Blues is the roots

.. "Blues is the roots, the rest is the fruits" said Willy Dixon...such a wise man I guess... and a good synthetis of
today's american music.

Handyman for Chess records in the 50's, he acted as well as session musician, songwriter or producer and wrote many blues standards such as Little Red Rooster, My Babe or Ain't Supertitious.
He worked with the greatest from Muddy Waters to Howling Wolf and left such an imprint on modern blues.

Bedroom Blues

.. Mance Lipscomb I guess... but who was he playing for ?
Supercool blues: here's a song called "Take Me Back" (I first heard a Corey Harris's cover of this one) ...
Real soothing blues, sounds a bit like Mississippi John Hurt stuff...

JB Lenoir

JB Lenoir recorded one of my favourite acoustic albums: Alabama Blues

Sleepy John Estes

.. strange voice and blues poetry...

Bukka White

.. muddy bottleneck, rough blues and resonator guitar... back to the roots...

Hounddog Taylor

.. six fingers at each hand and a smile like a knife... sharp enough to cut one on a drunken night...




.. some good time music...

Howlin' Wolf

.. Chester Burnett aka Howlin' Wolf... deep chilling voice on tribal rhythms...


.. one of my favorite tracks from the London sessions...Who's been talking? ...