You know your stuff. You could get rid of all the rock bands and all the English bands. Taking their name from a Muddy Waters song, Londons The Rolling Stones were just one of myriad white long-haired British beat groups drawing inspiration from old American blues records. How dare you omit A Hard Road John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. She won her second for her other masterpiece, released 10 years later, in the shadow of the wars that dragged on between them. Ive been listening to and playing the blues for about 50 years now. full of Southren Prison Blues? Mixing chilling realism with devastating metaphor, Vordul Mega and Vast Aire painted a grim, dystopian vision of their native New York City. Willie Dixon I am the Blues Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee Blowin the Fuses. Naturally JJ Cale (1972) By channelling the straight-talking soulfulness of Etta James and the no-nonsense imperiousness of Big Mama Thornton, Copeland forged her own declamatory style and showed that she could handle slow ballads and uptempo material with equal aplomb. 
Including blues standards as well as compelling versions of Hopkins signature tunes Mojo Hand and Short Haired Woman, the concert reveals the Lone Star state bluesman to be an engaging and humorous raconteur as well as a mesmerizing musician. Chicago: the Blues Today, volume with Johnny Young, Johnny Shines, Big Walter A total of 454 different albums were voted for. you include SR Vaughan , but not his master !!! More information. He scored a raft of US R&B hits between 1948 and 1976, including the No. Also Jeff Beck TRUTH..Robin Trower Bridge Of SighsTen Years After-A Space In Time.Fabulous Thunderbirds Butt RockinThe Stones Get Your Ya Yas Out..Ray Charles -The Genius Sings The Blues.and pretty sure its blaspemy not to have Peter Green-Jimi Hendrix-Janis Joplin-George Thorogood or Big Mamma Thornton on a blues list somehow . We all know that our bluesmakers of all folks cannot possibly be ranked like football teams or mutual funds. Let us know in the comments below. Nevertheless, Blues Breakers remains a highly-regarded cornerstone of British blues-rock and is an obvious pick for one of the best blues albums ever. Jimmy Witherspoon, Spoonful, on Bluenote, Beth Hart Groundhogs should be in there and Chicken Shack as previously mentioned. Listen to the album. What? I would include Howling Wolf The London Sessions among others. savoy browns street corner talkin needs to be included! Included are a couple of potent original tunes, including an epic 23-minute-long version of the progressive-rock-style Whipping Post.. Hooker n heat already mentioned but what about hooker n davis hot spot soundtrack . Born Albert Gene Drewery in Texas and nicknamed The Ice Man, Collins was a cousin of blues maven Lightnin Hopkins but was inspired to sing and take up the guitar after hearing a John Lee Hooker record. Topping the US pop charts, Wheels Of Fire was the power trios third long-player: a sprawling double album combining studio material with tracks recorded live in San Francisco. with Dutch band Living Blues. Your email address will not be published. Not only as a rocker but as a bluesman. Unlike many blues singers of his era, Harpo had a light, satiny singing voice and was famed for his soulful blues harmonica playing as well as his guitar prowess. Ive never been too much into blues, but I thought he was pretty great. A massive leap in ambition as the synthpop of Visions was pulled into HD, driven up a gear and transformed into pop-punk as thrillingly fast and trashy as a Nascar race. Its AWESOME! 
