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Personal logo John the OFM Supporting Member of TMP12 Oct 2009 7:58 p.m. PST

This will either cure your blues, or reinforce them:
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As Zonker's g-g-g-grand dad said in Dunesbury, "Let's hear some of that music when you folk were feeling sorry for yourself."

Personal logo enfant perdus Supporting Member of TMP12 Oct 2009 8:45 p.m. PST
x42brown13 Oct 2009 1:14 a.m. PST
Volstagg Vanir13 Oct 2009 1:54 a.m. PST
x42brown13 Oct 2009 3:02 a.m. PST

Thank you Volstagg that's a new one to me and good.

x42

Connard Sage13 Oct 2009 9:32 a.m. PST

Louis and Dinah, great though they were/are, are not blues musicians.

This

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is a blues musician

and so is this

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and this

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Personal logo enfant perdus Supporting Member of TMP13 Oct 2009 10:36 a.m. PST

Dinah, great though they were/are, are not blues musicians.

False. Dinah began her career as a blues artist and continued to record blues material even after she branched out into swing, vocal jazz and pop. In 2003 she was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. My apologies for not choosing a technically accurate blues number from youtube's offerings. Try these


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Connard Sage13 Oct 2009 10:46 a.m. PST

OK, we'll call her 'crossover' grin

How about Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Victoria Spivey, Ida Cox and Alberta Hunter? :)

Volstagg Vanir13 Oct 2009 12:02 p.m. PST
Personal logo 20thmaine Supporting Member of TMP13 Oct 2009 3:15 p.m. PST
quidveritas13 Oct 2009 3:51 p.m. PST

The 'real' blues?

Buddy Guy -- that's all you need to know.

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Strings

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Sweet Home

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One of my Faves

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mjc

Personal logo enfant perdus Supporting Member of TMP13 Oct 2009 8:10 p.m. PST

I was waiting for someone to post a little Robert Johnson

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aecurtis Fezian13 Oct 2009 8:14 p.m. PST

You're all talkin' 'bout second-generation and later blues.

How about:

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…or:

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…or:

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Then there's this feller, who done pretty good for a white guy:

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Allen

Stosstruppen13 Oct 2009 9:21 p.m. PST

This guy is awesome…a regular at Downtown Disney in Anaheim…..

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Connard Sage14 Oct 2009 7:09 a.m. PST

You're all talkin' 'bout second-generation and later blues.

I wasn't

How about Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Victoria Spivey, Ida Cox and Alberta Hunter?

I was waiting for someone to post a little Robert Johnson

Another member of the 27 club.

No-one over here knows who he was :(

His guitar playing seems really slow and not very fluent…until you attempt to copy him and his style.

I've been trying for years. Perhaps I need to go down to the crossroads

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