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I Guess That's Why They Call it The Blues

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Those songs about the Blues.  Do you know some?

 

 

 

 

 

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Robert Cray   Smoking Gun

 

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            Trouble No More            Allman Brothers Band

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Me and the Devil Blues. Robert Johnson

 

 

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                First Time I Met The Blues             Buddy Guy         

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Am I Blue -  Another classic performed by many artists in many genres.

 

Here is the Ray Charles version from 1959 from his album The Genius of Ray Charles.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6ZFDeqav1Q

 

And by Linda Rondstadt (1986) on her album For Sentimental Reasons.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT_ZmS0TNJg

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                Every Day I Have The Blues                BB King

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Stevie Ray Vaughn & Albert King.  Blues at Sunrise

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Big Joe Turner   Shake, Rattle & Roll

 

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@nyadrn I have a CD copy of Robert Johnson’s 1930’s recordings put together by Columbia records in the 60’s including the songs “Cross Road Blues” “Sweet Home Chicago”.

 

Johnson was one of the first inductees of the Rock and Roll hall of fame for his Delta blues style music and influence on Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, all the British Blues bands and Eric Clapton, (hence Clapton’s tongue-in-cheek reference to Clapton is God with dog hiking its leg at the thought) 

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@nyadrn I have a CD copy of Robert Johnson’s 1930’s recordings put together by Columbia records in the 60’s including the songs “Cross Road Blues” “Sweet Home Chicago”.

 

Johnson was one of the first inductees of the Rock and Roll hall of fame for his Delta blues style music and influence on Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, all the British Blues bands and Eric Clapton, (hence Clapton’s tongue-in-cheek reference to Clapton is God with dog hiking its leg at the thought) 


Hi @ReTiReD51 and thank you for the great post.  You are right. The rock hall recognized the obvious influence on all of the great rockers!!  Every musician owes tribute to all those who came before and most of them pay homage !!

 

I love the sounds of the old blues men.

 

 

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Muddy Waters.  Mississippi Delta Blues

 

https://youtu.be/c0_eRVroLqs

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Trouble in Mind (I'm blue) -

 

Written by jazz pianist Richard M. Jones ca. 1924, and covered by host of artists across many genres including blues, country, pop, soul, r&b, and rock.  Here is version by Sister Rosetta Tharpe who recorded the song in 1941. 

 

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      Nobody Knows When Your Down And Out            Bessie Smith

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Have You Ever Loved A Woman, Blues in ‘A’, Early In The Morning Blues, Driftin’ Blues, Still Got The Blues, Blues Power, Every day I  Have The Blues,  ……………

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Robert Johnson. Me and the Devil Blues

 

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Big Mama Thornton   Hound Dog

 

 

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Big Joe Turner   Flip, Flop And Fly

 

 

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http://www.history-of-rock.com/blues.htm

 

The Blues.   We all get them sometimes and there are plenty of songs to share them......

 

 

 

 

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Why I Sing the Blues. B B King

 

 

https://youtu.be/HJrZ1LAOLYQ

 

 

 

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The Thrill is Gone - BB King

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