whoa oh, smokestack lightnin

just curious...

so... does anybody, anybody at all, listen to blues? not blues-based music (which is a great deal of popular music produced since the dawn of rock-and-roll), but the actual genre of blues. i dont know, so i figgered id ask

 

Yes, sometimes
I listen more often to blues rock, though.
Smokestack lightning is a great song, do you know the George Thorogood version?

 

twould be a 'yes' to answer your question... but i dont dig thorogood at all. heard the howlin wolf version? i like it better than the dead's rendition, and that is saying a lot

 

Nope, can't remember hearing Howlin' Wolf doing that song. I'll look it up.

 

you wont regret it, its fuckin swingin

 

Smokestack lightnin' is a good song AND a good band (also much less known).

It was staple of Garage Rock covers.. .and I love almost every version of it!

 

i like quicksilver messenger service's cover a lot

 

The Yardbirds' early live covers of the song are classics.

 

oo yeah, The Yardbirds pwned that song.

 

Yeah I love the blues, I gotta write a blues song for my music GCSE work soon, then reggae and dance etc.

GCSE music rules

 

I love their version of Who do you love as well, however it doesn't beat Bo Diddley's version.

 

i love the blues robert johnson is one of my all time favorite musicians and im learning a bunch of muddy waters songs on guitar

 

hmm, should i sell my soul? leadbelly is great too, you might wanna try leanin some o his songs.

 

nothin better than the yardbirds version.

 

respectfully disagreed

 

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee,'nuff said.

 

Canned Heat are good for the ol' Blues....Also Willie Dixon ,Fleetwood Mac.

 

ah man, i love the song "canned heat" (by canned heat)... such a groove

 

Yes, I'm lsitening to some Blues these days from the earlier half of the 20th century. I 'm lsitening to them for a course I'm taking about the roots of Rock 'n' Roll. Right now most of the songs are classic blues and sung by women, such Bessie Smith who recorded a hit blues song in the early 20's.

 

The blues is the basic staple of my musical diet. I can't get enough.