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.)

[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.

[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!)

[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

[just strum]

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

Give it up, a point is being made.

[Algonquin]

No albums, but here's a couple of Gents who made a decent career for themselves
The Hawk...


The late, Great Jeff Healey...

[birv2]

Hard Again -- Muddy Waters
Live in Chicago -- Luther Allison

[mrmudcat]

Tell your friend it will be a journey and to just pic a few albums/artists and go from there.....................:

There is so many sub genre's as Rocket stated I have completely gone blank on where to start :

Muddy fo-sho.A good friend from the past sent me pieces of muddys cabin from when he went on a southern blues vacation.Here is to you brother Dread!!:

I made a mojo hand with it

[bigG]

Albert King and SRV - In Session

Buddy Guy - Damn Right I Got the Blues

Each has been mentioned previously. I would go with these

Perhaps a little Gary Moore? "Still Got the Blues" and/or "Blues Alive" are very good, also!