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gatorblue

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Mar 13 06 11:30 PM

I don't know the "official" name of it, but a friend burned me a DVD of Freddie King recorded live in the mid to late 70's in Dallas. It is so smokin' that you almost cry.

GREAT!!!!Band. And Freddie's vocals are so powerful, you have to put him up there with Otis for the soul he emits. Oh yeah, I forgot---damn his finger pickin' is screaming good. Truly one of the best performances you'll ever see.

The recording is of high quality (20 times better that "the Beat" with Freddie") and the songs just rip your gut.

As Clapton once said, "You think you can hold your own and then one day you get on stage with Freddie King and you feel like someone just gave you a lesson---he taught me everything I really needed to know."

If you can find it buy it---I gave it to our black singer who is generally considered the best on our region. He called me in a few days and said---damn---I can't believe the guy.

A lot of people forget how powerful a singer he was, and this one shows it well.

"Always heard a preacha ain't s'posed to steal, but I caught one rustlin' in my cornfield."

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nighthawk

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Mar 19 06 3:19 PM

Chicago Blues Jam - Magic Slim/Studebaker John & The Hawks
This just came in the mail, I'll get back with my thoughts later.

"A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having."

Location: just outside of Pittsburgh, PA

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lionmojo

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Mar 19 06 4:07 PM

Maybe a Blues Channel on cable could happen.
Look at the other who'd thought it channels. Golf, HGTV, FOOD.
Thanks for all the wish lists. I'm gonna start with Robert Palmer's thang on R.L. Burnsides, and Jr. Kimborough, at Jr's. I've only seen clips.
george wayne

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jeffcobb

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Mar 19 06 5:43 PM

My last two were:
Son Seals, Chicago Blues Guitar (Instructional)
The instruction part is iffy or at least it is for someone at my learning level because while he shows you once at full speed (and then some parts at slower speed), the accompanying booklet only has a few bars of each style/example he does so you can be sure to have the beginning of everything down but then you are juggling the remote and your guitar/pick to get anything else which is a shame because what he plays is really good and not the usual material. That said however, this DVD is a diamond in the rough because Sons commentary on things is par-excellent and very "human" like he really is talking to you. I caught myself laughing out loud more than once; when was the last time an instructional video (intentionally) did that for you? So even if this DVD doesn't turn you into the next Son Seals or Buddy Guy, it is well worth having.

Messin' With The Blues-Muddy Waters (show)
This one was suggested to me by Dave Specter some time back and I just got around to watching it. Shot around 1974, it features a young Buddy Guy and Junior Wells team doing trademark tunes such as Hoodoo Man Blues (and Messin With The Kid) with Junior Wells and Ten Years ago (and When You See Tears From My Eyes) with Buddy Guy. Muddy fills in with his trademark stuff (Hoochie Coochie Man, Got My Mojo Workin, etc) rounding out an 8 song playlist. Solid performances by all, I prefer the Buddy Guy/Junior Wells bits myself.

Jeff

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nighthawk

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Mar 29 06 1:01 PM

I had Rory Gallagher's Irish Tour '74 LP in High School and it was a personal favorite at the time. Times change, however, and I've only kept in sporadic touch with Rory's music. I only have the vinyl version of this and seldom get back to it. Last August I came acrossed the DVD and decided to pick it up on a whim. It was so cool to see just what was going on behind all that intense music. Good stuff. I have not watched this in seven months and look forward to my reaction now.

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Rory Gallagher
Irish Tour 1974 [DVD]
Release Date� May 29, 2001
Label� BMG Special Products

Review by Dave Thompson
Director Tony Palmer's exquisitely filmed portrait of Rory Gallagher's 1974 Irish tour has gone down in rockumentary history as one of the finest available examples of the documentarian's art � only Pennebaker's work with Bob Dylan can reasonably argue a superior case, only the Maysles brothers' Gimme Shelter a rawer approach. Shot at a time when such projects were indeed a rarity, Irish Tour 1974 was, nevertheless, something of a distortion of the true nature of the event. Gallagher, after all, ranked among the most down-to-earth "superstars" one can imagine, even balking at Palmer's insistence on staging an end-of-tour party for the benefit of the cameras. Donal Gallagher, Rory's brother, was eventually persuaded to make sure the event took place, and everything eventually went according to plan. But the guitarist's discomfort is nevertheless apparent here and in those other scenes that called for him to do anything other than play the blues. That, after all, is what he excelled at, and it is in the plentiful live footage that Irish Tour 1974 in turn makes its mark. An oft-bootlegged Old Grey Whistle Test appearance aside, there is shockingly little video available of Gallagher at his peak (Irish Tour 1974 itself never made it to either home video or television, rendering its DVD release of especial value), so the nine performances showcased here really are vital to any understanding of how and why Gallagher was so important to the early '70s. At a time when other artists, even within his own blues framework, were becoming ever more grandiose and self-important, Gallagher eschewed even a taste of stardom's trappings, and Palmer's footage captures him at his barest � old shirt, old jeans, old axe, and a very old soul � peeling out some of the most dynamic guitar playing of his career. Irish Tour 1974 may not be perfect, but it's as great as Gallagher himself ever was. And that should be good enough for everyone.

"A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having."

Location: just outside of Pittsburgh, PA

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bluescliff

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Mar 29 06 7:15 PM

Louis Jordan and His Tympany Band Films and Soundies.