Gothic and abrasive in equal parts, the Swedish brother-sister duos third album offered ceaseless electronic invention at a time when their synth-minded peers were content to till their way through music historys trash. His R&B chart-topper, Sweet Little Sixteen, is one of the standout cuts on the guitar-toting, duck-walking tunesmiths second album, One Dozen Berrys. King was a year shy of his 40th birthday when he performed in front of adoring, screaming fans on November 21, 1964, at one of his favorite venues: Chicagos Regal Theater. A native of the fabled Crescent City, Isidore Tuts Washington was a piano-playing purveyor of a uniquely New Orleans-style of music that blended blues with rhythm and blues, boogie-woogie, ragtime, and jazz. Spot on Harmonica Slim..with you all the way ! Heat Jay-Z performs with The Roots in 2001. Rory Gallagher Live in Europe is better blues album than Irish Tour in my opinion. Im with you, Slim. While they tease out the Morricone influence all the more, the highs are all their own krautrock nightmare We Carry On; cyberpunk masterwork Machine Gun on a record that has become one of the most influential of its era. Joe Bonamassa would not know real blues even if it sat on his face. Stevie Ray Vaughn? Although The Rolling Stones are definitely not a blues Band. B.B. JImmy Thackery & The Drivers Wild Night Out ! Winifred. "Live At Reading" by Nirvana Janis Joplin? Wht about Ali farka Toures last albumSavane. Rory Block When a woman gets the blues Sweet! Give me a break! When people think of good blues rock, names of famous bands like Led Zeppelin, Cream, the Allman Brothers Band, as well as solo blues artists like the English powerhouse Eric Clapton, and American greats Stevie Ray Vaughn and B.B. I would have included, SRV & Joe Bonamassa, plus looking at some of the artists there, i would have had J GEILS Band, Live Full House. The Folk Blues of Eric Von Schmidt My Rorys Irish Tour is brilliant, but not a blues record. This list needs serious reconsideration. No Champion Jack Dupree? Follow. New Orleans Piano Professor is a scintillating solo piano recital recorded in his hometown a year before his death. In 1999, he released All-Star Blues Sessions, his first album as a frontman, accompanying Bo Diddley, former Howlin Wolf drummer Chico Chism, Robert Lockwood Jr., Henry Gray, and 12 other artists. Initially grabbing headlines for its pay-what-you-want release online, it quickly became clear that this was one of Radioheads greatest albums. On some of the tunes like Walkin The Blues and Whisky & Women a band backs Hooker though the unaccompanied songs Sugar Mama and Leave My Wife Alone undoubtedly possess greater intensity. Listen to the album. This double live album recorded at San Franciscos Fillmore West marked an inspired jam session between noted Chicago guitarist Bloomfield and Brooklyn organist, Kooper, who had just left Blood, Sweat & Tears. Remarkably, it was his first recording using an electric guitar, and he precedes a version of the blues standard, Baby Please Dont Go, with a short talk about his guitar style and affection for the blues. Long before they conquered the pop music mainstream with their 1977 multi-platinum album, Rumours, Britains Fleetwood Mac was a blues-rock quartet distinguished by the spellbinding fretboard wizardry of Peter Green. Its not about hip snobbery, its straightforward common sense. 2 R&B hit in 1946 with Driftin Blues. Two years later, Brown who had a profound influence on a young Ray Charles went solo and recorded for the Aladdin label. Hooker N Heat is a masterpiece of blues music. Listen to the album. Agree with Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters. This has got to be on the list. Live At The Regal is widely considered one of the best blues albums of all time and purportedly had a profound influence on British guitarists Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfler. RL Burnside- Come On In. Here are a list of albums that I like. The singles B-side, Reelin & Rockin later recorded by The Rolling Stones also featured alongside the Top 10 US hit, Rock & Roll Music.. Excellent. Peter greens playing on it sublime. She contributes three self-written gems: Backlash Blues, Do I Move You, and I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl.. I would have included Otis Spann LP-The biggest thing since Colossus.John Lee Hooker LP-Live at cafe au-go-go.Muddy Waters 2LP-Fathers and Sons.Earl Hooker LP-Hooker and Steve.Cheers to All. A blues hack? She would go on to embrace electronic pop that confronted the violence environmental, martial or otherwise of the anthropocene age. Listen to the album. Albums i have listened to thousands of times. Albums My 21st Century Blues RAYE 2023 6.6 By Aimee Cliff Genre: Pop/R&B Label: Human Re Sources / The Orchard Reviewed: February 8, 2023 The UK pop upcomer His forte was smooth ballads but he also excels on two uptempo swingers: Everyday I Have The Blues and Kansas City. The Jimmy Rogers All Stars Band (Jeff Healey, Kim Wilson, Eric Clapton and more) Blues, Blues Blues. Downchild Blues Band) 45+ years of great tunes. Though he possessed a distinctive gravelly singing voice and played bass and guitar, hes more famous as a prolific songwriter; he was responsible for penning some of the key blues songs of the 1950s, including Spoonful, Im Your Hoochie Coochie Man, and The Little Red Rooster. He serves up his own striking interpretations of those three blues evergreens on this 1970 LP, the sixth album of his career, on which he sings and plays bass in the company of a smoking band that includes harmonica player Big Walter Horton and Chess Records session pianist Lafayette Leake. How freaking true. 