Chicago Blues Battle: Sonny Boy Williamson2 vs. Little Walter

[bobthedrummer]

Poll question: Chicago Blues Battle: Sonny Boy Williamson2 vs. Little Walter

Blues harp!

[bobthedrummer]

1. Marion Jacobs died young.

[NewHampster]

2. Greatest Blues Harp ever

[bobthedrummer]

3. There's Junior Wells to consider, and Paul Butterfield too

I love Chicago Blues!

[NewHampster]

4. They were all great because of Heart

http://www.bluesworld.com/

[bobthedrummer]

5. "Blues with a feeling,

that's what I have for you."

[NewHampster]

7. Saw Muddy in 71 or 2 in CT. Wow

Muddy Waters said it, you know the blues got a soul
James Brown said it, you know the blues got a soul
Well the blues had a baby and they named the baby rock & roll

[bobthedrummer]

11. A bandmate and I used to ride Amtrak to Chicago from Milwaukee

when we were 15-16. We heard Junior Wells, Little Walter, Paul Butterfield when they would play the Old Town Clubs on N. Wells.

You had to be 23 to get into the clubs then-lol.

[NewHampster]

13. I bet you can still here the tunes when you close your eyes

What an experience. I'm jealous

[bobthedrummer]

20. Actually my fondest musical experience was sitting in a New Year's

Eve set with Johnny Young and "Big" Walter Horton when I was around 17.

They traveled up to The Avant-Garde coffeehouse in Milwaukee for that and I hung out there.

It was incredible, even though Big was quite drunk!

Johnny was always a gentleman.

[Bundbuster]

22. Wow! Did you ever get to see

Junior Wells & Buddy Guy playing together then? I saw Buddy in 1988, and he was tremendous, but I sure do wish I'd seen them together in the late '50's and '60's in Chicago.

[bobthedrummer]

24. I know I caught Junior Wells, but I couldn't get into The Purple Onion

so we hung out at the door, a couple of whiteboys from Milwaukee-we would listen and try to see the show.

It was a great time!

[Spider Jerusalem]

27. I saw Junior Wells about a year before he died...

Great show...Junior Wells, KoKo Taylor, and the Chicago Blues All-Stars, plus Buddy Guy and BB King. And I was 3 rows from the stage. One of the best concerts I've been to.

[mitchum]

6. I work with an autistic teenager who looks just like Sonny Boy...

my best friend thought I was kidding until I sent him a photo.

[bobthedrummer]

9. Music therapy?

[mitchum]

15. No, I have tried percussion and piano with him...

but no response. I do work with one kid who can sit at the piano and this quasi-Debussy just flows out of him. Absolutely fascinating.

[bobthedrummer]

18. When I was a social-work student I worked with a population

that included the severely and profoundly disabled.

Music therapy helps everyone!

[NewHampster]

8. The Grandaddy of Rock & Roll

Muddy Waters

[NewHampster]

10. Did Sonny Terry play Harp or Guitar

I have an old record somewhere around here

[bobthedrummer]

12. Guitar, Brownie played harp-right?

[NewHampster]

14. Yes

Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee

[NewHampster]

17. Backwards - Sonny played the Harp

Guitarist Brownie McGhee is probably best remembered today as the longtime partner of harmonica player Sonny Terry. The duo are were major influences on the folk scene in the '50s and '60s, but McGhee was a tremendous guitarist and songwriter whose place in the American music scene is still not appreciated.

http://www.io.com/~tbone1/blues/ECblz/bromcg.html

[mitchum]

16. Sonny Terry played harp

[bobthedrummer]

21. My God!

I'm stoned, but that's no excuse-my bad. Sorry.
:dunce:

[NewHampster]

23. k

:spank:

[mitchum]

25. That's cool, I'm no Blues Nazi...

:)

[Bundbuster]

19. Don't forget

Big Walter "Shakey" Horton. Not only a superb harp master, but a great singer too.

Also, a little later on, James Cotton - didn't like his singing as much, but he could blow with the best (no sex thread, Robb).

[bobthedrummer]

26. I jammed with him-see post 20!

[Bundbuster]

28. Man, now you've got the wayback machine crankin'

I'm creating a new hard drive playlist in your honor -

- Luther Allison
- Fenton Robinson
- Otis Spann
- Hound Dog Taylor
- Son Seals
- Lonnie Brooks
- Big Twist & The Mellowfellows
- Muddy Waters
- Big Mama Thornton
- Elmore James
- Willie Dixon
- Kenny Neal
- and all the aforementioned Guys, Wells, etc.

And that's just Chicago...wait 'till we get to Texas & Mississippi!

"She's 19 years old, got ways just like a baby chile..."

[bobthedrummer]

29. Wow, this is close.

[bobthedrummer]

30. Another vote for Little Walter!

"Roller Coaster"