name a few classic blues+r&b songs

[audioaxes]

im looking for a few blues songs with a soul, r&b, and maybe a little country influence in it that arent too contemporary sounding and not too stripped down

a few already in my list include:

Otis Redding - Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay
Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind
smoky robinson - The Agony and the Ecstasy
BB King - The Thrill Is Gone
Billy Paul - Me And Mrs. Jones
Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone
James Brown - This is a Man's World
Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy


if you got any ideas please just post them down and id check into them
also if you know of any other active boards [seems a bit more of a rock music place] that may be able to help me out better feel free to post them

thanks

[nybergh]

Old: Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful
"New": Stevie Ray Vaughan - Change It

[Nolita]

Oh heck, can't narrow it down to a few(easily).

Tina Turner(you may see it listed as Ike and Tina) - River Deep Mountain High

Marvin Gay - What's Goin' On?

Billie Holiday - Anything(not a song title just anything she sang was good, damn good, great even)

what I said about Billie Holiday is true of just about everyone on my list, and yours too for that matter

Maybe mix it up a bit with John Coltrane - A Love Supreme(cliche' it's on everybody's list, but it's a classic and deserves to be there, plus it's more jazz than blues, hence the mix it up a bit)

Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops

Oh, I had better stop now or it won't be a few. At any rate there is of course tons more.

[Mattress]

Ella Fitzgerald - Summertime

though just about every jazz artist in the universe has done a recording of this song.

[audioaxes]

thanks for the suggestions, ill look into them

well these songs are for my grandfather and i kinda have a feel of what he likes...
he only listens to male vocalists, nothing uptempo, doesnt listen to mainstream motown sound, nothing with too much of lively tone

[WomanOfHeart]

Nina Simone - Feelin' Good

[Nolita]

Oh, I wish you had mentioned it was for your grandpa in the first place, and his tastes. I thought it was for you, and so included things like River Deep Mountain High, because I figured a younger person such as myself would enjoy having the mix open with something big and up tempo(oh yeah, wall of sound). In case you're not familliar with Jackie Wilson, don't just pass that name by, he was a man not a woman, and an amazing singer, James Brown "borrowed" a lot of his style and stage presence from him.

Unless he's familliar with Nina Simone, I think you might be able to sneak some of her stuff in(she had a rather deep voice, and therefore I think he might wouldn't even notice he's listening to a female vocalist).

I'm going to dig through what I have, and also consult with a friend who's currently in a blues/be-bop frame of mind, he has awesome taste too

Are you making a collection of mix cd's for your grandpa? If so can I make a suggestion? At many stores both brick and mortar and online, you can find these awesome little cd-r's ready for burning. I can't remember the name of the manufacturer, but they're made so that the backside of the disk looks like a record(sort of like small 45's), they cost a bit more than the standard cds you can get in a hundred pack, but if it's a gift I say it's a good idea to go all out, and little cds that look like 45's would be so nice. Also you can get cd cases really cheap that look like tiny album covers. If you take some double sided tape or spray adhesive and attatch them to regular printer paper you can print on them. So imagine going online, and doing a search for paintings from great black artists of the harlem rennaisance, you could then take those paintings into photoshop, or the gimp(whatever you have), and using the cd cover software that came with your cd burner as templates, make these really cool faux album covers to go with your really cool faux albums.

I'm sorry for getting all Martha Stewart on your ass I just think it's the little details that can take a really good gift, and make it an incredible one, you could even seal the little faux l.p.s in plastic if you wanted to go for all out realism.

However you choose to present your gift, I'm sure your grandpa will love it. It's really thoughtful.

[audioaxes]

wasnt really a gift, just something i wanted to do something for him

and as a matter of fact, since i ran out of space for one CD i decided to give him it
he was pretty impressed saying that Mrs Jones and Lets Stay Together were 2 of his favorite songs
btw im sorry i wasnt able to use any of the suggestions yet, since its pretty hard to find samples of these songs but ill definitely check into all suggestions when i try to create another music cd
and thanks for the Martha Stewart suggestion, ill might try that as a christmas gift

[Nolita]

Hey, if you're in the states, since Christmas is very, very, close, check Walgreens. I got a Billie Holiday cd, and a Heart cd(their best, Dreamboat Annie), for ten bucks. It's like a super saver thing. It's really cyclical too, when there's a renewed interrest in an album the price of the cd skyrockets to like $20.00, but then when the renewed interrest dies down, you find it as a supersaver at Walgreens, or Tower and it costs between $4.00 and $7.00.

You would be amazed at the incredible and legit collection you can amass that way, and sans crap too.I mean classic stuff, by folks like I mentioned allready but also The Miracles, Nina Simone, Led Zepellin, you name it, sooner or later at least one of their cd's goes on super saver, and you can get it really cheap.

It's also great for those guilty pleasures, like Kajagoogoo, and Missing Persons. There's usually at least one compolation disk from every decade dirt cheap. As for the cd space thing, I bought one of those mp3 cd players, and it paid for itsself in less than a year. I just burn a data disk with my songs on it, and then I can cram 6 to 7 cd's worth of music onto a single cd It's not an ipod but I don't have $300.00 just lying around waiting to be spent on an awesome gadget.

Maybe you can get your folks to spring for one as a gift for your grandpa, then you could take all his old albums, and using one of those cords with line in, put all his old albums on like 1/5th of the vinyl he has, and using audacity, you could edit them so they keep that warm fuzzy vinyl sound but are more clear(digitally clear even).


That way, you could spend what you can afford(spare time and some blank cds) and your folks could spend a pretty small ammount of money(I only paid $69.00 for my mp3 cd player a couple of years ago, that was cheap then, you can get them for under $50.00 now), and your grandpa wouldn't have to lug several cd's or albums around with him. Plus if he has an problems with range of movement or arthritis in his hands, it would be easier on him in that way as well, what with less cd changing. Just an idea. You could bounce it off the folks and see what they think(only if you like the idea of course).

I only think of these things, because my dad was older when I was born, so by the time he passed away, folks thought he was my grandpa, and also my mom has carpal tunnel syndrome. It makes me think up ways of making things easier for people. I just try to remember how things that are easy for me, like clicking the left button on a mouse, are difficult, or even impossible for others.

It's a good way to think really, it keeps you humble, and grateful for what you have, regardless of how little or much that may be.

Anyway, I'm really glad your grandpa likes his gift. I can just see him, settling back in his La-z-boy relaxing and listening to some good tunes, and surely thinking of you.

[ShyShy]

Hopefully I'm not too late with a suggestion. As a newer artist, Norah Jones has a very old soul. I'm looking to get her latest album myself.