Hail to the Hive!

I haven’t posted anything for a week,which is unlike me, cos I just feel a bit flat and down really. Uninspired and feeling blue. But luckily thanks to @ablaze and this Three Tune Tuesday , I got to listening to some of my fave tunes and it jarred me into action. And when I hit that rich vein of blues music as I went down my tune rabbit hole I got the inspiration I needed.

I love the Blues!

It really is my favourite love when it comes to music and if, like at the moment, I’m feeling pretty down it somehow has the opposite affect and rather than making me blue I find it kinda lifts me. Seeps into my soul an gives me that wry smile an old friend would give you that fully understands why you be feeling the way you be feeling, reassures you, puts an arm around your shoulder, pours you a drink ( whisky of course ), winks and knocks it back ready to pour another.

Now I know this is three tune Tuesday but my word I could have reeled off thirty tunes today without blinking. But here’s just a snapshot, a taste, a wee sniff of what I’m feeling today.

First up, got to be my all time fave. Mr Howling Wolf himself.

Now when you listen to Blues music you need to understand. Without the Blues you would have had no rock n roll. No Hard Rock, no metal no pop no nothing. The Blues is the very foundation of all that came after and in my mind, as much as I love some other later genres, none did it better, with more heart and soul, than the original blues artists.

Next up, Big Mama Thornton.

And you know that despite the subject matter, which often attests to losing loved ones or just about everything at some point or another, it somehow seems to impart some strength into me. Washes thise bleak feelings away and gives me perspective again.

Now if you’re not a blues fan the chances are these tunes, and these artists, may be new to you so I would really like to near comments from anyone to hear their reactions. Who knows maybe it will send you down a blues rabbit hole and have you coming out tapping your toes and humming for the rest of the day.

Let me know in the comments below ⬇️