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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,838
    ^^^ Thank, funkygibbon! I'll watch for those.

    Another name I want to mention here, one that has shown up regularly over the years in listening to and reading about the blues, is Pete Welding. Welding brought many fine blues artists to light as a producer and writer and founder of Testament Records. Without Welding influence many of these great artists might not have been heard very widely at all.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,838
    edited May 2014
    Oh man, I can't believe I only just recently heard Delta Blues great Tommy Johnson for the first time. Only 18 recorded songs have surfaced from recording made in 1928 and 1929. Here's his great "Cool Drink of Water Blues" What a voice- what sweet sorrow.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MezmaVBNV8
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,227
    I've been listening to a lot of blues lately. Buddy Guy, Albert King, Freddie King, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters.....the usuals really. 

    I was recently introduced to Roy Buchanan. Not the strongest singer but definitely one of the greatest guitarists that ever lived. 
    If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done. - EV

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