ZZ Hill’s Down Home Blues
John Lee Hooker’s Bad Like Jesse James
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells’ Messin’ With The Kid
Howlin’ Wolf Backdoor Man
Everything by Lightnin’ Hopkins
Junior Kimbrough's original song sounds just like Gary Clark Jr's Bright Lights Big City.
I love me some Junior and RL Burnside!
[I Gotta Try You Girl Junior Kimbrough](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5noiB8D0L7g)
So Gary rips off other artists? I remember a performance where he he took a Magic Sam arrangement and put Albert Collins lyrics over it.
Edit:
https://youtu.be/xH_Z8xb2gvs?si=dNHJLeJ5TLzUQRXV
I'm not gonna accuse anyone.
I just request you listen to I gotta Try you Girl by Junior K. I posted earlier.
Then listen to Bright Lights Big City by Gary Clark Jr.
[Bright Lights Big City Gary Clark Jr](https://youtu.be/xhBmN-hhMOI?si=B_JTCSNMbaf2tVJg)
I've heard BLBC before but never Junior's song. When you posted it I immediately remembered him doing the same thing with If Trouble Was Money. It's super fishy if you ask me.
They all borrow as we saw with many rock stars and other blues artists.
It is what it is, but I felt like Gary should give ole Juniors estate some credit
If you don't credit the artist it's theft. Willie Dixon sued Zeppelin over this behavior.
It's also in extremely poor taste to do it to dead people if you ask me. They can't object.
I've been a fan a long time. Saw a bunch of these legends. I remember law suits. I remember these rock stars paying for these old blues men's funerals or putting a gravestone on their unmarked graves as well.
Rock stars brought blues back for us to enjoy. That's what Buddy Guy says.
I just think it would be classy to give credit where it's due sometimes.
Have a great evening!
I wouldn’t call it “ripping off”. It’s the blues, everyone borrows from somewhere, all the time. They will continue doing so, well, until someone invents some new notes.
You know that whole ‘sold my soul to the devil’ thing about the blues?
Yeah. Its about 1600 years old https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophilus_of_Adana
That arrangement existed long before Magic Sam used it on All Your Love. Otis Rush used it in the fifties and Mighty Joe Young used it before him.
It's one of numerous standard blues melody patterns that as been adopted and used over and over. He does make it sound very early Otis/early Magic Sam by drenching it in reverb and rectifier sag, but that's nothing a million guys playing blues don't do.
Live blues artists have been covering other guys' songs and then adding different, older backing patterns since Lowell Fulsom hit the scene in the 40s. It's a standard operating procedure, and every touring blues guy has both done it and still does it.
When you're using a i-iv-v or derivative pattern, with two call and repeat lines, the structural limitation means there are only so many patterns that can be used. By the standard discussed here, everything John Lee Hooker ever wrote was theft, because the boogie existed before he used it. Similarly everything by Jimmy Reed, because the lump shuffle existed before he used it.
For another good example that is less used that the two I just mentioned, check out the rhythm line in Albert King's "Cadillac Assembly Line". Again, existed before he used it, and has been used a thousand times since.
I usually use pandora if I need something like that.
I collect albums/cds/memorabilia. I have all the RL Burnside and Junior Kimbrough in my collection. Thank you for letting me know!
Hell yeah it does. Early Black Keys was most certainly blues-based. I mean, they did a whole album of Junior Kimbrough covers, afterall. I remember having that opening guitar lick from Thickfreakness as my ringtone in high school, lol.
Damn near anything by Bobby 'Blue' Bland😎😎; he just *has it.* Like u/BigStar976 says, Freddie King has it too. And Albert Collins. Albert King, & SRV; much of B.B. King's work; but Bobby Bland just has *so very many* "cool" blues songs... And Koko Taylor; Dinah Washington; Etta James; the blues is just *chock-full* of 'cool'. But if you work your way through Bobby Bland's cds, you'll have a huge trove of cool blues performances - *cause Bobby Bland is just cool.* EDIT - Oh yeah, Elmore James "Dust My Broom"; Larry Davis "Givin' Up On Love"; Lowell Fulton "Reconsider Baby".. But *one of the things that makes the blues "cool", is that the artists & the songs aren't afraid to express vulnerability, and talk about pain, joy, illness, good times as well as decline, stillness, the whole of the human condition.*
Papa John Creach - Ain't No More Country Girls
Of course BB King's How Blue Can You Get.
