Side A consists of a sole feature from 070 Shake while Side B sees an assist from Mahalia. I noticed that too. this sucks, Your additions of sited omissions sir are excellent sited examples.. With, Standing at the Crossroads , Like a Sheep Out on the Foam , Doin the Shout , etc. , 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. Black is blues. Folk directions of the 21 century Tweet The possessor of a powerful contralto voice, she was hailed by her first record company as the Mother of the Blues. She made her debut recording in 1923 and her final one, five years later, before retiring in 1935. Only two or so from the last 40 years? This potent album, Simones RCA debut, not only underlined the singers affinity with the blues argot with her performances of songs by Lil Green and Buddy Johnson but also revealed her as a blues-influenced songwriter of note. Though blues was an omnipresent element in Hendrixs oeuvre, he never made a dedicated blues album. Check out Wild-Child Butler. BTW : as much as Led Zep did to revive the blues, they never credited the musicians and writers whos songs they recorded..they simply reworked them slightly and kept the royalties for themselves.pretty much of a weasel move. Hooker N Heat is a masterpiece of blues music. Though it mainly consisted of self-penned material, the influence of the Mississippi delta blues style is almost palpable. He scored a raft of US R&B hits between 1948 and 1976, including the No. Also, no Lonnie Mack. Black and white photographs. Luthers Blues was his second LP for Berry Gordy and epitomizes Allisons Chi-Town blues style with its amalgam of big-city grit and polish. Key Track: Rooster Blues. Given the name Memphis Minnie by an A&R employee at Columbia Records in 1930, she initially recorded with her first husband Kansas Joe McCoy before she went solo. Two Steps from the Blues Bobby Blue Band (1962) Marion Walter Jacobs was the birth name of Louisiana-born Little Walter, widely regarded as one of the best blues harmonica players of all time. An exponent of the Chicago blues style, Taylor recorded this, his debut album in 1971 as the inaugural release on Bruce Iglauers Windy City-based Alligator label. The title song appeared on this compilation, a 10-track overview of his Stax-era recordings, including assorted singles, B-sides, and album tracks. Phil. An de andere kant, ach, zon lijstje slaat toch eigenlijk helemaal nergens op, Hi Bert. Early on in his career, White recorded under the pseudonyms Pinewood Tom, The Singing Christian, and Tippy Barton before using his real name. We ranked albums according to their Metascore, which represents an. 13 in the Billboard 200. 2. Second Winter, his sophomore album a three-sided LP with the fourth side left intentionally blank featured his younger brother, Edgar, on keys. Aynsley Dunbar. The 2CD Luther Allison, Best of Claptons presence galvanized the band on a mixture of original material and blues covers. Bruce Fisher above is right! Not sure which album to suggest, however hes on my list !!! But in those years I have heard five albums that have all had a great influence on me. riquitrefe. 4.25 49,337 343. Buy From Amazon PROFESSOR LONGHAIR - NEW ORLEANS PIANO: BLUES ORIGINALS 2 The much under-rated Professor Longhair pioneered the funky New Orleans piano sound that drove so much early Rock'n'Roll. They are Fresh Cream by Cream, Burglar by Freddie King, Johnny Winter by (of course) Johnny Winter, From The Cradle by Eric Clapton, and I Left My Blues In San Francisco by Buddy Guy. 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. One half of a famous country blues duo with Brownie McGhee, Georgia-born Terry (real name Saunders Terrell) was a blind singer and harmonica player who also made several noteworthy solo albums. What about African Blues.Ali Farka Toure. all these had made exellent albums. 1 and the slow, ambling ballad Sad Hours, where Walters harmonica is drenched in an eerie echo effect. Not that I know of anyway. Im glad to see both old and new records on the list, but one of my all-time favorite is missing; Walter Trout. And the John Mayalls Bluesbreakers with Peter Green??? His eponymous 1962 album was his second long-player for Chicagos Chess Records and mostly consisted of material written by Willie Dixon. Most of the material is self-penned though Allison also stamps his authority on Willie Dixons Easy Baby and Roosevelt Sykes Driving Wheel. Joe Bonamassa would not know real blues even if it sat on his face. She contributes three self-written gems: Backlash Blues, Do I Move You, and I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl.. The sextets commercial breakthrough came was this incendiary live album, recorded over two nights in rock promoter Bill Grahams New York venue. Red Devils album King King Great stuff!! 