Fleetwood Mac and Otis Spann, Duster Bennett. I would have left out any rock or jazz cross-over artists (No Stones, no Clapton, no Allman Bros, No Cream, no SRV!! The parent album arranged by Riley Hampton, varied from rocking R&B numbers (Tough Mary and Girl Of My Dreams) to sophisticated jazz-tinged ballads with strings (Stormy Weather), proving that James was much more than an earthy blues mama. Born Theodore Roosevelt Taylor in Natchez, Mississippi, hoarse-throated singer and guitarist Hound Dog Taylor had a rare physiological condition known as polydactylism, which resulted in him having six digits on each hand. The Real Folk Blues, mainly a compilation of earlier tracks for Chess, came out in 1966. King is more familiar to blues fans as B. Bruce Fisher Ill second that! Gary Davis Live at Manchester Union Hall & you need some thing with Buddy Guy & Junior Wells. 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. I want to know about everyone and then select my own favorites. Check out the story behind the making of Blues for Greeny. And I also miss some women for example Ruth Brown, LaVerne Baker and Bettye Lavette. King, Live In Japan. Ive got a lot of music to find! did ya mention silas hogan,slim harpo ,lightin slim and excello artists. Blending memorable original material (After Awhile) with four Cotton tunes and covers of Muddy Waters Im Ready and a rocking take on Robert Johnsons Dust My Broom, Spann delivered a mesmerizing showcase that highlighted his stentorian voice and fluid piano licks. Showdown! Triumph was labeled hard rock or heavy metal but Rik Emmett and the band did play and record some bluesy music from time to time. Also thanks for the list and for everyone adding their favorites. Rory Gallagher Live in Europe is better blues album than Irish Tour in my opinion. Both worthwhile considerations for sure. So true. Id include The Paul Butterfield Blues Band LIVE double LP and Charlie Musselwhites often overlooked Tennessee Woman. Id be quite tempted to include Janis Joplins I Got Dem Ol Kozmic Blues Again Mama! since we have a Soul-Blues cross-over Aretha Franklin. Not sure which album to suggest, however hes on my list !!! Just relying on what they read. He was 56 when he recorded this 11-track collection. Albums were ranked according to their Metascore, which represents an aggregation of critic reviews. Also, no Lonnie Mack. One album that I love that past me by for many years is Otis spans the biggest thing since colossus . Endless Boogie, John Lee Hooker. Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation with John Moorshead? It contains some of the best guitar work of Claptons career. Highlights range from the rocking Yakity Yak and Nighthawk Shuffle to the searing Burning Heat, featuring Carey Bells tooting harmonica. That is true for a number of these picks. Layla may not be pure blues but it is blues enough to me. Baptized Samuel Maghett, Mississippi-born Magic Sam was raised on the music of Muddy Waters and Little Walter and, at the age of 19, moved to Chicago, where he recorded for the local Cobra label in the late 50s. The albums opening song Samson & Delilah was later covered by Peter, Paul & Mary and the Grateful Dead. James Cotton, first LP on Vanguard Fords guitar playing steeped in the blues lexicon but augmented by rock power and jazz harmonic sophistication is unimpeachable on a 12-song selection that includes a slow, sizzling version of Etta James I Just Want To Make Love To You.. You cant be serious about J Geils? We agonised over Big Willie, because he appears on very few lists. 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. Kind of a snore in this list though, IMHO. Janis Joplin? How is that left off? Required fields are marked *. They included My Time Is Expensive, Okie Dokie Stomp and Midnight Hour, all present on this ace retrospective. Muddy Waters and Johnny Winter - Hard Again Incredible! Williams, whose trademark was playing a custom-built nine-string guitar, was 65 when he recorded this LP in London during the fall of 1968 under the supervision of Mike Batt (who would later find fame writing Bright Eyes for Art Garfunkel and leading the novelty group, The Wombles). Jesus just left Chicago???? Especially leadbelly. Bonamassa is one the greatest bluesmen of the 21st century. If so, one without open mindedness and compassion I would bet. Everyones would be different and we all wonder how isnt this or that album included or this or that artist Certainly overall I think you got the vast majority of choices right. Glad Alex Koris was mentioned. . Fleetwood Mac, Dog & Dustbin album missing also 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. Johnny Winter Whit Hot and Blue. Agree with Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters. 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. Big Dave McLean Blues from the middle should be on this list. 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. Possessing a powerful, expressive voice, he racked up seventeen US R&B hits for Chess Records Checker imprint between 1962 and 1971. 100. You forgot Dutch Mason the Prime Minister of the blues. Jimmy Witherspoon, Spoonful, on Bluenote, She contributes three self-written gems: Backlash Blues, Do I Move You, and I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl.. Johnny Winter First Winter. Suffice to say, every album here should be in any discerning blues fans collection. 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. Key Track: TAint Nobodys Business If I Do. I would have include Bukka White, but thats just my personnal taste. His recording career was spectacularly brief from 1927 to 1930 but his influence has been long-lasting (Robert Johnson and Howlin Wolf took note of his guitar style while Bob Dylan and Led Zeppelin covered his songs). Son seals koko Taylor missed them stones bull, Joe Bonamassa I think I will have to check out a few of these Nevertheless I miss Jimmy Vaughan . How about When a guitar plays the blues or any song off Loading Zone he smokes almost every player on this list! Are you serious? know, Ive seen and listened to all the best in the business !!! You forgot Smokey Wilsons 88th Street Blues. I Am The Blues Willie Dixon (1970) A raspy-voiced Louisiana singer and guitarist, Slim was the brother-in-law of Slim Harpo and released his debut single in 1954 for the Feature label but reaped more acclaim a few years later during his time at Excello, an R&B imprint of Ernie Youngs Nashboro label. Everything that Johnson recorded is on this 30-track compilation, a compelling testament to his genius. Keith Hartley. 