"Blues" music thread

[Justin Playfair]

"Blues" music.....


"I'm Done Cryin' " by The Robert Cray Band




" I begged for mercy

called out in pain

No one seemed to hear me

it's like I don't have a name"



"you can't use me anymore

at least now I know, where I stand

but you won't take away my dignity

'cause I'm still a man"

 

[Justin Playfair]

-Starts playing at the six second point.



"Six Silver Strings" by B.B. King




-One of his absolute very best! Exquisite!

 

[Reelaround]

Howlin' Wolf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ou-6A3MKow

 

[Reelaround]

Otis Redding

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCmUhYSr-e4

 

[Reelaround]

it may not be 'blues per se' but it's still worth watching!
Neil Young Heart of Gold

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh44QPT1mPE

 

[Reelaround]

Lightnin' Hopkins. Bring me my shotgun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCqEOboRctY

 

[Anonymous]

My name is John Johanna, I came from Buffalo town.
For nine long years I’ve traveled this wide wide world around.
Through ups and downs and miseries and some good days I saw,
But I never knew what misery was ’til I went to Arkansas.

I went up to the station the operator to find.
Told him my situation and where I wanted to ride.
Said, "Hand me down five dollars, lad, a ticket you shall draw.
That’ll land you safely railway in the state of Arkansas."

I rode up to the station then chanced to meet a friend.
Alan Catcher was his name, although they called him Cain.
His hair hung down in rat tails below his under jaw.
He said he run the best hotel in the state of Arkansas.

I followed my companion to his respected place.
Saw pity and starvation was pictured on his face.
His bread was old corn dodgers, his beef I could not chaw.
He charged me fifty cents a day in the state of Arkansas.

I got up that next morning to catch that early train.
He said "Don’t be in a hurry lad, I have some land to drain.
You’ll get your fifty cents a day and all that you can chaw.
You’ll find yourself a different lad when you leave old Arkansas."

I worked six weeks for the son of a gun, Alan Catcher was his name.
He stood seven feet, two inches, as tall as any crane.
I got so thin on sassafras tea I could hide behind a straw.
You bet I was a different lad when I left old Arkansas.

Farewell you old swamp rabbits, also you dodger pills.
Likewise you walking skeletons, you old sassafras hills.
If you ever see my face again I’ll hand you down my paw.
I’ll be lookin’ through a telescope from home to Arkansas.

 

[Misguided Angel]

-Starts playing at the six second point.



"Six Silver Strings" by B.B. King




-One of his absolute very best! Exquisite!

You find the best music, I have't heard these songs before, they are good.

 

[Justin Playfair]

Otis Redding

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCmUhYSr-e4

You always post Great songs, Reelaround. Wow! I love this song! I've loved it ever since I first heard it as a little kid.

Howlin' Wolf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ou-6A3MKow

I like Howlin' Wolf's short speech at the beginning of the video. I definitely know what its like to have "the Blues." I think most people have. He mentions you get "the Blues" when you don't have any money. And he says you get "the Blues" when you don't have any money to pay for rent or to buy food. In the past I was in that position several times. I was very lucky because I had multiple family members, and four good friends, who always gave me a place to stay & food to eat. I was very lucky. My friend Edward was homeless for seven years. My friend Ken was homeless for six. Life on Earth is hard. For literally everyone I know, it's very hard.

it may not be 'blues per se' but it's still worth watching!
Neil Young Heart of Gold

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh44QPT1mPE

Beautiful song and wonderful video. I love all of the songs on "Harvest." I think this song definitely qualifies as "Blues," in its own way. Absolutely!

You find the best music, I have't heard these songs before, they are good.

Thanks a lot, Misguided Angel. I'm glad you like the songs I post. You post great music too!

 

[Reelaround]

You always post Great songs, Reelaround. Wow! I love this song! I've loved it ever since I first heard it as a little kid.




"I like Howlin' Wolf's short speech at the beginning of the video. I definitely know what its like to have "the Blues." I think most people have. He mentions you get "the Blues" when you don't have any money. And he says you get "the Blues" when you don't have any money to pay for rent or to buy food. In the past I was in that position several times. I was very lucky because I had multiple family members, and four good friends, who always gave me a place to stay & food to eat. I was very lucky. My friend Edward was homeless for seven years. My friend Ken was homeless for six. Life on Earth is hard. For literally everyone I know, it's very hard."

I recently came across a homeless boy sat outside a late open store, just sat there in the cold, filthy and hungry. The least I could do at the time was to buy him some food, a selection from the store that I was fortunate enough to be doing a late shop in. His little face was filthy and sad. I didn't give him money just in case he would use it for drugs. But I could tell he was just starving and cold. He looked up and said 'God bless you' and I could have cried. There but for the grace etc.

 

[troubleluvsme]

Ted Hawkins ...

 

[Justin Playfair]

"Fine Cadillac" by Guitar Shorty

 

[Justin Playfair]

"Smoking Gun" by The Robert Cray Band




-Absolutely Incredible guitar playing by Robert Cray. As always. His vocals are awesome too!

 

[Misguided Angel]

 

[Justin Playfair]

"But tell me, what's to be done, about the weather in my head?"



"Weather In My Head" by Donald Fagen

 

[Justin Playfair]

-Thank God, the album version of this song is finally available on YouTube!


-A Masterpiece!



"Foul Play" by The Robert Cray Band

 

[Reelaround]

 

[Justin Playfair]

-The song starts playing at the 27 second point. Great song! It isn't necessarily traditional "Blues," but its a really nice song. B.B.'s voice & guitar playing are Awesome! My Mom & I were lucky enough to see B.B. King on this tour!


"Into the Night" by B.B. King





A+, all the way.

 

[Justin Playfair]

The Robert Cray Band

 

[Anonymous]

Mississippi Fred McDowell - Freight Train Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPZtMFWZT7Q