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 Posted - Jun 20 2017 : 11:21:48
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Ok, let's try something.
Facebook has it's Throwback Thursday, how about a Tuesday Bluesday?
R.L. Burnside (November 23, 1926 – September 1, 2005)
One of the North Mississippi hill country blues men, he sometimes went by "Rule" Burnside.
See My Jumper Hangin' on the Line
So, what's this song about?
From a 1993 article in the Baltimore Sun...
"The old-time blues is what my friend and I got as he launched into "Jumper on the Line," a song he performed in the documentary "Deep Blues," which was shown earlier this month at the Orpheum Cinema in Fells Point.
Now what do you think a title like "Jumper on the Line" means?
"... I thought maybe it was about fishing. It is, sort of.
Mr. Burnside, eyes wide in the joy of making others happy, sang out in a high voice: "See my jumper, Lord, oh hangin' on the line. . . yes, I see my jumper, oh lord, a hangin' on the line. . .
When I see my jumper, you know there's somethin' on my mind. . ."
Call it espionage of the heart. In blues lore, if a married woman hangs her housecoat or "jumper" out on the clothesline, it's a sign to her lover that the coast is clear."
Feel free to add your own if you like.
Check back next Tuesday (if I remember ...)
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Posted - Jun 20 2017 : 18:46:04
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One of my all-time favorite blues guitarists:
Albert "The Iceman" Collins playing I ain't drunk!!
Albert played a Fender Telecaster which led to him being called The Master of the Telecaster. The "Tele" is known for its incredibly bright and twangy sound (even more so than the Strat which is probably the go to standard for blues players today).
The song was written and first recorded by Jimmy Liggins. Interestingly while its reported that Jimmy recorded the song in 1949 it wasn't released until 1954 by Aladdin Records... which is the same year it was released in a slightly different version by L. C. “Lonnie the Cat” Cation on the RPM Records label. Lonnie the Cat's version has since become the blues standard and while its a classic on its own... Albert's solos, on his cover version, are intense, hard hitting, and provided inspiration for a new generation of Texas guitar players like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Robert Cray.
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Posted - Jun 21 2017 : 02:57:28
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Thanks for the extra background! I'm a huge Albert Collins fan!
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Posted - Jun 21 2017 : 17:50:06
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Just following your lead my friend
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Knowledge is power... has been since time eternal. Arcane knowledge is thereby ultimate power and can
therefore lead to ultimate corruption. Wisdom (and the experience that comes with age) is a serum for corruption.
Perhaps that is why there are so many Old Men with Arcane knowledge and so few young ones...
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Posted - Jun 21 2017 : 19:13:45
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Posted - Jun 27 2017 : 06:25:48
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I thought I'd stick with the extramarital adventures theme again, this week.
Often when I hear something I like a lot, I just get kind of immersed into the sound without paying a whole lot of attention to the details (e.g., lyrics). It's what permits me to enjoy some rap music for a bit. (Dang, some of those lyrics are awful IMO.)
So, it should come as little surprise that it took me something like 10 years to figure out what One Way Out was about. For me, in the early 70's, this was nirvana. (Ok, I also enjoyed the occassional Playboy hidden under my mattress and pilfered sips of my grandfather's homemade wine too.)
One Way Out was written by Elmore James and Sonny Boy Williamson II. Marshall Sehorn, a recording engineer and record producer, is sometimes credited as well, but it was a fairly common practice for guys like Sehorn to add themselves to the credits in order to get a cut of the royalties. James appears to be the first to have recorded the song.
Sonny Boy Williamson II, being a harmonica player, originally recorded it in 1961 and then reworked the song and recorded it with Buddy Guy in 1963. Later on, in 1968, Williamson recorded the song again featuring a well known studio musician who'd recently joined the Yardbirds.
Sonny Boy Williamson II with Jimmy Page on guitar and Brian Auger on organ
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Posted - Jun 28 2017 : 01:52:19
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Last week I mentioned that Albert Collins is one of my all-time favorite blues guitarists. What I didn't mention is the blues is probably my favorite music to play. There is just so much emotion (feels in todays vernacular) you can extract from the notes. While I play (and listen to) a lot of metal, blues is really where I fell the flow.
