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The Ambassador of the Blues
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Working to spread the awesomeness that is blues music. Collector and listener of blues vinyl (and an eclectic collection of other genres)

Happy to reshare music links including other genres (in exchange for sharing some blues back!)
#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
February 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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
February 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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
February 15, 2025 at 10:47 PM
#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
February 13, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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!)
February 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
#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
February 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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
February 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
#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
February 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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
February 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Sometimes you have to go back to the beginning. Mississippi Hill Country Blues great Junior Kimbrough's first album. If you like the album check out Cedric Burnside!
#blues #music #bluesmusic #guitar #oldschoolcool #nowspinning #vinyl
February 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Some blues from #nashvillee #tennessee artist Keb Mo. He started as a steel drummer and won his first music award for a song he co-wrote performed by Jefferson Starship. #rockandroll #history #blues #music #bluesmusic #guitar #accoustic #nowspinning #vinyl
February 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Another one of the real originals - #mississippi born delta blues artist Honeyboy Edwards. Toured with the likes of Big Joe Williams and Robert Johnson throughout the rural South and up to #chicago. #blues #music #bluesmusic #guitar #nowspinning #vinyl
#accoustic
February 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
From a guy who played with Elmore James and has been covered by the likes of Fleetwood Mac, #nowspinning some #vinyl from Homesick James. He's originally from #tennessee and was part of the #birmingham #england based Big Bear Records blues tours in the 70s.
#blues #music #bluesmusic #guitar
February 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Eddie Boyd, #blues #piano player from #mississippi and famous for the tune "Five Long Years", here with Cubby and the Blizzards from #thenetherlands.
#music #bluesmusic #nowspinning #vinyl
February 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
For all you #classical folks out there, check out Max Richter's version of #vivaldi 's Four Seasons! He put a lot of effort into the musicians and instruments for the project. While you're here, check out my feed for some #blues #music #bluesmusic ! #nowspinning #vinyl
February 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Blues guitar magic from Florida! A little swampy, a little funky, top talent. Selwyn Birchwood is my Friday decompression. #blues #music #bluesmusic #guitar #tampa #florida #vinyl #nowspinning
January 31, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee with Earl Hooker. The famous #piedmontblues duo that started playing together in New York play on this vinyl with Earl Hooker (cousin to John Lee Hooker). #blues #music #bluesmusic #harmonica #guitar #newyork #nowspinning #vinyl
January 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
@darthmarshmallow.bsky.social , here's that album I was talking about if you haven't already come across it. Band Twenty Miles w/ R L Boyce and Othar Turner, two of the original Mississippi Hill Country Blues players.
#blues #music #bluesmusic #nowspinning #vinyl #punk #fatpossum
January 30, 2025 at 2:33 AM
May be my favorite album by Gary Moore, the blues master from Belfast. Excellent Son House cover at the end. #blues #music #bluesmusic #guitar #nowspinning #vinyl #belfast.
January 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Coffee and Big Mama Thornton on the player this morning. Chicago blues at its finest, try her tune Ball and Chain. Also she did the original version of Hound Dog (not a knock at Elvis). Spent a lot of time playing in Houston #houston #blues #music #bluesmusic #vinyl #nowspinning
January 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Finally back home with my vinyl! Louisiana Red wrote a lot of his own tunes but did decent cover of King Bee by Slim Harpo. #blues #music #bluesmusic #vinyl #nowspinning #accousticguitar #guitar
January 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM