No solo es uno de los mejores cantantes de la historia ,su grupo maravilloso de puro blues ,capaz de tocar el mas magistral blues y arropar de forma maravillosa lo mas soul de este monstruo.<****** title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sNrxz-A19WY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>

Two Steps From The Blues (1961).
Uno de los mejores albums de la historia.Entre los temas una de las mejores canciones de la historia "Cry,Cry,Cry",y las excepcionales "I´m Not Ashamed ",Little Boy Blue","St.James Infirmary","I´ll Take Care Of You".

Se cumplen 50 años de una de las cumbres,esperemos que se haga algun homenaje a la obra de este hombre que acerco el soul al blues (o al reves).

77 paginas en ingles donde pone donde toco este ,uno de los grandes genios de la musica popular,con grandes musicos detras,sale todo lo que hizo ( salvo error de algun single ),debido a lo completo de este trabajo hecho por algun amante de la musica popular,cuelgo ese enlace:
http://souloftheman.com/discography.pdf
Un ejemplo (primeras paginas):
Session Discography
The discography is arranged chronologically by recording session, except compilation
albums which are placed among the session dates according to when they were released.
The first line of each numbered session date, in bold, indicates how the artist is identified
on the record label. The next line(s) identifies where and when the session was held.
The third line, in italics, indicates the session’s producer/arranger. The next lines
identify, as far as possible, the musicians who participated in the recordings. The
instrument abbreviations are: as=alto saxophone
b=bass guitar
bf=bass flute
bs=baritone saxophone
bv=background vocals
d=drums
f=flute
g=guitar
h=harmonica
k=keyboards
o=organ
p=piano
per=percussion
t=trumpet
tb=trombone
ts=tenor saxophone

The next lines, in capital letters, identify the songs that were recorded at each session,
with the number of the record where the song appeared in chronological order on the
right. If a song or album is in bold face, it appeared on the Billboard African-American
chart, except when it was temporarily discontinued in 1963—1965. For this period, the
Cash Box Black Contemporary Singles chart is cited and identified with a *. Although
Billboard changed the name of its R&B, Soul, Black, Hip-Hop charts over the years,
“R&B” is used for all years, and “Pop” for the popular chart. The final line, in bold,
italics, and underlined, indicates any awards received by the recording.
The information contained in the discography was culled from the following sources and,
where there were discrepancies, in the following order:
Album liner notes
Fancourt, Leslie, and McGrath, Bob, The Blues
Discography 1943-70, West Vancouver, BC, Canada,
Eyeball Productions, 2006.
Daguerre, Pierre, and Mohr, Kurt, “Bobby Bland
Discography,” Soul Bag, No. 115, 1989.
Whitburn, Joel, Top R&B Singles 1942-1995,
Menomonee Falls, WI, Record Research Inc., 1996.
“Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland,” at
CD Store Page 1.
Asanovic, Bosko, “Bobby Bland,” at
bbland.
1. Roscoe Gordon with Bobby Bland
Memphis Recording Service, Memphis, TN August, 1951
Sam Phillips
Willie Wilkes-ts Rosco Gordon-p
Adolph “Billy” Duncan-ts John Murray Daley-d
LOVE YOU TILL THE DAY I DIE Chess 1487
Chess LP1446
BOOTED sung by Rosco Gordon was on the flip side of Chess 1487.
2. Robert Bland with Rosco Gordon and his Orchestra
Memphis Recording Service, Memphis, TN Fall, 1951
Sam Phillips
Willie Wilkes-ts Rosco Gordon-p
John Murray Daley-d

CRYING Chess 1489
3. Robert Bland with Roscoe Gordon and his Orchestra
Memphis Recording Service, Memphis, TN December 4, 1951
Sam Phillips
Willie Wilkes-ts Rosco Gordon-p
John Murray Daley-d
A LETTER FROM A TRENCH IN KOREA Chess 1489
4. Bobby Bland
Tuff Green’s House, Memphis, TN January, 1952
Jules Bihari
Little Junior Parker-h John Alexander (Johnny Ace)-p
M.T. (Matthew) Murphy-g
Earl Forest-d
Tuff Green-b
DRIFTING FROM TOWN TO TOWN Ace LP CH26
LOVE MY BABY sung by Little Junior Parker was recorded at this session
and released as Bobby Bland & Junior Parker.



Chispa,imprescindible,paginas sagradas del blues estan en esas paginas,The Beale Streeters ( grupo del que formo parte este artista y el que tambien estuvieron: Johnny Ace,B. B. King,Junior Parker ,Rosco Gordon,etc...),el grupo del que salieron varias de las paginas mas importantes de la musica popular,por lo que es de suponer la influencia que tuvieron entre ellos para su futuro arte .

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Aqui completa esta absoluta obra maestra,una de las mas indiscutibles cumbres de la musica popular,indiscutida para cualquier amante del blues.
Sin exageracion.

Bobby Blue Band - Two Steps From The Blues (FULL ALBUM) - YouTube

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