It's a DVD we bought for our youngest daughter last Christmas because she's into people like Jools Holland and Brian Setzer and we thought she'd like it (she did!). She's home for the Easter vacation and I asked her to bring it home with her.

It's music from his films "Beware" (1946), Reet, Petite and Gone (1947) and Look Out Sister (1948) plus a selection of 'soundies' mainly shot for the black cinemas of America.

For large parts of it the sound is out of sync with the picture, but both are great -- it's wonderful to see him and the band and the music has always been one of my favourites.

For a few of the tracks he's playing tenor sax rather than alto and I never knew he did that -- I always associate him with alto. Presumably he wasn't just miming with whatever hardware happened to be available?

The DVD is double-sided with one side being PAL and the ther NTSC.

Highly recommended

Cliff

Loughborough, UK

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7844473

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Mar 31 06 1:13 PM

not really watching,since I'm busy with some other stuff, but listening to Ray Charles 1963 Live in Brazil TV show.
Have a glance evry now and then.
It is great stuff.
Now, some may be dissapointed by the black & white images.
I think it would be a mistake to stop at just that.

Rene
Paris, France.

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nighthawk

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Mar 31 06 1:25 PM

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 Vol One

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7844473

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Mar 31 06 1:26 PM

Oh, my DVD's too, now ?

Rene
Paris, France.

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Island Blues

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Apr 1 06 3:32 AM

"Deacon John's Jump Blues: A Concert of Music From the Film" featuring performances by Allen Toussaint, Dr. John, Henry Butler, The Zion Harmonizers among others. If you dig New Orleans R&B from the 50's and 60's, you'll enjoy this DVD.

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7844473

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Apr 1 06 3:43 AM

IB, I think it's the DVD that really got me into music on DVD !
It's absolutely awesome !
Highly recommended !

This guy Deacon John had been around for decades, he knew everyone in the music world in NOLA, and most of us had never heard of him before : talk about a best kept secret !

Rene
Paris, France.

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Island Blues

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Apr 2 06 11:38 AM

Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers, "Big Blues Party." I know some on this forum don't care for RP but I'm a big fan and IMO this is an excellent DVD. One of my favorite bands to see live and this DVD is the next best thing to being there in person. Rod's new guitarist (new to me at least) Henry Carvajal, is first rate.

And thanks to 5 Long Years, "Blues Divas", a series of concerts filmed at Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale featuring Renee Austin, Deborah Colemen, Denise LaSalle, Bettye Lavette, Odetta, Ann Peebles, Mavis Staple and Irma THomas. First rate from beginning to end! I was actually in the audience for the performances by Ann Peebles (what a thrill to see her sing "Can't Stand the Rain"), Odetta and Denise LaSalle so it was most cool to see those performances again. But I gotta say, and not to take anything away from any of the others "Divas", the Irma Thomas numbers are just incredible. Is there a singer alive today with as much soul as Ms. Thomas?

"Reality has a liberal bias." - Stephen Colbert

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Island Blues

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Apr 2 06 11:42 AM

QUOTE (renemalin @ Mar 31 2006, 10:43 PM)

IB, I think it's the DVD that really got me into music on DVD !
It's absolutely awesome !
Highly recommended !

This guy Deacon John had been around for decades, he knew everyone in the music world in NOLA, and most of us had never heard of him before : talk about a best kept secret !

Couldn't agree more Rene. I've had this DVD about a week and have already watched it 4 times. I've had the CD for a couple of years but the live performances on the DVD take it to another level. Really makes you appreciate the musical heritage of New Orleans and all the great players who have contributed to that heritage.

"Reality has a liberal bias." - Stephen Colbert

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Island Blues

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Apr 5 06 11:57 PM

Looks like I'm the only one watching blues DVDs these days.

"Ike & Tina Turner Live in '71". This DVD comes packaged with a CD containing the audio portion of the same show with a couple of extra songs. Tina and the Ikettes singing and dancing is alone worth the price of the DVD!

"Reality has a liberal bias." - Stephen Colbert

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juke boy bob

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Apr 6 06 6:02 PM

Muddy Waters: Rare performances 1968-1978....

Wow, the get-ups on some of those backup musicians are WACK!

Fine stuff, but I wish Yazoo had given a little info in the form of liner notes!

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Red Rooster

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Apr 7 06 3:45 AM

This may have been discussed previously, but has anyone seen the Otis Rush (Live at Montreaux-1986) dvd?

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Blues Boss

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Apr 7 06 7:47 PM

A 'sneak preview' of the IAN SIEGAL DVD - "North Sea Jazz Festival - 2005" coming out soon.

This guy puts on a 'show' and has the talent to back it up...

Looking forward to having him (and Matt Schofield) here in the PNW this summer!!!!

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bluescliff

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Apr 11 06 9:07 PM

I think it was on this thread that someone mentioned the Freddie King - Live In Europe DVD in such enthusiastic terms that I decided to order it. Well, it took a while to arrive, and then I was away and busy, etc. However, I watched it tonight and I just wanted to say

THANK YOU

to whoever recommended it. I've long been a Freddie fan but some of his guitar work on this is the best I've ever heard.

Cliff

Loughborough, UK

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patch36

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Apr 11 06 10:33 PM

I have the new Hubert Sumlin & Rod Piazza DVD on the way from Netflix. Made in 2005 at Buddy guys club in Chicago. Should be good.

Anyone seen it yet?