The rawest of raw blues musicians

caesar

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For those looking for the next superstar, check out Lurrie Bell. He has a great Live CD out with his father on the Delmark label.

For those looking for some timeless raw blues classics, check out
- Albert King "Thursday Night in San Francisco" and
- Otis Rush "Screaming and Crying" and "Right Place, Wrong Time"
 

NorthStar

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For those looking for the next superstar, check out Lurrie Bell. He has a great Live CD out with his father on the Delmark label.

For those looking for some timeless raw blues classics, check out
- Albert King "Thursday Night in San Francisco" and
- Otis Rush "Screaming and Crying" and "Right Place, Wrong Time"

Any link, picture cover, music samples; please? :b
 

caesar

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Any link, picture cover, music samples; please? :b

Lurrie Bell has a new CD that is mostly acoustic. Sirius XM has been playing some songs, but there are no song samples yet.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Devil-Ain...FS26/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334258035&sr=8-1

Here's the link to the live cd/ dvd, with short song samples. What's extra bluesy about this one is that everyone knows that end is near for Carey Bell.

http://www.amazon.com/Gettin-Up-Lur...9PDO/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1334258035&sr=8-6
 

Bill Hart

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Although not 'raw' in the sense you probably mean, Skip James, on the original pre-Depression era recordings, had a haunting eerie voice, and his guitar work was fitting. I agree that without the English artists kicking us in the ass, there is a good chance that the blues would not have gained the popularity it did in the 60's, although Johnny Winter, those guys from Canned Heat, Mike Bloomfield, and a few other Americans from the era also made their contribution. I also really liked Blind___,____ who did 'Nobody's Fault but Mine.' Fill in the blank. He had another great one, that was part church music, and part country blues.
 

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JackD201

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If this is a word association game......

Blues .............Muddy Waters

Raw + Blues ...............Howlin' Wolf

 

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Raw + Blues = pretty much what that video displayed. Nice one, Jack!:D
 

Bruce B

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I've been following this white boy for about 12 years now. Who said YOUNG and WHITE can't do the blues!



 

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Johnny Winter, a Texas boy, is probably my all time favorite blues guitar player. He can do modern electric blues styles as well as the early delta blues styles and do them with authenticity and feeling. Another completely different blues guitar player is Chris Smither. His acoustic blues style is his own and I've never heard anyone like him. John Hammond, out of Jersey, plays some great blues, also. My favorite Buddy Guy album is "Blues Singer", check it out. I've got hundreds of blues albums and these performers are among my favorites. (sadly some are no longer with us)...
Buddy Blue Band, Chicago Slim Blues Band, Chris Cain, Delbert McClinton, Duffy Bishop Band, Jimmie Vaughan, Jimmy Thackery, Tab Benoit, Johnny Nocturne Band, Jonny Lang, Kenny Neal, Little Jimmy King, Lloyd Jones, Lonnie Mack, Mark Hummel, Omar Kent Dykes, Pat Boyack, Rick Holmes, Roger “Hurricane” Wilson, Roy Buchanan, Rhondo's Blues Deluxe, The Shadows, Sherman Robertson, Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King, Steve James, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Studebaker John & The Hawks, Tinsley Ellis, Tom Principato, Too Slim and The Taildraggers, Angela Strehli, Tom Ball and last but not least, Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets.
 

Bill Hart

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Jonny Lang is appearing with Buddy Guy in June in Joisey, dunno how many dates they are playing together.
 

Doctor O

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The best Bluesmen in the World are the Black people. :b
Good
Like Muddy Waters for example. ...And Robert Johnson.

...And some of them are from Africa.

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* Here are some of the Best Bluesmen ever:

- Charley Patton
- John Lee Hooker
- Howlin' Wolf
- Buddy Guy
- Junior Wells
- Sam "Lightnin' Hopkins
- Dave "Honeyboy" Edwards
- Eddie "Son" House
- Blind Willie Johnson
- James Cotton


---> That's a 'dose' (dozen) right there! :cool:

Good thread. I happen to have a very extensive lp collecfion of Blues music. You may recognise my Avatar. Northstar has a great list. I really second Caesars recommendation of Otis Rush Screamin and Cryin. Talk about raw emotion. Also add to the list Son House.

