Leej's Blues Quiz

Subject: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 08 May 01 - 12:55 AM

Put on your thinking caps, funsters!

1) Born in the Mississippi Delta in 1925, this guitar man later moved to Chicago. He had his biggest hit in 1953 with Doin' What You Want Me to Do, and often teamed with Eddie Taylor.

2) The Ice Man came from Houston specialized in minor tunings on his Telecaster.

3) A harmonica specialist, he maintained a love-hate relationship with Buddy Guy for 20 years.

4) He played a left-handed, upside-down Flying V, and he was once Jimmy Reed's drummer.

5) This gut-bucket vocalist had a hit with WangDangDoodle in 1974.

6) His first recording in 1956 was Willie Dixon's I Can't Quit You Baby.

7) This stride pianist was a favorite session man for Howlin Wolf,Sonny Boy Williamson and Little Walter. He sang Goodbye Newport Blues at the 1960 Newport Jazz Festival.

8) His 1948 hit Boogie Chillen defined his style.

9) This huge man, known in his Delta days as Bull Cow, played roadhouses with Robert Johnson, and later rivalled Muddy Waters as King of the Chicago Blues Scene.

10) He electrified Robert Johnson blues guitar style, and had a hit in 1952 with Dust My Broom.

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: wysiwyg
Date: 08 May 01 - 01:07 AM

Oh Leej. I don't know any of these but I love you more than ever. Can me and Hardi just drop by and play records witcha?

~S~

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: Metchosin
Date: 08 May 01 - 01:56 AM

I think some of these are going to be wrong but here goes:
1. Howlin Wolf
2.Albert Collins
3.Little Walter
4. Albert King
5.Willie Dixon
6.BB King
7. Otis Span
8. John Lee Hooker
9. Big Bill Broonsie sp?
10. Elmore James

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: catspaw49
Date: 08 May 01 - 02:05 AM

10....Elmore James

9.....Howlin' Wolf

8.....John Lee Hooker

7.....Otis Spann

6.....Otis Rush

5.....?????? Beats me...a Willie Dixon classic though

4.....Albert King

3.....Junior Wells

2.....Albert Collins

1.....Still drawing a "duh".....which is why I stared at 10

By the time I post this the quiz is probably over.......Woke up and saw it you jerk and I'm a sucker..........

Spaw

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: Metchosin
Date: 08 May 01 - 02:12 AM

Think you're right about #3 Spaw

The others I don't know, cause I cheated, I asked my husband and he hasn't payed much attention to the blues in the last 20 years so he says his brain has turned to mush.

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: Metchosin
Date: 08 May 01 - 02:21 AM

#1 is Jimmy Reed

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: Metchosin
Date: 08 May 01 - 02:24 AM

And I think you're right on Otis Rush too.

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: Metchosin
Date: 08 May 01 - 02:27 AM

Jim saw Otis Spann and Lucielle Span with Muddy Waters about thirty years ago. Muddy was not well so he had to sit out one set, leaving Lucielle and Otis to cut loose with Pee Wee Russell on guitar, others not remembered. Small venue, they smoked, it was magic!

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: Metchosin
Date: 08 May 01 - 02:29 AM

around the same time he left a Led Zeplin concert because he was bored.

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: Metchosin
Date: 08 May 01 - 02:33 AM

sorry about all the posts guys, Jim just goes typing off at the mouth when it comes to the Blues.

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: Stewie
Date: 08 May 01 - 02:43 AM

I agree with Metchosin that #1 is Jimmy Reed. I agree with all of Spaw's other answers. #5 could be Koko Taylor.

--Stewie.

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: catspaw49
Date: 08 May 01 - 02:45 AM

DAMN!!!! JIMMY REED! Gawd, I'm really an ultra-maroon!!! Thanks Mets (et al....*ahem*).....I see you're saying Willie Dixon on #5 too so maybe that's what the miserable Briarhopper that started this thread is after....maybe not.

I'm thinking that I have it right on #9 with Howlin' because I know he played with Johnson and his career extended into and past Waters....Big Bill kinda' got folksier later in his life.........I dunno'....You may be right

Where's the jerk that started this turkey???

Spaw

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: Metchosin
Date: 08 May 01 - 02:53 AM

ja pancakes!

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: Metchosin
Date: 08 May 01 - 02:57 AM

I wish to have a question to which the answer is Manse Lipscomb. Please submit.

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: catspaw49
Date: 08 May 01 - 09:20 AM

Its 7:20 in Colorado........get your ass back here Leej you peckerwood!