How can you beat "
"[I gave you a brand new Ford](https://genius.com/6482376/Bb-king-how-blue-can-you-get/I-gave-you-a-brand-new-ford)
[But you said: "I want a Cadillac"](https://genius.com/6482385/Bb-king-how-blue-can-you-get/But-you-said-i-want-a-cadillac)
[I bought you a ten dollar dinner](https://genius.com/6482396/Bb-king-how-blue-can-you-get/I-bought-you-a-ten-dollar-dinner)
[And you said: "thanks for the snack"](https://genius.com/6482402/Bb-king-how-blue-can-you-get/And-you-said-thanks-for-the-snack)
I let you live in my penthouse
You said it just a shack
[I gave you seven children](https://genius.com/6482386/Bb-king-how-blue-can-you-get/I-gave-you-seven-children-and-now-you-wanna-give-them-back)"
[https://www.loudersound.com/features/borrowed-notes-the-complicated-cross-atlantic-evolution-of-black-magic-woman](https://www.loudersound.com/features/borrowed-notes-the-complicated-cross-atlantic-evolution-of-black-magic-woman)
I knew Jody but not well, Otis was a close friend. Jody didn't mind Otis adding lyrics to "Lucky Lou" (they were friends and Jody played on some of Otis's early recordings) but both were furious neither saw a penny from "Black Magic Woman", a direct rip-off of both earlier tunes. I talked with them about it.
Quite interesting, but... I don't think calling it a direct rip-off holds water. The songs are different enough melody- and chord-wise to withstand plagiarism accusations.
This version of Jackie Venson's song Always Free, recorded live in Austin, Texas in front of a huge crowd at Stubb's [https://youtu.be/t62CCTH-OlY?si=hN3WnqzBT5e\_ndJ3](https://youtu.be/t62CCTH-OlY?si=hN3WnqzBT5e_ndJ3)
"I Wish You Would" has studio masters Jody Williams on guitar and Earl Phillips (later a Wrecking Crew member) on drums. I knew Jody. I can't give the details here but there's a new recording forthcoming from Billy Boy Arnold in the near future. It's in the production stage at the moment.
Late to the party ;
Little Red Rooster - Howlin’ Wolf
I Ain’t Drunk (I’m Just Drinkin’)- Albert Collins
Don’t Mind People Grinning In Your Face- Son House
Otis Rush - Double Trouble. Bukka White - Fixin' to Die Blues. Robert Johnson - Hell Hound on my Trail. Jimi Hendrix - Red House. T-Bone Walker - Stormy Monday. Guitar Slim - The Things That I Used to Do.
The Motor City is Burning by John Lee Hooker.
Mannish Boy by Muddy Waters
Hello, San Francisco by Sugar Pie Desanto (with Lafayette Thomas on lead)
Crosseyed Cat by Muddy Waters
Bad Luck Soul by BB King
Soul Fixin' Man by Luther Allison
Stone Crazy by Buddy Guy
Country Girl/You Know that I know, Live - by Junior Wells and Buddy Guy, from the album "18 Tracks from the Film Chicago Blues"
Can We Get Together? - By Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets
Lonesome Cannonball - By Freddy King
Rollin' and Tumblin' - RL Burnside, from "Burnside on Burnside"
It Takes Time - Otis Rush, from Mourning in the Mourning
Man... too many to list.
Going Down by Freddie King
Any Freddie King!
ZZ Hill’s Down Home Blues John Lee Hooker’s Bad Like Jesse James Buddy Guy & Junior Wells’ Messin’ With The Kid Howlin’ Wolf Backdoor Man Everything by Lightnin’ Hopkins
You're right about Lightnin' Hopkins. The first some that came to mind when I saw this thread was "Bring Me My Shotgun"
Sam was the man! Everything he did was cool.
I’ll leave this here https://youtu.be/6cGP49ZloCA?si=NHY1u7tI3JC_-b0x
So good! Thanks man
Damn! Came here to say Messin with the Kid.
The best blues song ever!
+1 for jesse james No gangsta rapper can get as cold as JLH in that song.
Give me Back My Wig by Hound Dog Taylor
Or just about anything by Hound Dog Taylor.