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On the groups debut, she could electrify her withering bluesy scorn with a single yelp, and suddenly shed be a banshee screaming round the rafters; meanwhile the song Maps was pure vulnerability. All of these works are valuable and have merit!! 13 in the Billboard 200. Though she was reared on gospel music and grew up singing in church, the late Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, was no stranger to the blues, or what God-fearing Christian folk called The Devils Music. This compilation draws on bluesy gems from the Memphis-born divas Atlantic repertoire, including inspired renditions of Today I Sing The Blues, B.B. Supposedly Jay-Zs last album before a retirement that never arrived, The Black Album was the apotheosis of the rappers self-mythologising, establishing him as an old-school classicist and innovator. Johnny Shines Standing at the Crossroads It was the singer/guitarists first-ever live recording and captured him at the peak of his powers, counterpointing his passionate vocals with stinging guitar lines. They ranged from driving, full-throttle numbers such as the Cotton-penned The Hucklebuck, and Narcias atmospheric ballad, Life Will Be Better, to the slow-burning after-hours blues, Harp To Harp. The music may sound like it originates straight from the Mississippi delta but was recorded in Portland, Maine. The anchor of the album initially released in a trailblazing three parts across 2010 was Dancing on My Own, a breakup song with a wildly transgressive edge: is there a secret erotic thrill behind the pain of going to the club to watch her partner with their new girlfriend? Key Track: TAint Nobodys Business If I Do. B. A band working in perfect equilibrium, where wild prog and bug-eyed Burroughs-esque visions were tethered by earthy punk. 100% correct Harmonica Slim. The Sound of 65 Graham Bond Organisation (1965) i believe it should read muddy waters live at Newport 1960. Bill Wymans favorite. Neil Youngs soundtrack for Dead Man Listen to the album. Bands like Cream, Allmans and Stones restored many blues originators fortunes and fame by crediting their accomplishments. Calling Card Rory Gallagher (1976) Rl burnside ass in pocket and finally graham bond organisation live at klooks kleek . Possessing a voice that the LPs liner notes liken to gravel through a swamp, Taylor dishes up eleven tunes co-produced by and featuring the eloquent fingerboard work of guitarist Mighty Joe Young. And speaking of Brooks, Ill bet Lonnie Brooks is going to come out with a top 200 LP one of these days. The Black Keys Thickfreakness Consisting of just voice and guitar, the LP captured the visceral intensity of Hopkins performances via tracks such as the mournful Penitentiary Blues and livelier boogie-style Come Go Home With Me., Slims real name, Otis Hicks, just doesnt have the same ring as his electrified stage moniker. Listen to the album. Most of the material is self-penned though Allison also stamps his authority on Willie Dixons Easy Baby and Roosevelt Sykes Driving Wheel. Super Session should absolutely be here, I think you could have included every SRV album released, but glad Texas Flood is on there. You forget Super Session of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper. As for Allman Bros. and Cream not being blues bands I would have to differ. He patented an earthy electric delta blues sound that was inspired by Robert Johnson (whom he knew) and Tampa Red. B. Indeed, and for that matter add Michael Bloomfield Its Not Killing Me. About My 21st Century Blues. Other gems come in the shape of Im Glad You Reconsidered, the brassy proto-soul ballad, So Many Tears, and the mid-tempo lament, Pay Day Blues, which highlight Fulsons full-bodied, expressive voice and choppy guitar style. I agree with a lot of these comments that its very difficult to please everyone as there are only 100 spots. Bumble Bee spans the years 1929-1941, collecting all the Hoodoo Ladys seminal early sides with McCoy, including the classics Black Rat Swing, Dirty Mother For You, and New Dirty Dozen., Key Track: Whats The Matter With The Mill. This Mississippi blues master recorded for a variety of record companies during his long career, including Modern, Sensation, and Vee-Jay, where he scored some massive R&B hits. Wow. The sets 24 songs include Williamsons most popular sides: his signature tune Good Morning, School Girl, plus Got The Bottle Up And Go and Sugar Mama Blues. Cuz yer listening to the blues and thats the thing. Junior Wells, James Cotton, Billy Branch, and Cary Bell. Witherspoon blends a rugged, bluesy earthiness with svelte jazz sophistication in the company of two legendary saxophonists (Ben Webster and Gerry Mulligan) and trumpeter Roy Eldridge. Some other (also not mentioned in the comment section, i think) great blues (or bluesrock) albums I very much like are: Big Joe Turner The Boss of The Blues (1956) The breakthrough moment for raps greatest ever talent. But those albums that Ive listed are the ones I suggest people listen to, and I have done so for a long time. No. Highlights include the US R&B chart-topper, Bo Diddley, its B-side Im A Man, and Road Runner.. Those who fell under Blakes spell included the Reverend Gary Davis, Ry Cooder, and Ralph McTell. But then there are moments on songs such as Beautiful Feeling or Horses in My Dreams, where the mass of bricks and steel dissipates and youre adrift on the ocean. 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