What are you listening to - setting the mood... BLUES
 

Gimme your best...

Fuck yeah - blues ain't nothin' but a pimp"

Dude... link a tune...

:D

Led Zeppellin "Since I've Been Loving You":



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Led Zep are the best. Plant's Zep stuff with Allison Krause is amazing.. But I wanna pick things up a bit here:



Not just for the Smokey and the Bandit soundtrack, but tons of other stuff, Jerry Reed is amazing - bring jazz and blues to country the way he did and ON the Grand Old Oprey... godblessim...

blues ?
 

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I saw John Lee playing with the Cross Country Blues Band, Charlie Musclewhite and Alvin Bishop in Vermont one year... one of the best shows I ever saw.

And here's the perfect follow up to that:

Time for a twin-bill:

Jeff Beck doing the Charles Mingus classic, "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (I use the same Fender Strat):



Followed by another of my favorite guitarists, performing another version of the same tune...John McLaughlin:



In 1975, I was able to see Jeff Beck during his "Blow By Blow" tour, with John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra touring together in support of their "Dreams of the Emerald Beyond" album (featuring Jon Luc Ponty on violin).

At the end of the set, Beck and McLaughlin jammed on "Lila's Dance" - it was magical (the studio version of the Mahavishnu Orchestra performing "Lila's Dance":



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Don't nobody here know the blues? Everybody has the blues sometime - that's why there is Blues Music...

Here's what I'm talking about:

Alvin Lee and Ten Years After "I'm Going Home":



Check out his version of "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" too! :thumbsup

Want more?

Okay, here's Cream performing "Crossroads":



And how about the Allman Brothers "Whipping Post":



Probably the best rock blues axe player of all time, Jimi Hendrix, playing "Red House" at Woodstock:



And finally, Jimi Hendrix performing one of my favorite improv jams of all time "Villanova Junction":



:GFYBand

:drinkup

:stoned

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Posted before, but definitely worthy of this thread.

Not sure what to classify this song or guy as, but he's got it. And total ftw on the mouth solo.

Rory Gallagher f*ckin' rocks the blues!!! :thumbsup

So does George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers (another great blues drinking band) playing "One Bourbon, One Scotch, and one Beer":



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Way to pull the righteous blues card there Fungus! :thumbsup

So here you go...

Otis Redding performing, "Try A Little Tenderness":



Then there is Wilson Pickett, doing "In the Midnight Hour":



If you know Blues and Soul, then you know Sam and Dave...

"Hold On I'm Comin'":



...And the song made famous by the movie the "Blues Brothers" - Sam and Dave performing "Soul Man":



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Just droppin' some names:

Albert King
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Muddy Waters
Howlin Wolf
George Thorogood

This thread's delivering. Oughta be a channel...

Here's two modern classics:

If you quote Thorogood, give him "I Drink Alone"



Most underrated blues band on Earth:

Words can't even describe....



Blue Jean Blues

Oh, here is another Hendrix tune that will blow your fucking mind

Here's a couple of favs off the top of my head,

Red House - Gary Moore (Best cover I've ever heard)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=XXYjEMTQRm0

I'll play the blues for you - Albert King
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Fm7EUbCvgMc

Statesboro Blues - The Allman Brothers Band
https://youtube.com/watch?v=0P8iTHpRD8g

Little Wing - SRV
https://youtube.com/watch?v=UdYRzH10L2M

Keb Mo - America The Beautiful

I'm not American and this song still gives me chills. This guy is badass.



Dangerous Mood

I'm more of a Jazz guy these days.

Tower Of Power

Linkwray's instrumental "Rumble" from 1958, blues morphs into early hard rock



Little Walter and his harmonica



A cover version of Big Maceo's Worried Life Blues

I've always loved that track. Obviously blues-based but it deviates from the straight 12-bar blues progression in interesting ways.

I'm not a huge blues guy but I'm familiar with most of the blues-based rock tracks posted.

The Allman Brothers Band w/ Boz Scaggs performing "Loan Me A Dime":

Part 1...



Part 2...



And now, Janis Joplin singing "Ball and Chain":



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Argentina's electropop sensation:

Mikeyddddd rawks!



:D

(Thank you, sir.)

Any Blues thread won't be complete without a mention of the LATE GREAT R.L. Burnside!

Nice to see so many people paying homage to some of the original bluesmen.

Therefore, I would be remiss to not mention the legendary Robert Johnson, who influenced so many guitarists, such as Hendrix, Clapton, Mayall, and Keith Richards.

Robert Johnson recording of "Crossroads":



Robert Johnson recording of "Love In Vain":



The Rolling Stones performing "Love In Vain":



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Now I can follow the unwashed masses and say "See Sig"

Some of my lesser known favorites:

Ry Cooder playing slide on "Vigilante Man":



Mike Bloomfield (with Al Kooper and Stephen Stills) - "You Don't Love Me" from the Super Sessions album:



And one of my all-time favorites...Jorma Kaukonen (Hot Tuna), "Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning":



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Booker T and MG's Instrumental


Youtube has had to take down so much stuff due to copyrights, can't find much there anymore.

Back in 1983, I had the opportunity to see three blues rock legends perform together - Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, at a benefit concert for Ronnie Laine (a member of the band Small Faces) - as a result of this thread, I was able to find videos of some of the performances from the show I was at, that night many years ago...THANKS!:





BTW, also performing onstage were Bill Wyman (Bass) Charlie Watts (Drums) of the Rolling Stones, Joe Cocker (Vocals), and Ray Cooper (Percussion), among others...

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This is one of my all time favorite versions of anything of all time...

Heheh it's an honour...

You're welcome! and that sounds like an incredible show!

:D

I listen some chill out things in this moment

there is some great stuff in here, when at work, that is all I listen to. FM1.com all blues station, they play some great tunes, originals and covers:thumbsup

Willie Dixon also ranks as one of the legendary greats of the blues...

"I Cant' Quit You Baby":



"You Shook Me":



Led Zeppelin playing the same two songs:





I especially enjoy listening to the blues on Sundays...Happy Father's Day all you Dads!!!

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Ironically ya can't find but covers of Willie Dixon's great "Can't Judge A Book By Lookin' at the Cover" but at least you can get another master - Bo Diddley plugging his beat in accompanied by the incredible Lady Bo: