Blues Surprises
29/11/2014
Get It On Record presents
A playlist of Blues by people who maybe you didn't know did Blues.
A playlist of Blues by people who maybe you didn't know did Blues.
Because I know vidoes posted on YouTube are wont to be taken down by the poster, changed to Private, blocked on Copyright grounds, or blocked on Geographical grounds, I have first listed the songs below. If a video goes missing on the playlist, consult the list and try a search for sombody's re-post if you are really keen to hear that artist.
Update 15/09/23 I checked and found 7 of 44 had become "Unavailable". I was able to replace them all with duplicates or equivalents.
Update 15/09/23 I checked and found 7 of 44 had become "Unavailable". I was able to replace them all with duplicates or equivalents.
A few notes on some of the items
- I have "Night Owl Blues" by The Lovin' Spoonful, it is the B side of the single "Daydream", which I bought at the time in 1966.
- I also have the Pink Floyd number "More Blues" on the LP Soundtrack from the movie "More".
- The Lucinda Williams number is new to me, the earliest I have is her 1980 "Happy Woman Blues".
- The Kinks number just goes to show everyone and his dog was doing Blues at the time.
- Peggy Lee was a find on YouTube.
- Ike & Tina I looked up to see if they had done something, as Ike has done some pretty good R&B.
- The Amen Corner one I remembered finding in the early Nineties and looked it up.
- I first knew Fleetwood Mac as a Blues band, but many people only know the later incarnation.
- Janis Joplin started out doing real old-timey blues stuff, sounding like Big Mama Joplin! I never knew at the time.
- Bruce Willis I had seen before; it is a cover of great band, the Red Devils.
- I only found last week Clint Eastwood's documentary on YouTube that he made about the piano in Blues.
- Aretha was also a real find, especially seeing her play piano as well.