Back to sharing the Five On Friday sets come from my friend TRAVIS FROM TRAV'S THOUGHTS

Real simple pick five songs...pick a topic, pick a theme (or are they the same?) anyway...every so often Travis will give us a challenge...but most weeks, it is share five songs that may or may not have something in common.

This week...the wonderful Willie Dixon Song Little Red Rooster as performed by Howlin' Wolf, who did it first and, IMHO the best version.

The song has been done by many over the years...I selected The Rolling Stones, Big Mama Thornton, Tom Petty and the incredible Sam Cooke for your listening enjoyment.

Oh and, Howlin' Wolf's original The Red Rooster is included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of the "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll"

ENJOY AND HAVE A GRAND WEEKEND!

HOWLIN' WOLF:


ROLLING STONES:


 BIG MAMA THORNTON:


TOM PETTY:


SAM COOKE:

Five On A Bluesy Friday

Back to sharing the Five On Friday sets originally thought up by my friend TRAVIS FROM TRAV'S THOUGHTS

Real simple pick five songs...pick a topic, pick a theme (or are they the same?) anyway...every so often Travis will give us a challenge...but most weeks, it is share five songs that may or may not have something in common.

This week, just some of the people I have had on Music On The Couch and who I believe are "Musicians You Should Know"...

Hope you agree and enjoy...

ENJOY...

Have a GRAND WEEKEND

Off her latest, the title track
"Blood Red Blues"
Cee Cee James



Franc Robert & The Boxcar Tourists from their new album,
Mulligan Stew and "Let's Go Jukin'".

 

Mary Bridget Davies, from her latest album,
Wanna Feel Something and "Same Old Blues"



My boys, Victor Wainwright & The Wildroots,
from their performance at the Daytona Blues Festival and "Same Old Blues".


Not the same song...


The amazing Bernie Pearl.
This man not only plays it, he learned from the masters
and shares the history as well as anyone

Back to sharing the Five On Friday sets originally thought up by my friend TRAVIS FROM TRAV'S THOUGHTS

It is a fun little diversion and sometimes Travis even comes up with guidelines we need to follow for that week.

This week, I am giving you some Summertime music...

Have a Grand Weekend...

ENJOY!

Five On Friday - RIP Bob Welch

Late yesterday the word came down the interwebs, Bob Welch, who played with Fleetwood Mac from 1971-1974, an incredibly tumultuous time for the band, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

After leaving Fleetwood Mac, Welch joined ex Jethro Tull bassist Glenn Cornick and ex Todd Rundgren's Nazz drummer Thom Mooney in a band called Paris. They released two albums.  In an interview years later Welch called the albums "ill-conceived".

With the assistance of his former bandmates in Fleetwood Mac, Welch began a solo- career that earned him moderate success over the rest of his life. His biggest hit was his remake of his song Sentimental Journey, which Fleetwood Mac had originally included on their "Bare Trees" Album.

Welch appeared on three Fleetwod Mac albums, "Future Games", "Bare Trees" and "Mystery to Me".

He was not included in the induction of Fleetwood Mac into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame.

Yesterday, Welch committed suicide in his Nashville home at around 12:15 p.m. He was found by his wife with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest; a suicide note had been left behind. Welch had suffered from undisclosed health issues prior to his death.

He was a talented musician and any death by suicide is a tragedy.

With the Playlist situation and with not enough time to build an mp3 myself this week, I will share videos I found on you tube this week...

Robert Lawrence "Bob" Welch, Jr.
(August 31, 1945 – June 7, 2012)











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Five On Friday - Jethro Tull

My friend Travis came up with this little ditty for Friday's. Pick a group, a theme, whatever and post 5 songs.

Sometimes he gives us prompts and we need to follow a thread. Sometimes he just lets us play like kids!