Jump Blues

[MarkRhodes]

Let's not forget this guy here: [T-Bone Walker]

Love T-Bone. He's harder to emulate than one might think: He really mixed up his rhythms!

Another guy we can't forget is Freddie King. Perhaps not jump blues per se (-I think he's generally thought of as Texas blues), but what jump band doesn't do at least one Freddie King instrumental?

[TOMMO]

Freddy King: probably my main man when it comes to blues lead guitar! Learn his instrumentals and you have a tool box full of licks and lines that you can use!

[MarkRhodes]

Freddy King: probably my main man when it comes to blues lead guitar! Learn his instrumentals and you have a tool box full of licks and lines that you can use!

I love his playing too. (Eric Clapton once said that his soloing was mainly a matter of shuffling Freddie King licks around---and I think Eric is a great blues player.) Such strong rhythmic drive and those stinging licks!

[TOMMO]

[neatomic]

raucous 1948 bay area jumper from roy hawkins..who wrote the thrill is gone! i.e. bb's hit!

skullsplitting guitar work from super obscure ulysses james

cheers

[MarkRhodes]

raucous 1948 bay area jumper from roy hawkins..who wrote the thrill is gone! i.e. bb's hit!

skullsplitting guitar work from super obscure ulysses james

Thanks! Never heard that one before.

[MarkRhodes]

A lesson teaching 5 ending licks for a jump blues. Nice.

[TOMMO]

I favour No.s 3 and 5 - bit of a bebop flavour - I'll have to learn those and apply them to the R&R tunes we play in the band. The others aren't shabby either but I'm quite familiar with them. No.4 for example sounds like the intro to a Hollywood Fats Band recording (I think "Rock This House"?).

Thanks for the clip, Mark!

[MarkRhodes]

This is a plug for a book / poster about jump blues players. I have no affiliation with the book. Some nice snippets from players we haven't yet mentioned, so it's worth a look / listen.

[MarkRhodes]

A lession (via guitar.com) by Charlie Baty of Little Charlie and the Nightcats.

[MarkRhodes]

Back to the classics....

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis "Ravin' at the Haven" (1947)

And Jimmy Rushing doing "Mr. Five By Five."

[MarkRhodes]

Amos Milburn doing the "Chicken Shack Boogie"

Bull Moose Jackson doing "Shorty's Got To Go"

[GuitarGerry]

Loved Ravin' At the Haven. Anything with hand claps is going to swing it for me. Simple, rhythmic phrasing during the sax solo...wonderful stuff!

[GuitarGerry]

Lockjaw also put me in mind of this famous solo.

By the time you get towards the end, it's jump. The power of the riff.

[neatomic]

some nice cal green nastiness- huffin & puffin…indeed

cheers

[MarkRhodes]

Lockjaw also put me in mind of this famous solo.

By the time you get towards the end, it's jump. The power of the riff.

I used to listen to a jazz show that sometimes opened with this. Love it.

[neatomic]

as per that jump blues book...forgot about wild jimmy spruill!! ..


killer stuff

cheers

ps- how great is willie dixon in that matt murphy clip?!!

[MarkRhodes]

About that Jimmy Spruill clip above, "Scratchin'." That opening bass-line riff sounds a lot like the "What'd I Say?" bassline.

Speaking of Ray, this is a less well known tune but it's a hoot nonetheless

[MarkRhodes]

Anyone know who the guitarist is on "It Should Have Been Me"?

[neatomic]

Anyone know who the guitarist is on "It Should Have Been Me"?

the great mickey baker!


cheers

ps- always liked the commander cody live version on we've got a live one here

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[GuitarGerry]

ps- how great is willie dixon in that matt murphy clip?!!

He had great feel, a great voice and wrote some killer songs. When you listen to his bass lines though, sometimes he plays for a whole 12 bars on the I chord. On those occasions, he sometimes outlines the IV too, but if it hadn't been for his pianists, slamming out the harmony, a lot of his recordings wouldn't have worked so well. He even played guitar like that. There's a clip of him on youtube singing a 12 bar, making changes with his vocal lines, but only playing around the I chord. Personally, I don't give a damn, it works for me...funny though.

If you're not aware of them already, there's a whole series of blues festival DVDs featuring all the greats of the 60s. Well worth watching (most of the clips on youtube are taken from that set, plus one DVD of 'British tours').

[MarkRhodes]

the great mickey baker!


cheers

Neat! Thanks.

Here's Mickey with the "Spinnin' Rock Boogie"

[GuitarGerry]

Speaking of Willie Dixon, how on earth did we forget the Big three trio!

[neatomic]

not jump per se, but boss instro from the great jody williams…played on so many classic chicago blues tracks ala willie dixon


lucky lou

cheers

[MarkRhodes]

More Mickey Baker...