Thursday, September 22, 2016

Otis Rush ~ ''Double Trouble''(Original Recording Electric Blues 1958)

Recorded Cobra Studios , Chicago , 1958 The song was produced by Willie Dixon and features Rush (guitar and vocal), Dixon (bass), Ike Turner (guitar), Little Brother Montgomery (piano), Harold Ashby and Jackie Brenston (saxophones), and Billy Gayles (drums). Although Rush plays the lead guitar introduction to the song, Turner plays the signature vibrato guitar parts.

MUDDY WATERS - Caledonia... Germany, Rockpalast TV Show, 1978

Thursday, September 15, 2016

The Need To Believe

Donald Grey Barnhouse was speaking about the cross and the need to believe on the Christ who died upon it said, “Imagine that the cross has a door in it. All you are asked to do is to go through. On the side facing you are the words “Whosoever will, may come”. You stand there with the burden of your sin upon you and wonder if you should enter in or not. Finally, you do and as you do the burden of your sin falls away, you are safe and free. Joyfully you turn around and see written on the other side of the cross through which you just now entered the words, “Chosen in Him before the foundation of the world”.

Please don't make salvation any more complicated than this. There is no key to unlock the door it's already unlocked. There is no entrance fee you have to pay, it's already been paid in full. There are no gifts you are required to bring, there are no works you must preform. Walking through the door is believing as the scripture says "believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved" Once you walk through the door a new world opens up to you that you never knew existed. The word Jesus speaks to you the new Christian is "Follow me"

Eric Clapton - Sweet Home Chicago - Great Studio Recording

Eric Clapton - Reconsider Baby

Freddie King - Help Me Through The Day

Friday, September 2, 2016

200 Proff Grace

The Reformation was a time when men went blind, staggering drunk because they had discovered, in the dusty basement of late medievalism, a whole cellar full of fifteen-hundred-year-old, two-hundred proof Grace–bottle after bottle of pure distillate of Scripture, one sip of which would convince anyone that God saves us single-handedly. The word of the Gospel–after all those centuries of trying to lift yourself into heaven by worrying about the perfection of your bootstraps–suddenly turned out to be a flat announcement that the saved were home before they started…Grace has to be drunk straight: no water, no ice, and certainly no ginger ale; neither goodness, nor badness, not the flowers that bloom in the spring of super spirituality could be allowed to enter into the case.”
Robert Farrar Capon, Between Noon & Three: Romance, Law & the Outrage of Grace 


To many Christians refuse to drink grace straight up they are constantly mixing it with something that comes from themselves. They have no clue how bad they are what sinners they are but they are convinced of their own self righteousness and judge others freely. But grace tells us "Bless those who persecute you, bless and do not curse them" (Rom. 12:14) Not easy to do which is why I drink a lot of grace.

On Green Dolphin Street - Oscar Peterson & Milt Jackson

Milt Jackson - People Make The World Go Around

Milt Jackson - Sunflower

John Scofield with MMW - Chicken Dog

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Phil Keaggy - Stomp - 220

Providence

What does God's Providence tell us? Providence tells me that the God who created the world is still personally involved in maintaining it and sustaining it. Jesus Christ is “upholding the universe by His word of power” (Heb.1:3), that He is holding all of creation together (Col.1:17). If Jesus Christ would stop His continuing activity of sustaining all things in the universe, then everything except the triune God would instantly cease to exist. Providence tells me that God “Accomplishes all things according to the counsel of His will” (Eph. 1:11). Chance or fate have nothing to do with what takes place in this world or in my life. God causes the rain to fall, He causes the grass to grow (Psa. 104:14). God feeds all the animals (Psa. 104:27-29), Jesus said “look at the birds of the air. . .your Heavenly Father feeds them” (Matt.10:29). Providence tells me that God “rules over the nations” (Psa. 22:28), “He made from one every nation of men to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their habitation” (Acts 17:26). When King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon repented of his pride he praised the Most High and said, “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation; all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing; and He does according to His will in the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth, and none can stay His hand or say to Him, what are you doing?” (Daniel 4:34-35).
This is our God, this is my God, this is the God who saves.

Phil Keaggy - Watt Ever (220 Jam)

Phil Keaggy - Animal - 220

Eric Clapton - Groaning The Blues

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

The Gift Of Music

Heres a word to go to sleep on or to get up to:“The devil, the originator of sorrowful anxieties and restless troubles, flees before the sound of music almost as much as before the Word of God....Music is a gift and grace of God, not an invention of men. Thus it drives out the devil and makes people cheerful. Then one forgets all wrath, impurity, and other devices.” Martin Luther
This is why I love music all music. I thank God for the ability to play music, let your heart rejoice at the gift of music.

Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Born In Chicago

Jonathan Winters' Last Tonight Show with Johnny Carson - Winters is one of my all time favorite comedians, a very funny man.

