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Show 2: The Amplified Blues Tradition

This is the blues after the current gets turned on. The set shows how amplification changed the feel, the attack, and the reach of the music without cutting it loose from its country roots.

34Tracks
23Artists
5Theme Tags
5Genre Tags

This is the blues after the current gets turned on. The set shows how amplification changed the feel, the attack, and the reach of the music without cutting it loose from its country roots.

SeriesRequired Listening
Tagselectric bluespostwarChicago bluesamplifiedblues guitar
Genrestraditional bluesblueschicago bluesdelta blueselectric blues
Tracklist
OrderTrackArtistSegmentBridgeStory
1LightAWALK1-
2Worried Life BluesJimmy Reed1Story
2Worried Life BluesLittle Walter1-
3Devil Got My WomanSkip James1Story
4Standing At My WindowArthur Big Boy" Crudup"1-
5My Baby Left MeArthur Big Boy" Crudup"1-
6Open The Door, Richard!Jack McVea1-
7I Can't Quit You BabyWillie Dixon1Story
9Bring It On HomeSonny Boy Williamson II1Yes-
10T-Bone BluesT-Bone Walker2YesStory
12SpoonfulHowlin' Wolf2Story
13Smokestack Lightnin'Howlin' Wolf2Story
14Rollin' StoneMuddy Waters2Story
15Walking By MyselfJimmy Rogers2-
16Who Do You LoveBo Diddley2Story
17Dust My BroomElmore James2Story
18All Your LoveMagic Sam2YesStory
19This TrainSister Rosetta Tharpe3YesStory
20Ramblin' ManHank Williams,Drifting Cowboys3-
21How Blue Can You Get?B.B. King3-
22Southbound TrainMuddy Waters3Story
25LouiseHowlin' Wolf3-
26Old Black MattieJunior Kimbrough3Yes-
27She's Long, She's Tall (She Weeps Like a Willow Tree)John Lee Hooker4YesStory
28Trouble No MoreMuddy Waters4-
29Come OnChuck Berry4-
30Mary Had A Little LambBuddy Guy4-
31You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never HadMuddy Waters4-
32Sitting On Top Of The WorldHowlin' Wolf4-
33It Serves You Right To SufferJohn Lee Hooker4-
34My Own Version of YouBob Dylan4Story
MoneyJohn Lee Hooker-
Nine Below ZeroSonny Boy Williamson II-
Rollin' And Tumblin' - Pt. 1Muddy Waters-