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. Your point is well taken. Album text by Charles Waring, introduction by Richard Havers. Yes, Im with you on that: Jas. Other standouts included Fried Hockey Boogie and the anti-drug message song, Amphetamine Annie. Though considered a rock group and beloved by the hippies and Woodstock generation, Canned Heats musical DNA was deeply rooted in the blues. Born in Harlem and raised in Massachusetts, Mahal (real name Henry Saint Clair Fredericks) is a singer, guitarist and blues harp player who performed with a California-based band called Rising Sons with Ry Cooder before signing a solo deal with Columbia in 1967. 4. We have given you our list of the best blues albums alphabetically, having given up trying to number. Maybe Mose Allison could be dropped, or one of the BB Kings albums. Lightin Slim Rooster Blues absolutely has to be on such a list! Frank .. agreed. Tom Waits Orphans: Brawlers, (as you see, i like the movies of Jim Jarmusch ! His innovation, radical at the time, of playing single-note melodies that combined expressive string-bending and vibrato, eventually became the norm and was adopted by a host of fretboardists, including Django Reinhardt and T-Bone Walker. savoy browns street corner talkin needs to be included! Many that are much better than those they selected !!! Check out the story behind the making of Blues for Greeny. This was the 10th album by the band, but it was really the first time they saw major mainstream success. Fleetwood Mac, Dog & Dustbin album missing also His swansong, Dont Tampa With The Blues, highlighted Reds plangent tenor voice, sophisticated finger-picking style and propensity for playing the kazoo. Born Huddy Ledbetter in Louisiana, Lead Belly accompanied his tremulous, high tenor voice with a 12-string acoustic guitar. Peter greens playing on it sublime. Her third album 25, is also on the list with sales of over 23 million copies. 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. I like Leslie West. I would add Tripping Thru a Midnight Blues by Cuby and The Blizzards myself Bert I do love Desolation and Groeten uit Grolloo by Cuby & Blizzards Aw, yes, the Powder Blues Band. There are 4 albums by Dutch Bluesbands that I would ad to the list: These are the 21st Century albums that hit every pleasure center for us, that made us dance and sing along to karaoke and made the commute to work a little less miserable. It did, however, give birth to a trio called Koerner, Ray & Glover, three white college students smitten by black music whose earnest folk-blues style would purportedly influence Bob Dylan and Bonnie Raitt. No Blues List is complet without Popa Chubby. Jeff Healey Group, he was appreciated by BB King and Eric Clapton. No. some way. He was born Aleck Ford in Mississippi and then took the name Rice Miller before morphing into Sonny Boy Williamson. Memphis Slim Lonesome. Required fields are marked *. you include SR Vaughan , but not his master !!! A revered harmonica player and singer from Mississippi, Musselwhite made his debut with this classic album, which blurred the narrow divide between blues and rock music, especially on boogie-based songs such as Chicken Shack. The 12-song set mainly contained original material but also included a haunting blues reconfiguration of jazzman Duke Pearsons Cristo Redemptor(sic). Other highlights include Whos Cheating Who, Baby I Love You, and I Feel So Bad.. Peter Green. Thanks, enjoyed reading this. ric ya damn skippy! ZZ Top First album The Powder Blues Band, Jeff Healey, Colin James, Randy Bachman (known for rock and jazz, yes, but he teamed up with Jeff Healey too) and others I cannot name. Humble Pie? 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. One of his most influential tunes was his 1928 hit single, How Long, How Long Blues, the centerpiece of this 22-track compendium of Carrs best work. Johnny Adams? 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. Orangedroog65. Listen to the Stones 1st 4 LPs,Rolling Stones After Muddy Waters.When they tour they sit in with blues bands after the gig .Listen to Mick Jagger & the Red Devils all lil walter&Willie Dixon,Howlin Wolf, Strictly speaking, Harmonica Slim may be correct about several blues-inspired bands appearing on a blues-exclusive list. I cant believe Five Live Yardbirds is not included, Also Stone The Crows, Bad Company. Johnny Winter Whit Hot and Blue. Discover. George Thoroughgood? Magic Sam was a huge part of the famous Chicago blues sound. The Sound of 65 Graham Bond Organisation (1965) Music Reviews: My 21st Century Blues by RAYE released in 2023. Endless Boogie, John Lee Hooker. 