Blues Legend Willie Dixon works the upright bass.

posted by winkler1 1 decade 7 years 8 months ago • 1,066 views

Guy sings a song about his bike getting stolen, with footage from the security cameras :)

posted by Hex 1 decade 7 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 341 views

Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton was born in Montgomery, Alabama one of seven children. Her father was a minister and her mother sang in the church. It was the church's early musical influences that... continue reading

posted by lisacat 1 decade 7 years 11 months 1 week ago • 3,286 views

Louis Armstrong guests on the Johnny Cash show, October 28, 1970. They play a Jimmie Rogers song together ("Blue Yodel"). What a great moment...

posted by plastiquemonkey 1 decade 7 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 2,305 views • 3:52

"John Lee Hooker recorded a blues song titled "Tupelo" about a fictional flood of Tupelo, roughly corresponding to the flood of the Mississippi River that ravaged Greenville (190 miles WSW of Tupelo) and... continue reading

posted by bigbikeman 1 decade 7 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 2,280 views

The Slide Master Bluesman talks about the legendary Robert Johnson and performs "Ramblin On My Mind". I watched this on accident, and enjoyed it enough to go ahead and post it.

posted by arrendek 1 decade 7 years 12 months ago • 458 views

Oh, that's nice... Barbara Lynn playing her song "You'll Lose A Good Thing", which went #1 on the R&B chart in 1962. One of her songs, "Oh Baby (We've Got A Good Thing Goin')" was later covered by... continue reading

posted by plastiquemonkey 1 decade 8 years ago • 3,621 views

Some grrrreat footage of the Doc, Merle Travis loved to pick with this fellow, and so have four generations of musicians..

posted by choggie 1 decade 8 years 1 week ago • 1,519 views

John Lee Hooker was influential in early Blues. His career spanned 60 years until his death in 2001. It's been said about him that he just doesn't sing and play the blues...he IS the blues.

posted by swampgirl 1 decade 8 years 1 week ago • 2,592 views

No, this is not a self-link. She looks a lot like my Sam though doesn't she?

posted by swampgirl 1 decade 8 years 2 weeks ago • 1,946 views

"Clarence Carter is a blind bluesman from Montgomery, Alabama. Despite being blinded as a child, he developed a distinctive guitar style that complemented his earthy delivery, and was just as comfortable... continue reading

posted by rickegee 1 decade 8 years 2 weeks ago • 4,635 views

Great soulful singing and guitar playing in this mid '60's clip of Otis Rush singing his original, later covered by some English guys.

This is a video of a blues slide guitar, with a camera mounted behind the Nut, or mounted on the top part of the guitar.

posted by NordlichReiter 1 decade 8 years 2 weeks ago • 3,926 views