Embarrassed Into Writing A Post
Yep. My friend 
Who does he think he's talking to?
I've thought about it for a while, and maybe it's a good idea to share some of the blues and rock and roll that I love. I've had some relatively evil things to say about Christmas Albums lately so I literally challenged myself to find and share some real blues Christmas songs.
Well guess what? Blues singers have way too much integrity to drop Christmas songs just to fatten up their wallets. Yes, Eric Clapton I'm looking right at you.
I first heard Sonny Boy Williamson in 1970 and I will sweet guarantee he did not play this song. He was in his early 80s when I heard him play on a kit just like you see in the photo with this video. It was real live, honest to God pre WWII blues.
Albert King is one of the absolute Blues guitar masters. As much as anybody he's the poster boy for the 'modern blues'. A red hot guitar played blues style. Albert King is simply a legendary blues player and guitarist. It just doesn't get much better and he did a Christmas Song. Who knew?
John Lee Hooker. Mr. John Lee Hooker. The absolute unquestioned father of modern blues. He influenced everybody from Stevie Ray Vaughn to the Rolling Stones. If you've ever listened to any blues or even early rock you've heard the Hooker influence.
Ok. So there you go. It's what I'm listening to today. I've listened to more Christmas music today than I normally do in a whole season, not counting my Christmas Eve and Day binge on NPR to hear 'classic Christmas'. It's the blues for Christmas. I'll come back with more blues but I promise I'm all done with Christmas Blues.
Thanks Bozz. For moving me off the dime. #weeklyspins
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