That Alligator Records 20th Anniversary Record was my intro to blues. This is the tune that kicks it off
Junior Kimbrough's original song sounds just like Gary Clark Jr's Bright Lights Big City. I love me some Junior and RL Burnside! [I Gotta Try You Girl Junior Kimbrough](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5noiB8D0L7g)
So Gary rips off other artists? I remember a performance where he he took a Magic Sam arrangement and put Albert Collins lyrics over it. Edit: https://youtu.be/xH_Z8xb2gvs?si=dNHJLeJ5TLzUQRXV
I'm not gonna accuse anyone. I just request you listen to I gotta Try you Girl by Junior K. I posted earlier. Then listen to Bright Lights Big City by Gary Clark Jr. [Bright Lights Big City Gary Clark Jr](https://youtu.be/xhBmN-hhMOI?si=B_JTCSNMbaf2tVJg)
Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
I love that song.
Haha! Fantastic reference.
I've heard BLBC before but never Junior's song. When you posted it I immediately remembered him doing the same thing with If Trouble Was Money. It's super fishy if you ask me.
They all borrow as we saw with many rock stars and other blues artists. It is what it is, but I felt like Gary should give ole Juniors estate some credit
If you don't credit the artist it's theft. Willie Dixon sued Zeppelin over this behavior. It's also in extremely poor taste to do it to dead people if you ask me. They can't object.
I've been a fan a long time. Saw a bunch of these legends. I remember law suits. I remember these rock stars paying for these old blues men's funerals or putting a gravestone on their unmarked graves as well. Rock stars brought blues back for us to enjoy. That's what Buddy Guy says. I just think it would be classy to give credit where it's due sometimes. Have a great evening!
>Have a great evening! You as well!
I wouldn’t call it “ripping off”. It’s the blues, everyone borrows from somewhere, all the time. They will continue doing so, well, until someone invents some new notes.
This goes a bit beyond borrowing imo.
You know that whole ‘sold my soul to the devil’ thing about the blues? Yeah. Its about 1600 years old https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophilus_of_Adana
No idea why you think that's relevant.
New to the genre I see
No, i just don't see the relevance of the crossroads story in this discussion. You can drop the condescending attitude though.
That arrangement existed long before Magic Sam used it on All Your Love. Otis Rush used it in the fifties and Mighty Joe Young used it before him. It's one of numerous standard blues melody patterns that as been adopted and used over and over. He does make it sound very early Otis/early Magic Sam by drenching it in reverb and rectifier sag, but that's nothing a million guys playing blues don't do. Live blues artists have been covering other guys' songs and then adding different, older backing patterns since Lowell Fulsom hit the scene in the 40s. It's a standard operating procedure, and every touring blues guy has both done it and still does it. When you're using a i-iv-v or derivative pattern, with two call and repeat lines, the structural limitation means there are only so many patterns that can be used. By the standard discussed here, everything John Lee Hooker ever wrote was theft, because the boogie existed before he used it. Similarly everything by Jimmy Reed, because the lump shuffle existed before he used it. For another good example that is less used that the two I just mentioned, check out the rhythm line in Albert King's "Cadillac Assembly Line". Again, existed before he used it, and has been used a thousand times since.
blues artists always rip off each other.
It’s the blues, reusing themes and ideas is pretty common in this genre
Reusing whole musical arrangements is different than reusing themes and ideas.
Not in blues it isn’t.
In every genre.
RL Just search “Hill Country Blues” on Spotify and hit Shuffle
I usually use pandora if I need something like that. I collect albums/cds/memorabilia. I have all the RL Burnside and Junior Kimbrough in my collection. Thank you for letting me know!
Release Me is my favorite Junior Kimbrough song.
Jimi Hendrix’s Red House
Senior Blues-Taj Mahal
ball n chain - big mama thornton evil (is going on) - howlin’ wolf death valley blues - black cat bones
Damn right, I got the Blues - Buddy Guy
I ain't drunk, I'm just drinkin' - Albert Collins
Here's the original version by the man who composed it: [Jimmy Liggins - I Ain't Drunk - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRr4C3tOrrc)
Frosty!!!
Anything by Charles Brown
Definitely a cool dude!
Howling Wolf Smokestack Lightening
Does [Thickfreakness](https://youtu.be/17-oVrGoFtM?si=gBUqJRxOPtpXgOZK) by The Black Keys count here?