100. This was his first long-player and it contained the original version of his signature song, the memorable Gangster Of Love, dating from 1957. An incredible guitar/fiddle player who refused to be pigeonholed as a bluesman, however I think the majority of his work would be considered by most to be blues. 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. Big Joe Turner Although his craggy voice is mostly framed by slick, contemporary production values (courtesy of looped beats and DJ scratches), the music still resonates with an authentic, Mississippi delta-steeped blues feel. and she was thrilled to see a Cuby and the Blizzards record. What is abundantly clear, though, is the visceral power of Johnsons music, originally released on a series of 78-rpm singles between 1936 and 1937. John Hammond does deserve a nod from me for a couple albums. I might beg to differ on The Allman Brothers though. James Cotton, first LP on Vanguard You forgot Hookern Heat. King Of The Delta Blues Singers was the first-ever compilation of his music and helped Johnson reach a new audience in the 1960s. A double live album, Irish Tour 74 offers a vivid portrait of Gallaghers magnetic on-stage performances. Key Track: Hound Dog. Joe Bonamassa is said by nearly all of the guitar, blues, and rock music magazines to be the best living blues guitarist and should be on the list (he is much better than Johnny Lang, a contemporary who is on the list). He recorded this album in 1969, though it wasnt released until after his death. Some may complain about crossover or blues rock albums, but how could anyone not think that the Allman Brothers Live at Fillmore East shouldnt be on this list. Though most of the album is self-written, Mos musical roots are referenced by the inclusion of two Robert Johnson songs. Not only as a rocker but as a bluesman. Muddy Waters: Fathers & Sons THIS IS A WHITE FOLKS LIST. 1w. Im checking him out at a small venue this August. Key Track: Gangster Of Love, Born in Fargo, North Dakota, of Norwegian descent, Grammy-winning singer/songwriter/guitarist Lang took his debut album Lie To Me into the Top 50 US albums chart at the tender age of sixteen. Keb Mo? We could endlessly debate about the definition of blues, but the purpose here is not to list all the guitarists that once played a blues classic, or our favorites RnB or jazz or rock musicians. Amongst its gems is the carefree title song, the earthy I Crave Pigmeat with washboard accompaniment, and the storytelling ballad Homesick and Lonesome Blues, a vehicle for Fullers scything slide guitar. The star turn came from guitarist, Mike Bloomfield, whose fretboard work is outstanding throughout. B. Duke Robillard & The Pleasure Kings Rockin Blues 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. The album had a profound impact on British blues-rock bands. No Ronnie Earl, Tab Benoit or Sonny Landreth??? Gotta agree with that. Give me a break. Also, in many cases, there are better collections by the same artist than the ones listed. They changed how we heard pop, and changed what pop meant in the new millennium. Among the latter were tunes by Otis Rush (All Your Love), Freddy King (Hideaway) and Little Walter (It Aint Right). Add Arhoolie Records: Sonny Boy Williamson II King Biscuit Time and Big Mama Thornton In Europe, Add: Chess Records Drop Down Mama (Nighthawk, Shines, Edwards, Jones, etc) and Elmore James/John Brim Whose Muddy Shoes?. Its hard to imagine a list of the best blues albums without this one. Strangely, none of his singles for the Chicago Chess label cut during the first half of the 1950s entered the charts, but they were eventually rounded up on a well-received album, House Of The Blues. Canadas finest blues man!!! Dutch blues? They come from the long-forgotten Kid Bailey (Rowdy Blues), Garfield Akers (Cottonfield Blues), Mississippi Joe Callicott (Fare Thee Well Blues), Jim Thompkins (Bedside Blues), Blind Joe Reynolds (Outside Woman Blues), and Rube Lacy (Mississippi Jailhouse Groan). 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. Smitten by the blues at an early age, he became an itinerant guitar-playing singer who under the name Robert McCoy plied his trade in the Tennessee and Mississippi areas before moving to Missouri. Kaj <3 , Rocking at the Tweed Mill. released in 1972, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv370LpF0cU A clear contender among the best blues albums ever, Muddy Waters At Newport captured the man born McKinley Morganfield at Rhode Islands famous annual jazz festival. "Ice. I cant imagine how anything could be better that this one. Also no love for anything Derek Trucks has been involved with. Discover 21st Century Blues [Ecko] by Various Artists released in 2008. Excellent recording with a superb interview of Nighthawk by Michael Bloomfield! Martial Solal: NY1: Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note) Solal is one of the greatest pianists alive, though the U.S.