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Jim Brennan

Trad climber

Vancouver Canada

Jan 21, 2012 - 05:54pm PT

Here's Urban Species' song Blanket that is as blues as anything else I can think of:

Gary

climber

"My god - it's full of stars!"

Topic Author's Reply - May 15, 2012 - 09:52pm PT

THIS is what the Chicago blues is all about:

zBrown

Ice climber

Chula Vista, CA

May 15, 2012 - 10:02pm PT

The short answer:

Jimi Hendrix - Mannish Boy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFiSgJUNZI0

The long answer:

Jimi Hendrix - Blues (1994) - [FULL ALBUM]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUPNpTLbmok

The Warbler

climber

the edge of America

May 15, 2012 - 10:09pm PT

men's cryin' bout it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0aIjyX7vwI

The Warbler

climber

the edge of America

May 15, 2012 - 10:14pm PT

But that's alright, I still got my guitar:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IKdQhzx2vM&feature=related

The Warbler

climber

the edge of America

May 15, 2012 - 10:23pm PT

Even white boyz get the blues:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF1p8sawWJ0

Gary

climber

"My god - it's full of stars!"

Topic Author's Reply - Jun 13, 2012 - 07:33pm PT

Otis Rush is the Blues:

Toker Villain

Big Wall climber

Toquerville, Utah

Jun 17, 2012 - 07:31am PT

Speaking of Jimi Hendrix; anybody know his connection to the show Law & Order?

Mariska Hargitay, who plays Olivia Benson, is the daughter of bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay and '50s blond bombshell, Jayne Mansfield, who, as her film career waned in the early '60s did some sound studio work with Hendrix.

mouse from merced

Trad climber

The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.

Jan 8, 2013 - 05:05pm PT

Mariska's Ma. And vehicle. Trolling the blues.

The blue laws ain't quite enough in SoCal...


	CLICK ME!!! HURRY!!! Credit: mouse from merced

Have You Ever Loved A Woman?/Clapton, Whoa Hand, Slow Hand, Derek, Journeyman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B95HAWZANLg

mechrist

Gym climber

South of Heaven

Jan 8, 2013 - 05:08pm PT

I got the blues

mouse from merced

Trad climber

The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.

Jan 8, 2013 - 05:10pm PT

He's got the blues so bad

Urizen

Ice climber

Berkeley, CA

Jan 8, 2013 - 05:11pm PT

The blues is a woman on your mind.

--Mississippi John Hurt.

mouse from merced

Trad climber

The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.

Jan 8, 2013 - 05:30pm PT


	Blue Woman, Red Man by Jen Baird/fineartamerica. Credit: GI

Devil Got My Woman/Skip James early version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtZ6DoeimP4

Gary

Social climber

Right outside of Delacroix

Topic Author's Reply - Jan 8, 2013 - 07:24pm PT

Skip James knows the blues, indeed.

People, if I ever can get up
Off a-this old hard killin' flo'
Lord, I'll never get down
This low no mo

weezy

climber

Jan 8, 2013 - 11:45pm PT

Gary

Social climber

Right outside of Delacroix

Topic Author's Reply - Jan 9, 2013 - 05:43am PT

^^That man sho enuf got the Blues. Blind Boy Willie McTell knows the cure for him, though.

Gary

Social climber

Right outside of Delacroix

Topic Author's Reply - Jan 9, 2013 - 08:26pm PT

Kyoto! The Blues! Today!

Chinchen

climber

Way out there....

Jan 9, 2013 - 08:30pm PT

C-72%
M-54%
Y-0%
K-20%

'Pass the Pitons' Pete

Big Wall climber

like Ontario, Canada, eh?

Jan 9, 2013 - 08:37pm PT

Hey cats, I'm gigging tomorrow in Toronto - trombone and piano.

12 bar jazz blues in C:

C7 ...... F7 ...... C7 ...... C7
| \ \ \ \ | \ \ \ \ | \ \ \ \ | \ \ \ \ |

F7 ...... F dim ... C7 Bb7 A7
| \ \ \ \ | \ \ \ \ | \ \ \ \ | \ \ \ \ |

D7 ...... G7 ...... C7 . A7 .D7 . G7
| \ \ \ \ | \ \ \ \ | \ \ \ \ | \ \ \ \ ||

Don't forget to throw in all those 9ths and blues notes like the flattened third, the fourth and the augmented fourth, and of COURSE the 7th, or it just ain't blue.

And Anders - the blues is a singular word. Sheesh.