R.I.P. — Alan “The Blind Owl” Wilson (1943-1970)
September 3, 2009
Canned Heat guitarist, blues aficionado and mother earth lover, Alan “The Blind Owl” Wilson died on this date in 1970. Click here to read piece I wrote on Al for Hidden Track back in January.
“On The Road Again”:
Muddy Waters & Sonny Boy Williamson — “Got My Mojo Working”
August 26, 2009
I was listening to this again today, as I had my trusty iPod on shuffle, and I must say this is a smokin’ show. Don’t expect Lindsay and Stevie, this Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green, man. Translation, this is blooze. Pre-FM radio mega-stardom that is synonymous with Fleetwood Mac’s 70’s output was in the future and Peter Green was the man. He is truly one of the great, overlooked and almost forgotten guitarists. Green has struggled with schizophrenia for decades. This is a great place to start for unintiated.(This is a repost from August 2008)
CD#1
June 9, 1968 first set
01 [cuts in] Madison Blues 4:31
02 My BabyÕs Gone 6:00
03 My BabyÕs Skinny 4:48
04 Worried Dream 9:57
05 Dust My Broom 4:32
06 Got To Move 3:00
07 Worried Mind 4:41
08 instrumental 10:29
09 Have You Ever Loved A Woman? 7:58
10 Lazy Poker Blues 4:49
CD#2
June 9, 1968 second set 36:44
01 [cuts in] Stop MessinÕ ÔRound [with Paul Butterfield] 2:12
02 I Loved Another Woman [with Paul Butterfield] 7:03
03 I Believe [with Paul Butterfield] 5:17
04 The Sun Is Shining [with Paul Butterfield] 6:27
05 Long Tall Sally [with Paul Butterfield] 4:53
06 Willie & The Hand Jive 4:04
07 > Tuti Frutti 3:02
08 thanks by Peter Green, announcer band intros + crowd noise before encore 0:32
09 Ready Teddy [cut] 3:16
June 7 or 8, 1968 S.F. Carousel Ballroom
10 [cuts in] I Need Your Love So Bad 1:46
11 I Believe 4:59
12 Shake Your Moneymaker 9:12
13 Ready Teddy 2:30
14 Peter Green says thanks, announcer outro + crowd noise 0:19
Peter Green – guitar, vocals
John McVie – bass
Mick Fleetwood – drums
Jeremy Spencer – guitar, vocals
Paul Butterfield – harp (where noted)
Happy Birthday — Willie Dixon
July 1, 2009
Blues legend Willie Dixon was born on this date in 1915. Dixon penned such classics as “I Just Want To Make Love To You”, “I Ain’t Superstitous”, “Back Door Man”, “Wang Dang Doodle” and “Little Red Rooster”, amongst others. Dixon died in 1992, an inspiration to multiple generations, an often imitated/never duplicated style and a blues ambassador. Here’s he is doing “I’m Nervous”:
“Cars Hiss By My Window”
April 7, 2009
This is truly one of my favorite late period Doors songs. It has always sounding like skid row blooze with an extra helping of melancholy. Jim Morrison had always wanted to master the blues harp, but never could get the feel for the damn thing. You’ll hear him in early Doors shows wailing away, but all that effort produces awful, out of tune bleats. At the conclusion of this 4th song from L.A. Woman, Jim mimics a Little Walter harmonica line with his voice and just nails it. It’s almost as good as the real thing, which leads me to the video we’re featuring here of YouTube user “Charliemusslewhite” layin’ it down with a an excellent rendition of this almost 40 year old song.
R.I.P. — Bob “The Bear” Hite (1943-1981)
April 5, 2009
Canned Heat’s blues shouter and vocalist, Bob Hite died of a heart attack at the age of 36 on this date in 1981. Here’s Bob with the band in the summer of ‘69:
Buddy Guy — “Money (That’s What I Want)”
March 19, 2009
Buddy Guy singing Bernie Madoff’s favorite tune, orignially written by Motown founder, Berry Gordy. From Festival Express.
Paul Butterfield — Sausalito, CA (12/30/73)
March 17, 2009
1 Walkin’ Blues
2 Take Your Pleasure Where You Find It
3 Broke My Baby’s Heart
4 Done a Lot of Wrong Things
5 He’s Got All the Whiskey
6 It All Comes Back
7 Down at the Bottom
8 Too Many Drivers
Happy Birthday — Bob “The Bear” Hite
February 26, 2009
Avid blues record collector, frontman, blues harpist and vocalist/shouter for Canned Heat was born on this day in 1945. Here’s “The Bear” with Canned Heat and Hef from “Playboy After Dark”.
Muddy Waters — San Francisco, CA (11/6/1966)
February 17, 2009
1. Chicken Shack 6:09
2. You Can’t Lose What You Never Had 4:27
3. Forty Days And Forty Nights 4:14
4. Baby Please Don’t Go 2:53
5. Thirteen Highway 11:18
6. Rock Me Baby 6:19
7. I’ll Go Crazy 2:49
8. Sweet Sixteen 7:21
9. Everything Is Alright 2:04
10. What’s The Matter With You 2:54
11. Don’t Answer the Door 6:19
12. Instrumental 1:12