-centric jazz world only notices that in fits and spurts because he's based in France. It contains some of his most famous and influential songs: Hellhound On My Trail, Crossroad Blues, and Come On In My Kitchen.. "Escapism." (feat. Im not a member of the Blues Police force. Every single LIGHTNIN HOPKINS ALBUM is better than MOST of the albums listed. Oscar Brown Jr, Between Heaven and Hell, Columbia Do you even play blues or are you an armchair critic? I agree. Showdown! Submit Corrections Something from Audience? He was 56 when he recorded this 11-track collection. I totally agree that these 2 Dutch bands should be added to the list! Purchasing My 21st Century Blues from . Notably Canadas Downchild (a.k.a. 6 in the UK albums chart, Clapton left to form Cream shortly afterwards. Steve winwood B. Tom Rush Blues, Songs & Ballads 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. I want to know about everyone and then select my own favorites. The UK version of this classic album included Williams delivering a fiery version of his iconic Baby Please Dont Go. A masterclass in delta blues. The albums final cut, Walking By Myself, was Rogers only hit record: a Top 20 US R&B chart entry back in 1957. Lester Butler was a harp blowin maniac! B. Key Track: Shake Your Hips, From Riverton, Mississippi, Eddie Son House was one of the delta blues styles principal architects. Affectionately nicknamed the Velvet Bulldozer due to his silky smooth voice and imposing physique (he stood 64 tall and reputedly weighed 250lbs), Albert King rose to fame in the second half of the 1960s with his Born Under A Bad Sign album. Muddy Waters The London Sessions. Hear, hear been listening lately to that 90s Rounder Records release, Gatemouth Swings something like that, in which he is playing the Texas blues of his youth ala T-Bone Walker. Hes another haunting, beautiful player who might not have come to your attention yet. Very glad to see my favorite Rory Gallagher included. Theres Lightnin Hopkins, Cream, Muddy Waters, B.B. Have a Good Bluesdigging Life , Bert!!!! Thank you, Wanda. The 31 tracks on this double-CD trace the journey John Lee, and the Blues, made from the Delta to the city, and on to the whole world. Superharps???? On it, he interpreted material made famous by American bluesmen Muddy Waters, Tampa Red, Otis Rush, Freddy King, Lowell Fulson and others. "The Thrill Is Gone." 8. Big Dave McLean Blues from the middle should be on this list. 1 LP. Made the list. Stevie Ray Vaughn Martin Scorcese presents Jesus just left Chicago???? He cut some singles for Chess Records in the 50s and later achieved a cult following in England, where he cut an album in 1964 with Eric Clapton on guitar. Lift Yr. Fats knew his blues! The youngest of three regal-named bluesmen, this Texas-born, Chicago-raised singer and guitarist began his career in the 1950s. Theres no debating this fact. . Jon Pareles's Best Albums of 2021 nytimes 0:00 1. Is there a link to the Spotify playlist anywhere? Any Compilations from: All essential. "Hard Out Here." 4. Cream were Cream, by no stretch of the imagination, can they be called a blues band. The Fabulous Thunderbirds: `Girls Go Wild I will google. You know your stuff. John Hammond So Many Roads (http://www.allmusic.com/album/so-many-roads-mw0000618281) and if youre going to include Layla and Wheels of Fire, you should think about Highway 61 Revisited. c. All lists such as this are subjective of course, but I totally agree with Chris Moran. Lomaxs Blues Songbook Give me a break! 98. Best of all is Percy Mayfields Memory Pain, transformed into a riff-heavy hard-rock workout. Key Track: Aint Nobodys Business, With his gruff voice accompanied by jagged, driving guitar and a boogie beat established by his tapping foot, the prolific John Lee Hooker forged an immediately recognizable delta blues sound that proved profoundly influential. What about all the albums He produced on the Blue Sky label performing with Muddy Waters? And where is Professor Longhair , dr John, Bukka White, Big Joe Williams and Big Joe Turner. Ive never been too much into blues, but I thought he was pretty great. Odd Muddy Waters choices should be Real Fok Blues or Sail On. As usual, we havent just dreamed up this list; weve trawled the net and looked through numerous magazines and books to try to get a consensus as to what the best blues albums are. Rl burnside ass in pocket and finally graham bond organisation live at