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Peace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night blues blogging
This is Rory Gallagher playing solo on Too Much Alcohol. And this is Ray Wylie Hubbard appearing on Letterman performing Mother Blues. Son Seals was a professional musician at 13 and a bandleader at 19. At 29, he moved to Chicago where he was signed by Alligator Records and began
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night blues blogging (because I don’t have any cats)
Last week I posted a version of this song by the Asylum Street Spankers. Here’s a different interpretation, and a different spelling of the title, by Blackberry Smoke. This is Deep Elem Blues. Let’s slow it down and go back a few years at the same time. This is Memphis
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This evening’s proceedings will begin in a recording studio and finish up at the White House. This the Tedeschi Trucks band live in the studio with Learn How to Love. I believe this was recorded in Austin, Texas which would explain why they’re making jokes about Dallas-Fort Worth. This is
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night: RIP Richie Havens
It wasn’t planned that way but the first performer to take the stage at the Woodstock Music & Art Fair in 1969 was Richie Havens, who passed away earlier this week. The famous performance of Freedom/Motherless Child was actually an improvisation for an encore after a long set. He didn’t
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Moose at Classic Blues Videos gets a hat tip for the opener. This is Joe Louis Walker with Let’s Rock a While Tonight. I didn’t note it at the time but Alvin Lee, best known as the front man for Ten Years After, passed away last month. Here he is
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This is an instrumental by Kelly Joe Phelps called Spit Me Outta the Whale. The instrument is a National Steel Guitar. This is the Band of Heathens with Medicine Man, a link I stashed away a long time ago and haven’t gotten back to ’til now but this seems like
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night
Good evening. Let’s begin with Moreland & Arbuckle covering Bo Diddley’s Hey Mona. This is Albert Collins performing on German television in 1985. This is If Trouble Was Money. And to close, here’s Freddie King with Look Over Yonder Wall. Have a good weekend.
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night: Wolf, Wells and King
I once posted an abbreviated version of this Howlin’ Wolf performance but now that someone’s been good enough to upload the whole seven minutes, here’s How Many More Years one more time. Buddy Guy gets credit and he’s there on stage but Junior Wells is in charge for this performance
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The opening number has Andrew Winton on a custom-made double-neck lap steel guitar covering an old gospel blues called Nobody’s Fault But Mine. This is Rory Gallagher with a song called Middle Name that features Mark Feltham on harp. And finally, here’s The Fabulous Thunderbirds with I Believe I’m In
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night blues blogging
With a tip of the hat to Moose at Classic Blues Videos, tonight’s opener is a Muddy Waters performance of I’m A King Bee featuring George Buford on harp. This was filmed in 1981 in Chicago. Big Time Sarah is the stage name of Sarah Streeter from Chicago, Illinois. This
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night: RIP Stompin’ Tom Connors
Thomas Charles Connors, a Canadian institution, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 77. There’s a quick look at his life and career here at the Toronto Star. He wrote over 300 songs; here’s just a few of them including what some consider his signature tune: Bud the Spud.
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night: Johnny "Clyde" Copeland
According to the Wikipedia bio, while Johnny Copeland’s early recordings didn’t burn up the charts he was popular as a touring act. It’s easy to see why; he obviously loved to perform. This is called Houston. Copeland is another in a series of blues artists who was born in Louisiana
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night: Brown, Brown and Jordan
My father has to take some of the blame for my interest in the blues. He had a collection of 78s and albums that included material like tonight’s offerings. And Moose at Classic Blues Videos deserves a shout-out (again) for a couple of these. This first one is short and
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night: Solo blues
This is Gary Clark Jr. with Nextdoor Neighbour Blues. As far as I can tell it’s an original. Son House was a preacher before he was a blues musician and wrote Preacher Blues. Corey Harris covers it for a French audience. I had this in the middle but I watched
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Good evening. This is Billy Branch and the Sons of the Blues with their cover of Little Walter’s Juke. One of the guitarists in that last clip was Lurrie Bell. This performance of She’s Worse features his father, Carey Bell. And for the big finish: this is Albert King sitting
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night Joe Walsh blogging
When I took a quick look back to see what Joe Walsh material I had previously posted I discovered that those videos had all been disappeared. But that’s okay; there’s more. This first tune is the title track from a CD called Analog Man that was released just last year.
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night Francine Reed blogging
This is Francine Reed. She takes requests. This first tune is One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show. Apparently she has a right to sing the blues. She certainly has the voice for it. I posted this tune a few years back but that particular video has been taken down. That
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Let’s start with an instrumental: Bobby’s Bop by Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters. Honest I Do was originally written and recorded by Jimmy Reed in 1957. This is Mississippi Heat with Lurrie Bell sitting in on guitar. And finally: Dr. John at the 1995 Montreux Jazz Festival covering Ray Charles’
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This is Ruthie Foster performing solo in a TV studio with Runaway Soul. If memory serves, Women Be Wise was on Bonnie Raitt’s first album. Or maybe it was the second. This performance was in 1977 (h/t Moose at Classic Blues Videos). If you want to skip the chat and
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