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A little bit on the darker side, but bluesy nonetheless.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q63sILptUs

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MAN!! I haven't heard this in a while. Thanks for bringing this back to light. I've heard blues influences in Hozier's work since day one.

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I listened to this album nonstop when it first came out. It's been awhile, and I forgot just how good it is.

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It's fantastic. The man can jam with the best of them.

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https://youtu.be/9Ri7TcukAJ8?si=dpbYOGub-WMpOxZv

Howlin Wolf

Smokestack Lighting

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YES. I almost added this one last week. Thank you!

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YESSSSSSS THIS IS SO GOOD

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https://www.npr.org/2013/08/26/216815027/buddy-guy-on-mountain-stage

Watching Buddy Guy on Mountain Stage (on TV, during the period they video broadcasted as well) was a life-changing experience. Music became even more important to me after that.

Cheers!

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Very cool! I'll have to listen to that soon. I'll go ahead and add the track "Done Got Old" to the Blue Wednesday playlist. Very cool song that I hadn't heard before.

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I didn't have a song in mind for Blue Wednesday today so I just looked up songs by John Lee Hooker because I was feeling him today.

I already shared "Boom Boom Boom", which seems to be his #1 hit, so here's #2: One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3o8-bcfFvE

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An excellent choice Scoot! Added to the playlist!

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Leon Russell was one of my favorites "back in the day" ...

https://youtu.be/37dw2r45Xzg?si=pdXEW2N1w75Q9RY3

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I actually sorta kinda (co)wrote a blues song once. I had nothing to do with the tune, but the words are all mine. The story and the song are here:

https://open.substack.com/pub/kentpeterson/p/blues-for-my-dad?r=txq7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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What a touching story. Thank you for sharing, Kent. I love that you'll always have that to look back on when you think of your dad.

And that ended up being a pretty cool little tune. I know I've heard much worse! haha..

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