Songs with “blues” in the title

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Shawn Colvin's cover of Killing The Blues.

 

And another Great Texan doing his own blues.

 

 

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On 3/9/2019 at 12:05 PM, Patricio Swayze said:

 

I always giggled at Blue Jean Blues, especially the oil and gasoline line. The most tongue in cheek blues song ever written.

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Hag does Jimmie Rodgers

 

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Dave Alvin - Evening Blues.  One of my favorites

 

 

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Well this is an old thread resurrection!

Can’t remember if I posted this one.

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13 minutes ago, Anton Chigurh said:

Well this is an old thread resurrection!

Can’t remember if I posted this one.

 

I was in the truck listening to hair nation and they played that Cinderella song, and I decided I needed to pull this thread up and add it. 

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1 hour ago, Pato del Muerto said:

I was in the truck listening to hair nation and they played that Cinderella song, and I decided I needed to pull this thread up and add it. 

Man I enjoy Cinderella. 

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How did this one get missed?

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On 4/2/2021 at 12:14 PM, Carl Spackler said:

Hag does Jimmie Rodgers

Jimmie Rodgers does Jimmie Rodgers

Bill Monroe does Jimmie Rodgers

Dolly Parton does Jimmie Rodgers

 

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On 4/2/2021 at 12:29 PM, Post Oak said:

Dave Alvin - Evening Blues.  One of my favorites

 

 

Dave Alvin doesn't get enough love. 

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The Jayhawks

 

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A little off the beaten path that one.

Someone included the studio of this one.  I've always enjoyed this live version:

 

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18 hours ago, Deej said:

Dave Alvin doesn't get enough love. 

Testify.  This one should have been called "The Ashgrove Blues".  Got to see him on this tour with Los Straitjackets.   Just a fantastic tone on that strat.  

 

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Discovered this singer a few years back when she was the touring vocalist for Tricky.  Don't know quite how to describe her style...maybe gothic, jazzy, Americana. 

 

 

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1996. Randy California and Ed Cassidy put a new Spirit band together. It included founding member Mark Andes’ brother Matt and Matt’s daughter Rachel. They were going to go on tour. I was finally going to see them live.

Before the tour, Randy went to visit his mom in Hawaii. One day on the beach, Randy’s 12-year-old son got caught in a riptide. Randy rushed to his aid and managed to toss him to safety. But Randy was sucked out to see and his body was never recovered. The tour was canceled and I never got to see Spirit live.

 

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*sea

It’s amazing how easy it is to miss your own typo because your brain sees what you meant to type instead of what you actually typed. 

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18 hours ago, WhatTheBuck said:

1996. Randy California and Ed Cassidy put a new Spirit band together. It included founding member Mark Andes’ brother Matt and Matt’s daughter Rachel. They were going to go on tour. I was finally going to see them live.

Before the tour, Randy went to visit his mom in Hawaii. One day on the beach, Randy’s 12-year-old son got caught in a riptide. Randy rushed to his aid and managed to toss him to safety. But Randy was sucked out to see and his body was never recovered. The tour was canceled and I never got to see Spirit live.

 

It looks like California fell into the sea.

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1 hour ago, Deej said:

It looks like California fell into the sea.

You probably think that’s funny. Actually, Randy was born Randy Wolfe. He was given the name California by a guy who called himself Jimmy James when Randy joined his NYC band the Blue Flames. Randy was just 16 years old at the time and James gave him the name “California” because there was already another Randy in the band. That Jimmy was actually named Johnny by his parents. Last name Hendrix.

That band leader got the opportunity to go to London and form a band. He invited Randy to go with him but Randy’s mom refused, saying he was too young. Jimmy James became Jimi Hendrix and his new band was called The Experience. Perhaps you’ve heard of them.

But Jimi didn’t forget his friend. Later on Randy California’s band Spirit was offered the spot before Hendrix at Woodstock. Unfortunately, Spirit’s manager declined that opportunity because he thought it would be better for the band to go on a radio tour promoting their latest single, “I Got A Line On You.” That stupid festival in upstate New York probably wouldn’t amount to much.

The story of Spirit is a great rock ‘n’ roll tragedy. They were more popular among other musicians than they were with the general public. If you don’t know their music then you’re missing out.

My best sounding bootleg is from their performance at the Texas International Pop Festival in 1969. And yes, Zeppelin totally ripped off Taurus for the intro to Stairway to Heaven. They ripped off everybody. They also used to “jam” (for lack of a better word because improvisation wasn’t their strong suit) on the Spirit song Fresh Garbage. 

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2 hours ago, Deej said:

 

The jurors in the trial didn’t even get to listen to some douchebag guitarist with no connection to either band make the case for Zeppelin. They certainly were forbidden to even listen to a recording of the song Taurus by Spirit. They were only allowed to look at sheet music. It’s not like Zeppelin isn’t known for being huge rip-off artists with a long history of claiming other artists’ music as their own. They were also monumental assholes who exemplified the self-indulgent decadence of rock music at the time and used their wealth and a team of lawyers to buy their way out of every criminal prosecution against them. You should read Bill Graham’s autobiography.

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17 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

The jurors in the trial didn’t even get to listen to some douchebag guitarist with no connection to either band make the case for Zeppelin. They certainly were forbidden to even listen to a recording of the song Taurus by Spirit. They were only allowed to look at sheet music. It’s not like Zeppelin isn’t known for being huge rip-off artists with a long history of claiming other artists’ music as their own. They were also monumental assholes who exemplified the self-indulgent decadence of rock music at the time and used their wealth and a team of lawyers to buy their way out of every criminal prosecution against them. You should read autobiography.

You should actually listen to his explanation. Following your reasoning Spirit should be sued by those that played that shit before them. 

Edited April 15, 2021 by Deej

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2 hours ago, Deej said:

You should actually listen to his explanation. Following your reasoning Spirit should be sued by those that played that shit before them. 

I did. It’s bullshit. Zep fans are the worst. At least admit they were monumental song-stealing assholes and a bunch of decrepit douchebags.

And pedophiles.