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July 31, 2007
Blues compendium with madamjujujive
The Roots Music Listening Room. (Out of consideration for others, please only download/listen to about 35-40 songs in one day)
Flip the Frog in Killing Floor. A mashup of Howlin' Wolf's "Killing Floor" with Ub Iwerk's "Fiddlesticks". Also, Moosin' Around with Skip James
Everyday I have the Blues, hosted by Paul Fields. Daily shows are four hours and feature diverse blends of blues: Chicago, Texas, Memphis, St Louis, West Coast, and Acoustic, with knowledgeable, insightful commentary and critiques. Shows start at 8 AM Central and loop for 24 hours
You're about to take a trip inside the places where the blues began. I'm not talking about white people blues bars filled with college students. I'm talking about edge-of-a-cotton-field juke joints filled with real Delta folks. Junior's Juke Joint
Shack Up Inn - Shotgun shacks in Clarksdale Mississippi
Surreal Kid Koala in Basin Street Blues
Sold my soul, sold it to the Devil and my heart done turned to stone
I sold my soul, sold it to the Devil, he won't let me alone:
Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo. (From Lucky Mojo)
Take the free tour at the Sun Studio for some blues and early rock & roll music clips & lore
The men who invented the Blues Harp Sound, Blues Harp Legends
The Wah-wah foot fashion show. Also, a gallery of Hottie Amps
George Bush Blues and The Talkin George W Bush Paranoid Blues
Honky Tonks, Hymns and the Blues
A Virtual Tour of the Final Resting Places of Blues Musicians
Learn the blues lingo
Trail of the Hellhound - Delta Blues in the Lower Mississippi Valley
Photographs by Terry Cryer. Also, Dragan Tasic’s Jazz and Blues Photogallery
Stones in my Pathway, photographs of the North Mississippi areas by Bill Steber
Bunnie Bass - Amusing bass guitars gallery
Some YouTube Clips:
Billie Holiday - Fine and Mellow, 1944
Sonny Boy Willimiamson - Keep it to yourself
Lightnin Hopkins - Mojo hand
Big Mama Thornton w/Buddy Guy - You Ain't Nothing But a Hound Dog
Howlin Wolf - Shake It for Me
Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call
The trailer to The Blues Brothers
Etta James & Dr John - I'd Rather Go Blind
John Lee Hooker - I'm Bad Like Jesse James
Miles Davis - Red China Blues. (The music and image doesn't have direct relation)
Eric Clapton - Driftin' Blues
Booker White - Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
B.B. King & Shemekia Copeland - Everyday I Have The Blues
Stevie Ray Vaughn - Texas Flood
This is another post that I am “co-blogging”, this time with madamjujujive who blogs at Everlasting Blort and MetaFilter, and who provided (just about all) of today’s links. Thank you, Madam! (All previous co-bloggers archived here.) If other creative types are interested to share the forum here on any other topic, please contact me for details.
A Huge Depository of Unusual Musicians and their Music Here
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I love it! I'm going to have to schedule at least an hour to come back and enjoy the rest of these links.
Posted by: Miss Cellania at Jul 31, 2007 4:48:21 AM
*Marks as favorite*
Posted by: layne at Jul 31, 2007 6:14:54 AM
I'll be linking to this great page later today - excellent stuff.
Posted by: Gary Grainger at Aug 2, 2007 2:03:40 AM