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Post by Admin on Jan 4, 2013 7:52:16 GMT -5
I just discovered 2Blu and the Lucky Stiffs. This group from Alabama was just honored at the University of Alabama's 6th Annual Evening of Art & Blues
Here's an interview introducing them.
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Post by mdazc on Jan 5, 2013 14:34:31 GMT -5
I just discovered J.J. Grey and Mofro. This song is real bluesy. Some stuff is funky, some is countryish (is that even a word?)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2013 15:47:51 GMT -5
I just discovered J.J. Grey and Mofro. This song is real bluesy. Some stuff is funky, some is countryish (is that even a word?) Try someof there older stuff you WILL love it !!! I am a roots kind of guy so I barely ever listen to the radio. But I do LOVE BLACK KEY'S. ALABAMA SHAKES....and though NOT NEW but TOMMY CASTRO:s move to his new band THE PAIN KILLERS is a great move for him...... Still I prefer listening to the Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf;s, Lil Walter..Willie DIxon, Lightning Hopkins..... But have been listening to a lot of HUBERT SUMLIN stuff. I was suprised to see that HUBERT was NOT nominated for the ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR or the BB KING TRIBUTE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENTS AWARD. The man had some great chops. James
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Post by Admin on Jan 22, 2013 11:21:57 GMT -5
Linwood Taylor
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2013 8:39:52 GMT -5
Though some say HE IS NOT BLUES...... but then WHAT IS HE???
HE PLAYS IN YOUR FACE OLD TIME RAP, ROCK N ROLL, COUNTRY, BLUES...... the guys is sadly very underrated
Here is one of my favs...ONLY GOD KNOWS WHY......
Heavily influenced by HANK WILLIAMS and all the BLUES GODFATHERS.... and yes RUN-DMC and AEROSMITH.
HE is far from NEW but sadly his first releases I THINK have kept him from being even bigger than he is.
VERY talented, plays Guitars, drums, harp, and some piano but it is UNKLE CRACKER his lead guitarist who adds the ROCK to the rock n roll !!!!
JAMES
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Post by Admin on Jan 23, 2013 16:54:55 GMT -5
Another Great Washington DC bluesman - Anthony "Swamp Dog" Clark
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Post by Admin on Feb 19, 2013 9:35:09 GMT -5
JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION
Now I've always loved me some R. L. Burnside. He is one of the greatest bluesmen to come from the Hill Country of Mississippi. His Boogie Chillun is a blues classic. A new group from New York, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion has covered and appeared with R. L. Burnside. Check it out:
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Post by Admin on Mar 17, 2013 13:33:00 GMT -5
New but old
Alison Krauss has a haunting quality to her voice. Her performances in Bluegrass are legendary.
Robert Plant as a frontman for Led Zeppelin is legendary in blues and blues rock.
Together they are (in my opinion) a great addition to the blues world.
I just want more!
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Post by bscott on Mar 21, 2013 23:56:54 GMT -5
Just heard James Hunter, from Texas I believe and a Canadian girl Shakura S'Aida. Saw her at a local blues festival last summer and she puts on a killer show. Has a great voice!!
Brian
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Post by Admin on Mar 25, 2013 9:51:14 GMT -5
Just found Denise LaSalle...refreshing blues songwriter and artist.
From AllMusic
Unlike so many other blues vocalists who just reinterpret material given to them by songwriters, Denise LaSalle is a seriously talented songwriter. Although her soul blues style has strong urban contemporary overtones at times, it's best to think of LaSalle as a modern-day Bessie Smith, because that's really what she is. She writes funny songs full of sassy attitude and it's an attitude she carries with her on-stage. Off-stage, LaSalle accommodates all autograph seekers and gladly obliges journalists and radio disc jockeys. The Jackson, TN-based LaSalle was raised in Belzoni, MS, (also home to Joe Willie "PineTop" Perkins some years earlier) but she got started singing in local churches around Leflore County. She was born July 16, 1939, as Denise Craig. Growing up, she listened to the Grand Ole Opry radio broadcasts and then in Belzoni, lived across the street from a juke joint. LaSalle's early influences, from the jukeboxes around Belzoni and over the radio, included Ruth Brown, Dinah Washington, and LaVern Baker. LaSalle moved north to Chicago when she was in her early twenties and would attend shows at the Regal Theatre, always returning home to write songs. She got to know blues musicians and began giving her songs to them, until one day a Chess Records executive stopped by at Mixer's Lounge, where LaSalle was working as a bar maid. He listened to one of her songs and took it down to Chess Records, and the company later signed her as a vocalist, but never recorded her. Two years later, LaSalle recorded and produced her own record with the help of Billy "The Kid" Emerson, the Chess executive who'd originally shown an interest in her. After the record made some waves on local radio, Chess stepped in and purchased the master and took it to Europe. Meanwhile, LaSalle continued writing songs and sitting in with blues musicians around the Chicago clubs.
Lady in the Street LaSalle's first big hit came about in 1971 when her "Trapped By a Thing Called Love" broke on the radio in Chicago and then Detroit. That record was for the Westbound label and then she signed with ABC Records in 1975, cutting three albums in three years until the label was sold to MCA. After MCA dropped her because of the label's "difficulty in promoting black acts" at that time, she continued performing as much as she could in Chicago and Memphis. In 1980, a Malaco executive called to ask her to write a song for Z.Z. Hill. A positive relationship with the company was quickly developed, which resulted in LaSalle recording 11 discs for the label, including Lady in the Street, (1983), Right Place, Right Time, (1984), Love Talkin', (1985), Hittin' Where It Hurts, (1989), Still Trapped, (1990), Still Bad, (1994), and Smokin' in Bed (1997). While her Malaco sides are probably her most important recordings, other than the original of her early-'70s hit "Trapped," she still releases excellent gospel crossover material, including This Real Woman (2000) and There's No Separation (2001) on Ordena Records and Little Bit Naughty (2008) on Shout.
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Post by bscott on Apr 10, 2013 0:39:26 GMT -5
Raoul and The Big Time. Canadian guys from Toronto!!
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Post by Admin on Jun 16, 2013 13:28:19 GMT -5
Garland Jeffreys Songwriter Garland Jeffreys is a part African-American, and Puerto Rican American, singer and songwriter, transversing the musical genres of rock and roll, reggae, blues and soul. Born: January 1, 1944 (age 69), Brooklyn, New York City, NY Record labels: Atlantic Records, A&M Records, Epic Records, Universal Music Group
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Post by earleg on Jul 16, 2013 23:13:12 GMT -5
Heard this one on Music Choice Blues today.
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Post by Admin on Dec 4, 2013 11:15:17 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Dec 4, 2013 11:18:25 GMT -5
and his version of "House of the rising Sun"
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