Tag: Blues
Josh Turner – St Louis Blues
My Big 10 inch..record of the band that played the blues [Music]
Time for unwinding – Bull Moose Jackson
Richard Pryor sings the blues [Video]
He was a singer before he rocked as a stand-up comedian. Richard Pryor sings the blues – Nobody loves you when you’re down & out.
RL Burnside: See my jumper hanging on the line [Video]
R.L. Burnside performing “See my jumper hanging on the line” at home in Independence, Mississippi, shot by Alan Lomax, Worth Long, and John Bishop in August, 1978.
Elizabeth Cotten, picking the guitar on TV, 1969 [Video]
Elizabeth (Libba) Cotten was an American blues & folk musician, singer & songwriter. A self-taught, left-handed guitar player, watch her perform Spanish Flang Dang & A Jig on a TV show called “Guitar, Guitar”
Prove it on me blues [Music]
Start the weekend with a great blues tune by the Mother of the Blues, Ma Rainey – Prove it on me.
Ma Rainey (April 26, 1886 – December 22, 1939) was one of the earliest known American professional blues singers and one of the first generation of such singers to record.
Separation Blues – [Video]
A superbly done music video by Andre Chocron for the song “Separation Blues” by Real Ones.
Introducing Boubacar Traore [Musician]
Fall in love with Boubacar Traore, a Mali-born musician, now 65, whose music I discovered this morning thanks to Jesse Kornbluth. Begin with Mondeou, and follow it up with Kar Kar Madison, Traore’s nickname. Incredible music that touches the soul – put those headphones on, turn off the lights & turn up the volume. The entire playlist of his music is here
The Dog-house Blues [Video]
You don’t believe animals have a sense of rhythm? Or that don’t have a ear for music? Watch for yourself.