Essential Listening

[SoloBill]

Here we go again, you guys are costing me a fortune I have some of these but now I'm going to have to get the others!

I'm ashamed to say that Jo Ann Kelly didn't immediately spring to mind, I must listen again, thanks for the reminder. I remember talking to her at a local folk club many Moons ago, she was nice. She was also an attractive slim white lady, then when she sang, this voice of a big black lady came out, stunning! All of her records are good.

[rickS]

Don't think I've seen him mentioned here, but I got an awful lot of mileage out of John Fahey's 60s output - eg Death Chants/Dance of Death, in fact, anything with Death in the title..I found him inspirational in proving that flashy doesn't equate to great music ( not to imply he was any slouch, mind you )..

[Michael Messer]

There are some good names being added to this thread. Yes....I know...Fred McDowell, Ry Cooder, David Lindley, Debashish Bhattacharya, Leon McAuliffe, Sylvester Weaver, Sol Hoopii.......that is why I said I could have written a dozen lists!

Shine On
Michael.

[frank64f]

Well it's not slide but I've got to give a mention to one of my all time favourites, Lonnie Johnson's - 'I Got The Blues For The West End'.

Not an all time favourite, but Leo Kottke's 'The Brain of the Purple Mountain' always makes me feel good.

Frank

[andys]

I guess that coming into slide playing from a different approach than that of directly from the Blues i have a different angle on things.

But I like to think that most,if not all of my listening/influenceshave some kind of roots in the Blues anyway.

1) Much of Captain Beefhearts output. Raw, psychedelic, "out-there" bluesy stuff.
2) Velvet Underground. Despite their "hipper than hip" image,a band deeply rooted in blues/soul music.
3) John Lee Hookers favorite white rock band.Led Zeppelin.
4) James Brown. The link between Blues/Soul and HipHop/rap
5) Booker T & The MGs
6) The compilation called The Sun Collection. Everyone from Junior Walker to Elvis. From Howling Wolf to Roy Orbison.
7) Classic period Rolling Stones. We all have our favorites
8) Otis Redding. Pure Soul.
9) The Pixies. Everything good about rock music distilled into 3 minutesongs
10) Chuck Berry.Took blues and made it moreabout Chevrolets and drive-ins, than weather and women.

Not much slide/reso playing inthis list, but it floats my boat

[snakestretcher]

Apr 13, 2009 21:15:38 GMT andys said:

I guess that coming into slide playing from a different approach than that of directly from the Blues i have a different angle on things.

But I like to think that most,if not all of my listening/influenceshave some kind of roots in the Blues anyway.

1) Much of Captain Beefhearts output. Raw, psychedelic, "out-there" bluesy stuff.
2) Velvet Underground. Despite their "hipper than hip" image,a band deeply rooted in blues/soul music.
3) John Lee Hookers favorite white rock band.Led Zeppelin.
4) James Brown. The link between Blues/Soul and HipHop/rap
5) Booker T & The MGs
6) The compilation called The Sun Collection. Everyone from Junior Walker to Elvis. From Howling Wolf to Roy Orbison.
7) Classic period Rolling Stones. We all have our favorites
8) Otis Redding. Pure Soul.
9) The Pixies. Everything good about rock music distilled into 3 minutesongs
10) Chuck Berry.Took blues and made it moreabout Chevrolets and drive-ins, than weather and women.

Not much slide/reso playing inthis list, but it floats my boat

Ry Cooder was an early member of Beefheart's Magic Band if I recall correctly. Listen to him on 'Sure 'nuff 'n yes I do' from Safe As Milk.