fredriley wrote: 
Hell yeah!!!!!

Yep, it´s Magic.

Hey I remember Bishopstock, great blues festival out in the Devon (UK) countryside, till the organisers screwed up and did a runner almost a decade ago

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/bad-case-of-the-blues-as-music-festival-companies-cease-trading-668719.html

 gumbo73039 wrote: 

Hard drivin' bad ass blues yes! I aspire to sneaking some 'Lee Gates' from the 'Musicmaker' roster of bluesmen onto the play list one day; go get to see him if you can, though it helps if you live in the States round Durham NC or up in Milwaukee:

http://www.musicmaker.org/artists_profile/Lee-Gates


 fredriley wrote: 

 Giselle62 wrote: 
Yep. Memphis Minnie.

Oi luv this fella, saw him at Bishopstock Blues fest with Eric Bibb and Charlie Musselwhite. Oh and beer. Oh and sun.
It's nice to be old and look back !

Doncha just lurv basic shit-kickin' blues? 8 from the back to basics Nottingham jury.

Magic Slim by ~gloubi
©2010-2012 ~gloubi

American blues living legend Magic Slim


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yep, yep i was right. Cool song and originally played by a woman.

This version was a little too happy for me too; I have heard an old, old version that was more fingerpickin' blues i seem to remember was that a woman playing? I'm thinking Memphis Minnie or something?

 Colorwise wrote: 
It's raunchy, honest music from black people who've had a lot of heartache. People can relate to heartache. And the raunchiness is a nice alternative to the smooth pleasantries of, say, Bing Crosby. Blues and R&B merged to form good old Rock & Roll, so that's worth something especially to bands like The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin who were big fans and emulators. And lastly, over time the genre has taken on a mythic reverence and you'd really have to put yourself on the line to say, 'I don't like it. I don't get it.' So God bless you, Colorwise, for the courage to shake up the band wagon and speaking your mind.

James Cotton visited Kansas City about 10 years ago(Grand Emporium).At the concert this young kid was walking around with a harmonica case.He couldn't have been more than 16 years old.He said he was going to go on stage with "Mr Cotton and jam".The kid's name is Brody Buster and he blew everybody away.I don't think James Cotton ever came back on stage.Brody still plays all over KC and now as a veteran 26 year old he's worth checking out if you see him listed.
I saw Brody chatting with BB King at the Blues festival that same year.This kid knows everybody!

A wonderful time was had by all!

 stkman wrote: 
Right on - They played a couple of times at my university in the early 70's. Smokin' on all counts.

Play some more Magic Slim Bill, he's gooooood.9

yeah man! can we just keep it easy, the is for a nice fat one with a cold one!

 Colorwise wrote: 
I can only suggest that you have no soul.

 Colorwise wrote: 

In the future, we will all like the same music.  In fact, there will only be one song, an homage to Dear Leader, and we will all listen to it in rapt attention and agree how good it really is.

VET! ;-)

Bump & Grind music at it's finest!

OK, but this version seems too "happy" to me for the song's subject.  I much prefer Led Zeppelin's version which has an ominous feeling to it.

I always liked this song, even though my last name is Levy and I got teased a lot as a kid in the 70s when the Xeplin version was so popular.  Now my husband is the only one who calls me a "Mean ol' Levy" sometimes.

 Colorwise wrote: 

James Cotton Blues Band used to be at all the festivals and was allways a pleasure to see, never was dissapointing, great song

 marshall_42 wrote: 
P.S. No Don McLean, thanks.

AH-MAZE-ING

10 after only hearing 15 seconds

This might be as good a place as any to ask a question that's been bothering me (as a non-native speaker) for long:
Is the blues a plural noun?
Ah, yes. And, no, I don't like it eiter, though I tried.

And rumour has it that The Levee in American Pie s a bar that was no longer allowed to serve alcohol, hence them good ole boys had to go to Rye(?) to drink their whiskey there.