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I've fallen in love with almost any Blues music I've heard. I like the Delta Blues stuff much better than some other types of blues. The Texas Blues is great but a little too hardcore sometimes for me. I like:
The Delta Boys (& Girl)
B.B. King
Bo Diddley
John Lee Hooker
Muddy Waters
Sonny Boy Williamson
Leadbelly
Son House
R.L. Burnside
Koko Taylor
Howlin' Wolf (My current avatar and quote)
Lightnin' Hopkins
Robert Johnson
Willie Dixon
and more...
The Texas Legends
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Albert King
I think Buddy Guy is from Texas, but I'm not sure.
and more...
Blues Rock
The Rolling Stones
Led Zeppelin
The Animals
The Yardbirds
Jimi Hendrix
John Mayall
Derek & The Dominoes
and many many more...
And as for jazz, they're definitely playing the blues too. I had a thread on here about Martin Scorcese's Blues series on PBS that he just aired. I was a little disappointed with it though. I wanted something a little more linear as a documentary, but the series was more of a experimental project. 7 different directors. Many of them overlapped, which got to be annoying. Great themes though, and good directing on each episode.
The Blues is one of those types of music that seems a little intimidating when you first peak your head into it. But its one of the most accessible types of music out there. Because you hear it all the time in almost every genre of music.
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Lord, have mercy on my wicked soul
I wouldn't mistreat you baby, for my weight in gold.
-Son House, Death Letter Blues
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