Τετάρτη 21 Ιουνίου 2017

Sam Lightnin' Hopkins - Cotton

Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist, and occasional pianist. Hopkins was born in Centerville, Texas, and as a child was immersed in the sounds of the blues.

John Lee Hooker - Crawlin' King Snake (Live)

John Lee Hooker (c. August 22, 1912 – June 21, 2001) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. The son of a sharecropper, he rose to prominence performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of Delta blues. Some of his best known songs include "Boogie Chillen'" (1948), "Crawling King Snake" (1949), "Dimples" (1956), "Boom Boom" (1962), and "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" (1966). Several of his later albums, including The Healer (1989), Mr. Lucky (1991), Chill Out (1995), and Don't Look Back (1997).Hooker's date of birth is a subject of debate.It is believed that he was born in Tutwiler, Mississippi, in Tallahatchie County, although some sources say his birthplace was near Clarksdale, in Coahoma County.

Κυριακή 18 Ιουνίου 2017

Chuck Berry - The Blues

Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) and "Johnny B. Goode" (1958). Born into a middle-class African-American family in St. Louis, Missouri.

1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz

Τρίτη 13 Ιουνίου 2017

Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful

Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 -- January 10, 1976), known as Howlin' Wolf, was an influential American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player. He was born in West Point, Mississippi in an area now known as White Station. With a booming voice and looming physical presence, Burnett is commonly ranked among the leading performers in electric blues; musician and critic Cub Koda declared, "no one could match Howlin' Wolf for the singular ability to rock the house down to the foundation while simultaneously scaring its patrons out of its wits." A number of songs written or popularized by Burnett—such as "Smokestack Lightnin'", "Back Door Man", "Killing Floor" and "Spoonful"—have become blues and blues rock standards.

1958 Buick Century Convertible

1933 Indian Four

Πέμπτη 8 Ιουνίου 2017

Buddy Guy - Five Long Years

George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936) is an American blues guitarist and singer. He is an exponent of Chicago blues and has influenced eminent guitarists including Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Jeff Beck, John Mayer and Stevie Ray Vaughan. In the 1960s, Guy played with Muddy Waters as a house guitarist at Chess Records and began a musical partnership with the harmonica player Junior Wells.

Τετάρτη 7 Ιουνίου 2017

Sonny Boy Williamson II - The Sky Is Crying

Sonny Boy Williamson II (harmonica, vocal) Matt Murphy (acoustic guitar) "The Sky Is Crying" from "Portrait In Blues Vol.4" Storyville 671 158 / SLP 158 recorded Copenhagen, Nov 1963
Note: this is Sonny Boy Williamson II (Aleck "Rice" Miller) who died in 1965 The Original Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee Curtis Williamson) died in 1948

Τρίτη 6 Ιουνίου 2017

Δευτέρα 5 Ιουνίου 2017


1934 Matchless

Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign

Albert King (April 25, 1923 -- December 21, 1992) was an American blues guitarist and singer. In 1966 he signed with the Stax record label. Produced by Al Jackson, Jr., King with Booker T. & the MGs recorded dozens of influential sides, such as "Crosscut Saw" and "As The Years Go Passing By", and in 1967 Stax released the album, Born Under a Bad Sign. The title track of that album (written by Booker T. Jones and William Bell) became King's best known song and has been covered by many artists (from Cream to Homer Simpson). King was a left-handed "upside-down/backwards" guitarist. He was left-handed, but usually played right-handed guitars flipped over upside-down so the low E string was on the bottom. In later years he played a custom-made guitar that was basically left-handed, but had the strings reversed (as he was used to playing). He also used very unorthodox tunings (i.e., tuning as low as C to allow him to make sweeping string bends). Some believe that he was using open E minor tuning (C-B-E-G-B-E) or open F tuning (C-F-C-F-A-D). A "less is more" type blues player, he was known for his expressive "bending" of notes, a technique characteristic of blues guitarists.

Σάββατο 3 Ιουνίου 2017


1939 Crocker big tank 61CI

Mighty Sam McClain - Don't Worry About Me

From Mighty Sam McClain's album "Keep On Movin'" recorded at Bearsville Studio, Woodstock, NY, on August 22 & 24, 1994, featuring Mighty Sam McClain:vcl, Bruce Katz:keys, Dave Limina:keys, Kevin Barry:gtr, Paul Bryani:bs, Zac Casher:dms, The Mighty Horns: Walter Platt:trumpet and horn arrangements, Joe Casano:tp, Ole Mathisen:ten.sax, Scott Shetler:tb/bar.sax.