Tears Fall Like Rain

Razor-sharp blues riffs, a piano tinkling faintly in the background, horns kicking in... And then you haven't even heard that mighty voice yet. Every soul cat worth his salt should own Bobby "Blue" Bland's 1961 masterpiece Two Steps From The Blues. "I want you to cry - cry me a river... I want you to - yes! - I want you to cry me a sea... yes I know someone's gonna hurt you, just like you've been a-hurtin' me..."

Bobby "Blue" Bland - Cry Cry Cry

More Bonnie Covers

As promised a while back, we keep uncovering the pride of Louisville in these pages. So here's a second installment of originals and bonnie interpretations, and diversity's the word once again. And just in case you weren't in the know yet: there's a book coming out soon by and about the divine mr. Oldham, edited by Alan Licht. Can't wait.

Bobby "Blue" Bland - Little Boy Blue

Bonnie Prince Billy - Little Boy Blue 2

The Grateful Dead - Brokedown Palace

Bonnie Prince Billy - Brokedown Palace

The Renderers - Dream Of The Sea

Bonnie Prince Billy - A Dream Of The Sea

Phil Ochs - My Life

Bonnie Prince Billy - My Life

Colour Me Blue

How blue can you get? Presenting a bluer than blue, hand picked six pack. B.B. plays his Lucille live at the Regal, British punkpoppers MC4 reach for the sky, and Lloyd Charmers mourns racial injustice, Jamaican style. Bobby Bland proves once more he was up there with the true soul greats, while the Wooden Shjips go Krautrock, and sixties Japrockers the Jaguars simply feel blue... Like what you hear? Then buy a featured album or two.

B.B. King - How Blue Can You Get MP3

Mega City Four - Clear Blue Sky MP3

Lloyd Charmers - Darker Than Blue MP3

Bobby "Blue" Bland - Little Boy Blue MP3

Wooden Shjips - Blue Sky Bends MP3

The Jaguars - Blue Feeling MP3