Acoustic Blues Mix &Chateau Panchille Bordeaux Superior

Hump day’s past and I’ve got some tasty acoustic blues to help you get through the rest of the week. These are some, but not nearly all of my favorite artists. If you like pure acoustic guitar blues, you’re gonna love this set. Downhill to the weekend!

Eric Bibb

Destiny Blues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giWcm0fp0rk&feature=related

Don’t let nobody drag your spirit down: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeEUNeMXiQI

Keb Mo

Dirty, lowdown, and bad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSEz8A0EnXs

Hand it over: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiDjkajIPkQ

Rollin & tumbling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSoLqo_mM_w

Suitcase: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEnqOjSvyvk&feature=related

Rory Block

Crossroad Blues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqTUoV67M60

Stand by me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzKYfFnqC3Y

If I possession over judgment day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV43q_XZCPY

Alvin Youngblood Hart

Illinois Blues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nhk2GJAfvg

Pony Blues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf3HJvLALR0

Guy Davis

Saturday Blues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYONhrGinhw

Matchbox Blues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_q1x9FcOpQ

Martin simpson

Walkin Blues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHY74AjKRjI

Highway 61: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V65fRKYJ90E&feature=relmfu

Chris Smither

Train Home: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipfZ7QGjZL8

Jailhouse Blues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYO9LrQokic

Statesboro Blues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igMOZuh99bs

Kelly Joe Phelps

Hellhound on my trail: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clnMRT-VK74&feature=related

Go there: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmut5WhT3cI

Spit me out of the whale: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGj4wK1RkUQ

Tommy Emmanuel

Guitar Boogie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QXQUHsOgbo&feature=related

Stevie’s blues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h3ePiTlitI&feature=related

Workin man blues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vAsLPi9v7E

With this kind of music, we need a robust red, so I suggest a 2009 Chateau Panchille Bordeaux Superior. The wine is inky purple in the glass with ruby highlights as you swirl the glass and hold it up to the light. Let it breath for two hours and you’ll be rewarded with explosive red and black fruit aromas, complimented by a bit of dark chocolate. On the palate, the wine is a wonderfully concentrated mixture of black fruit and cocoa, echoing the nose. The tannins are velvety smooth and give rise to a long-lived finish. Great night to fire up the deck fire pit, watch the moon and stars, and enjoy some of the best acoustic blues guitarists out there.

Cheers!

Guy Davis & La Cana Albarino

Guy Davis is a musician, composer, actor, director, and writer.  But most importantly, Guy Davis is a bluesman.  The blues permeates every note of Davis' creativity. 

Davis' creative roots run deep. Though raised in the in a middle class family in New York City area, he grew up hearing accounts of life in the rural south from his parents and especially his grandparents, and they made their way into his own stories and songs.  Davis taught himself the guitar (never having the patience to take formal lessons) and learned by listening to and watching other musicians. 

Throughout his career, he has dedicated himself to reviving the traditions of acoustic blues and bringing them to as many ears as possible through the material of the great blues masters. His influences are varied including such great blues musicians as Blind Willie McTell (and his way of story telling), Skip James, Manse Lipscomb, Mississippi John Hurt, Elizabeth Cotton, and Buddy Guy, among others.  If you like the blues, you’re going to love Guy Davis. Enjoy!

Skunkmello: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYONhrGinhw

Saturday Blues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI901vQsEig

Driftin Blues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTWys-IkSPw

Matchbox Blues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_q1x9FcOpQ

See that my grave is kept clean: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boDyiHlCgGM&feature=related

Step it up and go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqPwD3tfHo0&feature=related

The Chocolate Man: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl6TSiHJUbI&feature=related

Things about comin my way: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV_fMSmwMOo&feature=related

You don’t know my mind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7f_tPYxZNM&feature=related

Uncle Tom is Dead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0NSucGzAZA&feature=related

Candy Man: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WThLyWt9QJw&feature=related

Little Liza Jane: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uABe-u6Mps&feature=related

The kind of blues that Guy Davis plays conjures up visions of old bluesmen sitting on a porch on a hot Mississippi summer evening making incredible music with cheap guitars and bottleneck slides, so I think we need a refreshing summer wine like a 2009 La Cana Albarino. Light gold colored with an aroma of lemon and flowers, it has a silky palate filled with pineapple, lemon, and green apples that carries through to a brilliant long finish full of citrus and just the right amount of minerality. It’s an absolutely delicious wine and great for tapping your toe on a warm summer evening listening to the blues. Enjoy!

Cheers!