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Magic Slim & James Cotton — When the Levee Breaks
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calypsus_1
(East of Eden)
Posted: Feb 22, 2013 - 18:33
 

 John Nemeth with Magic Slim by BoomerangThang
http://www.flickr.com/photos/duckfoot/

Shots taken at the legendary Zoo Bar in Lincoln, Nebraska featuring the great John Nemeth with Magic Slim sitting in.

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R.I.P. Great Bluesman.



helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Feb 13, 2013 - 01:12
 
Nice!

oldfart48
(boulder creek ca.)
Posted: Jan 12, 2013 - 18:51
 
 Gregorama wrote:
As one blues artist once put it, "How you ever know if you feel good, if you never had the blues?" :)

Colorwise wrote: Can someone tell me why anyone likes blues?? I really don't understand what's so great about this style of music.

Wait a spell, get your heart shredded a couple of times real bad, then listen again.  Should start gettin it.  Good blues players are all about changin yer mood.
 
 

IF YOU AIN'T HAD THE BLUES, YOU AIN'T BREATHIN'

oldfart48
(boulder creek ca.)
Posted: Jan 12, 2013 - 18:46
 
 cc_rider wrote:
Wiki says:

"When the Levee Breaks" is a blues song written and first recorded by husband and wife Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929. The song is in reaction to the upheaval caused by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.

So I'm cornfused why this album is 'Led Zeppelin' songs. But hey, any version of it is okay with me.

BTW, that is the same flood Randy Newman wrote a song about. To this day that flood, and the official reactions to it, have repercussions in the places it affected.
 

the brits were not stupid, public acccess public prorerty, they(many)claimed wrighting bill, some even got away with it because the orignators were dead with no family. the world KNOWS where the BLUES come from................

cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Dec 12, 2012 - 07:55
 
Wiki says:

"When the Levee Breaks" is a blues song written and first recorded by husband and wife Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929. The song is in reaction to the upheaval caused by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.

So I'm cornfused why this album is 'Led Zeppelin' songs. But hey, any version of it is okay with me.

BTW, that is the same flood Randy Newman wrote a song about. To this day that flood, and the official reactions to it, have repercussions in the places it affected.

Misterfixit
(Nashville)
Posted: Sep 24, 2012 - 10:13
 
 Gregorama wrote:
Magic Slim plays all the time back home in Lincoln, Nebraska at the Zoo Bar.  I believe they say it's either the longest running, or close to the longest running Blues Bar in the country.  Since the late '70s.  Great bar!
 
Have they removed the chicken wire screen yet in front of the band?  Man oh Man did I have some times there.  Did a Nuke inventory compliance inspection at one of the sites, 2 Army guys and 10 Air Force guys.  Oh My God.  We felt like we were nuked the next day.  And indeed "Cryin' won't hep you!"

Gregorama
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 09:55
 
As one blues artist once put it, "How you ever know if you feel good, if you never had the blues?" :)

Colorwise wrote: Can someone tell me why anyone likes blues?? I really don't understand what's so great about this style of music.

Wait a spell, get your heart shredded a couple of times real bad, then listen again.  Should start gettin it.  Good blues players are all about changin yer mood.
 



Ears_of_Stone
(Crushed under the hooves of the herd)
Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 09:55
 
 kcar wrote:
 
Uh, yeah...Tom, what's the original version of this song by your lights? Granted, this isn't it...but neither is Led Zep's. 

You might want to check out 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6C_5wxkuAQ

and see if you actually like the original...
 
Thanks for the link! I always appreciate knowing the real history.

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 09:54
 
 TomFromPoland wrote:
I really like blues, but it's unbearable. Couldn't stand this version...{#Puke}

There are songs being uncoverable. ' When the Levee...' is among them.

2/10
 

Oh I don't know that little band out of England....Zep I think it was did a pretty good job with it.

