Paul Black and the Flips Kings and a killer release from the late 90's on the House Of Blues label "King Dollar". Paul guitar and vocals. Robert Johnson's ..Dead Shrimp Blues
This was released in 2018 and still one of my favorites.A great tribute to one of the greats,Elmore James and some very unlikely people doing it to. Warren Haynes and Billy Gibbons workin out here on a classic Elmore tune.
I live in Helsinki and a couple years ago was walking around when I saw a plaque on a building, announcing it was the location where he'd spent the remainder of his life... his gravesite is fairly close to my house, but still haven't paid a visit... will soon now that the weather is turning nice.... anyhoo, this is definitely a great record...
Junior, All Night Long. There's almost an elysian sound to JK's silvery guitar, though from what I've read he was anything but a superlunary character. Those amazing contradictions seem almost inherent to the Deep South mythology, and add another layer of intrigue to so many of the old school Delta players.
Little Walter,the man who was so influential in the early 50's for all that followed,his solo recordings and those classics with Muddy Waters are all essential. This great 2 CD set from 1995 on Chess,full of unreleased and alternate takes.Most unreleased or never released in the U.S. at the time. Blues With A Feeling/Chess Collectibles Vol 3
Listening at the moment to one of my all time favorite blues albums (or favorite albums period). Definitely in my top 5 With Folk Singer by Muddy Waters and Junior Wells Hoodoo Man Blues. Albert King – Born Under A Bad Sign Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab – UDCD 577, Rhino Records (2) – UDCD 577, Atlantic – UDCD 577 Series: Original Master Recording – Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, 24k Gold Country: US Released: 1993
Thank you for posting. Intrigued by the cover I googled and listened to a bit of one song which was enough for me to put it on to my discogs want list.
Thank you. Looks like Music on vinyl has recently repressed 7936. So I'll look for both. Cuz I have a problem.
Thanks for putting this on my radar. It's so cool to see that Jimmy is still doing his thing these days. I got to see him at B.L.U.E.S. in Chicago in the 90s and it was a lot of fun. "I Need Some Easy Money" remains one of my favorite "later era" blues classics. Here's a fairly rare video. Pro-shot in Portugal in 1978, it's Buddy Guy and Junior Wells with Jimmy Johnson on second guitar. Jimmy takes a solo towards the end of the tune (roughly 5:40 in), right after Junior states "He Jim...git me some" .
Here's the entire Buddy Guy & Junior Well Portugal 1978 video (albeit in the wrong aspect ratio). I'm thinking this has to be some of the only footage of Jimmy Johnson in his "early blues days". Apparently he didn't start playing blues until the 1970s. Jimmy takes a solo in the opening number here, "Messin' With The Kid".
