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Topic: top blues songs of all time

your opinion

for me...

1. The Thrill is Gone- B.B. King
2. Born Under A Bad Sign-Albert King
3. Stormy Monday Blues-Everyone under the sun smile
4. Cross Road Blues- Robert Johnson
5. Sweet Home Chicago- Robert Johnson

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Re: top blues songs of all time

thrill is gone
how blue can you get
hard time killing floor
smokestack lightning
mojo hand
worried down with the blues
joe's reconsider baby

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Re: top blues songs of all time

In vague order:

My Black Mama - Son House (later adapted by Robert Johnson to make Walking Blues)

Cross Road Blues -Robert Johnson

Rollin Stone - Muddy Waters

Stormy Monday - T Bone Walker

Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters

Juke - Little Walter

Killin' Floor - Howlin' Wolf

Double Trouble - Otis Rush

Born Under A Bad Sign - Albert King

On the Road Again - Canned Heat

The Thrill is Gone - B.B. King

Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin

Phone Booth - Robert Cray

Meet Me In the City - Junior Kimbrough

there's more, but that will do...

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Re: top blues songs of all time

Since I've Been Loving You (Zeppelin's version)

I Can't Quit You Babe (Zeppelin's version)

Blues Deluxe (Joe's version)

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Re: top blues songs of all time

Have you ever loved a woman - Freddie King

Fool no more - Peter Green

As the years go passing by - Albert King

Ive got a mind to give up living - BB King / Paul Butterfield

Bellbottom Blues - Derek and the Dominos

Bluejean Blues - ZZ Top

6 Reply by Michael (edited by Michael 2008-07-16 17:04:34)

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Re: top blues songs of all time

Tough .. But These Are My Nominations

CrossRoad Blues     ..... Robert Johnson
Mannish Boy           ..... Muddy Waters
Boogie Chillin         ..... John Lee Hooker
The Thrill is Gone    ..... B B King
Snake Drive           ..... R L Burnside
Cross Roads          .....  Eric Clapton
Machine Gun          .....  Jimi Hendrix
Texas Flood           .....  Stevie Ray Vaughan
Too Much Alcohol   .....  Rory Gallagher
Since I've Been Lovin' You ... Led Zeppelin
Still Got The Blues  ..... Gary Moore
Reconsider Baby    ..... Joe Bonamassa
Blues Deluxe         ..... Joe Bonamassa

.......................... Michael

Joe Bonamassa .......  His Greatest 3 Videos ... IMMHO   After Much Deliberation
3rd ...... Mountain Time / Rockpalast       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h01xa6NMsJo
2nd ...... Sloe Gin       /  Vienna            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRASS8O8ZnE           
1st ....... Blues Deluxe / The Borderline    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnl3E_KLxYg
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Re: top blues songs of all time

michael*lynch wrote:

Tough .. But These Are My Nominations

CrossRoad Blues     ..... Robert Johnson
Mannish Boy           ..... Muddy Waters
Boogie Chillin         ..... John Lee Hooker
The Thrill is Gone    ..... B B King
Snake Drive           ..... R L Burnside
Cross Roads          .....  Eric Clapton
Machine Gun          .....  Jimi Hendrix
Texas Flood           .....  Stevie Ray Vaughan
Too Much Alcohol   .....  Rory Gallagher
Since I've Been Lovin' You ... Led Zeppelin
Still Got The Blues  ..... Gary Moore
Reconsider Baby    ..... Joe Bonamassa
Blues Deluxe         ..... Joe Bonamassa

.......................... Michael

Nice one Michael, some good ones I forgot there

Here's some more:

Memory Pain - Percy Mayfield
Further On Down The Road - Bobby Bland
You Gotta Move - Fred Mississippi McDowall
All Your Love -Magic Sam
Rocket 88 - Ike Turner (and others)
La Grange - ZZ Top
Albert Collins - Black Cat Bone
Walter Trout - Say Goodbye To The Blues
Gravity - John Mayer
Out of Reach - Peter Green with John Mayall - a forgotten classic

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Re: top blues songs of all time

Greenose wrote:
michael*lynch wrote:

Tough .. But These Are My Nominations

CrossRoad Blues     ..... Robert Johnson
Mannish Boy           ..... Muddy Waters
Boogie Chillin         ..... John Lee Hooker
The Thrill is Gone    ..... B B King
Snake Drive           ..... R L Burnside
Cross Roads          .....  Eric Clapton
Machine Gun          .....  Jimi Hendrix
Texas Flood           .....  Stevie Ray Vaughan
Too Much Alcohol   .....  Rory Gallagher
Since I've Been Lovin' You ... Led Zeppelin
Still Got The Blues  ..... Gary Moore
Reconsider Baby    ..... Joe Bonamassa
Blues Deluxe         ..... Joe Bonamassa

.......................... Michael

Nice one Michael, some good ones I forgot there

Here's some more:

Memory Pain - Percy Mayfield
Further On Down The Road - Bobby Bland
You Gotta Move - Fred Mississippi McDowall
All Your Love -Magic Sam
Rocket 88 - Ike Turner (and others)
La Grange - ZZ Top
Albert Collins - Black Cat Bone
Walter Trout - Say Goodbye To The Blues
Gravity - John Mayer
Out of Reach - Peter Green with John Mayall - a forgotten classic

Peter Green is my favorite player. I agree about "Out of Reach". I was surprised and pleased that it was used during the opening scenes of the film City by the Sea with Robert De Niro released in 2002.