Stevie Ray Vaughan - The Sky Is Crying (Live At Carnegie Hall)

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

What Happens When You Wake Up

“It comes the very moment you wake up each morning. All your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals. And the first job each morning consists simply in shoving them all back; in listening to that other voice, taking that other point of view, letting that other larger, stronger, quieter life come flowing in. And so on, all day. Standing back from all your natural fussings and frettings; coming in out of the wind.”
― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

The other voice is the Holy Spirit and the other point of view is the Word of God and the larger stronger quieter life is Christ in you the hope of glory. Allow the Christ life, the Holy Spirit and the Word of God to protect you from all the other voices that rush in on you in the morning and throughout the day and be at peace.

You Can't Trust Hillary


LIVE FATHERS AND SONS (I) Muddy Waters/Otis Spann/Paul Butterfield/Michael Bloomfield/Sam Lay - Long Distance Call * Baby, Please Don't Go * Honey Bee

LIVE FATHERS AND SONS (II) Muddy Waters/Otis Spann/Paul Butterfield/Michael Bloomfield/Sam Lay - The Same Thing * Got My Mojo Working (Part One) * Got My Mojo Working (Part Two)

"Workin' Man Blues" Tommy Emmanuel & Bob Littel - Center Stage

Friday, May 27, 2016

Tommy Emmanuel & Emil Ernebro - Fly Me To The Moon

Luther on Salvation

“So then, have we nothing to do to obtain this righteousness? No, nothing at all! For this righteousness comes by doing nothing, hearing nothing, knowing nothing, but rather in knowing and
believing this only – that Christ has gone to the right hand of the Father, not to become our judge, but to become for us our wisdom, our righteousness, our holiness, our salvation! Now God sees no sin in us, for in this heavenly righteousness sin has no place. So now we may certainly think, ‘Although I still sin, I don’t despair, because Christ lives, who is both my righteousness and my eternal life.’ In that righteousness I have no sin, no fear, no guilty conscience, no fear of death. I am indeed a sinner in this life of mine and in my own righteousness, but I have another life, another righteousness above this life, which is in Christ, the Son of God, who knows no sin or death, but is eternal righteousness and eternal life. For if the truth of being justified by Christ alone (not by our works) is lost, then all Christian truths are lost… On this truth and only on this truth the Church is built and has its being.” (Martin Luther) 


On this truth I stand and am convinced that it is the only solid foundation the church can be built on. I so desire that Christians know this truth and build their lives upon it and take great comfort in it. I challenge you to print this out carry it around with you and read it over and over until the truth of it frees your soul from all the religious bondage you have been taught and the condemnation that weighs you down and you experience the deep peace of God. If this makes me a Lutheran than so be it.

The Nooky Monster


Bonnie Raitt - I Knew (from Dig In Deep HD)

Bonnie Raitt - Shakin' Shakin' Shakes (from Dig In Deep HD)

Bonnie Raitt - Gypsy in Me

Monday, May 16, 2016

Be Careful With A Fool - JOHNNY WINTER

Supersonic Blues Machine - Ain't No Love (In The Heart Of The City) (2016)

Pandering


Do You Have This Peace?

"There is no peace like the peace of those whose minds are possessed with full assurance that they have known God, and God has known them, and that this relationship guarantees God’s favor to them in life, through death and on for ever."
— J.I. Packer (Knowing God)

Are you enjoying this peace? Do you have this full assurance that you know God and God knows you and as a result this relationship guarantees you God's favor, his grace, throughout all of your life every second you are breathing and it will take you right through death (death where is your sting?) and into eternity? There is nothing in existence that can compare to this Peace. This is available to every christian to have for themselves this is what gives you confidence to get up every day and live your life for Jesus.

John Mayall with Peter Green - You Don't Love Me

Peter Green w/ John Mayall's Bluesbreakers - The Stumble

Jeff Beck - The Stumble - from Beckology Vol. 3

Thursday, April 28, 2016

Bono & Eugene Peterson on THE PSALMS

This is a wonderful conversation and story about how Bono and Eugene Peterson formed a relationship. Listen to the whole conversation especially the last 10 minutes.

Monday, April 25, 2016

Eric Clapton - Tearing Us Apart [Live In Hyde Park 1996]

My Memory is Nearly Gone

John Newton’s final recorded words: “My memory is nearly gone, but I remember two things: that I am a great sinner and that Christ is a great Savior.” Newton died a few weeks later, on December 21, 1807. The words transcribed by Jay are a simple and profound summary of John Newton’s life.
Newton’s dying words summarize the message he preached and wrote about throughout his Christian life. Four decades earlier, in the prime of his health, Newton had written to a friend, “Our sins are many, but his mercies are more: our sins are great, but his righteousness is greater.” At another point he wrote, “We cannot be so evil as he is good.” Newton was governed by the abiding hope that where sin increases, grace abounds all the more (Rom. 5:20). In one letter early in his pastorate he wrote, “Though our sins have been deep-dyed, like scarlet and crimson, enormous as mountains, and countless as the sands, the sum total is, but, Sin has abounded; but where sin hath abounded, grace has much more abounded.” Yes, sin is a monstrous, condemning force—but Christ is greater. Grace abounds because the Savior superabounds. This biblical truth worked itself deeply into Newton’s heart very early in his Christian walk, and it was a conviction that drove him toward pastoral ministry and to preaching “the unsearchable riches of Christ” (Eph. 3:8).

