Shirley Walton
Isaac Hayes
Shirley Walton
Booker T. & The MG’s
Eddie Floyd
Delaney & Bonnie
Linda Lyndell
Jimmy Hughes
Johnny Daye
William Bell & Judy Clay
The Mad Lads
The Staple Singers
The Soul Children
Rufus Thomas
The Charmels
Carla Thomas
Judy Clay
Eddie Floyd
Jeanne & The Darlings
Johnnie Taylor
Booker T. & The MG’s
Ollie & The Nightingales
The Bar-Kays
William Bell
Mable John
William Bell & Judy Clay
The Soul Children
The Staple Singers
Albert King
The Epsilons
Rufus Thomas
Johnnie Taylor
Carla Thomas
Eddie Floyd
Jimmy Hughes
The Mad Lads
Judy Clay
Ollie & The Nightingales
Sonny Stitt
Booker T. & The MG’s
The Mar-Keys
The Staple Singers
The Emotions
The Bar-Kays
Margie Joseph
Jimmy Dotson
Art Jerry Miller
The Soul Children
William Bell
Johnnie Taylor
Albert King
The Stingers
Eddie Floyd
Booker T. & The MG’s
William Bell & Mavis Staples
Darrell Banks
Jimmy Hughes
William Bell
The Staple Singers
Johnnie Taylor, Eddie Floyd, William Bell, Pervis Staples, Carla Thomas, Mavis Staples & Cleotha Staples
Eddie Floyd & Mavis Staples
Johnnie Taylor & Carla Thomas
William Bell & Carla Thomas
Ollie & The Nightingales
Jeanne & The Darlings
Johnnie Taylor
The Mad Lads
The Bar-Kays
Carla Thomas
Booker T. & The MG’s
The Emotions
Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes
Various Artists
Albert King & Pops Staples & Steve Cropper
The Soul Children
Mavis Staples
The Newcomers
Eddie Floyd
The Staple Singers
John Lee Hooker
William Bell
Margie Joseph
Jimmy Hughes
Darrell Banks
The Dramatics
Johnnie Taylor
Delaney & Bonnie
J.J. Barnes
Reggie Milner
The Emotions
The Emotions
Albert King
Rufus Thomas
Eddie Floyd
Bernie Hayes
The Bar-Kays
The Soul Children
Chuck Brooks
Ernie Hines
Pops Staples
Ollie & The Nightingales
William Bell & Carla Thomas
Jeanne & The Darlings
Chris And Shack
Barbara Lewis
Little Sonny
Carla Thomas
The Staple Singers
Johnnie Taylor
Margie Joseph
Jones & Blumenberg
David Porter
Carla Thomas
Albert King
Rufus Thomas
Rufus Thomas
Booker T. & The MG’s
The Mad Lads
Roz Ryan
Paul Thompson (Stax)
Branding Iron
John KaSandra
Eddie Floyd
Mavis Staples
The T.S.U. Toronadoes
William Bell
The Emotions
Isaac Hayes
The Staple Singers
Margie Joseph
Bernie Hayes
The Newcomers
The Bar-Kays
Rudy Robinson & The Hungry Five
Little Sonny
The Nightingales
Eddie Floyd
Johnnie Taylor
Carla Thomas
Reggie Milner
The Temprees
Rufus Thomas
Charlene And The Soul Serenaders
The Soul Children
The Staple Singers
The Staple Singers
The Staple Singers
Shack (Stax)
The Emotions
Isaac Hayes
Barbara Lewis
Johnnie Taylor
The Soul Children
Eddie Floyd
Isaac Hayes
Ernie Hines
Booker T. & The MG’s
Barbara Lewis
Jean Knight
The Emotions
Margie Joseph
Johnnie Taylor
The Temprees
Rufus Thomas
William Bell
Isaac Hayes
The Nightingales
The Staple Singers
The Limitations
The Dramatics
Branding Iron
Jimmy Hughes
Margie Joseph
The Emotions
Calvin Scott (US)
Eddie Floyd
Johnnie Taylor
Melvin Van Peebles
Rufus Thomas
The Newcomers
Lee Sain
Little Milton
Shack (Stax)
Ilana (Stax)
Albert King
The Soul Children
United Image
The Emotions
David Porter
Little Sonny
Eddie Giles
The Staple Singers
Hot Sauce (Stax)
Jean Knight
William Bell
Isaac Hayes
The MG’s
The Mad Lads
Major Lance
Joni Wilson
The Temprees
The Leaders (Stax)
Black Nasty
Rufus Thomas
Carla Thomas
The Dramatics
The Bar-Kays
L.V. Johnson
Eric Mercury
Calvin Scott (US)
Little Milton
Johnnie Taylor
Ev'rybody understands the blues
Are you listening?
YEAH! [audience replies]
I say ev'rybody understands the blues
Ev'rybody from one day to another has the blues
You take the little baby that's layin' in the cradle
He can't get that milk bottle fast enough
He go to kickin' an'cryin'
An' goin' on, tearin' up the little baby bed
He got the blues
Can ya dig it?
YEAH! [audience replies]
Ha, ha, ha
You take this girl that's got this main squeeze
That's her boyfriend, that is, you know
An' he just bought a brand new GTO
You know she wanna be wit' him ev'rytime he cranks it up
An' go around the corner to the soda fountain
This is where she wanna go an'show it off
Where all the girls and guys be
You know what I mean?
An' she get ready to go out this particular night
An' her mother say, "Daughter you was just out last night
You can't go out tonight, that's too many nights in a row"
She go in the room an'fasten the door
An' won't answer the phone, won't eat
Won't talk to nobody
She got the blues
That's what's wrong wit' her
Some people call them the reds, the pinks
When ya get through
It's the old-fashioned country blues
That's right
I haven't seen my main squeeze
In ten long weeks, today
You know I got the blues
Can you dig it? ha, ha, ha
YEAH! [Audience replies]
Woo! Alright!
Ah but wait, I don't think you're with me
Let's ev'rybody get a thing goin' right here
Yes, yes, yes
Can you feel it?
YEAH!
I can't hear you, can you feel it?
YEAH!
Yes, yes
Sounds awful good, keep it, keep it, right there chilin'
Keep it right there, ha ha ha ha
The blues!
An' when you're doin' the blues
They so strong, that's the reason there named
They call 'em blues power, yeah
An' would you believe I invented blues power?
YEAH!
Ha, ha
Can you dig the blues power?
YEAH!
Let ev'rybody say "yeah"
YEAH!
Say it again, say "yeah"
YEAH!
Alright! Alright! Hey! Hey! Hey! Oh! Alright
Ha, ha, ha! Well! Woo! Ha, ha, ha! Oh man! Hey!
Ooh-oh!
Woo!
Thank you!
Thank you very much!
Thank you very kindly!
Woo!
Blues Power was written by Albert King.
Blues Power was produced by Al Jackson Jr..