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Get your kicks on Route 66. Yesterday we stopped at one of the suggested stops along the famous route. We explored the Illinois Rock & Roll Museum in downtown Joliet, IL. Very interesting displays about legendary music makers from Illinois, including Cheap Trick, Muddy Waters, and REO Speedwagon. The tour guide seemed to know everything. If you’re a music fan or history buff, you’ll love it.…
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Muddy Waters – Live (At Mr. Kelly's) (1992) Reissue of 1971 LP
Victoria Spivey (left) and Muddy Waters (right), at the Bottomline club in New York, 30th June 1975. (Photo by Gilles Petard/Redferns)
Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters and Junior Wells.
Son House - The Original Delta Blues
The blues are one of my favorite styles of music, especially over the last handful of years, but it’s very misunderstood. Sure, the movie Sinners raised its profile once more, but the genre has faded back into obscurity with only a few names being easily recognizable. One of those names is not Delta blues singer and songwriter Son House, but that’s not a bad thing. Son House is one of the originators of the Delta Blues sound, starting in the 1920s and 1930s alongside Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters (the latter two took a lot of influence from his work), but he faded into obscurity, as a lot of blues artists did in the first half of the 20th century. Music wasn’t as widely distributed as it is today, so if something was popular within a certain region (hence the term “Delta blues,” for example), chances are, it never got outside of that region.
Son House, like a handful of other blues artists, was rediscovered in the 1960s, during the folk and blues revival, and I picked up an album recently that highlights some recordings he made during 1965. It’s called The Original Delta Blues, and it’s a great blues album. It has that 1930s Delta blues sound with the slide guitar, but with more modern production. Son House is an unknown name, even today, but I’m glad he got some exposure in the 1960s. A lot of rock guitarists and musicians from that era are sure to be influenced by his work, whether intentionally or not. I really love this album, even if it can be a shade too long at times, and the songs drag on a bit too long for my liking, but his vocals are so emotive and captivating. I just can’t get enough of it, so I’d check this out if you want to check out a blues artist that never got his dues.
