Bill Wyman talks blues?????

Posted by: bigtrak on 23 January 2002

I don't know if any of you heard Jonathan Ross interview Bill Wyman a while back for radio2 (you can hear the interview along with loads of others at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/jonathan_ross/audio_replay.shtml ) Jonathan Ross asked Bill Wyman to pick one album that he thought was the best introduction to "The Blues" and he said Folk Singer by Howlin Wolf, he said its the album a rocking chair on the front. Now I have looked around for this album and can't find it. There is however an album of the same name by Muddy Waters. Has Bill got his wires crossed? I haven't seen the cover of this album so do any of you know if theres a rocking chair on it? If there is this must be the album hes talking about, Is it a good intro to "The Blues" or have any of you got any better suggestions?
Posted on: 23 January 2002 by John C

Personally I would go for the Chess 50 anniversary box set for Howlin Wolf. My idea of heaven is to inherit the record collections of Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts.

Johny

Posted on: 23 January 2002 by Sigmund
The rockin' chair album *is* a great album. Quintessential early urban blues. Other great HW discs you might want to check out are The Real Folk Blues on Mobile Fidelity; HW Two on One which includes the rocking chair album and the raw Moanin' in the Moonlight; HW Rides Again on Flair, rocking stuff that Sam Philips sold to the Modern label and Memphis Days volumes one and two on Bear Family which is great Sun stuff. Sam Philips said that HW is where the soul of man nevers dies.
Posted on: 24 January 2002 by Peter Stockwell
There was series put out by the french label Vogue, early '80s I believe, and the big names had an album or two in the series. I have a Muddy Waters double album from the series. John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters were definitely in the series. Anybody know who else had records in this series.

There is or was a Chess Box set with 4 CDs that covers the recorded history of Chess records that's an interesting buy too, I don't have it but I had the pleasure to listen to it at a friends.


Maybe I'm missing something with Eric Bibb, I have one of his CDs, that I haven't listened to in a while, and he seems like Keb Mo' light to me.

Oops, looks like I've got my threads crossed. confused

Peter

Posted on: 24 January 2002 by John C
Peter, Eric Bibb belongs in the thread on well recorded CDs for HIFI buffs. You are spot on with your asessment otherwise.Blues Lite.

John.

Posted on: 24 January 2002 by Peter Stockwell
Now if I want to listen to 'new' blues, I'm heading for R.L. Burnside these days. I have 'well,well,well' and the newest 'burnside live', I think that's it, don'thave the CD in front of me. The new live disc is really hipnotic, and rocks inexorably. It's true that his tunes are either classics, such as John Lee Hookers 'Boogie Chillun', or remind you other other classic tunes. But there's definitely lead in the pencil.

Peter