Best blues for when you're, well, feeling blue
 

what do you guys really enjoy putting on when your feeling down. artist song or album

Howlin' Wolf is pretty awesome, and Chulahoma by The Black Keys is pretty sweet as well. I've been meaning to get more blues though.

funny thing is, I find alot of blues music to be quite happy

Blues is triumph over adversity, so I don't put blues on when I'm down at all. Very few musical genres are so refreshingly honest. Blues is.

T-bone Walker-Stormy monday Blues
Billie Gibbons-Blue Jean Blues
Robin Trower-Bridge of Sighs

And Then to make me feel better...
Jimi Hendrix-Red House
(I know her sister will)

Of Course, You can Always just play your own blues. thats the best

Stevie Ray Vaughan, BB King, Ry Cooder .. many have songs that really make me feel better.

I don't put on blues when I have the blues either.

I try:
Thom Yorke/Radiohead or Tori Amos - To let the blues overwhelm me.
The Mars Volta - To turn the blues into an angry/meloncholy kind of mood.

I don't normally try to change my mood with music, I try to further it. A little destructive at times but that's the way I like it.

A couple of Thom Yorke songs that get me a little blue:
The Tourist - Radiohead
Rabbit In Your Headlights - Unkle
How to disappear completely - Radiohead

I agree with jackhammer, frances, arivolk.....I don't put on the blues when im feeling blue or down. I play and listen to the blues because I'm excited about the blues lol. Puts a smile on my face every time. And Chumb good call on the black keys, I freakin love that band.

Yeah, enjoy Blues much!!!
 

well for me it's pretty obvious, Miles Davis' Kind of Blue.

Billie Holliday "Gloomy Sunday"

BB King. When he leads the orchestra in Chains And Things, it blows me away.

Ray Charles and Bob Dylan mostly

any Robert Johnson

especially Ramblings on My Mind

Personally, my favorite blues song is The Thrill Is Gone by BB King and Gary Moore. BB has done that song countless times, but the one with Gary Moore is definitely the best. the greatest part of all, its all improved. Check out the video on youtube.

Try Little Martha by the Allman Brothers Band

Check out Robben Ford...

STORMY MONDAY

my favorite is...well....the allman brothers band.....but any version will do

Stormy Monday is Classic...Southbound has some classic licks too..

well yea....but this is music for when ur feelin blue
southbound is for when ur in a good mood, or have tons of energy

and i'll add Damn Right I've Got The Blues, Five Long Years, Where is the Next One Comming From, and Too Broke To Spend the Night

all by Buddy Guy

"Cause we ended as lovers" - Jeff Becks version...not a traditional 1-4-5 blues by any means but the feeling is there...especially the volume swells at the beginning. Another jazzy blues is becks version of T Monks "Good Bye PorkPie Hat" off of Becks "Wired".

The "We get requests" album with Oscar Peterson trio from 1962, I think... Peterson, Tigpen & Brown at their best.
The complete album is just perfect for those rainy, gloomy days when you just wanna stay indoor.
It has a very melancholy feeling. all together
..Love it!

Koko Taylor - Wang Dang Doodle
Makes me smile again

Kind of Blue - I can play that forever and not get tired of listening to it.

well when I'm feeling sad I usually just put on some Muddy Waters or BB.

For some reason my favorite bluesman, John Lee Hooker, doesn't make me feel blue.

yay another Beck fan! I'm recently hooked on "She's a Women" but Pork Pie Hat and "Cause We've Ended as Lovers" are classics!!

SRV - "Texas Flood". I also like BB King - "Caldonia" because it makes me laugh.

Anything Zeppelin!

:pimp:Anything Zeppelin:pimp:

Calling Zeppelin blues TWICE?!?!

Banned.

Calling Zeppelin shit TWICE?!?!

Win.

sry but
zeppelin aint blues
its rock

I've been listening to ALOT of Joe Bonamassa lately. More of a modern blues but it's still great!

jimi hendrix bleeding heart extended, live is tough to beat.

rhcp, funky monks

Is a music nazi like a beach nazi?

Jimi Hendrix the wind cries mary or anything by Clapton thats Blues

Yer Blues by The Beatles

Electric Guitar song, Beyond The Clouds

Sketches of Spain, Miles Davis.

Thom Yorke/Radiohead or Tori Amos - To let the blues overwhelm me.
The Mars Volta - To turn the blues into an angry/meloncholy kind of mood.

or try Miles Davis' Kind of Blue.