If you want a happy life you gotta learn to sing the Blues

Stevie2Sxc

This isn't about singing the Blues.

But I was wondering if anyone could recommend some good blues songs/artists for me. I've kept this short

Dealwithit

Well Jimmy Soul is the artist your trying to conjure up in your title.

Jimmy Soul - Happy for the rest of your life

Hey hey hey hey hey
If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life
Never make a pretty women your wife
Go for my personal point of view
Get an ugly girl to marry you

If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life
Never make a pretty women your wife
Go for my personal point of view
Get an ugly girl to marry you

A pretty women makes her husband look small
it very often causes a system fall
As soon as he marrys her then she starts
looking for things that will break his heart
but if you make an ugly women your wife
you'll be happy for the rest of your life
An ugly women will put peals on that
and she'll always give you a piece of that.

If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life
Never make a pretty women your wife
Go for my personal point of view
Get an ugly girl to marry you

Don't let your friends tell you you have no taste
go ahead and marry anyway
Her face is ugly her eyes don't match
take it from me shes a better catch

If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life
Never make a pretty women your wife
Go for my personal point of view
Get an ugly girl to marry you

Dude 1:say man
Dude 2:hey man
Dude 1: I saw your wife the other day
Dude 2: Yeah
Dude 1: Yeah and Shes Ugly
Dude 2: Yeah shes Ugly but she sure can cook baby.
Dude 1: Yeah

If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life
Never make a pretty women your wife
Go for my personal point of view
Get an ugly girl to marry you

If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life
Never make a pretty women your wife
Go for my personal point of view
Get an ugly girl to marry you

If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life
Never make a pretty women your wife
Go for my personal point of view
Get an ugly girl to marry you

(FADE)
If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life
Never make a pretty women your wife
Go for my personal point of view
Get an ugly girl to marry you

Xantus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Rl0m0tIAT0

this struck me today. random youtube guy doing a pretty awesome cover of my favorite blues song.

Improvolone

Blues Brothers? BB King? Howling Wolf? Muddy Waters?

Can you give some examples of who or what you like?

Waldo

Xantus, that song was originally a country song first performed by Porter Wagoner, big country dude who started out dolly parton. The Byrds also do an awesome (more awesome imo) version, as did The International Submarine Band.

Uh, as for the blues...Leadbelly, Howling Wolf. Muddy Waters if you like electric, and definitely check out the man, John Lee Hooker. That man played delta blues with electric backing bands, basically, which makes for interesting songs. Some famous songs of his are "Boom Boom Boom Boom", "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" (my fave), and "Boogie Chillun".

Raziel

Muddy Waters is pretty great, and you can't go wrong with the Three Kings: B.B. King, Albert King, and Freddie King. John Lee Hooker is the bizznazz. If you're looking for a more rock feel, Jimmy Hendrix' covers of Red House and Born Under a Bad Sign are really solid. You can also take a look at Stevie Ray Vaughan. That's a pretty good base.

Oh, also, Robert Cray is a phenomenal guitarist.