Blues with a symphony orchestra? Somehow she gets away with it.
She could play Marilyn Monroe if she had - - - - - - - -

St James Infirmay.Katie Smith . Corvallis-OSU Symphony Orchestra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tIbQ3UwzOA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT2pL4FNlpI

It Serves you Right to Suffer ,
John Lee Hooker

Here’s a link. There’s a number of recordings by Lee Hooker on the web but this one , to my ears is the best, especially the way the bass is recorded.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk3NGghAzII

To my ears this is a blues/country mix but I’m sure no expert. Dumpin it here anyway


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32GZ3suxRn4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz1tZUO034o

Nice guitar sound in that performance, Plankton. As you prob know, the presenter at the beginning is Alan Price - keyboard player for The Animals and a guy who knew his way around the blues pretty well. This performance is a little rough around the edges, but AP really keeps the whole thing driving along:-

He's definitely up front in the mix. Good stuff.

Speaking of rough around the edges:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0tJhHlbxWo

I don't know what happened to the vocal track, but the guitar comes through the way I like it: sharp and clear.

As we seem to be doing Brits playing elec blues live, I'm jumping forward a decade or two for this a tasty one:-



In fact I saw Stan Webb live round about this time, as I remember him wearing some kind of wrist support. Didn't stop him working hard all night though.

Ella kills it - - - - - - -


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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iM9bt2u00M