A Little Fun - Who's Your Favorite Blues Singer?

[PA Reb]

Although not always singing the blues, my all time favorite is Janis "Southern Comfort" Joplin. She had an incredible voice that was sadly silenced way too soon.

Janis Joplin - Me & Bobby McGee - YouTube

 

[feralmerril]

Wanda Jackson - Blues Stay Away From Me - YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cQ-q0fu75M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KaRBUMKN38

 

[Alnamvet68]

Phoebe Snow

 

[redlevel]

Howlin' Wolf
Robert Johnson
Electric Guitar Eric Clapton

Nothin like a little Smokestack Lightnin'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6KauaV1m_U

 

[Fishslayer]

Phoebe Snow

One of my dirty little secrets. I bought the vinyl first album when it came out. Phenominal voice.

I also like Bonnie Raitt a lot.

On the guy side I don't think Robert Plant gets enough credit for his blues work.

Think I'll give this a listen...

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

 

[red14]

Greg Allman, still singin' after more than fourty years.
Loved Bobby Bland too.
GREG ALLMAN MIDNIGHT RIDER - YouTube

Gregg Allman "When a man loves a woman" - YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAyaw4ktO5g&feature=player_detailpage

Gregg Allman - Just Another Rider In Studio Performance - YouTube

 

[Alnamvet68]

One of my dirty little secrets. I bought the vinyl first album when it came out. Phenominal voice.

I also like Bonnie Raitt a lot.

On the guy side I don't think Robert Plant gets enough credit for his blues work.

Think I'll give this a listen...

Phoebe Snow- "Poetry Man" (with Lyrics) (1080pHD) - YouTube

Yeah....brings back so many good memories. Thanks for the video. View attachment 107989

P.S. Let's not forget Janis Ian.

 

[Alnamvet68]

....and let's not ever forget someone who I knew, grew up with, and to this day mourn her demise equally as I do my first wife....Laura Nyro.

 

[Wyatt Burp]

Easy. Greg Allman.
I'm reading the autobio of Bill Graham right now. He talked about Gregg Allman's athenticity as a blues singer and said that, and I paraphrase, "Greg Allman didn't sing black. He just grew up poor around the same places black people did. If he sung like Donnie Osmond then he wouldn't be authentic."
BTW. That Bill Graham book just has me rolling with laughter during all the rock star prima donna anecdotes.

 

[yaktamer]

Me, when I see my bank statement.

 

[timn8er]

Who else? B.B. King! Enough said.

 

[raisedin99]

Stevie Ray Vaughan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmdhUrsp_8w

terry

 

[retarmyaviator]

Toss up between Elmore James and Muddy Waters.

 

[Qball]

Billie Holiday.

Hands down the best blues voice, ever.

Billie Holiday & Louis Armstrong - The Blues Are Brewin - YouTube

 

[rock doc]

Moody Blues

 

[Wyatt Burp]

Billie Holiday.

Hands down the best blues voice, ever.

Billie Holiday & Louis Armstrong - The Blues Are Brewin - YouTube

Great choice. Times sure have changed. We have a CD of hers with "Gloomy Sunday" on it. The song was apparently taken off the market or something because it was so sad people across the country were committing suicide listening to it. It sounds pretty tame today, though I haven't heard it in a while. I'll go check if all this might be an urban myth.

 

[truckemup97]

I like my blues Texas style. SRV, of course, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, T-Bone Walker, Albert Collins, Anson Funderburgh, Anson's front man Sam Myers, etc.

Here's one with Sam and Anson:
Yahoo! Video Detail for Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets feat. Sam Myers

 

[sheepdawg]

Albert King and B.B. King

 

[don5]

B.B. King, SRV, Greg Allman, Robert Cray, are my favorites.

 

[Maddog 521]

Ray Wylie Hubbard
John Hiatt
Hayes Carll
John Lee Hooker
Eric Clapton
Delbert McClinton
Doyle Bramhall
Just to name a few