That is so funny. I was listening to Son House wondering if I should send it to you because he is so drunk! Son House is my favorite blues singer but this is not his best.
I have been using the search but I think you are right, you just have to wade through a lot to get the good stuff. I am going to listen to Lightnin' next. My original song "Goodbye Baby" is played in his Texas blues guitar style. The Internet is really delivering the goods with this site! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > I got totally lost on this site when I was looking for the Sonny > > Boy to send you. I can't figure out how to navigate if you don't > > have a name. It all seems mixed together. Some of the home videos > > are really funny too but it is endless. I'll check out your finds > > later. I know I will not stop there, it is addictive! > > Use the search field up at the top, and use > the drop-down menu next to it to select > Playlists. If you type "blues" in the search > field, you'll come up with hundreds of playlists > with "blues" in the title. Click on any of them > to see the videos on the playlist. Or you can > type in the name of a performer and get a list > of playlists containing videos of that performer. > > And if you click on a video, to the right there'll > be a list of "Related playlists," which will most > likely contain more videos by the same performer. > > You can compile your own playlists by adding > videos to your "Favorites" (you have to register > to do this). You can make your playlists public, > in which case they'll show up in a search, or > private. > > The playlists are often idiosyncratic, so you still > have to wade through a certain amount of stuff that > isn't relevant, but the playlist categories really > narrow down the field. On the other hand, the > idiosyncrasies can involve treasures you wouldn't > have thought to go looking for. > > The Blues playlists have a lot of really classic > stuff. > > Here's Son House playing "Death Letter > Blues"-- > > http://youtube.com/watch?v=enMcysS5ZYY&search= > > Big Bill Broonzy-- > > http://youtube.com/watch?v=JIp7lnDOJ6g > > T-Bone Walker, "Call Me When You Need Me"-- > > http://youtube.com/watch?v=DWbB0Ei5r3U > > Muddy Waters, "Got My Mojo Working," > accompanied by Sonny Boy-- > > http://youtube.com/watch?v=Dlt9zRC6rnk > > Lightnin' Hopkins, "Goin' Down Slow"-- > http://youtube.com/watch?v=723V2FFs82Y > > And so on. I took these more or less at > random from one playlist of somebody calling > himself jledbetter. Here's the URL of his > playlist of over 100 videos, mostly blues: > > http://youtube.com/profile_videos?user=jledbetter > > Then there are also Groups, which I haven't even > explored yet; there's 32 Groups under the Blues > heading. > > Bhairitu's probably right, this incredible bounty > isn't likely to last long, alas. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> You can search right from your browser? It's easy and it's free. See how. http://us.click.yahoo.com/_7bhrC/NGxNAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
