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Otis Rush (born April 29, 1934 in Philadelphia, Mississippi) is a blues musician, singer and guitarist. His distinctive guitar style features a slow burning sound, jazz-style arpeggios and long bent notes. With similar qualities to Luther Allison, Magic Sam, Buddy Guy and Albert King, his sound became known as West Side Chicago blues and became an influence on Michael Bloomfield, Eric Clapton, Peter...
taste me Wine and women is all I crave A big legged woman is gonna carry me to my grave Born under a bad sign I been down since I begin to crawl If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all William Bell - Born Under a Bad Sign (Albert King cover) : Born Under a Bad Sign 7" William Bell - A Smile Can't Hide (A Broken Heart) : Born Under a Bad Sign 7" B-side Get them both on The Best of...
The disc's opener, ''The Sky is Crying'' , is culled from the B.B. King live concert video B.B. King & Friends: A Night Of Blistering Blues , and features Stevie fronting a band that includes the great Albert King along with B.B. and blues harmonica legend Paul Butterfield . Says Stevie right before the start, ''The first time I ever heard this song, and the last time I'll never sing it, I'll be thinking...
This somewhat obscure (unreleased in the USA) disc is actually King's last studio album released while he was alive- and perhaps the last material he recorded. Although the production is a tad sloppy and the mastering cold, there's some good stuff here. Album starts off wrong with the heavy-handed and rockified "Stop". Things get better from there, such as the more Albert-suited mitempo "Bluesman",...
Because Chick Willis is known as the "Stoop Down Man" (due to his hit "Stoop Down Baby") it's hard for many to take him serious as a Bluesman. He's made a career of similar ribald Blues ditties so a straight Blues record still takes some by surprise. But he's actually released several "serious" records and to critical acclaim for that matter (his "From The Heart And Soul" was picked as Blues record...
Clip is from 1989 and just 10:23 of blues sweetness. King influenced many later blues guitarists including Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor, Mike Bloomfield, Gary Moore, and especially Stevie Ray Vaughan, who also covered many of King's songs. Clapton's guitar solo on the 1968 Cream hit "Strange Brew" from the album Disraeli Gears is a close emulation of King's solo on his Stax Records hit "Oh,...
"If you don't want my peaches, don't shake my tree." That's a line from one of the versions of Blind Lemon Jefferson's perfect song from 1927 - "Matchbox Blues." I don't think Albert King used those lines in this version with Stevie Ray, though. Our peaches up here in Yankeeland begin to ripen right about now. I get a good crop from this tree every other year, but this is the second great year in a...
I was just thinking this morning that I often blog about either the park and ride bus (or something that's happened getting to it, on it, or after getting off it) or the little Sainsbury's supermarket in Oxford. I hope you aren't getting bored with these locations. But that's where a lot of interesting things happen to me on a day-to-day basis. This morning's episode was on the bus itself. It
Filed under: News , Exclusive Spinner.com : Chicago-bred singer-songwriter Mike Mangione has his brother to thank for all the wise cracks fans make during his shows or out in public. After all, his brother taught him to play the guitar upside down -- just like blues star Albert King."It was... Read more
Chainsaw Dupont debuts with his first CD, containing 13 original songs. Critics have compared him to Albert King, Buddy Guy, and Jimi Hendrix. “Forget all about the so-called ‘New Blues’ stars. Chainsaw Dupont is one of the brightest stars in contemporary blues.” -- Real Blues (Canada) Chicago Sun-Times: "The ace guitarist released one of the finest local albums of 2003 with Lake St. Lullaby, notable...
One of my all time favorite blues tunes. Here’s Cream, who does my favorite recording (though I wish you could hear the drum track better in this recording) But this post would be a worthless pile without the master - Albert King: Be sure not to miss the moron dancing at about 4:10…HAHAHA!!! [...]
1. Live at The Regal - B.B. King 2. Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live - Muddy Waters 3. Live at Cafe Au Go Go (& Soledad Prison) - John Lee Hooker 4. 1964 Live On Maxwell Street - Robert Nighthawk 5. Thursday Night in San Francisco - Albert King 6. At Newport 1960 - Muddy Waters 7. Live and Cookin' (at Alice's Revisited) - Howlin' Wolf 8. Drinkin' TNT 'N' Smokin Dynamite - Buddy Guy/Junior Wells 9. Live...
