From #losangeles #california, Debbie Davies #electric #guitar #maestro. She provided a lot of the backbone for Albert Collins and the Icebreakers and has plenty of #solo #music. #blues #bkuesmusic #rock #womeninmusic music.youtube.com/watch?v=awK_...

Where The Blues Come To Die

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#nowspinning Jimmie Lee Harris's only #album that I am aware of. Out of #alabama, #acoustic #guitar and #mouthbow as #instruments. Very stripped down #blues. #vinyl #vinylcommunity #music #bluesmusic #vinylsky

Check out this post #punk #newwave #video #song from @yamaubamusic.bsky.social! #electric #guitar and #sax #saxaphone awesomeness! They just released a Sineád O'Conner cover too. youtu.be/N5s2OgLd5lE?...

Yama Uba - Shapes (Official Music Video)

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#brooklyn based Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton playing #acoustic #guitar for "Mississippi Bottom" on his new #album form #smithsonian folkways. Amazing album, highly #talented #artist! he's already been #featured at #carnegiehall #blues #music #bluesmusic music.youtube.com/watch?v=YSKB...

Mississippi Bottom

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A very #strong candidate for #father of #rockandroll: Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup. A significant influence on #elvis, his songs were also covered by #rodstewart and #eltonjohn. His resting place is in #virginia, another #famous bluesman from #mississippi #nowspinning #vinyl #blues #music #bluesmusic

Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal doing some #piedmont #blues. #acoustic #guitar and #harmonica. #classic #bluesmusic. Both musicians have a storied #history playing with some of the best while having their own huge catalog of #tunes. #listen to this for #fun music.youtube.com/watch?v=y0ZR...

My Baby Done Changed the Lock on the Door

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Happy B'Day Feb 15 to blues legend Kokomo Arnold! Old Original Kokomo Blues youtube.com/watch?v=YMe3... Milk Cow Blues youtube.com/watch?v=B944... The Best of Kokomo Arnold youtube.com/watch?v=bKdl... #Blues #bluesmusic #bluesguitar #bottleneckguitar

From #australia, Anni Piper is a great #singer and #guitarist, here playing one of my favorite #electric #blues #tunes "Untrue". She also lived in #cocoabeach #florida for some time. This is a #whimsical #song about a #marriage that never made it to starting. music.youtube.com/watch?v=MGax...

Untrue

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One of the Kings of the Mississippi Hill Country Blues style, Junior Kimbrough. He still has family members that play. #raw #guitar #blues #music #bluesmusic #nowspinning #vinyl #vinylcommunity #oldschoolcool #mississippi #history #musichistory

Mary Lou Williams was a composer and mentor to many of the early jazz greats, shaping the direction of the genre. Why is she now so unknown? Find out. And find her. Hear her story! 👇 #WomenInHistory

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Joanne Shaw Taylor of #westmidlands #england, discovered by Dave Stewart of the #british #newwave duo #eurythmics plays her soulful raw version of "Let Me Down Easy". Off of "The Blues Album", a chart topping #music #hit. #blues #bluesmusic #guitar #electric music.youtube.com/watch?v=MbW9...

Joanne Shaw Taylor - "Let Me Down Easy" - Official Music Video

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Buffalo Nichols of #milwaukee #wisconsin covers "You're Going to Need Someone on Your Bond" originally by Blind Willie Johnson in #neworleans #louisiana. Off his latest amazing album The Fatalist. #accoustic #slide #guitar #blues #music #bluesmusic #steel #cool music.youtube.com/watch?v=IUJj...

Buffalo Nichols - You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond (Official Video)

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#oldschoolcool. John Lee Hooker got a job at #ford in #detroit in the #1940s. His #blues #music career took off from there. And don't forget his #performance on the #street in the Blues Brothers #movie. Director's cut has the full #song. #nowspinning #vinyl #vinylsky #vinylcommunity #bluesmusic

#chicago, #houston and #westcoast #blues and #r&b legend Big Mama Thornton belting out "Rock Me Baby." She once played #theapollo in #harlem and not until 2024 was inducted in to the #rock and #roll #halloffame. She has been in the blues hall of fame since 1984. music.youtube.com/watch?v=ONbw...

Rock Me Baby

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From #brownsville #tennessee, Son Bonds playing with Sleepy John Estes and Hammie Nixon. Great early #country #blues with #accoustic #guitar and #kazoo. Sadly not many recordings of Son. Glad to have what we do have! #nowspinning #vinyl #vinylcommunity #30s #40s #oldschoolcool (kazoo!)

