Another in a (very) occasional series of shared playlists. For this one, I wanted to capture that uniquely atmospheric slow blues sound that has a distinctly late night feel. Hope you like it.
Every Day I Have The Blues
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Nice. I’d suggest “Have you heard” by John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and “Thrill is gone” by BB?
Thanks. I’ve added “Have You Heard”. “Thrill Is Gone” is on there already.
I thought it should be but didn’t spot it.
May not be an obvious choice/fit, but may I suggest Gary Moore – Parisienne Walkways
Nah, nah, Gawd bless ya, naahhh – too much flash, not enough substance…Peter Green had already done the feedback thing, arguably more tastefully, on The Supernatural…
…IMHO, anyway
He also nicks from himself by repeating the riff (or very close to) in Still Got The Blues, which also sounds like a nick from Lionel Richie’s Hello
True – but I’ve got less of an issue with that. Musicians have always nicked tunes, from way back – and blues players are notorious for nicking tunes. There’s sometimes a suggestion on here that Jimmy Page was the only one to do it…arf!
Suggestions:
Ray Charles – Georgia On My Mind
Memphis Slim – Mother Earth
Little Feat – On Your Way Down (live)
Howlin’ Wolf – Smokestack Lightning
Ramsey Lewis Trio – Wade In The Water
Nina Simone – Jelly Roll
Christine Kittrell – I’m A Woman
Delbert McClinton – Blue As Blues Can Get
Let’s try something from this century. Decade, even….
Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I’ll add some to the playlist.
I see you have Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Little Wing, but not Tin Pan Alley from the same album.
Good call. I’ve added it.
Great work @jazzjet. Your late night compilation is a perfect soundtrack to my Saturday morning breakfast and visit to the communal laundry room.
It will surprise you to hear that the music takes me to the chemistry lab at Harrow County Boys School. The chemistry teacher founded the Afro- American Blues Society which met once a week at lunchtime to listen to the latest blues records.
Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall, Chicken Shack, Yardbirds, etc. With the advent of Cream and the Jimi Hendrix Experience, the society became extremely popular.
You probably know these two songs: very much of their time.
“No need to have a shave cos I’m gonna sing the blues”:
This thread is proving to be a gift that keep on giving.
There are so many songs that I can hear different tunes every time I dip into it.
BB King’s Lucille must surely be the first time a musician has written a song about their instrument.
Unless, of course, J S Bach wrote an oratorio praising his organ!
J.S. Bach did write The Well-Tempered Clavier ..
I’m not a great fan of da blues (though I did spot JJ Cale’s Cloudy Day on the playlist – love that!). Does Mississippi John Hurt count as blues? I went through a long phase a few years ago of listening only to him. Anyway, here’s that rarest of creatures, an electric guitar blues song I like. And it’s Eric Clapton, no less. Not written by him. Written by someone called Sleepy John Estes. Judging by his name, he doesn’t sound very “woke”, but then neither is Clapton.
Sleepy John Estes was one of those forgotten bluesmen whose career, such as it was, was revived by the white blues boom of the 60s. Skip James and Son House were others.
I’m a big Thin Lizzy fan, they did quite a lot more blues than, say heavy rock particularly earlier. I like A Night in the Life of a Blues Singer, a song not well known.
A beautiful slow blues from the late Carla Bley and her electric bassist partner Steve Swallow, followed by a full-band version.
Mr Swallow’s bass playing on the first version is truly remarkable. I presume he’s using either a six-string or a 5-string tuned high.
The second version features a solo from the eqally remarkable Gary Valente’s trombone.
There are 2 cracking slow blues tracks on Van Morrisons “Too Late To Stop Now” – Bring It On Home To Me, and Take Your Hand Out Of My Pocket. Both feature terrific sax solos by Jack Schroer. Jack Schroer!!