Spaw

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 08 May 01 - 11:46 AM

Something you needed Spaw? :>}

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: catspaw49
Date: 08 May 01 - 11:51 AM

Oh no......Just passin' time in the middle of the night after some crud posted a few questions to answer................Thought maybe you might know some of the answers or at least agree with what we got.......you know, if you got a minute or two...................

Spaw

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 08 May 01 - 12:16 PM

Well, you guys nailed em.

1)Jimmy Reed

2)Albert Collins

3)Junior Wells

4)Albert King

5)Koko Taylor

6)Otis Rush

7)Otis Spann

8)John Lee Hooker

9)Howlin' Wolf

10) Elmore James

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: Metchosin
Date: 08 May 01 - 12:58 PM

Great! I had to borrow a pecker for the pecker contest but it has been returned. *BG*

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 08 May 01 - 01:50 PM

Ready for Round 2, quiz kidz?

1) This blues vocalist from Naples, Texas straddled Blues and Soul stylings.

2)This Chicago Blues artist's first hit was originally known as Your Cat Will Play, but he scored a Chess Records smash with it in 1952 under another name. He played in Muddy Waters' band, but left to take Junior Wells' spot with the Aces.

3) He had a 70s charting tune with Frigidaire Woman and learned guitar from Albert King.

4)This Blues guitarist was born Lee Baker Jr in Dubuisson, LA and is still a fixture in the Chicago Blues Scene.

5) This Texas guitarist founded The Every Hour Blues Boys in the 1950s and later teamed with Leon Russell.

6)He recorded High Compression with a group that included Pinetop Perkins and Guitar Slim

7) In his 1963 hit he intones "I might have to work...I might mop the floor". Name the song and artist.

8) This former Illinois State Boxing champ made his mark primarily as a Blues songwriter.

9) His first hit was a cover of Lowell Fulson's Three O'Clock Blues.

10)Despite a string of hits, including Chicken Shack Boogie, in the early fifties, this blues pianist ended life as a hotel clerk, dying almost unknown in 1980.

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: GUEST,Roger in Baltimore
Date: 08 May 01 - 01:52 PM

Geez, only two right, John Lee Hooker was easy and so was Elmore James. Didn't Howlin' Wolf have a hit with Wang-Dang-Doodle also?

Clearly I'm blues deficient.

Roger in Baltimore

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: Jim Krause
Date: 08 May 01 - 01:53 PM

#10 Is Elmore James, right?

I guess I'm not much on blues history. Although I do remember Whang Dang Doodle.
Jim

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: Jim Krause
Date: 08 May 01 - 01:59 PM

Geez, I gotta quit gettin' in these things so blasted late.
Jim

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: SINSULL
Date: 08 May 01 - 02:16 PM

#6 James Cotton - also perfomed with Muddy Waters.

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: SINSULL
Date: 08 May 01 - 02:26 PM

10 Amos Milburn
9 BB King??
1 Curtis Jones
4 Lonnie Brooks

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 08 May 01 - 02:29 PM

Good, Sinsull. Right on 4, 9, and 10.

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: Stewie
Date: 08 May 01 - 07:29 PM

#1 ZZ Hill #2 Little Walter
#3 Son Seals
#5 Freddie King

Like Sinsull, I would have said James Cotton for #6, but evidently that isn't correct.

--Stewie.

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 08 May 01 - 07:39 PM

Stew and Sins, I missed Sinsull's earlier post. The answer is indeed James Cotton. And Stewie...correct on every one. Leaves only #7 and #8 unanswered.

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: ddw
Date: 08 May 01 - 07:45 PM

The song in No. 7 is "You Gotta Help Me, Baby", but I have it by at least three people and I don't know which one had a hit with it in '63. My guess would be Willie Dixon.

david

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: ddw
Date: 08 May 01 - 07:51 PM

Also....

I think No. 1 is Mance Lipscomb, # 6 is James Cotton and #8 is Champion Jack Dupree. Of course I could be wrong on all counts — I usually am.....

david

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: Stewie
Date: 08 May 01 - 08:10 PM

ddw, I too would have said Champion Jack Dupree for #8, but he is associated with New Orleans and would more likely to have been a Louisiana champion. He did spend some time in Chicago though and fought over 100 professional bouts before he was 30. And I would have thought he made his mark as a pianist and vocalist rather than writer, albeit he was a fine lyricist. Still, I can't think of anyone else who fits the bill.

--Stewie.

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: ddw
Date: 09 May 01 - 12:44 AM

Yeah, Stewie. I'm also a little skeptical about the Mance answer, too, since the clue was that he crossed over into soul music. But I believe Naples was the town he was from and I don't know of any others from there.

david

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 09 May 01 - 12:57 AM

Stewie was right on #1...ZZ Hill.

