Comments (22) Discography. John Mayall earns a place on my list because he appreciates the blues, he shepherded several artists like Clapton during their careers and for his contribution to the music! I can think of stuff Id like to see on the list, but then you have to bump someone else and I just dont know ho you do that Yikes! Both are brilliant guitar players and got great voices. But I am so happy _not_ to see Joe Bonamassa. The pioneering multi-racial quintet formed in 1963 and two years later released its self-titled debut, which consisted of original material alongside the groups turbo-charged interpretations of songs by Elmore James, Little Walter, Muddy Waters, and Willie Dixon. Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers Sinner Street Buddy Guy Stone Crazy His first album West Side Soul was released in 1967. Suffice to say, every album here should be in any discerning blues fans collection. Incendiary covers of tunes by Albert King, Howlin Wolf, Willie Dixon, and Robert Johnson reflected the groups debt to the many American blues artists that had inspired them to make music. 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 Alvin Lee. Both players enjoying the company they were keeping. Fool For You. I think hes sincere and tries hard, but being a great guitarist (technically) does not make you a great bluesman. Regarded as one of the best guitarists of all-time, Clapton paid tribute to his blues roots with this, his thirteenth solo studio LP. Why the heck you did not mention Williw Dixon Im the Blues? Savoy Brown Blues Band, Raw Sienna, John Mayall , Blues breakers with Eric Clapton and the Hard Road album with Peter Green. For anyone looking for excellent CDs: No Rolling Stones, Cream, Fleetwood Mac etcBut Stevie Ray was real blues. It's here that the full scope of Bad History Month can be understood, from gently intricate Jim O'Rourke-like folk pop to dramatically . Great. His brother, Sticks McGhee, also a guitarist, accompanies Terry on the evocative song, Jail House Blues. Folk icon, Pete Seeger, contributes banjo to the stirring live medley Fox Chase/Right On That Shore.. Cream were Cream, by no stretch of the imagination, can they be called a blues band. . Detroits Motown label wasnt renowned as a platform for blues artists but in 1972 the company made an exception and recruited this magnetic Arkansas singer/guitarist who had cut his teeth in the Chicago bands of Howlin Wolf and Freddie King. Im not sure of the origin of many of these artists listed but it appears that the list doesnt include any Canadian blues guitarists. Johnny guitar watson Also want to highlight a great blues boogie album, James Cotton 100% Cotton, awesome band with Matt Guitar Murphy, and Gary Clark Jr. Live, also great. Blues by Willie Brown, mainly remembered as Charley Pattons sidekick but who purportedly influenced Robert Johnson. I love you all. London Howling Wolf Sessions needs to be on this list! Are you serious? Blessed with a raspy soulful voice, which he accompanies with intricate acoustic guitar filigrees, Davis serves up 12 tunes on this intimate solo recital that bridge the divide between country blues and gospel music. Though it mainly consisted of self-penned material, the influence of the Mississippi delta blues style is almost palpable. As for Allman Bros. and Cream not being blues bands I would have to differ. Burnside's follow-up to his 1998 breakout album Come On In, Wish I Was In Heaven is a return to his earlier, roots-based Mississippi Hill Country blues sound. Blues musicians and writers who are now household names were driving buses or working odd jobs in many cases..they could not get a gig. Its hard to imagine a list of the best blues albums without this one. Key Track: Shake Your Hips, From Riverton, Mississippi, Eddie Son House was one of the delta blues styles principal architects. What about African Blues.Ali Farka Toure. I will google. Come Back Baby During that short time, he topped the US R&B charts for fourteen weeks with the 1954 million-selling single, The Things That I Used To Do, with a young Ray Charles producing and playing the piano. Rory Gallagher Live in Europe is better blues album than Irish Tour in my opinion. No Muddy Mississippi Waters Live? Sure, some of those cross overs were not exactly bad by any means, but I dont know that they belong on this list. Rihanna - ANTI. Losing Hand I do appreciate that some of my favorite artists and albums are on here even as I acknowledge that some people are dissing that same music as impure or not blues to them. But then again, there are a lot of people who could, or should, have been on this list but arent. He was born Aleck Ford in Mississippi and then took the name Rice Miller before morphing into Sonny Boy Williamson. Great list! On Good Mornin Blues, Barbers band features Northern Irish singer/songwriter, Ottilie Patterson, as well as London jazz saxophone legend, Ronnie Scott, on a selection of material that ranges from Lead Bellys title song and Lionel Hamptons Hamps Blues to originals by Barber and Patterson. Indeed. Although his self-titled debut contained three Sleepy John Estes tunes alongside blues standards by Blind Willie McTell, Sonny Boy Williamson, and Robert Johnson, Mahal was able to stamp his personality on the material and imbue it with a sense of gritty authenticity. , Missing Joe Bonamassa, Beth Hart, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Robert Cray Band, Robben Ford, Gary Clark Jr., Peter Green, Janis Joplin, Govt Mule, I know it is hard to please everybody but they left outside Edgar winter Tobacco Road, Led Zeppelin I Cant quit you Babe or Since Ive been loving you, and jimi Hendrix Voodoo Child, How can you not include Willie Dixons I am the Blues full of classic tunes all penned by Dixon and check out how often his name appears on other peoples albums he is the man. Nice try! Key Track: Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down, From Woodlake, California, Ford is a quick-fingered guitarist who as a young man played with Charley Musselwhite, the LA Express, Joni Mitchell, and Miles Davis. 