Check out @whiterosemotoroil.bsky.social's cover of #r&b #tune "You're No Good", originally by Dee Dee Warwick and a number one hit by Linda Ronstadt. This version definitely has its own flavor with a driving #guitar and plenty of raw energy, I really enjoy it! youtu.be/1JZXLdwUKl8?...

You're No Good (Pre-Owned Songs)

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Some heavier stuff this morning but a great tune. Gary Moore from #belfast #northernireland, formerly of #thinlizzy and the #irish version of #skidrow, from one of his last albums: "Enough of the Blues" #blues #music #bluesmusic #guitar #electricguitar #rock music.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPwM...

Enough of the Blues

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#nowspinning "Going Upstairs" by Little Freddie King (no connection to #texas #blues player Freddie King). From #mississippi, LFKing is based in #neworleans. And he's a cousin of Lightnin' Hopkins! #vinyl #vinylcommunity #music #cool #unique #guitar #electric

For those of you that are/were in to #arenarock, #welsh #newwave #band The Alarm is still churning out #tunes! Check out their new single below and feel free to check out some #blues posts while you're here! #wales #rock #80s #retro #punk music.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ8B...

Chimera

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From their latest album "Sam's Place" #lossangeles #california band Little Feat does a great version of "Can't Be Satisfied", originally a #muddywaters tune. Even #rock #legends #vanhalen have covered Little Feat tunes. #blues #music #bluesmusic music.youtube.com/watch?v=8ESo...

Can't Be Satisfied

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I posted this article after the new year and believe it needs airtime on Bluesky. Serious numbers here! #music #women #musicindustry #herizonmusic open.substack.com/pub/herizonm...

2024's Over-Achieving Women in Music

Plus: GRAMMYS Pregame Programming for 2025

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From #newyork born Eric Bibb's album "Ridin'". Eric lives in #stockholm #sweden after a short stay in #kirkkonummi #finland. music.youtube.com/watch?v=NdZV...

I Got My Own

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When one thinks of #blues #piano, Otis Spann is at the top of the list. A #chicago #legend, he played with, well, everyone. Muddy, Buddy, etc. One of his mentors was Big Maceo. His mother worked with Bessie Smith! #bluesmusic #musichistory #music music.youtube.com/watch?v=xtMq...

Temperature is Rising (100. 2 F)

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The amazing Bonnie Rait covers " #walking #blues", a traditional blues tune. Her career started in #philadelphia but she's become an international #music #star. #bluesmusic #guitar #accoustic #famouswomen #womeninmusic music.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt1g...

Walkin' Blues (Live)

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George "Harmonica" Smith doing his version of "Going Down Slow." From #arkansas, he played intermittently with Muddy Waters in #chicago but spent most of his time in #california #harmonica #blues #music #bluesmusic #oldschoolcool music.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfv_...

George Harmonica Smith - Goin' Down Slow

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#music #history: Sister Rosetta Tharpe is one of the most important musicians of the 20th century. When Chuck Berry and Johnny Cash call you a major influence that probably is an indication. #guitar #rock #electricguitar #rockandroll #blues #bluesmusic #womeninhistory youtu.be/E1rgnoM1bQA?...

Sister Rosetta Tharpe • “Trouble In Mind” • 1964 [Reelin' In The Years Archive]

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The incomparable guitar player from #lettsworth #louisiana Buddy Guy pays tribute to the Mississippi Hill County Blues style. #album title is, well, "Blues Singer". Covers of Junior Kimbrough, T-Model Ford and others. One of my favorites! #blues #music #bluesmusic #nowspinning #vinyl #vinylcommunity

Super Chikan, Sue Foley and others will be in #notodden #norway this summer! The Notodden blues festival has a rich blues history starting in 1988 with attendees like BB King, Koko Taylor, Buddy Guy, the list goes on. #blues #music #bluesmusic #live #livemusic #concert bluesfest.no/en/

#texas native country blues legend Blind Lemon Jefferson on the spindle this morning. He played in #deepellum in #dallas in the 1910s and was a big influence on #folk and #country. #blues #music #bluesmusic #nowspinning #vinyl #vinylcommunity

One of my favorite lesser known albums. Great for decompressing after a day or for a #roadtrip About as stripped down and raw as it gets. From #mississippi, Charles Caldwell's only album, titled Remember Me. #blues #music #bluesmusic #nowspinning #vinyl #electricguitar #guitar #rare #unique