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: dr soul
Date: 09 May 01 - 11:10 PM

Fun! In the spirit of winging it, I'll shoot from the hip - no searching the blues books or album covers, no looking at other replies in the thread until I've posted this .

1) Born in the Mississippi Delta in 1925, this guitar man later moved to Chicago. He had his biggest hit in 1953 with Doin' What You Want Me to Do, and often teamed with Eddie Taylor. - Jimmy Reed's guitar player was Eddie Taylor, and "Baby what you want me to do?" is close, so I'll go with Jimmy Reed.

2) The Ice Man came from Houston specialized in minor tunings on his Telecaster. - Albert Collins

3) A harmonica specialist, he maintained a love-hate relationship with Buddy Guy for 20 years. - Junior Wells

4) He played a left-handed, upside-down Flying V, and he was once Jimmy Reed's drummer. - That's gotta be Albert King

5) This gut-bucket vocalist had a hit with WangDangDoodle in 1974. - Could be Koko Taylor

6) His first recording in 1956 was Willie Dixon's I Can't Quit You Baby. - Otis Rush

7) This stride pianist was a favorite session man for Howlin Wolf,Sonny Boy Williamson and Little Walter. He sang Goodbye Newport Blues at the 1960 Newport Jazz Festival. - oh oh, Lafayette Leake?

8) His 1948 hit Boogie Chillen defined his style. - John Lee Hooker!

9) This huge man, known in his Delta days as Bull Cow, played roadhouses with Robert Johnson, and later rivalled Muddy Waters as King of the Chicago Blues Scene. - I'm guessing here, but I'd go with Howlin' Wolf.

10) He electrified Robert Johnson blues guitar style, and had a hit in 1952 with Dust My Broom. - Elmore James

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: catspaw49
Date: 09 May 01 - 11:15 PM

Good Lord.......I thought this was over and I've completely missed Quiz 2!!!! Just as well......these things drive me nuts until I hear back on the right answers.

and uh........dr.soul.....You didn't read the rest of the thread did you? Or did you?

Spaw

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz Round 2
From: dr soul
Date: 09 May 01 - 11:21 PM

Oh man, they're getting hard

1) This blues vocalist from Naples, Texas straddled Blues and Soul stylings. - I'd go with Bobby Blue Bland -totally soulful

2)This Chicago Blues artist's first hit was originally known as Your Cat Will Play, but he scored a Chess Records smash with it in 1952 under another name. He played in Muddy Waters' band, but left to take Junior Wells' spot with the Aces. - That would probably be Little Walter Jacobs

3) He had a 70s charting tune with Frigidaire Woman and learned guitar from Albert King. - Eek! Tough one -

4)This Blues guitarist was born Lee Baker Jr in Dubuisson, LA and is still a fixture in the Chicago Blues Scene. - I'm guessing Little Milton, but it's only because Little Milton is still gigging.

5) This Texas guitarist founded The Every Hour Blues Boys in the 1950s and later teamed with Leon Russell. - Gotta be Freddie King, he's the only fellow I know of that teamed with Leon Russell.

6)He recorded High Compression with a group that included Pinetop Perkins and Guitar Slim - Wow, these are some obscure questions, man! I'll have to check the reference books after all!

7) In his 1963 hit he intones "I might have to work...I might mop the floor". Name the song and artist. - Rice Miller, aka Sonny Boy Williamson (no. 2) - with his great tune based on the Green Onions riff - "Help me".

8) This former Illinois State Boxing champ made his mark primarily as a Blues songwriter. - I'm guessing Willie Dixon, though he could also be famous for being the Chess Studios A&R man and bass player.

9) His first hit was a cover of Lowell Fulson's Three O'Clock Blues. - Whoa! I'm stumped

10)Despite a string of hits, including Chicken Shack Boogie, in the early fifties, this blues pianist ended life as a hotel clerk, dying almost unknown in 1980. - Finally, one that I'm sure of - Amos Milburn!

fun, thanks, man!

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 10 May 01 - 01:01 AM

Well hello Dr Soul, I stopped by to pick up a reason. Uhhh.. I mean, nice job! You got the two remaining puzzlers...#7 Rice Miller and #8 Willie Dixon.

Subject: RE: Leej's Blues Quiz
From: dr soul
Date: 11 May 01 - 12:07 AM

Sorry 'spaw, didn't read the thread before answering. More fun (for me!) to take it cold. Now I'll catch up!