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. The Brits embraced it and started it again. "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" is a recurring opinion survey and music ranking of the finest albums in history, compiled by the American magazine Rolling Stone.It is based on weighted votes from selected musicians, critics, and industry figures. How can you possibly have a list of Blues Albums without Hogwash, Split or Thank Christ For The Bomb featuring anywhere? From Como, Mississippi, Hemphill was two years shy of her 60th birthday when she cut her debut LP, She-Wolf, for the French Vogue label in 1981; its a groundbreaking album that dispenses with the 12-bar format that had previously defined most blues records. Taj Mahal the real thing The singles B-side, Reelin & Rockin later recorded by The Rolling Stones also featured alongside the Top 10 US hit, Rock & Roll Music.. The track was included on this retrospective, alongside a clutch of singles recorded for other indie labels during the 50s and early 60s, including I Believe, Done Somebody Wrong, and The Sky Is Crying. James music exerted a significant influence on the Rolling Stones during the British groups early years. Willie Dixon? The album marked a watershed moment for the British music scene, sparking a blues-rock explosion. Street Corner Talking should be on the list. Heavily influenced by Albert King and Jimi Hendrix, Vaughan was a virtuoso guitar slinger from Dallas, Texas, whose meteoric career was cut short by a fatal helicopter crash. Kenny Wayne Shepherd Ledbetter Heights Awesome! A landmark blues recording. Check out the story behind the making of Blues for Greeny. King is more familiar to blues fans as B. Glad folks mentioned Duster Bennett and Rod Piazza, Gravetes, and Alex Koris. Recording since 1978, gravelly-voiced Davis, who plays harmonica and acoustic guitar, stays true to the delta blues style on Butt Naked Free, a collection of all-original songs except for a version of Blind Willie McTells Writing Paper Blues., Key Track: Waiting On The Cards To Fall. AND THE ALLMAN BROTHERS LUDLOW GARAGE THATS ABOUT AS CORE AS IT GETS, Missing thoughts, I Am The Blues Willie Dixon (1970) A singer and pianist born William Suppree into a New Orleans family with African and Cherokee ancestry, Dupree scored a Top 10 US R&B hit in 1955 with Walking The Blues. He is best remembered, though, for the LP, Blues From The Gutter, recorded three years later. This nimble-fingered albino Texas axe-slinger started his professional career at 15 years old and recorded his first solo album a decade later. Overview. He has every right to a place on this list. Losing his eyesight to congenital glaucoma, Mississippi-born Morris (real name Morris Cummings) is a cousin of Chicago blues maven, Willie Dixon. Son House Father of the Blues, Albert King Years Gone By, Big Mama Thornton Jail, Fred McDowell and His Blues Boys, Sonny Boy Williamson One Way out, and Pink Anderson Carolina Blues Man. And no one mentioned Stevie Ray Vaughs double Lp, Live. Great. Why not The Best of Muddy Waters? Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Howlin Wolf, Freddy King, BB King. Let us know in the comments section below. Tutored by his mother, Arkansas-born George Harmonica Smith learned to play the harmonica when he was four and after playing with a gospel group early on in his professional career, gravitated to the blues, which led him to Chicago in the 1950s where he joined Muddy Waters band. Lift Yr. Lead Belly, Josh White, and B. ZZ Top First album This was his first long-player and it contained the original version of his signature song, the memorable Gangster Of Love, dating from 1957. Greens playing is perfect Sublime ferocious subtle but most of all perfectly suited to each song. Willie Dixons Chess Box MUST be included hands down one of the best blues compilations ever! Inventingthen immediately perfectingthe triumphant, breezy, bigger-than-rap mythology that Jay's wrapped himself in ever. Consider all the Henry Sloans weve never heard and the mothers of those we have. The first list was published in a special issue of the magazine in 2003 and a related book in 2005. Rorys Irish Tour is brilliant, but not a blues record. Black Country Suite, his debut album, is mainly instrumental and is dominated by the ten-part titular opus, which shows off Allisons bebop-meets-blues and country piano style in a trio setting. Dont forget to mention Steve Stills who was also a big part of the Super Session album. Hooker N Heat is a masterpiece of blues music. On the Boards Taste (1970) More significantly, the exotic 13-minute title song defined