"Amazing grace how sweet the sound"

New York Values


Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again - Bob Dylan

Katie Mae · Dion

She's Alright - Doyle Bramhall II with Gary Clark Jr.

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

"Going Down" - Freddie King

From his 1971 record, "Getting Ready," which was largely written and produced by Leon Russell and features Duck Dunn on bass. Russell wrote "Going Down," as part of an attempt to introduce Freddie to more of a "rock audience" through this record.

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

This joke was just to funny to pass up

This joke was just to funny to pass up:

Researchers are saying that men who marry intelligent women are less likely to develop dementia later in life. After hearing this, Kanye West said, "Where am I?" (Conan)

Friday, April 8, 2016

Gates of Gold · Los Lobos

Honky Tonk Blues · Dion

Martin Luther compares the Devil to a Chained Dog

Martin Luther compares the devil to a chained dog:

Why should you fear? Why should you be afraid? Do you not know that the prince of this world has been judged? He is no lord, no prince any more. You have a different, a stronger Lord, Christ, who has overcome and bound him. Therefore let the prince and god of this world look sour, bare his teeth, make a great noise, threaten, and act in an unmannerly way; he can do no more than a bad dog on a chain, which may bark, run here and there, and tear at the chain. But because it is tied and you avoid it, it cannot bite you. So the devil acts toward every Christian. Therefore everything depends on this that we do not feel secure but continue in the fear of God and in prayer; then the chained dog cannot harm us. But this chained dog may at least frighten him who would be secure and go ahead without caution, although he may not come close enough to be bitten.

The person who is secure is trusting in himself and rushes forward without caution. Learn the lesson of Colossians 2:15 "He (Jesus) disarmed the (demonic) rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in the cross" Get this picture of Satan and his demons in your head and do not be afraid.

Albert King - Angel Of Mercy - 1978

Larry McCray -Blues is my Business

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Who Can Enter?

Donald Grey Barnhouse was speaking about the cross and the need to believe on the Christ who died upon it said, “Imagine that the cross has a door in it. All you are asked to do is to go through. On the side facing you are the words “Whosoever will, may come”. You stand there with the burden of your sin upon you and wonder if you should enter in or not. Finally, you do and as you do the burden of your sin falls away, you are safe and free. Joyfully you turn around and see written on the other side of the cross through which you just now entered the words, “Chosen in Him before the foundation of the world”.

Jesus said "I am the door if anyone enters by me he will be saved"
Who can enter? Jesus said "anyone" Salvation is pictured as walking through a door. Jesus didn't say he was a wall you had to climb over and if you made it you would be saved he said walk through the door. The door is not locked its open all you do is walk through. Its not an exalted door that only people with money can go through, its not a hidden door that only those with knowledge can find, it's a street level door accessible to anyone. If you want to be saved walk through the door and you will be.

Screamin' & Hollerin' The Blues · Alvin Youngblood Hart

Million Miles · Alvin Youngblood Hart - Great Dylan Cover

Watching the River Flow - Leon Russell - I love this cover!

It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry - Taj Mahal

BLUES GOT ME AGAIN - CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Albert King/Stevie Ray Vaughan - Blues At Sunrise

Gary Moore Live At Montreux 1997 - Still Got The Blues, Walking By Myself

The Good Shepherd

I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me—just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep (John 10:14-15).

Definite redemption, sometimes called “particular redemption,” and effective atonement,” is an historic doctrine about the intention of the triune God in the death of Jesus Christ. Without doubting the infinite worth of Christ’s sacrifice or the genuineness of God’s “whoever will” invitation to all who hear the gospel (Rev. 22:17), the doctrine states that the death of Christ actually put away the sins of all God’s elect and ensured that they would be brought to faith through regeneration and kept in faith for glory, and that this is what it was intended to achieve. From this definiteness and effectiveness follows its limitedness: Christ did not die in this efficacious sense for everyone. The proof of that, as Scripture and experience unite to teach us, is that not all are saved.

J.I. Packer

Saturday, March 26, 2016

Nobody's Fault But Mine - Blind Willie Johnson

Charlie Musselwhite - Christo Redemptor

Blind Willie Johnson - Dark was the night...