9 Reply by bigjeffjones (edited by bigjeffjones 2008-07-17 20:00:52)

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Re: top blues songs of all time

Black Snake Moan - Blind Lemon Jefferson
Preaching Blues - Son House
Hell Hounds - Robert Johnson
The Thrill is Gone - BB
Bad Love - Luther Allison
Born Under A Bad Sign - Albert King
The Sky is Crying - Elmo James/SRV
Done Somebody Wrong - Elmo James
Take Another Little Piece of My Heart - Queenie
I Can't Quit You - Otis Rush
I'll Play the Blues For You - Albert King
Killing Floor - Wolf
Someday After A While - Freddy King
Statesboro Blues - Blind Willie McTell
So Many Roads - Otis Rush
BackDoor Man - Willy Dixon

No order there.  I can go way back...even further.

EDITZ:  Obviously this is besides Joe.  Oh wait... He does a Slamming version of So Many Roads, a Minor Key Blues Prefection...So he is in there.

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Re: top blues songs of all time

Fletcher wrote:

Since I've Been Loving You (Zeppelin's version)

I Can't Quit You Babe (Zeppelin's version)

Blues Deluxe (Joe's version)

Whoa Good one that first one.  Did somebody else do a version of "Since I've Been Loving You"?  They wrote that.

Rock On & Keep the FAITH
             It is
Blues From the Bottoms

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Re: top blues songs of all time

bigjeffjones wrote:
Fletcher wrote:

Since I've Been Loving You (Zeppelin's version)

I Can't Quit You Babe (Zeppelin's version)

Blues Deluxe (Joe's version)

Whoa Good one that first one.  Did somebody else do a version of "Since I've Been Loving You"?  They wrote that.

I specified Zeppelin just in case someone else did it because I got called out when I mentioned a song by someone else and said they did it; even though I knew someone else did it first.
Just thought of another great song that I consider Blues based - Movin Out by Aerosmith. Hell, that album, their first one, has several good Blues Rock songs on it.

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Re: top blues songs of all time

Fletcher wrote:
bigjeffjones wrote:
Fletcher wrote:

Since I've Been Loving You (Zeppelin's version)

I Can't Quit You Babe (Zeppelin's version)

Blues Deluxe (Joe's version)

Whoa Good one that first one.  Did somebody else do a version of "Since I've Been Loving You"?  They wrote that.

I specified Zeppelin just in case someone else did it because I got called out when I mentioned a song by someone else and said they did it; even though I knew someone else did it first.
Just thought of another great song that I consider Blues based - Movin Out by Aerosmith. Hell, that album, their first one, has several good Blues Rock songs on it.

Gotxha!

Here's the first live version of number 2 that I heard.  I was 2 when he first recorded it, in 1956... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy2tEP3I3DM  ENJOY the history.  I don't know what year the video is from

BJJ
FDOL

Rock On & Keep the FAITH
             It is
Blues From the Bottoms

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Re: top blues songs of all time

bigjeffjones wrote:
Fletcher wrote:
bigjeffjones wrote:

Whoa Good one that first one.  Did somebody else do a version of "Since I've Been Loving You"?  They wrote that.

I specified Zeppelin just in case someone else did it because I got called out when I mentioned a song by someone else and said they did it; even though I knew someone else did it first.
Just thought of another great song that I consider Blues based - Movin Out by Aerosmith. Hell, that album, their first one, has several good Blues Rock songs on it.

Gotxha!

Here's the first live version of number 2 that I heard.  I was 2 when he first recorded it, in 1956... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy2tEP3I3DM  ENJOY the history.  I don't know what year the video is from

BJJ
FDOL

I saw Otis a few years ago. Loved him.

14 Reply by Bill S (edited by Bill S 2008-07-18 15:11:03)

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Re: top blues songs of all time

Fletcher wrote:
bigjeffjones wrote:
Fletcher wrote:

Since I've Been Loving You (Zeppelin's version)

I Can't Quit You Babe (Zeppelin's version)

Blues Deluxe (Joe's version)

Whoa Good one that first one.  Did somebody else do a version of "Since I've Been Loving You"?  They wrote that.

I specified Zeppelin just in case someone else did it because I got called out when I mentioned a song by someone else and said they did it; even though I knew someone else did it first.
Just thought of another great song that I consider Blues based - Movin Out by Aerosmith. Hell, that album, their first one, has several good Blues Rock songs on it.

Yeah, IMO their best album, with "Get Your Wings" next in line. I'm partial to "One Way Street" from the first.
Edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP6i7AybxUA

"Rock ON & Keep the Faith"
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Re: top blues songs of all time

Bill S wrote:
Fletcher wrote:
bigjeffjones wrote:

Whoa Good one that first one.  Did somebody else do a version of "Since I've Been Loving You"?  They wrote that.

I specified Zeppelin just in case someone else did it because I got called out when I mentioned a song by someone else and said they did it; even though I knew someone else did it first.
Just thought of another great song that I consider Blues based - Movin Out by Aerosmith. Hell, that album, their first one, has several good Blues Rock songs on it.

Yeah, IMO their best album, with "Get Your Wings" next in line. I'm partial to "One Way Street" from the first.
Edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP6i7AybxUA

Great song. That's a rarity in concert. Thanks.

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Re: top blues songs of all time

There's a great album which came out in 2000 called Whole Lotta Blues - songs of Led Zeppelin. There's a great version of Since I've Been Loving You by Otis Clay and I Can't Quit You Baby by Otis Rush and Eric Gales.

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Re: top blues songs of all time

Original artist  -Etta James (I think)

Version by Christine McVie of Chicken Shack recorded by Mike Vernon Blue Horizon Records -

    "I Would Rather Go Blind "

No Ordinary Joe

18 Reply by suhl (edited by suhl 2008-07-21 01:16:44)

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Re: top blues songs of all time

spoonful is actually my all time favorite song to hear covered so i think it is my favorite blues song.  oldest version i have heard was willie dixon not sure if it is the original or not

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