# Blues bands that feature horns? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 14, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-bands-that-feature-horns/585400 "2011-06-14T04:35:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-bands-that-feature-horns/585400/1 "2011-06-14T04:35:45Z")
I am definitely a blues novice. Just recently I was listening to The Blues Brothers and one thing I liked about them was the horns. But generally artists like Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, John Lee Hooker don’t feature horns. Who are some artists that do feature horns similar to The Blues Brothers? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-bands-that-feature-horns/585400/2 "2011-06-14T05:02:48Z")
Nomenclature can be a bitch under the Blues umbrella, but you may have better luck looking into [Soul music - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_music) than Blues as such. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-bands-that-feature-horns/585400/3 "2011-06-14T05:14:10Z")
The [Electric Flag](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq3NwCHm-4U) maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-bands-that-feature-horns/585400/4 "2011-06-14T05:15:02Z")
And if that Wiki article doesn’t turn up anything you really like, look over [The Blues Brothers - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues_Brothers) for other clues. ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-bands-that-feature-horns/585400/5 "2011-06-14T05:29:59Z")
One album that comes to mind if you like your blues with some horns is Robert Cray - Midnight Stroll. [Here’s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilZPZawbw5w&NR=1&feature=fvwp) a good example off that album. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-bands-that-feature-horns/585400/6 "2011-06-14T11:28:07Z")
If you like jump blues - i.e., fully-orchestrated swing blues - then you’re all set. - \*\*Louis Jordan \*\*- his Best of, called **No Moe!** is essential - more fun than anyone should be allowed to have - **T-Bone Walker** - **Brian Setzer Orchestra** - Stuff by \*\*Roomful of Blues \*\*and **Duke Robillard** ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-bands-that-feature-horns/585400/7 "2011-06-14T12:34:01Z")
**Albert King** used a lot of horns in his rhythm section. Check out _I’ll Play the Blues for You_. **Gatemouth Brown** , one of my favorites, also has a lot of horn section stuff. _The Original Peacock Recordings_ and _American Music, Texas Style_ would be good places to start. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-bands-that-feature-horns/585400/8 "2011-06-14T13:14:06Z")
If the movie got you interested in the blues band with horns, you might also enjoy [The Commitments (1991)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101605/) which delves into what it takes to put together such a band. Fun movie! ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-bands-that-feature-horns/585400/9 "2011-06-14T16:49:04Z")
You might want to check out Big Joe Turner, especially his stuff from the 1950s. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-bands-that-feature-horns/585400/10 "2011-06-14T17:36:08Z")
Just out last week - **Revelator** by the Tedeschi Trucks Band. Tedeschi’s been singing blues for years and her husband, Trucks, fronts his own band when he’s not playing in the Allman Bros or touring with other heavyweights like Clapton. He’s one of the very few people allowed to play any of the late great Duane Allman’s guitars. This is the first time they produced an album together and they said that the idea was to put together a family old style blues band. Check out a live version of[Bound for Glory](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-J0WpHXWHM&feature=related), or a cover of Family Stone’s [A Simple Song.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cIhPm4rOrs) [One more](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t-tB-nzPTQ) just for fun. ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-bands-that-feature-horns/585400/11 "2011-06-15T01:06:34Z")
Albert King, as mentioned above. A lot of the hit records he did for Stax had Booker T. on keys (a lot of piano) and plenty of horn arrangements, maybe done by Booker T. as well. B.B. King as well – like on “Live at Cook County” – I believe that’s Ron Levy on piano and, I’m pretty sure a guy I took some piano lessons from is on trumpet back there also. I believe there’s good horns on “Freddie King Is A Blues Master,” with James Booker on piano on at least part of the tracks. But I think it’s right to start looking under “soul” for more Blues Brothers type things. One of those compilations of singles from Stax/Volt, and another search through New Orleans hit singles (Lee Dorsey, and so many others) would be good to start with. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-bands-that-feature-horns/585400/12 "2011-06-15T01:18:09Z")
Seconding the idea that you should be searching for soul or old-school R&B rather than blues… Three words:\*\* [Tower](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpMW7WrUW4o) [Of](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y_tKaOtIe4) [Power](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rab7TrU721I)\*\* ---
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-bands-that-feature-horns/585400/13 "2011-06-15T12:36:32Z")
Thanks for all the info, everyone! ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-bands-that-feature-horns/585400/14 "2011-06-15T19:53:15Z")
Had to chime in with a late response: Roomful of Blues Tower of Power (more blues/jazz/funk fusion) BB King - Live at the Apollo Walter “Wolfman” Washington