i don't know much about blues but i'd like to find out more.
2007-07-19 03:48:08 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Blues
"Jelly, Jelly" by Josh White (and then everything else by Josh White)
"Gone But Not Forgotten" by Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
and although it's not really traditional, Led Zeppelin had an amazing take on the blues -- check their versions of "When The Levee Breaks," "Travellin' Riverside Blues," and "In My Time of Dying"
2007-07-20 07:10:21 · answer #1 · answered by Andrew 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
100 Greatest Blues Songs
2007-07-19 03:56:00 · answer #2 · answered by Indiana Frenchman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crossroads Blues, Steady Rollin Man - Robert Johnson
Little Brother Blues - Joshua White
Walk On - Sonny Terry/Brownie McGhee
Bring Me My Shotgun - Sam Lightnin' Hopkins
I'm Too Young To Die - Sonny Boy Williamson
Got My Mojo Workin - Muddy Waters
My Babe - Little Walter
How Many More Years?, Backdoor Man, Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
2007-07-19 11:01:58 · answer #3 · answered by Mr.Longrove 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A good idea would be the PBS program on the blues. Putting the music, faces and times these musicians lived in will help you.
Martin Scorsese's "The Blues: A Musical Journey" will be a great start.
2007-07-19 13:26:00 · answer #4 · answered by Chaine de lumière 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Obviously any Muddy Waters or B B King songs are great. Koko Taylor is up there too. As for newer ones, Bob Dillon's new CD has alot of good blues tunes on it.
2007-07-19 03:58:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try an old school artist by the name of Betty Wright. She sang a hit blues song called "Tonight is the Night". It is about the very first time she had sex. It is one of the greatest blues songs of all time.
2007-07-19 03:58:35 · answer #6 · answered by Ebony 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prison Blues by Jimmy Page
or early Led Zeppelin
2007-07-19 03:56:30 · answer #7 · answered by Spunk 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Find the Allman Brothers version of "Stormy Monday" from the "Live at Filmore East" album. It will blow you away. Actually they recorded lots of blues songs where they "borrowed" the stylings of Elmore James, T-Bone Walker and
Willie Dixon, to name a few.
2007-07-21 15:41:52 · answer #8 · answered by Ron D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Sky is Crying -Elmore James
This song always gets me.
(Also check out an artist named Lightning Hopkins. He has a raw old school sound.)
2007-07-22 05:51:08 · answer #9 · answered by sleepydad 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"When the Levee Breaks" and "You Need Love" - check out the Led Zeppelin renditions of them after you hear the originals (if you haven't already heard Zeppelin's renditions).
BB King - The Thrill Is Gone
John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom
Jimi Hendrix - Red House
RL Burnside - Hard Time Killing Floor
2007-07-20 02:25:36 · answer #10 · answered by chasm81 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