The rawest of raw blues musicians

[fas42]

Try this ...



Frank

[fas42]

And when you want to get down and dirty ....



Frank

[Syntax]

Blues is not for everyone and it is a serious chapter...

Teenagers can't sing the Blues. Adults sing the Blues. In Blues "adulthood" means being old enough to get the electric chair if you shoot a man in Memphis. Blues can take place in New York City but not in Hawaii or any place in Canada. Hard times in Minneapolis or Seattle is probably just clinical depression. Chicago, St. Louis, and Kansas City are still the best places to have the Blues. You cannot have the blues in any place that don't get rain. Good places for the Blues: a) Highway; b) Jailhouse; c) Empty bed; d) Bottom of a whiskey glass. Bad places for the Blues: a) Dillard's; b) Gallery openings; c) Ivy League institutions; d) Golf courses; e) Starbucks ...
Another important Question is: Do you have the right to sing the Blues? Yes, if a) You are older than dirt; b) You are blind; c) You shot a man in Memphis; d) You can't be satisfied. No, if a) You have all your teeth; b) You were once blind but now can see; c) The man in Memphis lived; d) You have a 401K or trust fund.
The kind of dying is also very important to rate the quality of Blues, if death occurs in a cheap motel or a shotgun shack, it's a Blues death. Stabbed in the back by a jealous lover is another Blues way to die. So is the electric chair, substance abuse and dying lonely on a broken down cot. You can't have a Blues death if you die during a tennis match or getting liposuction. And because we are in 2012 now, I don't care how tragic your life is, if you own a computer, you cannot sing the blues.

[Phelonious Ponk]

Woke up this mornin, saw that both my cars was gone...

Woke up this mornin, saw that both my cars was gone...

Well I felt so low-down mean Lawd

I threw my drink across the lawn

[John72953]

Woke up this mornin, saw that both my cars was gone...

Woke up this mornin, saw that both my cars was gone...

Well I felt so low-down mean Lawd

I threw my drink across the lawn

I think you need more practice, but nice try!

Now...GET OFF MY LAWN!

[Whatmore]

I saw Buddy Guy in Melbourne on Tuesday night.
That is a man that can really play the blues. Just awesome!!

[John72953]

I saw Buddy Guy in Melbourne on Tuesday night.
That is a man that can really play the blues. Just awesome!!

Saw Buddy Guy at the then Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto in the late 80's...check the line-up that night:

Buddy Guy
Junior Walker & The All-Stars
B.B.King
John Lee Hooker
Etta James

There were a few others, but they didn't really matter. Bought the T-Shirt (my ex gave me a dirty look as it was $45), and caught a guitar pick that Buddy was throwing around the place. What a night!

[caesar]

I saw Buddy Guy in Melbourne on Tuesday night.
That is a man that can really play the blues. Just awesome!!

Buddy Guy plays with a lot of energy and puts on a GREAT show, but he plays raw blues on only 1 or 2 tracks. If you want to hear Buddy when he was raw, check out his album A Man and the Blues. It is his best album - by a FAR margin.

[NorthStar]

Blues is not for everyone and it is a serious chapter...

Teenagers can't sing the Blues. Adults sing the Blues. In Blues "adulthood" means being old enough to get the electric chair if you shoot a man in Memphis. Blues can take place in New York City but not in Hawaii or any place in Canada. Hard times in Minneapolis or Seattle is probably just clinical depression. Chicago, St. Louis, and Kansas City are still the best places to have the Blues. You cannot have the blues in any place that don't get rain. Good places for the Blues: a) Highway; b) Jailhouse; c) Empty bed; d) Bottom of a whiskey glass. Bad places for the Blues: a) Dillard's; b) Gallery openings; c) Ivy League institutions; d) Golf courses; e) Starbucks ...
Another important Question is: Do you have the right to sing the Blues? Yes, if a) You are older than dirt; b) You are blind; c) You shot a man in Memphis; d) You can't be satisfied. No, if a) You have all your teeth; b) You were once blind but now can see; c) The man in Memphis lived; d) You have a 401K or trust fund.
The kind of dying is also very important to rate the quality of Blues, if death occurs in a cheap motel or a shotgun shack, it's a Blues death. Stabbed in the back by a jealous lover is another Blues way to die. So is the electric chair, substance abuse and dying lonely on a broken down cot. You can't have a Blues death if you die during a tennis match or getting liposuction. And because we are in 2012 now, I don't care how tragic your life is, if you own a computer, you cannot sing the blues.

...That is a great poison ....I mean post!

* Syntax, you are 100% correct: The Blues ain't for everyone, but for who it is,
it has deep and harsh life's experiences.

[NorthStar]

Buddy Guy plays with a lot of energy and puts on a GREAT show, but he plays raw blues on only 1 or 2 tracks. If you want to hear Buddy when he was raw, check out his album A Man and the Blues. It is his best album - by a FAR margin.

Got several Buddy's albums, among acoustic Blues he played with Junior Wells, and some of his albums, like the one you just mentioned above, are certainly earnest and raw.