The House of the Blues

Welcolme to the House of the Blues

Elmore James - Something Inside Of Me

Robert Johnson - Crossroad Blues

One of the earliest great Blues guitarists was Robert Johnson. His recordings were made in the mid 1930's and he died in mysterious circumstances and some people even claimed that he had sold his soul to the Devil. Years later his songs were covered by amongst others Eric Clapton in his days with Cream and the Rolling Stones.

Thanks for those posts, Truthy; I always learn when you and Bella post music.

Howlin' Wolf aka Chester Arthur Burnett - How Many More Years

Howlin Wolf once predicted the first Black President of the US:

"You know they called us coons, said we didn't have no sense.
You're gonna wake up one morning, and a coon's gonna be the President.
Things have changed. We are on the move now.
You're gonna wake up one morning, and it'll be a coon sittin on the moon!"



Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976), better known as Howlin' Wolf, was an influential blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player.
With a booming voice and looming physical presence, Burnett is commonly ranked among the leading performers in electric blues; musician and critic Cub Koda declared, "no one could match [Howlin' Wolf] for the singular ability to rock the house down to the foundation while simultaneously scaring its patrons out of its wits."^[1] Many songs popularized by Burnett—such as "Smokestack Lightnin'," "Back Door Man" and "Spoonful"—have become standards of blues and blues rock.

Elmore James - It Hurts Me To

Elmore James - The Sky Is Crying

Truthy wrote:

Elmore James - The Sky Is Crying

I love that one ,truthy,it reverberates through my brain

Stevie Ray Vaughan Tribute The Sky Is Crying

John Lee Hooker and Van Morrison - I Cover The Waterfront

John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom

The Blues as an expression 8)

Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy

Roy Milton - RM Blues

Eric Clapton - Key To The Highway

Bobby Blue Bland - Two Steps From The Blues

Bobby Blue Bland - I'll Take Care Of You

Ry Cooder - How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live

From "Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have A Ball", a film by Les Blank

Great tunes Bella. I'd never heard Nina Simone sing that before. I love Bowie's version and Ry Cooder's version of the old blues number is brilliant.

Robert Cray - Phone Booth



Elmore James - Dust My Broom - The bollox