Anybody recommend some good Blues or RnB, Soul Listening ect?

[thebigyin]

Hi Folks,


Big Blues, old School RnB, Soul fan ect.....familier with a lot of mainstream stuff but wondered if anyone could recommend any obscurer stuff Old or New.....like a lot of Funky Bass (not slap) more fingerstyle and love the walking bass lines something that swings/shuffles with a good groove.
Like Jamerson, Weeks, Jemmott, Shannon, Roscoe Beck, Paul Turner, Gayden, Porter, john Paul Jones, Fraser type players.
Thanks and Love the site by the way!

[Happy Jack]

Dive into the Freddie King back-catalogue ... you won't be disappointed.

Also worth checking out Bobby "Blue" Bland.

Both artists are usually categorised as blues (Bobby drifting well into soul territory) but they covered so much more ground than that, and both seemed to choose bass players who could bring something fresh to the music.

[thebigyin]

Thanks for that mate.....just started listening to some Freddie King stuff....think one of his Bassists was Johnny B Gayden and yeah the man can groove like crazy just trying to cop some of his lines....cheers.

[chris_b]

Delbert McClinton, Lucky Peterson, Etta James, early Keb Mo.

Gaydon was bassist for Albert Collins.

[wateroftyne]

[Edit - just read the OP properly. This is probably a bit too mainstream]

Late 60's Aretha. Tommy Cogbill, Jerry Jemmott....

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FevK4QQaoFs[/media]

[chris_b]

Johhny Lang, Kenny Neal, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Bernard Allison

[chris_b]

john mooney & bluesiana, Luther Allison, Little Milton, Ann Peebles

[JapanAxe]

Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign: Basically, AK backed by the Stax house band!

EDIT - and anything by the Meters.

Edited November 16, 2013 by JapanAxe

[Len_derby]

Tune into Paul Jones, Radio 2 Monday 7-8pm. Available on play-again via BBC website too. I've picked up on lots of artists from there over the years.

[geoffbyrne]

For some modern blues, give Coco Montoya a listen.

G.

[Coilte]

Early "Crusaders" material is worth checking out.

[thebigyin]

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Delbert McClinton, Lucky Peterson, Etta James, early Keb Mo.

Gaydon was bassist for Albert Collins.
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My Apologies you are right I got mixed up....thanks for correcting my error.

[thebigyin]

[b]Thanks keep em coming.[/b]

[JapanAxe]

Vintage Trouble

[crag42]

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Good call. . Seen these live. .. superb tight band

Also check out henrik freischlader. . German bluesman. .. funky and one hell of a musician

[AntLockyer]

Gary Clarke Jr
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Buddy Guy's new album Rhythm and Blues
Peter Green with Nigel Watson
Otis Span
Mike Bloomfield
Jason Ricci
Luther Allison
Nick Gravenites
Jimmie Vaughn
Robert Cray
Cozy Powell

Stuff I've listened to this week.

[yorks5stringer]

Just been re-listening to John Legend and The Roots on "Wake Up", think it was Owen Biddle on bass for that album...

[discreet]

R L Burnside.

[thebigyin]

Thankyou so much to everyone for there suggestions....cheers Bob.

[Simon.]

Japan Axe beat me to it, but I would definitely recommend checking out Vintage Trouble. Great on CD, superb live. Other recent stuff I've been liking would include: Alabama Shakes, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears and also one I found on here a while back: the track by Q-Tip called Man Woman Boogie.

As for older stuff, James Govan is a lesser known great (check out "Wanted: Lover" for some funky bass), Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes did some brilliant Philly soul. Producer Tom Moulton did a Philly Soul re-mix/re-master compilation last year which features 4/5 Bluenotes tracks, all of which are superb.

[ead]

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+1 Excellent live band if you get the chance.