RL Burnside? Burnside is more famous but I was just asking about Kimbrough because he is an older bluesman that the Black Keys used as a source of influence and payed homage to his songs after his death. Burnside and Kimbrough are Mississippi hill country musicians. Their stuff is gritty and rough but has a lot of feeling.

I've told you that my friend works for Jon Cleary right?

He is an Irish guy who grew up in England and came to New Orleans :Cleary is a great musician.You should hear him play guitar, he picked up piano later in life, and he is a killer piano player.He comes from the Professor Long Hair/Dr.John school, but has added his own touch!

Matt thank you for putting that link on here. I have watched it like 3 times already. I love finding something new.

www.therevivalists.com

http://vimeo.com/4187292

He is an Irish guy who grew up in England and came to New Orleans :Cleary is a great musician.You should hear him play guitar, he picked up piano later in life, and he is a killer piano player.He comes from the Professor Long Hair/Dr.John school, but has added his own touch!

Apparently he is HUGE in Australia.

New Orleans Favorites;

Louis Armstrong ; First and foremost, my muse!!!!

Professor Longhair

Dr.John

Allan Tousaint

The Meters

Antoine ( Fats) Domino

The Dirty Dozen

The Rebirth Brass Band

Trombone Shorty

The Neville Brothers

Johnny Vidochovich; Drummer Supreme( Astral Project)

Marcia Ball; Texas import

Jon Cleary

Kermit Ruffin

Charmaine Neville

Earl King

Snooks Eaglin

James Booker

Rebirth is playing in town in a couple weeks. I'd like to see them. The band I linked to a few posts up used to open for them at the Maple Leaf this year.

He is an Irish guy who grew up in England and came to New Orleans :Cleary is a great musician.You should hear him play guitar, he picked up piano later in life, and he is a killer piano player.He comes from the Professor Long Hair/Dr.John school, but has added his own touch!

Apparently he is HUGE in Australia.

Permanent member of Bonnie Raitts abnd

Has recorded and played with;

Stevie Wonder

Wolf Man Washington

Allan Tousiant

Dr.John

Tom Jones ( one of his favorites)

Eric Clapton

the list is growing!

No sweat Muddy, I absolutely cannot stand Clapton. Seriously. He retards my brain.

Eric Crapton....the most overrated....

Mudman, you aren't old, if you don't feel it, you don't feel it.  I find a lot of music that I don't initially like takes time to set in.  Its as if my ears need retraining - too used to what I have already been listening to.

The Maple Leaf; played there years ago and it had one of my favorite bit of men's room graffiti in it

On the wall behind a urinal, written sideways:

As you are reading this you are peeing on the guy standing next to you

This was the period of my life that got very dark; I can never go in there again. I avoid people,places and things from that life now, for my own protection. I was losing my ability to play more than 2 sets from being loaded all the time. I hope no one remembers the few times I played there!

I am grateful these days are past/ 8-)

Wow...thanks for the input, everyone. I'm sure I can find a couple of albums I'll enjoy.  

Not really a blues tune, but a good one just the same.

Here's a few that may have been left out, but worthy of listening:

Robert Cray

Roy Buchanan

Lonnie Mack

Ry Cooder

Blues Travelers

Gary Moore

Jeff Beck