4 albums of BLOOMFIELD..???? 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. 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. My first concert was the Jefferson Airplane with the warm up band The Yardbirds in 1967. B. 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. One of my favorites but admitedly obscure albums is Indiana Avenue Blues by Shirley Griffiths and J. T. Adams. A must-own if ever there was one. Big Mama Thornton with the Muddy Waters Blues Band. It has long been regarded as one of the greatest and most influential blues albums ever. Savoy Brown definitely belongs on that list. Thx, Your email address will not be published. With its fusion of soulful urbanity and raw, delta earthiness, the record would prove a blueprint for modern blues recordings. Mick Taylor. Go to the source not the people that are doing Rock covers. This compilation focuses on his earliest recordings, a bunch of 78s made in 1931 for Paramount Records where he first established his idiosyncratic style. Oscar Brown Jr, Between Heaven and Hell, Columbia Odd Muddy Waters choices should be Real Fok Blues or Sail On. 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. 1 LP. Genres. And consider the folks whose paths never crossed those of the white historians or those who sang only to themselves and their God. Love seeing a list like this and watch people speak of their favorites and how could they miss.!? This five-time Grammy-winning fedora-wearing blues troubadour from Los Angeles began his career in 1980 under his birth name, Kevin Moore, but didnt make an impact until he had reinvented himself as Keb Mo in the 1990s. Though the LP garnered mixed critical reviews, From The Cradle topped the US and UK album charts and also triumphed at the 1995 Grammy Awards in the Best Traditional Blues Album category. Also, in many cases, there are better collections by the same artist than the ones listed. But in those years I have heard five albums that have all had a great influence on me. 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. John Mayer I now have about 20 new artists/albums that I need to hear based off peoples comments and I thank the list and the people who commented for that. Texas Flood is the first album from the blues master, and one of the most important and influential. In SF I met a girl from The Netherlands in maybe 70 or 71. The youngest of three regal-named bluesmen, this Texas-born, Chicago-raised singer and guitarist began his career in the 1950s. The first list was published in a special issue of the magazine in 2003 and a related book in 2005. Known as the Empress of the Blues, the highly influential Bessie Smith patented a distinctively earthy and soulful vocal style that brought her much fame and wealth in the 1920s. You might wanna check them on Spotify or iTunes. R.L. Despite being his first recording venture, the album remains a go-to entry in Musselwhites extensive catalogue. One big Miss: Eddie Cleanhead Vinson on Riverside Immediately after that, Spann returned to Chicago where he recorded The Blues Never Die! Also, agree that the classic Love Sculpture LP, Blues Helping, would belong on my list. And not to mention a few good blues artists and bands from the Antipodes: Jeff Lang, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Chain, Joe Camilleri (JoJo Zep), Phil Jones and The Unknown Blues, Fourday Riders, CW Stoneking, Backsliders, Zyedecats, Chris Wilson, Dutch Tilders, Foreday Riders, John Butler, Mia Dyson, just to name a few.. All lists will be criticised Dan Patlansky from South Africa is currently a well respected player, Warren Haynes (Govt Mule is a legend and Lonnie Mack is a notable absentee . A smooth-voiced Mississippi singer who accompanied himself with guitar and harmonica, Rogers was born Jay Arthur Lane and was a crucial figure in the development of south side Chicago blues during the early 1950s. And change some to different albums. Discover. Lightnin Slim Best of Well see. On the Boards Taste (1970) Right on Bert. The Folk Blues of Eric Von Schmidt Missing.Walter Trout, Joanna Connor,Ronnie Earl to name three!!!!!! To celebrate National Album Day, on Saturday 12 October 2019, Radio 2 counted down the Top 40 Best Selling Albums of the 21st century (so far), courtesy of The Official Charts Company. We went to Tower Records on Columbus Ave. and she recommended a Cuby disc. And I didnt know people were so mixed on Bonamasa. Downchild Blues Band) who have been entertaining folks with awesome foot-stompin blues for some 45 years. His Best rounded up twenty of Diddleys most popular and commercially successful tunes for the Chicago Chess label, which was the singer/guitarists recording home between 1955 and 1974. Bout time someone mentioned Shuggie Otis. As been noted, I cant see any list not including some Hendrix or Buchanan to be definitive, though this is subjective at best. Dutch blues? Grammys would come later in her career and help to crown her the queen of contemporary blues, but Turn Up The Heat captures her at the start of what became a storied musical journey. Fenton Robinson One of the few things Ill miss when I die. THE BLUES! Fine list anyway! 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. Big Dave McLean For the Blues, Always. What? From North Carolina, Fuller (real name Fulton Allen) was an exponent of Piedmont blues, a US east coast style defined by guitar finger-picking that was influenced by the jaunty rhythms of ragtime music. Raw, earthy and visceral, its twelve songs focus on Taylors uniquely aggressive slide guitar playing. 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. SOOO many that there just isnt room for them on this list. best blues albums of the 21st century. etc etc. I met a Dutch girl back around 1970 and took her to Tower Records at Bay and Columbus in S.F. Also Fleetwood Macs Then Play On just to name a few. