Wednesday, January 06, 2016

Louisiana Blues - The Best Louisiana Sounds





Tracklist :

00:00 - Clarence Frogman Henry - I Ain't Got No Home

02:19 - Little Walter - My Babe

04:49 - Clarence Garlow - New Bon Ton Roulay

07:38 - Bobby Charles - Take It Easy Greasy

09:50 - Louisiana Red - Alabama Train

13:07 - Muddy Waters - Louisiana Blues

15:59 - Slim Harpo - I'm a King Bee

18:56 - Big Bill Broonzy - Southern Flood Blues

22:12 - Big Joe Reynolds - Third Street Woman Blues

24:52 - Little Walter - Come Back Baby

27:54 - Bobby Charles - See You Later Alligator

30:42 - Slim Harpo - I Got Love If You Want It

33:26 - Lightnin' Slim - It's Mighty Crazy

35:53 - Warren Storm - Mama Look What Your Liitle Boy's Done

38:12 - Lightnin' Slim - My Starter Won't Start

41:00 - Lazy Lester - I'm a Lover Not a fighter

43:42 - Little Walter - You'd Better Watch Yourself

46:45 - Muddy Waters & Little Walter - Forty Days and Forty Nights

49:50 - Louisiana Red - You're Gonna Need Me Baby

53:08 - Big Bill Broonzy - John Henry

56:26 - Big Bill Broonzy - Key to the Highway

59:27 - Guitar Slim - The Things That I Used to Do

01:02:25 - Smiley Lewis - I Hear You Knocking

01:04:56 - Al Ferrier - Hey Baby

01:07:19 - Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace

01:09:42 - Boozoo Davis - Paper In My Shoe

01:11:54 - Muddy Waters - Meanest Woman

01:14:11 – Hawketts - Mardi Gras Mambo

01:16:19 - Earl King - Those Lonely Lonely nights

01:18:43 - Huey Piano Smith - Rockin' New Pneumonia

01:20:55 - Cookie & The Cupcakes - Mathilda

01:24:06 - Lazy Lester - Sugar Coated Love

01:26:50 - Huey Piano Smith - Don't You Just Know It

01:29:17 - Rod Bernard - Pardon Mr. Gordon

01:31:22 - Lightnin' Slim - Rooster Blues

01:33:51 - Frankie Ford - Sea Cruise

01:36:33 - Rod Bernard - This Should Go On Forever

01:39:17 - John Fred - Shirley

01:41:08 - Al Terry - Watchdog

01:43:12 - Joe Jones - You Talk Too Much

01:45:43 - Slim Harpo - Rainin' In My Heart

01:48:14 - Big Boy Myles - New Orleans

01:50:34 - Charles Sheffield - It's Your Voodoo Working

01:52:17 - Clarence Frogman Henry - But I Do

01:54:34 - Jimmy Clanton - Just a Dream

01:57:03 - Warren Storm - Prisoner's Song



Sunday, January 03, 2016

B.B. King's Top 10 Rules For Success





Published on Nov 18, 2015
He was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist.

King was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.

He's considered one of the most influential blues musicians of all time, earning the nickname "The King of the Blues".

He's B.B. King and here are his Top 10 Rules for Success.

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1. Know your goals
While young, King sang in the gospel choir at Elkhorn Baptist Church in Kilmichael.

2. Do the best that you can do
The minister taught King his first three chords. It seems that at the age of 12 he bought his first guitar for $15.00.

3. Practice
In 1943, King left Kilmichael to work as a tractor driver and play guitar with the Famous St. John's Quartet of Inverness.

4. Contribute something new
In 1949, King began recording songs under contract with Los Angeles-based RPM Records.

5. Find your energy
King assembled his own band; the B.B. King Review, under the leadership of Millard Lee.

6. Be grateful
He became one of the most important names in R&B music in the 1950s.

7. Appreciate your audience
He gained further visibility among rock audiences as an opening act on the Rolling Stones' 1969 American Tour.

8. Create something that lasts
King was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.

9. Always aim to do better
In 2004, he was awarded the international Polar Music Prize.

10. Have fun
His half-century of success owes much to his hard work as a touring musician who consistently logged between 200 and 300 shows a year.

Sources:
https://youtu.be/WcMnpJtKdgk
https://youtu.be/qzYI3a2cPbE
https://youtu.be/P1QgoXzjjQs
https://youtu.be/zrXeotNDIGk
https://youtu.be/b40Ovr_BEbw
https://youtu.be/RnjzWF-7ErE
https://youtu.be/ZcbmqFdFVWU
https://youtu.be/UYtNDdGhlTw




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