I play a 1981 Les Paul Standard. Now you might be thinkin "Hey Arc... ah you didn't say anything about a Les Paul when you were talkin about blues the other day!" and you'd be right.
You see, Fender really has that whiney / twangy sound that goes so well with the blues. Stevie Ray Vaughan was associated primarily with a Fender Stratocaster (as was Jimmi Hendrix and so is Eric Clapton). Take a listen to SRV playing The Sky is Crying. If you listen closely you can hear the classic Strat squeal and scream. Now listen to The Sky Is Crying "On a Les Paul". Almost immediately you can hear that the LP has a warmer almost jazzy sound.
Ok. So now that we know the difference between a Strat and LP... Let's listen to a couple other selections LP selections which are considered 'slow blues'. This first selection is labeled as Classic Slow Blues and it shows one of the reasons I like the LP for blues, gain and sustain! This next selection, from the same guitarist, has a Pink Floyd feeling. Again you can hear the growl of the humbucker pickups and the beautiful sustain. Finally, we have My Gibson Les Paul is crying....
In the end, like all things in life, it all boils down to preference. I love the growl and sustain associated with the Les Paul sound and it doesn't hurt that it is a great Hard Rock / Metal instrument as well. If I still played like I did when I was younger I'd own a Strat and likely one of the newer brands like PRS (especially the PRS because of design and flexibility). Since I don't and most likely won't... the Gibson Les Paul is my weapon of choice when it comes to the Blues.
An' on Tuesday Bluesday... I got me some low down, slow down, kick you when you on the ground... blues.
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Perhaps that is why there are so many Old Men with Arcane knowledge and so few young ones...
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Posted - Jul 04 2017 : 04:45:34
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"Cool" is one of those words that can be hard to define, but easy to recognize. Maybe a picture works best ...
John Lee Hooker is believed to have been born somewhere around August 22, 1912 possibly in Tutwiler, MS.
He developed a distinctive style combining elements of primarily of Delta blues and incorporating aspects of talking blues, boogie woogie and early North Mississippi Hill Country blues. Since he often played with a nonstandard beat and changed tempo frequently, finding studio musicians to accompany him was often a challenge.
His first recording was a hit back in 1949.
Here he is playing Boogie Chillen at a 1992 benefit concert. I always loved the line, (referring to the boogie woogie) "... cause it's in him ... and it's got to come out."
Of course he had cameo in The Blues Brothers movie.
And then, there's this somewhat recent recording of One Bourbon, One Scotch and One Beer - originally recorded by Amos Milburn. Check out the socks...
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Posted - Jul 11 2017 : 17:31:53
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Something legendary this week.
Blind Melon Chitlin
Ok, I've been busy today and I'm too tired to come up with something more in depth.
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Posted - Jul 12 2017 : 22:54:04
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LMAO - Blind Melon Chitlin is awesome!
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Knowledge is power... has been since time eternal. Arcane knowledge is thereby ultimate power and can
therefore lead to ultimate corruption. Wisdom (and the experience that comes with age) is a serum for corruption.
Perhaps that is why there are so many Old Men with Arcane knowledge and so few young ones...
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Posted - Jul 19 2017 : 08:45:08
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Well, crap. Tuesday came and went and I forgot all about it. I guess blowing off work on Monday will do that to me.
Anyway ...
Stagger Lee, sometimes known as Stagolee is a song that's been done by darn near everyone and in a number of different styles.
The song is based on actual events involving a man named Lee Shelton, a St Louis pimp and gambler nicknamed "Stagolee", "Stagger Lee" or "Stack-O-Lee", and his altercation with Billy Lyons on Christmas night 1895. The song generally refers to a gambling dispute, but it's probably more likely that it was about business and/or politics, resulting in Shelton shooting and killing Lyons for stealing his hat. Most versions of the song end with Shelton's execution, but in real life, Shelton was pardoned for Lyons' murder and was released in 1909. He later died in prison of tuberculosis after an assault and robbery conviction.
The song was originally recorded by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians in 1924 as an instrumental.
Probably the most familiar sounding version is the Lloyd Price version, which went to #1 in 1959.
David Bromberg did a version called Mrs. Delions' Lament in a sort of ragtime style with some additional verses.
