Honey, Where You Been So Long? � - Top ten Blues picks
Peter at Honey Where you Been so Long is asking readers to send him your top ten blues picks. I couldn't narrow it down to ten, so I sent him 20 (if I did this again tomorrow, I'm sure the list would look different):
-Brussells Blues by Jimmy Rushing (from Mr. 5X5, produced by John Hammond, featuring Benny Goodman on clarinet, live at the Brussells World's Fair)
-Broke Down Engine Blues by Blind Willie McTell (I love the Bob Dylan version too!)
-Natural Born Eastman by Furry Lewis
-Don't Start me Talkin by Sonny Boy Williamson (I love James Cotton's take on this tune too)
-Eyesight to the Blind by Sonny Boy Williamson
-I'm in the Mood by John Lee Hooker
-I put a spell on you by Screamin Jay Hawkins
-Gangs Guns and Drugs by Jimmy Lee Robinson
-Abeline Blues by Bukka White
-Dyin Crapshooters Blues by Blind Willie McTell
-I'm going to Murder my Baby (I like the Pat Hare version)
-I'm so Ugly by Robert Pete Williams
-Boogie Chillun by John Lee Hooker (but I also love Beau Jocques' version)
-Be Careful How you Vote by Sunnyland Slim
-Rocket 88 (I like the mid-70s James Cotton version)
-From a Buick 6 by Bob Dylan (does this one count?)
-Stagger Lee (by anyone except maybe The Beach Boys or Elvis)
-She ain't Got no Hair by Professor Longhair
-I'm Here by Clifton Chenier
-My Friend by Howlin Wolf
2 comments:
From a Buick 6 by Bob Dylan (does this one count?)
Yes, yes it does.
good....I feel better now. I always considered Weird Bob to be a blues singer
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