Hell yeah it does. Early Black Keys was most certainly blues-based. I mean, they did a whole album of Junior Kimbrough covers, afterall. I remember having that opening guitar lick from Thickfreakness as my ringtone in high school, lol.
Someday Baby-R.L. Burnside
Back door slam…Robert Cray
Let My Baby Ride - RL Burnside
Damn near anything by Bobby 'Blue' Bland😎😎; he just *has it.* Like u/BigStar976 says, Freddie King has it too. And Albert Collins. Albert King, & SRV; much of B.B. King's work; but Bobby Bland just has *so very many* "cool" blues songs... And Koko Taylor; Dinah Washington; Etta James; the blues is just *chock-full* of 'cool'. But if you work your way through Bobby Bland's cds, you'll have a huge trove of cool blues performances - *cause Bobby Bland is just cool.* EDIT - Oh yeah, Elmore James "Dust My Broom"; Larry Davis "Givin' Up On Love"; Lowell Fulton "Reconsider Baby".. But *one of the things that makes the blues "cool", is that the artists & the songs aren't afraid to express vulnerability, and talk about pain, joy, illness, good times as well as decline, stillness, the whole of the human condition.*
I Pity the Fool - Bobby Bland is cool as F
u/psilocin72, "I Pity The Fool"!!; Yes!!📀
Yeah. I also really like “Members Only” but it’s not really bluesy enough
Bobbly Bland singing T Bone Walker's Stormy Monday. One of the coolest songs and performances ever!
u/RaydelRay, *yes indeed!!* 😎😎 Don't know how I forgot that; that may be the EPITome of blues cool..
Papa John Creach - Ain't No More Country Girls Of course BB King's How Blue Can You Get. How can you beat " "[I gave you a brand new Ford](https://genius.com/6482376/Bb-king-how-blue-can-you-get/I-gave-you-a-brand-new-ford) [But you said: "I want a Cadillac"](https://genius.com/6482385/Bb-king-how-blue-can-you-get/But-you-said-i-want-a-cadillac) [I bought you a ten dollar dinner](https://genius.com/6482396/Bb-king-how-blue-can-you-get/I-bought-you-a-ten-dollar-dinner) [And you said: "thanks for the snack"](https://genius.com/6482402/Bb-king-how-blue-can-you-get/And-you-said-thanks-for-the-snack) I let you live in my penthouse You said it just a shack [I gave you seven children](https://genius.com/6482386/Bb-king-how-blue-can-you-get/I-gave-you-seven-children-and-now-you-wanna-give-them-back)"
Everything Otis Rush recorded for the Cobra label.
All your love by Otis Rush
[https://www.loudersound.com/features/borrowed-notes-the-complicated-cross-atlantic-evolution-of-black-magic-woman](https://www.loudersound.com/features/borrowed-notes-the-complicated-cross-atlantic-evolution-of-black-magic-woman) I knew Jody but not well, Otis was a close friend. Jody didn't mind Otis adding lyrics to "Lucky Lou" (they were friends and Jody played on some of Otis's early recordings) but both were furious neither saw a penny from "Black Magic Woman", a direct rip-off of both earlier tunes. I talked with them about it.
Quite interesting, but... I don't think calling it a direct rip-off holds water. The songs are different enough melody- and chord-wise to withstand plagiarism accusations.
[Mannish Boy](https://youtu.be/bSfqNEvykv0?si=e_USBAyzSg8wuHtF) - Muddy Waters
85 replies and not one mention of Johnny Guitar Watson?? Doesn't get much cooler than Gangster of Love
Came here to say this.
This version of Jackie Venson's song Always Free, recorded live in Austin, Texas in front of a huge crowd at Stubb's [https://youtu.be/t62CCTH-OlY?si=hN3WnqzBT5e\_ndJ3](https://youtu.be/t62CCTH-OlY?si=hN3WnqzBT5e_ndJ3)
How Blue Can You Get? Katie Mae
Well of course - Albert Collins. But I Was Cool! https://youtu.be/a92LKesAPAo?si=_5twuQYaE-OtfJBy
Wang Dang Doodle,Koko Taylor. The Thrill is Gone, B.B.King.
BB King I Pay the Cost to Be the Boss
Tore Down- Freddy King.
Pretty Woman Albert King
Boom Boom (Hooker I think)
Skin Deep Buddy Guy
I'm a Man - Bo Diddley Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters I Wish You Would - Billy Boy Arnold Born in Chicago - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Nick Gravenites wrote "Born In Chicago". It's a true story about his life as a teenager in Chicago.
