remember when bands like the white stripes and henry and june weren't pretentious assholes. what happened to doin captain beefheart and son house songs? i've been on a kick lately digging through 45's and lurkin on myspace trying to find any bands who still have almost dead feeling. send me a link if you can help. the closest i've come is an obscure portland band who claims detroit as one of their influences. they're called SAMO and they do oneof the best covers of a son house track that i've maybe ever heard (almost as good as death letter). the rest of their songs are a little strange, but still good in their own way. myspace.com/samo333

I'm happy that this thread exists.

 

 I don't think it's "Dead" , but , since Honeyboy Edwards passed , about a month ago , I DO feel The Blues is dead. Had a good run . I live in Chicago , where anything that has nothing to do with The Blues gets passed off as the real deal. Some people get close to it , but Honeyboy , and this is just my opinion , was the last of the greats.

As far as Punk Blues is concerned , I think it still has some life left in it , tho' I'm not crazy about some of the things I've heard.....Tijuana Hercules , who've been based in Chicago for at least 10 or 12 years , still play out on occasion , and they've got it. They are the missing link to that Axis of Evil - Howlin' Wolf , Captain Beefheart , Jim Dandy and even Tom Waits (To some degree.).  In the 80's ,I was wondering when someone was going to make the connection between Punk and Blues.

I did'nt know , yet , that Msr. Jeffrey Evans and The Gories , the primary founders of this stuff ( Along with Jack O' Fire , a little later.) , were just around the corner , or , to be fair , that Hound Dog Taylor was "Punk Blues" 25 years before people started talking about it.... 

Punk Blues Dead!!!! Damn Kopper, I guess the timing of the show was bad...send me your punk blues boys and girls..lets keep this shit going

Not dead, not sleepin', still alive just low down creepin'.

the VANES said:

Not dead.  Sleepin'.

Check these dudes out:

http://www.myspace.com/thejooksofkent

What about my band!

 

http://garagepunk.ning.com/profile/ThePignoseWillys

 

One more..? 2001 The Havox - 'Here Catch' album. Great cover of 'Willie the Wild One', well I think so!?

what have the white stripes done "wrong"?

Check out my baand Gun. We're based out of Northwest Indiana.

Here are some tracks from two of our releases.

www.bandcamp.indianagun.com

 

ENJOY.

Got to add to the love for The Bonnevilles , sound awesome live 'Alabama Train' a cover brilliant and great guys too, chatted to Chris the drummer at a gig in Hastings (well there was only a few of us there so he had to talk to someone), he knows his music and can play up a driving rhythm. They even added a short video I did to the opening track on their album on their facebook page! http://youtu.be/0VoZ5-nm5xY

Try Guadalupe Plata @ http://guadalupeplata.bandcamp.com plus a bit of early Five Horse Johnson goes down well occasionally.

Agree with The Speaking Tongues mention,  'Goin' back to Memphis' is a great cover.

Yeah, I brought The Immortal Lee County Killers twice to Wichita. Freakin' awesome. Chet is a monster guitar slinger.   Check out his new band, Silver Lions 20/20.  And of course, The Quadrajets too.  

http://www.myspace.com/silverlions2020

Good call; Voodoo Rhythm has Stinky Lou (a very heavy, very bluesy, garage punk sound). http://www.voodoorhythm.com/stinky-lou.html

for those whi might not be aware, James Leg from the Black Diamond Heavies has released a solo album. Very good stuff. He's playing with former drummer from Pearlene, another underrated punk blues band.

on the blues side of the punk blues thing, some might be interested into the Broke and Hungry record label too...

cool shit

Chicken Diamond said:

punk blues's not dead!

new release of Chicken Diamond on Beast Records next month...

www.myspace.com/chickendiamond

 

check out Black Diamond Heavies. They are a little more r&B based, but have that punk blues feel.

I guess I would have to suggest this guy: www.stompingnick.com

Yeah, he was mentioned earlier. Agreed: he is super cool and def worth mention at the top of the list. In that case, don't forget Doo Rag...

The Owsley Brothers said:

Did anyone mention Bob Log III ? Totally sick & twisted punk blues.He is one of my fav's.

www.myspace.com/boblog111

 

Also My band the Owsley Brothers. You can listen to on mu music player, or:

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Owsley+Brothers/Separated+At+Birth

 

Let me know what you think....

Did anyone mention Bob Log III ? Totally sick & twisted punk blues.He is one of my fav's.

www.myspace.com/boblog111

 

Also My band the Owsley Brothers. You can listen to on mu music player, or:

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Owsley+Brothers/Separated+At+Birth

 

Let me know what you think....

my darn shit

The Hummingbirds (a really obscure band hailing from my hometown, Helmond)) are pretty blues punk. They're in my music player. As far as I know they released only one, vinyl-only album. The 1st Death Letters album (also dutch) has its punk blues moments, such as this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4za6PNbVSZ8

I can personally vouch for the bloozeabilly of Las Drogas   Hey KK

KK Dirty Money said:

Agreed: there are a lot of bluespunk bands slithering around out there, they are just not at the top of the heap these days and don't get a lot of attention (unless you're talking White Stripes, Black Keys, etc.)

Has anybody heard of The Immortal Lee County Killers II from Alabama?

I play in a bluespunk two-piece called Las Drogas (based out of Ypsilanti, MI - near Ann Arbor and Detroit)
We play a mixture of garage, blues, rockabilly, 50s/60s rock, punk.
www.myspace.com/lasdrogasrock
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Las-Drogas/136540006382577

Here's a video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MwOsTEsmLU

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion had some good stuff, so did Fat Possum Records

I triple that emotion about The Bonnevilles....they are going to bring it back in a big way IMHO. LOVE them and can't wait to see em in the US.

Reply by WolfBoy Slim 21 hours ago 

 

"dont know if the immortal lee county killers are still around, but they did some cool slide stuff

 

The ILCK packed it in a coupla years back, i got to see them right near the end of their of their career. Completely blew me away and i became a fan for life!!! I saw them when they were a trio with the keyboard player who formed the Black Diamond Heavies, another band that most of you would dig!

The Soft Cannibals an album i recently put out that sorta falls under this!