I miss the 80s. . .

[Bill Cravener]

Dave, Stevie Ray Vaughan has to be one of my all-time favorite musicians!! :bg

Was a sad day when he died.

[anunitu]

When I say blues I mean the OLD delta stuff,Robert Johnson,Big Mama Thornton,Muddy Waters,Bessie Smith,Etta James.Screaming Jay Hawkkins,Magic Slim.Lead Belly and like that
I like modern blues also, B.B. King,Clapton,Robert Cray,Stevie Ray for sure was a favorite, and Canned Heat..from the 70's

[hutch--]

Bessie Smith was a wonderful blues singer, even the 20s and 30 recording could not kill a voice that good. My other favourite from a bit earlier was Ma Rainey, recordings were terrible but she tended to sound like gravel anyway so it was no great loss.

[dedndave]

don't forget Sammy Cook
his music had a big affect on modern rock and blues

i really like Herbie Mann and that sort of thing
i had front row seats for one of his concerts long ago - it was awesome
someplace on one of my drives, i have a version of Cajun Moon by him

[rags]

Dave, Stevie Ray Vaughan has to be one of my all-time favorite musicians!! :bg

Was a sad day when he died.

I have to agree with you on that one Bill.
I had the fortune of getting to see him perform, with Greg Allman as the opening act.
It was an awesome show!

[Bill Cravener]

The man sure could play the guitar! :thumbu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GSpbuFSr2o

[dedndave]

that is a good one - he plays "flamingo" style in that one

there are a couple where he plays behind his back
this is one of them - Texas Flood
it is a long song - the last 2 minutes or so, the guitar stays behind his back

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood (long version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWLw7nozO_U

there is another one where the guitar goes back and forth from front to back - i don't remember which song

we used to have a couple DVD's - i think there are 3 Stevie DVD's out
Zara's uncle Bob liked em so much, we let him have em - lol
i need to get out and re-collect them - great stuff

[dedndave]

in this one, he plays it behind his head - lol

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Love Struck Baby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMX09jAGgTM

[anunitu]

The name I couldn't remember before "George Thorogood",one of my favorites in modern blues and rock.

[dedndave]

oh yah - George has been here in Phoenix many times - always a great show
the Allman Brothers is another good band if you like a little "southern blues/rock"

[hutch--]

You guys may know this, there was a style of music that used to ooze out of the swamps in Louisiana that has a really good feel to it but it was not modern, it sounded 1930s, any idea what this stuff is ?

[dedndave]

are you talking about dixie ? - a mixture of jazz and blues
there is also a form of blue-grass in that area - a bit more common to the north - it is more like folk music

[hutch--]

More a bluegrass feel to it, I have heard it on banjos, mandolins and violins as well as guitars. Its not frantic, very laid back and has a type of drag to it.

[dedndave]

you would probably enjoy the movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou"
loosely based on Homer's Iliad - set in the depression
very good blue-grass in that movie, or as they called it "ole timey music"
i have some of the tunes - let me see if i can find them...

[dedndave]

see if this is what you are talking about...

Soggy Bottom Boys - Constant Sorrow
http://www.4shared.com/file/240783011/2f85532c/Soggy_Bottom_Boys_Constant_Sor.html

i think it was actually sung by Ralph Stanley (pictured with his grandson)