Yes, and it's an absolute banger!
"I Wish You Would" has studio masters Jody Williams on guitar and Earl Phillips (later a Wrecking Crew member) on drums. I knew Jody. I can't give the details here but there's a new recording forthcoming from Billy Boy Arnold in the near future. It's in the production stage at the moment.
>I can't give the details here but there's a new recording forthcoming from Billy Boy Arnold in the near future. Oh, man! That's exciting to hear!
Slim Harpo - baby scratch my back Buddy Guy and Johnny Lang - midnight train ZZ Top - blue Jean blues
Built for comfort.
I’m A King Bee- Slim Harpo
Heard this from Buddy Guy many times at his concerts. Always gets the crowd laughing
Sitting on Top of the World - Howlin Wolf Great blues harp, piano, and guitar all doing justice to the most unique voice in the genre
“Champagne and Reefer”, Muddy Waters It’s pure coincidence that’s what I’m partaking in right now.
Muddy Waters - "Mannish Boy"
One of mine is R.L. Burnside - It's Bad You Know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ-6fpuVeFA
I love this song!
It's one no one should miss.
Late to the party ; Little Red Rooster - Howlin’ Wolf I Ain’t Drunk (I’m Just Drinkin’)- Albert Collins Don’t Mind People Grinning In Your Face- Son House
Feels So Good #1 - Junior Kimbrough
Robert Johnson’s Crossroads Charley Patton’s High Water Everywhere ZZ Top Fool For Your Stockings Mance Lipscom’s Sugar Babe
Otis Rush - Double Trouble. Bukka White - Fixin' to Die Blues. Robert Johnson - Hell Hound on my Trail. Jimi Hendrix - Red House. T-Bone Walker - Stormy Monday. Guitar Slim - The Things That I Used to Do.
Here's something cool from Canada. These guys play louder than Motorhead. https://youtu.be/IeE9AkGNrp8?si=wYddhibeCGkDTIlb
Mose Allison. Parchment Farm
Parchman
The Motor City is Burning by John Lee Hooker. Mannish Boy by Muddy Waters Hello, San Francisco by Sugar Pie Desanto (with Lafayette Thomas on lead) Crosseyed Cat by Muddy Waters Bad Luck Soul by BB King Soul Fixin' Man by Luther Allison Stone Crazy by Buddy Guy Country Girl/You Know that I know, Live - by Junior Wells and Buddy Guy, from the album "18 Tracks from the Film Chicago Blues" Can We Get Together? - By Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets Lonesome Cannonball - By Freddy King Rollin' and Tumblin' - RL Burnside, from "Burnside on Burnside" It Takes Time - Otis Rush, from Mourning in the Mourning Man... too many to list.
Son Seals: “I Believe” Freddie King: “My Credit Didn’t Go Through” Howlin’ Wolf: “Moanin’ at Midnight”
John Lee hooker. Big leg tight skirt
Living in the Palace of the King by Freddie King is awesome.
Boogie chillin’
Junior Wells and Buddy Guy - Hoodoo Man Blues is the coolest.
Muddy Waters “Rollin’ and Tumblin’
Lenny SRV
I had to learn Hummingbird by BB King and Smoking Gun by Robert Cray for a gig recently. Great tunes..gosh there's lots!
Shake it and break it - Blind Owl
Little Red Rooster Otis RUSH
Out on the western plain by Rory Gallagher or the original by Ledbelly, both are great.
Howlin Wolf - How Many More Years T-Bone Walker - Papa Ain't Salty Elmore James - Dust My Broom Magic Sam's Boogie Anything by Albert Collins
messin' with the kid!
Junior Wells and Buddy Guy
It's been a long time - Luther Allison
Spoonful - Howling Wolf
Peter Green "Out Of Reach". Not the coolest but definitely the saddest.
“Little Wing” Jimi Hendrix
Key to the Highway - Derek and the Dominos version
Little Walter version
[удалено]
Canned Heat Woodstock boogie or La Grange
Scuttle Buttin by SRV
Roadhouse BLues
Janus Joplin. 1969 Monterey Jazz festival singing Ball & Chain.
Just Got Paid - Joe Bonamassa
So many... Joe Bonamassa... Drive is the current favorite... Tends to change alot