Then some more BluesRock
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
Rory Gallagher
Buddy Guy (also his abums with Junior Wells are great)


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Sweet, thanks. I'll get right on that.

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For Last fm users nice Blues group, introduced me to a lot of good artists smile
Blues Artist of the Week

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For Last fm users nice Blues group, introduced me to a lot of good artists smile
Blues Artist of the Week

Nice. Don't think I'm gonna find any artist I don't know there, but I'll talk about blues with anyone.

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I know Blues, but not nearly as much as I would like to. I listen to some Stevie Ray Vaughn, I got the complete Robert Johnson, and I also hear some Blues every now and then from artists I don't know, but I don't have an abundant collection of it like I do for jazz and rock. I haven't heard too much, but from what I have heard, I love it. So, if any of you can give me some good stuff that'll be greatly appreciated (mainly I want the names of some good albums).

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I know Blues, but not nearly as much as I would like to. I listen to some Stevie Ray Vaughn, I got the complete Robert Johnson, and I also hear some Blues every now and then from artists I don't know, but I don't have an abundant collection of it like I do for jazz and rock. I haven't heard too much, but from what I have heard, I love it. So, if any of you can give me some good stuff that'll be greatly appreciated (mainly I want the names of some good albums).

R.L. Burnside- Ass Pocket Full of Whiskey, North Mississippi Hill Country Blues
Junior Kimbrough- You Better Run, God Knows I Tried
Buddy Guy- Man and the Blues
Muddy Waters- Hard Again
Howlin Wolf- Howlin the Blues
John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers- With Eric Clapton (the Beano Album)
Cream- Fresh Cream
John Lee Hooker- Hooker & Heat, Born Down in Mississippi, Raised Up in Tennessee
Ry Cooder- Ry Cooder, Boomer's Story
The Black Keys- The Big Come Up
Keb Mo- Martin Scorsese Presents

For starters.

EDIT: And Mysterious Blues by Charles Mingus.

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wtf? i'm disappointed that no one has even mentioned bo diddly. if not outta interest then at least outta respect for the man T_T.

but one of my top favorites has to be oak cliff T-bone. some might know him by T-bone walker. i just like to call him by oak cliff T-bone because it pays homeage to where he originally started and its where i'm from ^_^.

oh yea, and its not really to hard to know the blues. it generally follows a very strict musical pattern as well as a strict lyrical pattern. if you shot a man in Memphis, its the blues. if you shot a man in Memphis and he lived, then its not the blues.

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