Gregorama
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 09:53
 
Magic Slim plays all the time back home in Lincoln, Nebraska at the Zoo Bar.  I believe they say it's either the longest running, or close to the longest running Blues Bar in the country.  Since the late '70s.  Great bar!

drivingunit103
(around the 4 western provinces)
Posted: May 21, 2012 - 05:47
 
... great morning boogie 'round the breakfast table. O yaaa...

lkovathana
(Chicago, Illinois)
Posted: May 05, 2012 - 15:53
 
I know the feeling.

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Apr 19, 2012 - 12:23
 
 slowhand wrote:
Super, all genres of modern music came from this type of Blues/Rock.
 
Not all of them.

kcar
Posted: Apr 03, 2012 - 23:11
 
 TomFromPoland wrote:
I really like blues, but it's unbearable. Couldn't stand this version...{#Puke}

There are songs being uncoverable. ' When the Levee...' is among them.

2/10
  
Uh, yeah...Tom, what's the original version of this song by your lights? Granted, this isn't it...but neither is Led Zep's. 

You might want to check out 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6C_5wxkuAQ

and see if you actually like the original...



rodwenban
(Central Coast NSW Australia)
Posted: Apr 03, 2012 - 23:04
 
 musickat wrote:
Nice to hear a little "real blues" here.  I think blues is always best when sprinkled in like salt.  
 
very true

musickat
(Lake of the Ozarks)
Posted: Mar 18, 2012 - 20:03
 
Nice to hear a little "real blues" here.  I think blues is always best when sprinkled in like salt.  

TomFromPoland
(Warsaw)
Posted: Jan 31, 2012 - 14:39
 
I really like blues, but it's unbearable. Couldn't stand this version...{#Puke}

There are songs being uncoverable. ' When the Levee...' is among them.

2/10

unclehud
(300 feet above the planet)
Posted: Dec 14, 2011 - 13:36
 
Colorwise wrote: Can someone tell me why anyone likes blues?? I really don't understand what's so great about this style of music.

Wait a spell, get your heart shredded a couple of times real bad, then listen again.  Should start gettin it.  Good blues players are all about changin yer mood.

shellbella
(so california)
Posted: Dec 14, 2011 - 13:16
 
There you go playing some AWESOME BLUES...  {#Cowboy}

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Sep 26, 2011 - 19:14
 
 nalle wrote:
Buy this album, it´s great and this tune rocks.
 
I agree...  this song is soooo good for the ears...
 

nalle
(Malmo, Sweden)
Posted: Aug 26, 2011 - 10:02
 
Buy this album, it´s great and this tune rocks.


myersei
(Denver, CO)
Posted: May 07, 2011 - 19:31
 
Don't know how one can love rock, jazz, or any other branch of american (or modern) music without digging the blues at least a little....it's the foundation of it all.

amoreena
(west whatnot)
Posted: Apr 22, 2011 - 07:47
 
 fingerpin wrote:
Colorwise wrote: Can someone tell me why anyone likes blues?? I really don't understand what's so great about this style of music. 

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

{#Clap} 
I suggest you have never colored outside the lines.....
 



bluecshells
(Texas)
Posted: Apr 22, 2011 - 07:47
 
Just want to get up from my chair and dance around in my cube!  Oh yeah.


chedak
(Somewhere-over-the-rainbow, KS)
Posted: Mar 05, 2011 - 16:43
 
Yeah, that's what I'm talkin about!!!  I do like me some blues...ready, to head to the bar for another beer.{#Bananajam}



fingerpin
(oHIo)
Posted: Feb 18, 2011 - 08:57
 
Colorwise wrote: Can someone tell me why anyone likes blues?? I really don't understand what's so great about this style of music. 

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

{#Clap} 


nicolewe
Posted: Feb 18, 2011 - 08:56
 
Well, well, when the levee breaks I hope this song is playing...{#Bananajam}{#Cowboy}

PeeBee
(Down South in The Netherlands)
Posted: Feb 18, 2011 - 08:55
 
BluesPower

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Feb 02, 2011 - 09:07
 
 WonderLizard wrote:
Killer version by Memphis Minnie and Kansas City Joe on the Roots of Rock CD.
 