Regarding jeff beck. I disagree with statemts. I saw first live at the Arms concert back in 82 or 83. Page and Clapton also played their sets . Beck blew the two combined away. The rawest guitar i ever saw. Will never ever forget.
 

Doctor O

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The best Bluesmen in the World are the Black people. :b
Also
Like Muddy Waters for example. ...And Robert Johnson.

...And some of them are from Africa.

_______________

* Here are some of the Best Bluesmen ever:

- Charley Patton
- John Lee Hooker
- Howlin' Wolf
- Buddy Guy
- Junior Wells
- Sam "Lightnin' Hopkins
- Dave "Honeyboy" Edwards
- Eddie "Son" House
- Blind Willie Johnson
- James Cotton


---> That's a 'dose' (dozen) right there! :cool:

Sorry you already had Son House. Check out Luther Johnson Come on Home. Jb Hutto, Otis Spann, Mississpippi Fred McDowel, and Skip James.

ANDREW
 

Doctor O

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The best Bluesmen in the World are the Black people. :b


Like Muddy Waters for example. ...And Robert Johnson.

...And some of them are from Africa.

_______________

* Here are some of the Best Bluesmen ever:

- Charley Patton
- John Lee Hooker
- Howlin' Wolf
- Buddy Guy
- Junior Wells
- Sam "Lightnin' Hopkins
- Dave "Honeyboy" Edwards
- Eddie "Son" House
- Blind Willie Johnson
- James Cotton


---> That's a 'dose' (dozen) right there! :cool:

How can I forget Magic Sam's West Side Soul and Black Magic! Also Earl Hooker
 

Doctor O

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The best Bluesmen in the World are the Black people. :b

Like Muddy Waters for example. ...And Robert Johnson.

...And some of them are from Africa.

_______________

* Here are some of the Best Bluesmen ever:

- Charley Patton
- John Lee Hooker
- Howlin' Wolf
- Buddy Guy
- Junior Wells
- Sam "Lightnin' Hopkins
- Dave "Honeyboy" Edwards
- Eddie "Son" House
- Blind Willie Johnson
- James Cotton


---> That's a 'dose' (dozen) right there! :cool:



Finally, i think, albert king, wed, thurs night in SF and live wire!
 

Doctor O

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The best Bluesmen in the World are the Black people. :].

...And some of them are from Africa.

_______________

* Here are some of the Best Bluesmen ever:

- Charley Patton
- John Lee Hooker
- Howlin' Wolf
- Buddy Guy
- Junior Wells
- Sam "Lightnin' Hopkins
- Dave "Honeyboy" Edwards
- Eddie "Son" House
- Blind Willie Johnson
- James Cotton


---> That's a 'dose' (dozen) right there! :cool:

You guys reallY got me going!!!!!!!!!
 

Bill Hart

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Skip James- the early recordings, not the ones after he was 're-discovered' (although those are OK, his voice and playing were better when he was young). Haunting. The Bentonian school. Antedates Rbt. Johnson.
Bukka White- Shake 'Em on Down- classic- cousin or something to BB King, gave BB his first guitar if memory serves.
Sonny Boy Wmson II-
Willie Dixon (and almost all the guys on Chess/Arc Music) as the young rockers knew, if you were gonna steal, you might as well steal from the best!
Jeff Beck is an amazing guitarist. Probably one of the most versatile. Ever see that tape of him playing with Van Morrison and Tom Jones?
I like gospel influenced blues- Blind Willie Johnson, mentioned above, preacher, guitar man, writer: Nobody's Fault but Mine, and the eerie Dark was the Night (also a 'moan')- hugely influential, not just with the english electric blues revival, but some of the old 'delta' guys that are on the list as foundational.
 

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