funky blues

[Ham]

I'm listening to arelean brown "i've broken many hearts" right now, and it has left me wanting more funk with blues elementsmaybe albertina walker "love one another", alex williams & the mustangs "the thrill aint gone", patti drew "beggar for the blues", andrew brown "you made me suffer" could fit in to the same sound..can anyone suggest any funky blues/bluesy funk?

 

[MoogMan]

Albert King - I wanna get funky.




Peace

 

[mr.brett]

B.B. King - B.B. Jones

 

[motown67]

A couple years ago I was really into finding funky Blues albums. Here's a couple to check for:

Luther Allison - Bad News Coming

Mel Brown - Big Foot Country Girl
Mel Brown - Blues For We
Mel Brown - Chicken Fat
Mel Brown - Eighteen Pounds of Unclean Chitlins
Mel Brown - I'd Rather Suck My Thumb
Mel Brown - Mel Brown's Fifth
Mel Brown - Wizard

http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/list.php?category=Blues

Albert Collins - Love Can Be Found Anywhere
Albert Collins - Compleat Albert Collins

Lowell Fulsom - Let's Get Stoned
Lowell Fulsom - Now
Lowell Fulsom - Tramp

Joe Hicks - Mighty Joe Hicks

http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/list.php?category=Blues&page=2

Earl Hooker - Funk Last Of The Great Earl Hooker

John Lee Hooker - Free Beer and Chicken

Howlin Wolf - This Is Howlin Wolf's New Album

Etta James - Come A Little Closer
Etta James - Etta James
Etta James - Etta Is Betta Than Evvah
Etta James - Funk

Johnny Jenkins - Ton Ton Macoute

http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/list.php?category=Blues&page=3

Albert King - I Wanna Get Funky
Albert King - King Of The Blues Guitar
Albert King - Lovejoy

Freddie King - Is A Blues Master

Curtis Knight - Down In The Village

Little Sonny - Black And Blue
Little Sonny - New King Of The Blues Harmonica

Cash McCall - Omega Man

http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/list.php?category=Blues&page=4

Johnny Otis - Cuttin Up

Junior Parker - Love Ain't Nothin But A Business
Junior Parker - Outside Man

Son Seals - Son Seals Blues Band

Koko Taylor - Basic Soul

http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/list.php?category=Blues&page=5

Muddy Waters - Electric Mud

Junior Wells - On Tap
Junior Wells - You're Tuff Enough

http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/list.php?category=Blues&page=6

 

[tonyphrone]

Junior Parker and O.V. Wright...

 

[Pistol_Pete]

this one's got a couple nice tracks...

 

[pickwick33]

Can't forget about Little Mack Simmons, from Chicago. That's him playing harmonica on Arelean Brown's "I Am A Streaker," but he made many fine singles in the seventies on the PM, Dud Sound and Simmons label (including a version of the Ohio Players'"Skin Tight"). He had one insanely hard to find LP on PM entitled Inflation Blues. Most of his sides from that era are compiled on a CD compilation, The PM/Simmons Collection.

 

[vajdaij]

On a more recent note, there's some funky Junior Kimbrough releases on Fat Possum.

 

[The_Hook_Up]

 

[pickwick33]

Freddy Robinson - Off The Cuff (Enterprise) (LP)
Buster Benton - "Good To The Last Drop" (Jewel) (45)
Little Johnny Taylor - "As Long As I Don't See You" (Ronn) (45)
Little Milton - "That's What Love Will Make You Do" (Stax) (45)
P. Willie Buck - "Disco Blues" (IRC) (45)
A Good Blues Band - "Disco Blues" (Lauderdale Music) (45)
(back then, when a bluesman called himself doing disco, it usually meant it was a behind-the-times funk record...believe me, you want these)
Jimmy Dawkins - "Put It On The Hawg" (Excello) (45)
Little Oscar - "The Message" (Supreme Blues) (45)
Little Beaver - "Funkadelic Sound" (Cat) (45)

Any of U.S. Warren's records...

Just about any of Bobby Rush's seventies records. Of course there's the Rush Hour album on Philadelphia Int'l, which is surprisingly hard considering Gamble & Huff produced it, but you may also want to track down singles like "Get Out Of Here" (Warner Bros.) and "Chicken Heads" (Galaxy).

 

[holmes]

A Good Blues Band - "Disco Blues" (Lauderdale Music) (45)
(back then, when a bluesman called himself doing disco, it usually meant it was a behind-the-times funk record...believe me, you want these)

This 45 is real good, every now & then when I'm having a 45 throwout session, I always try to get rid of this because of the title, then I listen to it & remember how cool it is, I think it is in my gig box at the moment in fact.

 

[Ham]

Thank you all very much for the knowledge dropped!

 

[Blastkid]

I can highly recommend John Mayall - The Pusher Man from the 'The Latest Edition' Lp.

 

[the_average_man]

never got round to posting the same question, good work boyz

 

[bluewater]

Johnny Holiday - "Nobody Loves Me But My Mama"

great record.

also arlean brown's "impeach me baby" is stellar.

 

[vajdaij]

a nasty version of a classic:

 

[luck]

alex williams & the mustangs "the thrill aint gone"

BOOM.

 

[pickwick33]

alex williams & the mustangs "the thrill aint gone"

BOOM.
With all the reissues of soul-blues from the Jewel/Ronn/Paula vaults, this song must have turned up on some album by now. I know damn well the single won't be given away free on the corner with every crack shipment, so I see no shame in buying it on a compilation album. Anyone know if this tune has been anthologized?

(Cue some high-roller: "Oh, I see 'The Thrill Ain't Gone' CHEAP all the time...it was just $100 on eBay!")

 

[jinx74]

sonny rhodes on cherrie - local bay area funky blues track.

 

[bluewater]

alex williams & the mustangs "the thrill aint gone"

BOOM.
With all the reissues of soul-blues from the Jewel/Ronn/Paula vaults, this song must have turned up on some album by now. I know damn well the single won't be given away free on the corner with every crack shipment, so I see no shame in buying it on a compilation album. Anyone know if this tune has been anthologized?

(Cue some high-roller: "Oh, I see 'The Thrill Ain't Gone' CHEAP all the time...it was just $100 on eBay!")
while i am no high roller, i picked my copy up back in the day for only about 25 bucks minty. has the value for this one gone up over the last 3 years or so?