Blues
The blues is where feeling comes first. Born from hardship and carried through generations, it’s the sound of truth laid bare—slide guitar crying, a voice worn but steady, a rhythm that won’t quit. Simple on the surface, deep underneath, the blues doesn’t hide anything. It sits with you, tells its story, and lets you find your own in it.
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out Bessie Smith - 1929
- My Girl (In the Pines) Leadbelly
- Mr Mudd and Mr Gold Townes Van Zandt - The Late Great Townes Van Zandt - 1972
- Dirt in the Ground Tom Waits - Bone Machine - 1992
- Chocolate Jesus Tom Waits - Mule Variations - 1999
- Another Time and Place Dave Van Ronk