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	All Blues’d up!
	The circle is complete. Here are 5 CD’s featuring songs of artists who were inspired by the blues, having their compositions or recordings played in pure blues style by some of the world’s leading blues musicians. The 5 artists are Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin and Eric Clapton. That they were all inspired by the blues is beyond question:- In 1977 Bob Dylan told an interviewer, “ I still listen to the same old black and blue blues. Guys like Tommy McLennan, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Big Maceo, Robert Johnstone, Fred McDowell and Gary Stewart”. Dylan also played harmonica on a Big Joe Williams recording session in N.Y. He also recorded songs from Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bukka White and Blind Willie Johnson on his first album.!

Janis Joplin started her career trying to emulate the big open notes and shaped simple phrasing of Bessie Smith, but later switched to a more rhythmic style after having heard Otis Redding at the Monterey Pop Festival.

The Rolling Stones took their name from a Muddy Waters song and recorded their first American album “ 12x5” at the legendary Chess Studios in Chicago. Just on a note of interest; they recorded 15 songs in 2 days including Bobby Womack’s “It’s all over now”, their first U.S. hit!

With Jimmy Page on guitar Led Zeppelin couldn’t help but be inspired by the blues. The Yardbirds, out of which Zeppelin more or less evolved, was heavily influenced by the blues and having included Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck in the line-up at various stages proved to be the learning ground for what can probably be considered the 3 best British blues guitarists to date.

Possibly the greatest white exponent of the blues ever has to be Eric Clapton. Through the Yardbirds, Bluesbreakers and Cream, Clapton established himself as the foremost bluesman in the U.K. whilst never losing sight of the fact that it was thanks to the great blues artists of America that he was inspired to develop his playing style.

As for the blues musicians; these recordings feature some of the finest artists in the R&B field with the emphasis on the ‘B’. Names like Buddy Guy, Taj Mahal, Otis Rush, Koko Taylor , Ann Peebles, Isaac Hayes, Leon Russell, The Band, Bobby Womack and Junior Wells are just a few of the highly respected names featured on these recordings. Some, like Pinetop Perkins and Honeyboy Edwards are already in their 80’s and others such as Eric Gales and Larry Mc Cray are young up-coming stars.
The one thing they can all do is play the blues, so sit back and enjoy


	Bob Dylan - All Blues’d up!
		1.It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry - Taj Mahal 2.Gotta Serve Somebody - Mavis Staples 3.Lay Lady Lay - Isaac Hays 4.Everything Is Broken - R L Burnside 5.Pledging My Time - Luther Guitar Jr Johnson 6.Ill Be Your Baby Tonight - John Hammond 7.Ballad Of A Thin Man - James Solberg 8.Million Miles - Alvin Youngblood Hart 9.Watching The River Flow - Leon Russel 10.Wallflower - The Holmes Brothers 11.All Along The Watchtower - Larry McCay 12.One Too Many Mornings - The Band


	Eric Clapton - All Blues’d up!
		1.Miss You - Larry McCray 2.Blues Power - Koko Taylor 3.Wonderful Tonight - Otis Clay 4.Lay Down Sally - Carl Weathersby 5.Strange Brew - Buddy Guy 6.Before You Accuse Me - Bo Diddley 7.Roll It Over - Joe Louis Walker with James Cotton (& Derek Trucks) 8.Crossroads - Honeyboy Edwards with James Cotton 9.Old Love - Otis Rush 10.Too Bad - Pinetop Perkins with John Hammond & Bob Margolin 11.Tears In Heaven - Ann Peebles 12.Layla - Eric Gales with Derek Trucks


	Janis Joplin - All Blues’d up!

		1. What Good Can Drinkin Do - Tracy Nelson 2. Move Over - Tad Robinson 3. Ball And Chain - Etta James 4. Piece Of My Heart - Otis Clay 5. Maybe - Lonnie Brooks 6. One Good Man - Lou Ann Barton 7. Down On Me - Paul Black 8. Get It While You Can - Koko Taylor 9. Trouble In Mind - Willie Kent 10. Turtle Blues - Lynn Jordan 11. Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) - Cathy Richardson And Sugar 12. Me And Bobby McGee - Syl Johnson 13. Mercedes Benz - Taj Mahal


	The Rolling Stones - All Blues’d up!

		1.You Cant Always Get Want You Want - Luther Allison 2.Tumblin Dice - Johnny Copeland 3.(I Cant Get No) Satisfaction - Junior Wells 4.Wild Horses - Otis Clay 5.Honkey Tonk Woman - Taj Mahal 6.Sway - Alvin Youngblood Hart 7.Ventilator Blues - Clarence Gatemouth Brown 8.Beast Of Burden - Wendell Holmes Sherman Holmes And Willie P 9.Under My Thumb - Lucky Peterson 10.Its All Over Now - Bobby Womack 11.Midnight Rambler - Larry McCray 12.Heart Of Stone - Joe Louis Walker 13.Moonlight Mile - Alvin Youngblood Hart


	Bob Dylan - All Blues’d up!
	1.Custard Pie - Eric Gales 2.Custard Pie (Revisited) - Matt Tutor Eric Gales And Derek Tr 3.Heartbreaker - Alvin Youngblood Hart 4.I Cant Quit You Baby - Otis Rush And Eric Gales 5.When The Levee Breaks (Part 1) - Magic Slim Billie Branch An 6.When The Levee Breaks (Part 2) - Magic Slim James Cotton 7.Rock N Roll - Clarence Gatemouth Brown 8.You Need Love - Joe Louis Walker And James Cotton 9.Since Ive Been Loving You - Otis Clay 10.Good Times Bad Times - Carl Wearhersby 11.Bring It On Home (Part 1) - Robert Lockwood Jr 12.Bring It On Home (Part 2) - Robert Lockwood Jr 13.Trampled Underfoot - Eric Gales


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