Blues Recommendations

[nvanprooyen]

For those of you here that know a lot more about music than I do (looking at you tj), what blues albums / artists would you consider to be "essential"? I've listened to the obvious stuff (e.g. Robert Johnson et al), but looking for a good list to work through to expand my horizons a bit. Been Googling a bit to get other opinions and it's been a little hit and miss.

Recommendations?

 

[Nail Polish]

Howlin Wolf
Muddy Waters
John lee Hooker
Little Walter
BB King
Albert King
Freddie King

Modern...Kal David...ma boi


For starters..lemme know when you get thru those guys..I have about 500 more for ya...lol

 

[Nail Polish]

Here is my band..if ya care to listen


https://soundcloud.com/bloozmann/hard-luck-story-i-shiver-r

 

[nvanprooyen]

Absolutely, thanks for the link!

 

[DaaBears]

My favorite is David Bromberg, he has been around a while

 

[Omeletpants]

Check this out. Off the charts great live perfromance

[video=youtube;-VgAAY2-9c8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VgAAY2-9c8&spfreload=10[/video]

 

[Omeletpants]

I wore this album out in the 80s. The great Albert Collins Ice Pickin

[video=youtube;xxjXx8QPGLY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxjXx8QPGLY&spfreload=10[/video]

 

[Omeletpants]

Clapton doing Elmore Smith's It Hurts Me Too

[video=youtube;C56riqprNWM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C56riqprNWM&spfreload=10[/video]

 

[Nail Polish]

Big Joe Turner
Carl Weathersby
Charlie Musselwhite
Charles Brown
Corey Stevens
Debbie Davies
Duke Robillard
Clapton
Jimmy Reed
John Mayall
Johnny Winter
Junior Parker
Koko Taylor
Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials
Little Milton
Luther Allison
Bernard Allison
Magic Dick
Michael Burks
Robin Ford
Robert Cray
Roy Gaines
Smokin Joe Kubek
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Susan Tedeschi
Derek Trucks
Tinsley Ellis
Tommy Dardar
ZZ Top
Elmore James
Albert Collins

 

[Nail Polish]

Clapton doing Elmore Smith's It Hurts Me Too

[video=youtube;xxjXx8QPGLY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxjXx8QPGLY&spfreload=10[/video]

Elmore James

 

[Omeletpants]

Susan Tedeschi blows small dogs

 

[Nail Polish]

Susan Tedeschi blows small dogs

Big ones too
srs...She does a great version of "little by little"
Thats elmore james...not smith BTW

 

[TCD]

Junior kimbrough
RL Burnside
Asie Payton
Charles Caldwell
Johny Farmer
Robert Belfour

There are few whom I recommend but be warned most of these guys are hard juke joint gritty blues men who dont cute a lot of shit up. Although after being discovered and recorded a lot of recordings from a few of these guys were cleaned up and mixed to heavilly. Stick to their earlier stuff if you want some real dirty ashtray shit. Dont get me wrong the heavier studio produced stuff is still really good too.

 

[Nail Polish]

I like Burnside too

"everything is broken"...check it out

 

[Nail Polish]

Clapton doing Elmore Smith's It Hurts Me Too

[video=youtube;C56riqprNWM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C56riqprNWM&spfreload=10[/video]

Thats Elmore James...not Smith

 

[TCD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3V2GWlcUg4

Real dirty!!

 

[ThatGuyRyan]

Lonnie Brooks
[video=youtube;1mSmRH2_yz0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mSmRH2_yz0[/video]

 

[ThatGuyRyan]

Joe Bonamassa
[video=youtube;NKE3itL4ApY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKE3itL4ApY[/video]

 

[ruprecht]

Lonnie Mack. Robert Cray is a favorite of mine.

 

[BNB]

Something more modern. But still pretty good.


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