I didn't grow up hearing the Blues. As a matter of fact I didn't start listening to hardly any Blues at all until shortly before I joined Mudcat. In 2003, I purchased an inexpensive Blues tape from a discount store and loved what I heard. That tape featured Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf and Bo Diddley. Here's one of the songs that is on that tape:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z-OG7yEP8I&feature=related
super super blues band muddy waters howlin' wolf bo diddley little red rooster

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Here are some other Blues songs that I love:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TwEYuues6Y&NR=1
Howlin' Wolf- Spoonful {1960}

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LNt5J0Cesc
Howlin' Wolf -Smokestack Lightning

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oQ9OCQdnCY&feature=related
Wang Dang Doodle by Willie Dixon live at Montreal Jazz Festival