In 1927, Texas gospel bluesman Blind Willie Johnson recorded "Dark Was the Night—Cold Was the Ground” with Columbia Records. He borrowed the title from an 18th century English hymn by Thomas Haweis: Dark was the night, cold was the ground on which the Lord was laid; His sweat, like drops of blood, ran down; In agony he prayed. There are no lyrics to Johnson’s piece, but the agony is clear. It’s a truly sobering piece of music, but one that perfectly encapsulates the suffering and sadness of Christ’s death. Johnson’s music, while as bluesy and raw as anything you’ll hear, stays committed to the persistent hope of Christ. Whether holding onto the promises on “God Don’t Never Change” or hopefully stomping to “Jesus Is Coming Soon,” Johnson stayed affixed to the gospel. Songs like “John the Revelator” and “Trouble Will Soon Be Over” focused on Christ’s return, a consistent theme in Johnson’s work.

Saturday, February 20, 2016

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - I Got My Mojo Working

Mike Bloomfield - guitar/ Elvin Bishop - guitar/ Jerome Arnold - bass/ Paul Butterfield Harmonica/ Sam Lay vocals and drums/ This is en example of Sam's double shuffle I had the privilege of playing bass with Sam back in the seventies

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

T-Bone Walker, Big Joe Turner, Otis Spann & George 'Harmonica' Smith - Blues Jam

Band:Big Joe Turner (vocals), T-Bone Walker (vocals, guitar), Otis Spann (piano), George 'Harmonica' Smith (harp), Ernie Watts (tenor sax), Ron Brown (bass), Arthur Right (guitar) and Paul Humphrey (drums).

T-Bone Walker, Big Joe Turner, Otis Spann & George 'Harmonica' Smith - Paris Blues

Big Joe Turner (vocals), T-Bone Walker (vocals, guitar), Otis Spann (piano), George 'Harmonica' Smith (harp), Ernie Watts (tenor sax), Ron Brown (bass), Arthur Right (guitar) and Paul Humphrey (drums).

Friday, January 15, 2016

Why People Feel Lost

Many people feel lost today. This is reflected in our culture — art, poetry, books, magazines, music, movies, T. V. Shows. In a time when we think we have more control we are finding most of life is out our control (example - recent disasters, terror attacks). People are doing their best to feel at home in this world. Everything centers around self. The natural inclination of the unsaved heart is to think the universe revolves around us. To think this way is spiritually insane. We refuse to believe we should live for something more than this present life. We treat this world as if it were the only home we will ever have. We concentrate on arranging it for our comfort.
We find ourselves in a age of nuclear threats, torture, oppression, terrorism, brainwashing, and natural disasters. We expected life to be friendly instead it mocks our hopes leaving us frustrated and disillusioned. We thought we were wise instead we’re like children lost in the dark we ask, “Is there a plan?”, “What’s the point of this life?” God’s world is never friendly to those who forget its maker. God alone made life and only God can tell us it’s meaning. If we want to make sense of life in this world we must know God. And if we want to know God we must turn to the Bible.

Muddy Waters w Otis Spann - Country Boy (Live France 1964)

Muddy Waters - vcl gtr; Otis Spann - piano; Ransom Knowling - bass; Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith - drums.

Fleetwood Mac/Otis Spann - Someday Soon Baby

Peter Green/Danny Kirwan/John McVie/Mick Fleetwood Otis Spann/Vcl and piano Blues Jam at Chess/Fleetwood Mac In Chicago - 1969

The Real State Of The Union


Otis Spann - Some Day

Jeff Beck - Shapes Of Things

Friday, January 8, 2016

Eric Clapton - Cocaine - Royal Albert Hall - London, England - May 21, 2015

Preserve Your Sanity

“THE END OF ALL THINGS IS AT HAND; THEREFORE, BE SELF-CONTROLLED AND SOBER-MINDED" 1 Peter 4:7
Peter is saying preserve your sanity. Don't lose your mental or moral balance in view of the nearness of the end times. As the end time approaches we need to keep alert and be aware of conditions in our world but not be thrown off balance or give way to panic. We are to be of sound mind. How many Christians thought the world would end in 1988 & 1989 or Y2K? Or today with the red heifer or the blood moons? The idea of keeping "sane" is that of thinking in a level headed way about yourself.
This sanity will lead to being "clear headed". The opposite of clear headedness is intoxication. So this word meant literally "not drunk" and figuratively that the mind was alert and clear devoid of mental intoxication or fuzzy thinking, or bad doctrine. The nearness of the end times is no excuse for believers to fall apart or drop out. We must be sound, stable, balanced mentality, it's time for clear thinking. Think clearly because the end of all things is near and you need to be fully in control of your thoughts.

Jeff Beck & Joss Stone - I Put a Spell On You Live (HD)

Joss Stone - Al Green - How Can You Mend A BrokenHeart