However, my favorite is by legendary bluesman, Mississippi John Hurt. He originally recorded his version in 1928. Hurt failed to catch on in the 20's and he went back to his home in Avalon, MS and basically disappeared until Tom Hoskins, a blues enthusiast, found him in 1964 - taking cues from a song Hurt made up on the way to the studio in 1928 (Avalon Blues).
Hurt played more of a Piedmont blues style, rather than Delta or Mississippi Hill style. Doc Watson also does a version of Staggerlee Piedmont style.
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Posted - Jul 25 2017 : 09:02:59
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The legend goes that Robert Johnson sold his soul in order to play the blues. In 1929, he met bluesman Eddie James "Son" House, Jr. and House's musical partner, Willie Brown in Robinsonville, MS - where Johnson was living at the time. House described Johnson as a competent harmonica player but an embarrassingly bad guitarist. Johnson left Robinsonville shortly thereafter and moved to the Martinsville area (where he'd been born), possibly looking for his natural father. When he returned to Robinsville about 2 years later, Johnson had acquired an impressive ability to play the guitar.
Robert Johnson
Son House, Jr.
The origin of the legend of Johnson's selling of his soul appears to be House. He was asked whether he attributed Johnson's technique to this pact, and his equivocal answers have been taken as confirmation.
In fact, Johnson spent those 2 years learning from and practicing with Isaiah "Ike" Zinnerman. Zinnerman liked to play in graveyards which possibly contributed to the legend as well. Zinnerman was rumored to have learned his techniques supernaturally as a result of playing in graveyards as well. The truth is he preferred them because they were quiet and he could play without bothering people.
Still, you can't help but wonder when you listen to the lyrics of Crossroads ...
Robert Johnson was described as well mannered and soft spoken. He was pleasant and out going in public with and uncanny ability to connect with his audiences, but he was reserved in private. He was also said to have a weakness for women and whiskey.
Johnson died on August 16, 1938 at the age of 27 of unknown causes. One story goes that he was poisoned by a jealous husband who caught Johnson flirting with his wife during a show.
One of the original inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Robert Johnson's music lives on.
Here's Eric Clapton's version of Crossroads from the 2010 Crossroads Guitar Festival.
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Posted - Aug 01 2017 : 06:00:20
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Taj Mahal (real name, Henry Saint Clair Fredericks - right side) and Keb' Mo' (real name, Kevin Roosevelt Moore - left side) have collaborated on an album and are on tour this summer and fall.
Here they are doing their version of Divin' Duck Blues.
(I thought I'd just keep it simple this week.)
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Posted - Aug 01 2017 : 18:41:33
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Sometimes simple is better!
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Posted - Aug 08 2017 : 07:30:09
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Enough simplicity! 
Aside from the fact that he recorded 16 songs in 1941 and 1942, very little is known about Robert Petway.
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However, one of his songs, Catfish Blues, is a huge part of blues history.
The song has been rearranged and recorded by a number of bluesmen. Notably, Muddy Waters (real name, McKinley Morganfield) did a version he entitled Rollin' Stone. (The song is where the Rolling Stones got their name, BTW.)
Folks our age are probably more familiar with Jimi Hendrix's (real name, Johnny Allen Hendrix, later changed to James Marshall Hendrix when he was 3 or 4) version, Voodoo Child (Slight Return).
Joe Satriani said of the song: "It's just the greatest piece of electric guitar work ever recorded. In fact, the whole song could be considered the holy grail of guitar expression and technique. It is a beacon of humanity."
... and to bring the topic full circle,
Jimi did a version of the original Catfish Blues as well.
... special bonus track 
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Posted - Aug 22 2017 : 07:10:51
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How about some blues harp?
Sonny Boy Williamson II (born Alex, or Aleck, Miller) is a blues legend.
His name has been mentioned once in this thread so far as co-author of One Way Out.
The Who adapted his Eyesight to the Blind for Tommy.
Here's the man himself performing Keep it to Yourself - introduced by Memphis Slim (born, John Len Chatman).
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Posted - Oct 24 2017 : 18:11:40
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Definitely need to have some Zevon on a Blues Day!
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Posted - Oct 25 2017 : 12:39:28
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hmmmmm
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