Muddy Waters

I feel like some blues, and it does not look like I have ever posted a Muddy Waters video. So here are a couple.

"Got My Mojo Working"



"You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had "



Probably his most popular song "Mannish Boy"

Johnny Cash and the Carter Family

Yesterday would have been Johnny Cash's 79th birthday. So for today's gospel song, "Were You There When Crucified My Lord", here is Cash with harmonies by Mother Maybelle and the Carter Sisters.

Dinah Washington

Following up on the last post, here are a couple more segments of Dinah Washington.

A live television appearance from the Apollo Theater. Washington and Louis Jordan perform "What a Difference a Day Makes" and "Makin Whoppee". The introduction is done by Ronald "Ronnie" Reagan.



"I Don't Hurt Anymore"



"September in the Rain"

This Bitter Earth\On the Nature of Daylight

"This Bitter Earth" is one of my favorite songs, and Dinah Washington does the best version of it. This combination of Washington's singing with the music from Max Richter's "On the Nature of Daylight" was create for the film Shutter Island.

No Hiding Place Down Here

This week's gospel song is "No Hiding Place Down Here". Here is a version performed by June Carter Cash and Mother Maybelle



This is the original Carter Family recording. My guess is this was the first recording of this song.

The O'Neal Twins & Choir

From the movie Say, Amen Somebody, the O'Neal Twins singing "It's A Highway to Heaven", performed with choir.

SteelDrivers

The last album up for the Bluegrass Grammy this year is the SteelDrivers' Reckless. The SteelDrivers have recently changed lead singers from Chris Stapleton to Gary Nichols.

I previously posted a version of this with Stapleton singing, but it is a great song, so here is another version of "Where Rainbows Never Die" with Nichols singing.



Another song, "Good Corn Liquor", with Nichols singing.



This song, "Can You Run?", is on the new album. This is a version with Stapleton singing.

Peter Rowan

The fourth album up for the Bluegrass Grammy is Peter Rowan's Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band: Legacy. Some video from that album.

In this video Rowan talks about the album.



"Jailer, Jailer"



"Family Demon"

Del McCoury

The third album up for the Bluegrass Grammy is the Del McCoury Band's Family Circle. Here are some songs off that album.

"Revenuer's Blues"



"Sweet Appalachia"



"Prairie Wedding"

Patty Loveless

The second album nominated for the Bluegrass Grammy is Patty Loveless' Mountain Soul II. These are all songs on that album.

"Handful of Dust"



"Working on a Building"



"Diamonds in My Crown" - This is the track off the album with Emmylou Harris singing background.

Sam Bush

I am going to do five posts this week that will cover the five albums that are up for the best Bluegrass Album Grammy this year.

First up, Sam Bush's album Circle's Around Me.

Here is the title track off the album.



This is a ballad based on the true story of former Grand Ole Opry member Stringbean Akeman, "The Ballad of Stringbean and Estelle".



Here is an old video of Stringbean himself performing a Bill Monroe song, "It's Mighty Dark to Travel".

Amos Lee - Jesus

"Jesus", a gospel song from Amos Lee's new album, Mission Bell.

Wanda Jackson & Jack White

I did a previous post on Wanda Jackson to recognize that she had finally be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. That post contains a video of my favorite Wanda Jackson song, "Hard Headed Woman".

At 73, she has just released a new album called The Party Ain't Over. The album was produced by Jack White. These videos are all songs off that album.

"Thunder on the Mountain"



"Shakin' All Over"



"You Know I'm No Good"