httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_DOnKJ232M
This is the real deal, fellas (and ladies). I just picked up a copy of A A$$ Pocket of Whiskey at the used record store. As your attorney I strongly recommend you go out and buy that, or any other, R.L. Burnside album. 1978.
Tag Archives: blues
Townes Van Zandt – Brand New Companion
everybody loves good ol' townsy.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzycRfJbdaY
1983
St. Louis Blues – Louis Armstrong & Velma Middleton
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqujvTl5zns
Tom Waits – New Coat Of Paint
WGOM regular mr. waits speaks of something i'm sure we all could use. happy new year, you guys.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpkfcklv8Ag
1976
Howlin’ Wolf – Smokestack Lightning
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd78tpJuE-8&feature=related
Sam Chatmon – Sittin’ On Top of the World
I am putting out the Carter Hayes signal with this one. Here is one of the original Mississippi Sheiks, a little bit later in life.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueEQKZcXfjc
1978
Koko Taylor “Wang Dang Doodle”
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxCa16-nxtM
ft. Little Walter (1967) Continue reading Koko Taylor “Wang Dang Doodle”
Freddie King – Look Over Yonder Wall
you're in, freddie. congratulations.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e8z8Jy6bj4
1970
coming up next: la semana del carnívoro
Willis Earl Beal – Same Old Tears
apparently this young man is starting to make a bit of a name for himself. i'm definitely okay with that.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dmeK01Nm48
Stevie Ray Vaughan – Lenny
Early in the year we got married, my eventual wife gave me a ticket to see Stevie Ray Vaughan. It was a birthday present, and we were so poor we could literally afford just one ticket. I cleared it with my boss to have the night off, but at the last minute he made me work anyway. Told me I could show up or take a hike, there were plenty more where I came from. So I sold the ticket to a friend, who raved about the concert. Best he ever saw.
Just four months later, Stevie Ray Vaughan died in a helicopter crash in East Troy, Wisconsin. Now, twenty-one years is a long time to carry a grudge, but for the life of me I can't seem to let go of this one. And I probably never will.
From the Texas Flood album, Vaughan wrote Lenny and Love Struck Baby as tributes to his eventual ex-wife and by all accounts the one true love of his life, Lenora Bailey Vaughan. So here's to true love and to Stevie Ray, the best damn guitar player I never saw.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YIHvK5WN7I