more blues!

[LloydChristmas]

i've been listening to a lot of folk lately, but i always find time to play a little blues.  i love finding gems on youtube of really early primitive stuff as well as contemporary favorites of mine.  here are a few.

[Mr. DNA]

What's the folk music your into? I find a lot of good old stuff from the 20's to the 40's at the library like The Smithsonian Folkways series.

http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2968


This one is awesome...
http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=188

and this one of sea shantys....
http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2993

This one is amazing....
http://www.amazon.com/White-Country-Blues-1926-1938-Lighter/dp/B0000027L6

I like  a lot of old blues, country, jazz and old timey music in general.

However, don't get this confused with the folk rival of the 1960's. A lot of that stuff is terrible.

[weedpop]

I found out about a lot of rad stuff through folkways stuff from the library (blind blake, blind lemon jefferson, charlie patton, leadbelly etc.), but I never saw any of the ones you posted there DNA. That "whiter shade of blue" one sounds great.

[Mr. DNA]

This is an amazing collection, too. Vintage blues and jazz songs about alcohol and drugs.



http://www.amazon.com/Drinkin-TNT-Smokin-Dynamite-Vintage/dp/B000ION1XQ

My favorite tracks are
Jimmy Liggins & His Drops Of Joy - Drunk
The Clovers - One Mint Julep
Bessie Smith - Gimme A Pigfoot (And A Bottle Of Beer)
Stick Mcghee - Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
Wynonie Harris - Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well?
Louis Jordan - What's The Use Of Getting Sober (When You're Gonna Get Drunk Again)
Leadbelly - Take A Whiff On Me
Andy Reynolds & His 101 Ranch Boys - Beer Bottle Mama
Coley Jones - Drunkard's Special

[Mein Fuhrer! I can walk!]

Not really blues, but still sick

[Mr. DNA]

I'd been wanting to make a thread about pre 1950's music Americana/Folk/roots like old bluegrass/hillbilly/blues/country/jazz. or any old timey music like western swing or jump blues. I guess I will high jack this thread.

There's this whole series of like 10 CDs I found at the library called Roots of Rock n Roll focusing on music from the 20's to the 40's. It's been hard to find them online.

http://www.audio-archives.com/en/catalogue/fiches/e_Rock-n-Roll_119.htm
There's a crapload of awesome songs on these CDs


Anything from the Alan Lomax , Library of Congress sessions is good, too