Boot in repsonse to Giselle62's question below. The irony of course is that Led Zep's version was a (unaccredited) cover. Memphis Minnie's and Kansas City Joe's was the original. Interesting—and hopefully factual—Wiki article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Levee_Breaks



ick
(The 619)
Posted: Feb 02, 2011 - 09:05
 
I find it ironic that the album is called "Whole Lotta Blues - Songs of Led Zeppelin" when most of them probably weren't even Led Zeppelin's songs to begin with.

jools
(Brighton UK)
Posted: Dec 01, 2010 - 10:41
 
 fredriley wrote:
Doncha just lurv basic shit-kickin' blues? 8 from the back to basics Nottingham jury.
 
Hell yeah!!!!!

nalle
(Malmo, Sweden)
Posted: Dec 01, 2010 - 10:38
 
Yep, it´s Magic.

drews
(London, Blighty)
Posted: Aug 12, 2010 - 12:46
 
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:
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 !
 



drews
(London, Blighty)
Posted: Aug 12, 2010 - 12:40
 
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:
Doncha just lurv basic shit-kickin' blues? 8 from the back to basics Nottingham jury.

 


fingerpin
(OhiO)
Posted: Aug 12, 2010 - 12:31
 
 Giselle62 wrote:
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?
 
Yep. Memphis Minnie.


gumbo73039
(Devon, England)
Posted: Jun 25, 2010 - 06:01
 
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 !

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: May 24, 2010 - 10:03
 
Doncha just lurv basic shit-kickin' blues? 8 from the back to basics Nottingham jury.


calypsus_1
Posted: May 07, 2010 - 19:26
 

Magic Slim by ~gloubi
©2010-2012 ~gloubi

American blues living legend Magic Slim


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Giselle62
(California's Cental Coast)
Posted: Apr 22, 2010 - 17:47
 
yep, yep i was right. Cool song and originally played by a woman.

Giselle62
(California's Cental Coast)
Posted: Apr 22, 2010 - 17:46
 
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?

Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: Apr 07, 2010 - 07:39
 
Papernapkin wrote:
...It's raunchy, honest music from black people who've had a lot of heartache...
Blues music broke the color barrier long ago (like, in the 1930's). They still label the drinking fountains in your nape of the woods?


Papernapkin
(Mountain View, CA)
Posted: Feb 18, 2010 - 12:04
 
 Colorwise wrote:
Can someone tell me why anyone likes blues?? I really don't understand what's so great about this style of music.
 
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.


boober
(KC,Mo)
Posted: Feb 18, 2010 - 12:02
 
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!

jagdriver
(Just a tad south of Paradise)
Posted: Dec 17, 2009 - 16:22
 


A wonderful time was had by all!


zerosomething
Posted: Dec 17, 2009 - 16:21
 
Blues by rockers by bluse. Humm

martinc
(Ottawa Canada)
Posted: Dec 02, 2009 - 09:42
 
 stkman wrote:
James Cotton Blues Band used to be at all the festivals and was allways a pleasure to see, never was dissapointing, great song
 
Right on - They played a couple of times at my university in the early 70's. Smokin' on all counts.

gumbo73039
(Devon, England)
Posted: Dec 02, 2009 - 09:41
 
Play some more Magic Slim Bill, he's gooooood.9

shawshank
(Maryland)
Posted: Nov 16, 2009 - 06:40
 
{#Bananajam}

buzmaggie
(AZ, US)
Posted: Sep 30, 2009 - 10:56
 
yeah man! can we just keep it easy, the is for a nice fat one with a cold one!

jools
(Brighton UK)
Posted: Sep 30, 2009 - 10:54
 
 Colorwise wrote:
Can someone tell me why anyone likes blues?? I really don't understand what's so great about this style of music.
 
I can only suggest that you have no soul.