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Post by creolian on Nov 15, 2018 12:27:07 GMT
It was exam time at school , my friend Clive was taking home a couple of records (these were black discs that had sound on, young people might know them as ‘vinyl ‘). “Pete” says Clive “can you take these home,? I’ll never get any revision done if I have them”. So I took home Muddy Waters and John Mayall, and Clive did much better in the exams because I spend my time listening to the Blues. P T PT, I can relate. I'm a spry 62, and Vinyl was my favorite color until I switched to Spandex in 1979. 20hr road trip I'll do this to you...
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Post by biscuit on Nov 26, 2018 21:09:47 GMT
John Lee Hooker´s appearance in Blues Brothers. I was 12 years old when it came out and movie theaters were still theaters and not closets. When Jake and Elwood made the Illinois Nazis jump from the bridge about 200 people in the house were giving them a standing ovation.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2018 21:35:54 GMT
Not strictly 'blues', but watching Rory Gallagher on the BBC, rock goes to college, 1979. TT
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Post by twang1 on Nov 27, 2018 12:37:54 GMT
The first blues song I ever heard was "Hesitation Blues" from a Jorma Kaukonen cassette I had. Soon I started searching for the original recordings of those Jorma songs. It was difficult and expensive to find those vinyls but it paid off. And, yes, I was also listening to some 70s rock but I never really dug the "rock" rhythm; to me it lacked the "swing" I was looking for! Frank
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Post by washboardchris on Nov 29, 2018 15:47:23 GMT
As a small child I came from a very musical family,not a record in the house.We had a lodger in the house & when he left (without paying a months rent) he left a record player & a pile of Blues and Jazz 78's, I wish I still had them :-(
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2018 21:52:42 GMT
As a small child I came from a very musical family,not a record in the house.We had a lodger in the house & when he left (without paying a months rent) he left a record player & a pile of Blues and Jazz 78's, I wish I still had them :-( Aha - just remembered a similar story. In 1978, my sister's old boyfriend left about 1000 vinyl discs out our house whilst he had a few years in the states. I was rather taken by Led Zep and Little Feat as a 14 year old (amongst others). Wish I could go through them again now... TT
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Post by gouranga on Dec 9, 2018 16:52:32 GMT
It's just in me, or us. Part of our nature. But my granny was a great moothie (harmonica) player and so was my old man, so their playing from very young attracted me to blues harmonica. I always had an attraction to the old black blues men and women and their heartfelt moods and songs. I just thank everyone who was even the smallest part of my life for everything they have given me which is a great part of my journey in life, blues and otherwise. We are all attracted by the blues, whether we are aware of it or not. We all get the blues and some time in the day or another. Blues music is a wonderful expression. We all have something to offer in the way of blues.
All the best to all. Take care and best wishes always.
Gouranga
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Post by joephoto on Jun 27, 2019 23:27:31 GMT
Better late then never. Marty Caulfield who I got my NatReso from gave me a copy of Johnny Winter's Progressive Blues Experiment on vinyl and Black Cat Bone did it for me as well as the whole album. Attachments:
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Post by davetracey on Jul 1, 2019 11:17:13 GMT
Seeing The Stones in 1973 could have been the gateway for me. There was something in this music that I liked that wasn't there in David Bowie, Mott the Hoople or Alice Cooper. Whatever it was...there it was again in Rory Gallagher. And the soundtrack to the film Performance sounded so strange and exotic. Listening to 70s records by BB King and Muddy Waters, I wasn't sure I liked the real thing at first. Reading interviews with Keith Richards pointed me in the right direction, and the first real blues album I really got into was that first Robert Johnson album.
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Post by alessandro on Sept 9, 2019 20:05:53 GMT
1978 and i was 12 years old, a friend of mine came in house in Rome with an album by the sensational alex harvey band named Framed (i still love it!), and the song was Buff's Bar Blues! Ciao
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Post by 5slide on Sept 9, 2019 21:03:21 GMT
For me, it was listening to my dads record collection. He had quite a lot of blues, from Eric Clapton and Buddy Guy to BB King and John Lee Hooker, so I guess I was brought up on it. He then took me to see Buddy Guy at the Apollo in Manchester, I think I was 14 or 15 at the time so it must have been early to mid 90's, I think it was his Still got the Blues tour. I had been playing the guitar for a year or two at this point so was really keen to see him and remember being totally blown away.
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Post by jono1uk on Sept 9, 2019 21:14:34 GMT
Aup Slide i was at that same Buddy Guy gig....
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Post by 5slide on Sept 9, 2019 22:28:24 GMT
Aup Slide i was at that same Buddy Guy gig.... Hey Jono, wow really! I wish I could go back and time and re-visit it. I've already trawled YouTube but haven't found any videos of it! Then again, nobody had mobile phones back then
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