How about some tribute to the originals that inspired modern hits…….something tells me there‘s quite a few!
Here’s one most will recognize. This is Henry Thomas with ’Bulldoze blues’ (1928?)
It’s amazing what you learn just by digging into this stuff……what I thought was a regular flute all these years is actually the ‘quills’ a pan flute like instrument. Which was faithfully used in the Canned Heat interpretation. http://kzfr.org/broadcasts/211
Here’s one most will recognize. This is Henry Thomas with ’Bulldoze blues’ (1928?)
It’s amazing what you learn just by digging into this stuff……what I thought was a regular flute all these years is actually the ‘quills’ a pan flute like instrument. Which was faithfully used in the Canned Heat interpretation. http://kzfr.org/broadcasts/211
I do! She can also get that 3am in a smoky bar vibe going on. I can play some of her stuff too, but a lot of what I like and can actually play is a little "girly" for me to try and perform, like in front of other people. "Sidewalks of the City" comes to mind.
Awesome, glad to see the blues thread isn’t dead (was starting to wonder!)
I just went back and edited my first post to include all blues so we can delve into the older more obscure stuff, like @bhjazz said…..gotta know your blues roots!
I'll be honest: I just stumbled on to this thread recently. I normally spend too much time reading build threads and thought I should venture out more. Great work to everyone here, especially @mountainman bob. I'll be digging though even more of the thread now.
Edit: I also appreciate that some of the posts here are Blues by form, and not necessarily Blues by style. Well done!
I'm a big fan of Auerbach, and this is quite a find for me. He gets such great sounds out of his rig; I'm always amazed. He even showed up on an episode of American Pickers at one point (see below.) Seems to be a super nice guy. Thanks for posting this!