Blues album suggestions

[Blaze]

My friend Gilles who does nt know much about blues asked me for 2 blues albums suggestions today..

What would be yours ..

Gilles is gonna have a look at it..

Mine are :

Jonnhy Winter-Let me in

Robben Ford & the Blue Line

[Rocket]

Blues huh? That's a pretty broad generalism.
About a hundred or so specific styles & sub-genres of Blues... what Blues specifically are you attempting to generate interest in?

[R_of_G]

How about one acoustic and one electric...

Acoustic: The Complete Blind Willie Johnson

Electric: The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper

[Spudman***]

Paul Rogers - Muddy Waters Blues
T Bone Walker - I Want a Little Girl

or any late 1970's early 1980's Whitesnake album.:

[duhvoodooman***]

B.B. King - Live at the Regal
Buddy Guy - Damn Right, I've Got the Blues
Eric Clapton - From the Cradle or Me & Mr. Johnson
Joe Bonamassa - Blues Deluxe

[Blaze]

Blues huh? That's a pretty broad generalism.
About a hundred or so specific styles & sub-genres of Blues... what Blues specifically are you attempting to generate interest in?

Whatever style ,the guy wants to learn about Blues in general..

[Rocket]

Whatever style ,the guy wants to learn about Blues in general..

That's gonna take a lot of albums... better start at the beginning:
George W. Johnson's "Laughing Song" recorded in 1895.
W.C. Handy's "Memphis Blues" recorded in 1912.

Some will argue that the Blues didn't start until the Robert Johnson era but he didn't actually record until the early 30's... even if one wished to pursue the argument, Blind Lemon Jefferson in 1926, Charley Patton in 1929, ect... or even Mamie Smith as far back as 1920.

(Good luck on gettin' hold of any of those.)

[Blaze]

That's gonna take a lot of albums... better start at the beginning:
George W. Johnson's "Laughing Song" recorded in 1895.
W.C. Handy's "Memphis Blues" recorded in 1912.

Some will argue that the Blues didn't start until the Robert Johnson era but he didn't actually record until the early 30's... even if one wished to pursue the argument, Blind Lemon Jefferson in 1926, Charley Patton in 1929, ect... or even Mamie Smith as far back as 1920.

(Good luck on gettin' hold of any of those.)

OK, Rocket , what would be your 2 favorite blues albums from 1895 till today ?

[Rocket]

OK, Rocket , what would be your 2 favorite blues albums from 1895 till today ?

I've already tried to pin this down... what genre of Blues? I like many and dislike a few... difficult to choose only 2.

Problem with painting "Blues" in our modern world is the really wide brush one must use... you'll keep overlapping & spilling into most other genres of music... Rock, Country, Jazz, British, Folk etc., (and vice-versa!)

[just strum]

OK, Rocket , what would be your 2 favorite blues albums from 1895 till today ?

Give it up, a point is being made.

[Robert****]

1. Albert King - King of the Blues Guitar
2. Freddie King - The Texas Cannonball

[markb]

Charlie Patton
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blind Willie McTell


All easily available.

For an overview of pre-war American music I can't recommend the Yazoo "Early American Rural" compilations highly enough. See where blues and country overlap twenty years before rock 'n' roll. The Before The Blues series is particularly interesting.

[marnold***]

Muddy Waters "Long Distance Call" (a "Greatest Hits" kind of thing)
Kenny Wayne Shepherd (et al) "10 Days Out (Blues from the Backroads)"
B.B. King "Completely Well"

[piebaldpython***]

2 huh????.....hmmmmmmm......oh, ok......

Albert Collins and the Icebreakers--------LIVE '92-'93
Albert King and SRV---------------------IN SESSION

[sumitomo]

What about Tab Benoit,Ronnie Earl,Sue Tedeschi,ect better yet KOQX internet blues radio.Sumi

[ZMAN]

Well Blaze here goes.
Buddy Guy. His recent albums and a compilitation,Bring em in. and Buddies Baddest.
Alligatior records 25th Anniversary and 30th Anniversary CDs have a great cross section of blues artists.
As mentioned above. Gary Moores After hours
Beliieve it or not Robin trowers Blues cd Another Day's Blues
Ronnie Earl:, I feel like goin on, Blues guitar virtuoso., The Color of Love
Any of SRVs cds
Eric clapton has a bunch of blues cds
Albert King: He has many many great albums.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd: Leadbetter heights
Majic Slim:Anything Can Happen
Jimmie Reed at Carnegie hall.
That should give him a good start.
My choices lean toward the Electric blues, and Chicago blues, and basically the amplified blues.
Robben Ford as well but some of his albums are just too Jazzy. When he was with the Blue Line they were pretty good.

[sunvalleylaw]

I agree with Jimi too, and would suggest an Alligator records collection (the 30th ann. disc has a great cross section of styles from western "jump" style to more traditional), and really like that SRV/Albert King collab as a suggestion. I like the jazzier side of blues and if he is new to the blues, have him check out the Mayer Trio disc "Try!" It may not be hardcore blues, but is a good intro to some tasty playing in a trio format. Bonamassa's Blues Deluxe seems much more traditional blues style if you want to go that route.

[Disraeli]

Rpbert Johnson- Recordings.

John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers (with Eric Clapton or Peter Green, Both are equally as good and just as important in my opinion)

[sumitomo]

I like the jazzier side of blues

Sun check out Ronnie Earls Healing time!!!Sumi