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Farther on Up the Road [PA]Bobby "Blue" Bland
Release Date: 11/11/2008
Original Release:
2008
# of Discs:
1
J&R Item # 1047372_CD
UPC # 636551006224
Label: Snapper
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Performer: Bobby "Blue" Bland
Distributor: E1 Distribution (USA) Notes: Bobby "Blue" Bland was one of the finest voices in post-war blues, and FARTHER UP THE ROAD offers a glimpse of his talent in its early, developmental phase. These 16 tracks are culled from his earliest (i.e., mid-1950s) work for the Duke label (just after his Chess debut recordings), immediately preceding his commercial breakthrough. You can hear his already impressive voice gaining in stature as he inches closer to the commanding vocal presence we know from his late-'50s/early-'60s classics.
Bobby "Blue" Bland is regarded as one of the greatest singers in the blues world. Growing up in Memphis, he was influenced by gospel and country as well as blues, and his style has always shown a broader scope than that of most bluesmen. Early on he worked as a valet/driver for B.B. King, but eventually the two men would work together as peers. Bland began recording in the early '50s, but it was his '60s recordings, including the classics "I Pity the Fool" and "Turn on Your Lovelight" that would make him immortal. Among blues musicians his influence is seminal, and in the rock world, everyone from Eric Clapton to the Grateful Dead has reverently covered Bland's material.
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Ace, Johnny (50's) Brown, Clarence "Gatemouth" Burke, Solomon Clapton, Eric Covay, Don Ernest, King Gaye, Marvin Gordon, Rosco King, B.B. Mayfield, Percy McClain, Mighty Sam Parker, Junior Redding, Otis Robinson, Weepin' Willie Rush, Otis Scaggs, Boz Taylor, Johnnie Turner, Ike Van Morrison Wright, O.V.
Influences:
Cole, Nat "King" Eckstine, Billy Franklin, C.L., Rev. Hartman, Johnny Jefferson, Blind Lemon Jeffries, Herb Walker, T-Bone Waters, Muddy
Similar Genres:
Texas/W. Coast Blues
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