Lettsworth, LA native Buddy Guy with Mississippian Muddy Waters’ classic Louisiana Blues:
I’m goin’ down in Louisiana
Baby, behind the sun
I’m goin’ down in Louisiana
Honey, behind the sun
Well, you know I just found out
My trouble just begun
I’m goin’ down in New Orleans, hmm
Get me a mojo hand
I’m goin’ down in New Orleans
Get me a mojo hand (oh take me with you, man, when you go)
I’m gon’ show all you good-lookin’ women
Jes’ how to treat your love
Let’s go back to New Orleans, boys
Author: Ric Stewart
Fantastic Negrito – Lost in a Crowd
Cool back to the roots sound on this track recorded for NPR’s tiny desk. Playing Madison Square Garden and LA Forum opening for Temple of the Dog.
Top 10 Rolling Stones Blues Songs
Love in Vain at #7, aw c’mon man! Ultimate classic rock throws down its version.
Dr. John and Eric Clapton
This VH-1 Duets concert from May 9th 1996, captures Clapton in his mid-nineties blues embrace and Dr. John belting New Orleans R&B vocals as only he can. Quite a pairing!
The Band – Blind Willie McTell
One of Bob Dylan’s best latter day cuts was an outtake from the Infidels album produced by Mark Knopfler. The Band ups the ante.
Lee Scratch Perry at Tips 8/17/16
Lee Scratch Perry accompanied by sax/bongo/DJ combo, the octogenarian Jamaican producer and pioneer of dub, raps atop his timeless roots grooves at Uptown New Orleans’ venue Tipitina’s.
Little Freddie King at The Ogden Museum
Where the Blues were Born in New Orleans
British Blues Top Ten
“While it’s easy to associate British blues strictly with its superstar proponents—especially guitar gods such as Clapton, Page, and Beck—it’s easy to overlook the lesser-known acts who were intricately woven into the British blues family tree as well, in many cases providing a sort of minor-league club team system that supplied top players for the major league stadium fillers who would follow.”
British Blues Top 10
First Blues Ever Published in New Orleans 1908
The late 19th century and early 20th was the era of sheet music. In 1908, music history was made when the first published blues song with “blues” in the title was published right here in New Orleans. The song follows the tried and true blues formula of the 12-Bar chord progression, also known as “blues changes.” This chord progression is featured prominently in both blues and jazz history as well as popular music up to the present.