by extended improvisational passages over a mesmeric, open-ended groove lit the touchpaper for both acid and west coast rock. Johnny Adams? Key Track: I Cant Quit You Baby. Well done Bert, I would say add To blind to see from Cuby and the Blizzards to the list as well. A fascinating history lesson for delta blues scholars. Characterised by extravagant fretboard pyrotechnics and searing blues-rock grooves, the albums repertoire ranges from exciting Gallagher originals (Cradle Rock) to steroid-injected blues covers (Muddy Waters I Wonder Who). The album highlights Carrs smooth and more sophisticated urban blues vocal style, which would influence Nat King Cole and Ray Charles. Blues is black. Ive been listening to and playing the blues for about 50 years now. Consider the West African griots or that itinerant bluesman that W.C. We ranked albums according to their Metascore, which represents an. simply stunning, There is a Hendrix compilation, titled Blues. Jack Bruce (though you do have a Cream album)? Bert. Canned Heat/John Lee Hooker Hooker and Heat. Well, I respect that you are entitled to your opinion, but I wonder if you have heard him play live? Though the album shot to No. Stacker set out to find the best albums of the 21st century, compiling data from Metacritic (as of October 2022). Mick Taylor. West Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop. 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. Even people who love the blues can manage to leave Willie Dixon off this list. Otis Spann is the Blues (wikipedia: leading postwar blues pianist) and Where is Fathers and Sons ? The title song, a live recording, is an eloquent and humorous observation on the absurdity of racism and class division. With his booming sepulchral voice and bare slide guitar accompaniment, Patton established a musical approach that would prove inspirational and become the stylistic blueprint for many bluesmen that would come in his wake, including Robert Johnson and Howlin Wolf. Rev. The Sound of 65 Graham Bond Organisation (1965) The groups blues roots are reflected by their meaty repurposing of songs by T-Bone Walker (Stormy Monday), Blind Willie McTell (Statesboro Blues), and Elmore James (Done Somebody Wrong). They are not blues bands, no matter how hard they try. As for Jimmy Reed, Cold Chills tops the Carnegie Hall album. Music has always played a role in helping to define cultural moments throughout history. "Ice. His most impressive moments come on the churning My Time After Awhile and the blistering instrumental, Snowy Wood, which he co-wrote with Mayall. Bad History Month - Old Blues The ambition behind Bad History Month's second album Old Blues is apparent from its first track, the 13-minute "Waste Not," an epic, continuously evolving piece of music that feels like four different songs in one. An de andere kant, ach, zon lijstje slaat toch eigenlijk helemaal nergens op, Hi Bert. No one mentioned Hadda Brooks. Chicken Shack, and I didnt see Savoy Brown, Climax Blues Band and the Chicago Blues Band. His eponymous 1962 album was his second long-player for Chicagos Chess Records and mostly consisted of material written by Willie Dixon. The replies here are priceless. The music ranges from songs associated with blues acts Ray Charles, Sonny Boy Williamson and Albert King to rock groups Traffic, The Band, and Cream. Excellent recording with a superb interview of Nighthawk by Michael Bloomfield! The good thing that came out of this is the secondary list from these comments so we may all discover some hidden treasures that we may have never known about! Alvin Lee Bluest Blue is my favorite not on the list. Key Track: Truckin My Blues Away, An influential purveyor of Piedmont blues who was blind from early childhood and famed for his fluid finger-picking style, South Carolina-born Davis was 64 when he recorded this seminal album in 1960 at the dawn of a folk revival. Great Album!!!!! In 1994, however, this compilation containing eleven tracks, six of which were previously unissued, highlighted his connection with musicians like Howlin Wolf and B. What? Despite being a compilation drawn from various late 50s sessions, T-Bone Blues had a unity of sound and intent that made it appear a coherent work. Music Reviews: My 21st Century Blues by RAYE released in 2023. I would have include Bukka White, but thats just my personnal taste. A list of the best blues albums ever? Walker joined Lew Chudds Imperial label in 1950 for a four-year stint that is represented by the 52 tracks on this two-disc anthology. Tab Benoit, Tommy Castro, Blues Brothers, Room full of blues, Elvin Bishop??? To the gentleman who commented that John Mayall doesnt deserve a place in the Blues pantheon because he was born white and BritishEric Clapton. No Ronnie Earl! Genres. Guitar Shorty Roll Over Baby And thank you!! there is: the blues of Jimi Hendrix. Early on in his career, White recorded under the pseudonyms Pinewood Tom, The Singing Christian, and Tippy Barton before using his real name. Blues With A Feeling was Smiths debut album, recorded in 1969 as a homage to another virtuosic blues harp player; the legendary Little Walter Jacobs, who had died a year earlier. Totalmente de acuerdo, sobre todo en lo relacionado con Ronnie Earl. Its hard to imagine a list of the best blues albums without this one blues. 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