klooks kleek . There are blues albums that everyone acknowledges as among the best Robert Johnsons King of The Delta Blues Singers, Junior Wellss Hoodoo Man Blues, Albert Kings Born Under a Bad Sign, and Magic Sams West Side Soul. Gary Moore Blues for Greeny The two James Brown-tinged tracks The Screwdriver and Two Bugs In A Rug with their funky undertows, showed that Hooker was hip to new developments in R&B, which gave his music a fierce contemporary edge. Sams repertoire includes some fine original material as well as energized retoolings of blues standards and tunes by Robert Johnson, B. This music accompanied me through my bluest blues, crafted unapologetically and fearlessly with love and tears, and now I can . Greens playing is perfect Sublime ferocious subtle but most of all perfectly suited to each song. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel. He only started recording three years before his death, initially cutting gospel songs for the Paramount label. And I second (and must correct) another commenters pick of Mark Ford, with the Robben Ford Band a really stunning album that apparently never gets noticed. With Johnny Winter,James Cotton Steady Rollin Bob Margolin, Charles Calmese and Willie Big Eyes Smith this would be near or at the top of my Top 100! My 21st Century Blues is the upcoming debut studio album by British singer and songwriter Raye, set to be released independently through the distribution label Human Re Sources on 3 February 2023. The songs on the album loosely follow the story of Yoshimi as she (surprise, surprise) battles the pink robots. Ruth Brown, James Cotten, Son Seals, Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows, Little Ed and the Blues Imperials, The Staple Singers,Savoy Brown, John Hammond, Sister Roseta Thorp, Ko Ko Tylor, Bobby Blue Bland, Kokomo Arnald, I almost out of room here to bad I could name another hundred I bet. 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. King, Live In Japan. Also featured is M.O. Key Track: TAint Nobodys Business If I Do. For example: you only looked ar individual artists, why isnt there an album Johnny and Muddy during their time together was priceless! Allman Brothers, Cream, Derek and the Dominos, and The Rolling Stones shouldnt even be mentioned here. Clarence Gatemouth Brown and Jimi Hendrix are big omissions. Maybe you did research but you seem biased to American and English whites as well as universally recognized blues artists! Good try but no Johnny Shines (with Shakey Horton) or Peatie Wheatstraw. 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. Beth Hart Both worthwhile considerations for sure. I miss Duane. My ugly complex beautiful mosaic formed from broken pieces of glass from the last seven years of my life. There are some good albums here, but a number of giants like Robert Nighthawk, Big Joe Turner, Tommy Johnson and J.B. Hutto are strangely absent. How can you miss Hendrix Blues Album? Robert Nighthawk Live on Maxwell Street. Roy Buchanan was to overly stylistic, loved him but he began to bore me. I would include Howling Wolf The London Sessions among others. Man, did they miss a lot. Three years shy of his sixtieth birthday, Water is backed by a superb band (including pianist Otis Spann and harmonica player, James Cotton), delivering a bravura performance. The daughter of Texas blues maven Johnny Copeland, this large-lunged Harlem-born singer was just 19 when she unleashed Turn Up The Heat, a combustible debut album that put her indelibly on the radar of all hardcore blues fans. Also thanks for the list and for everyone adding their favorites. Far too many white people on this list. why is it so windy lately 2021; pretense in a sentence; den of thieves full movie filmyzilla; judith resnik accomplishments; the horse whisperer hospital scene; rage games online; who is clint black's biological mother; center console runabout Those bands are not blues bands but, rather, blues-inspired. Wouldnt have suffered from a mention of Savoy Brown though? Key Track: Two Bugs In A Rug. 461 Ocean boulevard is my favourite blues album, its disappointing not seeing that on this list. The Memphis-based Stax label was synonymous with earthy southern R&B but in 1967 it racked-up several blues hit singles thanks to Mississippi-born singer/guitarist Albert King. Feeling lazy. Most fans of the blues recognize that it is something that is, as often as not, best played live and there are some cracking performances included. (Remember, if we get rid of cross-over bands we can have a little more room for the class blues artists who created the music all these cross-over bands derived their music from). 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