rootsnbluesfestival:

Skip James - Devil Got My Woman

Newport 1966

f.y.i. that’s Howlin’ Wolf and Mississippi John Hurt watching him.

magnificentruin:

Cannonball Adderly Quintet
Walk Tall 

Introduction by the Rev. Jesse Jackson

I never went in for afterglow /
or candlelight on the mistletoe /
but now when you turn the lamp down low…

I’m Beginning to See the Light — Joe Williams and Count Basie

rootsnbluesfestival:

Lightnin’

Muddy Waters — Long Distance Call

aconversationoncool:

“I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.” Ray Charles

(via tittysandpancakes)

Crazy Date by The Crazy Teens

from The Oxford American Southern Music CD No. 12: Alabama

Blind Boy Fuller

Sweet Honey Hole

thereisnogod:

First Hymnal for Atheists (by FreedomTuners)

All praise be to Steve Martin.

Huey “Piano” Smith & His Clowns — Don’t You Know Yockomo

From the progenitor of early New Orleans R&B. Let’s make this a hit.

Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well

Lucky Millender & His Orchestra, with Wynonie Harris on vocal

Billboard R&B chart topper, July 1945.

Ahmad’s Blues — Ahmad Jamal Trio

(Tenor saxophonist Ben Webster peering from the sidelines.)

(Source: phazelog)

Big Jay McNeely playing on his back, Los Angeles, 1951

(Source: bennysaysyeah)

I Love Blues

The Pim Jacobs Trio featuring Wes Montgomery, 1965

Wes Montgomery, guitar
Pim Jacobs, piano
Ruud Jacobs, bass
Han Bennink, drums

(Source: jazzpages, via 3rdrockroller-deactivated201201)

Talkin’ Casey

Mississippi John Hurt

(Source: Wikipedia, via squirrelwatch)