Michael Johnson - Bluer than Blue
 

Peggy Lee - Black Coffee
 

Bette Midler - When A Man Loves A Woman
 

Lou Donaldson - Blues Walk
 

With a nice solo by Akiko Tsuruga on organ.

Peggy Lee - Why Don't You Do Right?
 

Blues in the Night
 

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The incomparable Jimmy Smith (who once claimed in a Downbeat interview that everything John Coltrane knew about music he learned from Jimmy after Jimmy locked up John Coltrane for three days at his crib.)


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Brother Ray Charles


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Ella Fitzgerald

Kaz Hawkins - Lipstick and Cocaine
 

Copied from the what’s listening thread

Lonnie Johnson - Another Night To Cry
 

With an intro by harmonica player, Sonny Boy Williamson

Lightnin' Hopkins - Last Night I Lost the Best Friend I Ever Had
 

Composer, Lyricist, Musican: Sam "Lightnin" Hopkins

Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan Me A Dime
 

I know it says Blind Faith, but this is just Steve Winwood by himself in front of a crackling fire. He wrote it so he knows how it goes. Fits me perfectly this Saturday morning.

Bessie Smith - Keep It To Yourself
 

Listening to
 

Over and over, please

BLUES not just a color
 

Muddy Waters - You Can't Loose What Your Never Had
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgHQalqG6E8

Lovin' that hair conk (aka the Pompadour, the JFK, the Tony Curtis, the DA, or whatever style one wanted). I remember being a little girl and walking past the barber shop seeing the "hip" men getting their hair done. My dad would go in for a haircut and shave, but he couldn't stand what he thought the "hip" men represented with their shiny and glossy hair. Perhaps that explains why I love the look so much.

James Cotton - Slow Blues (Angel Of Mercy / Blues in my sleep)
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBeuco0PgJs

Charles Brown - Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUyrxK2xXP8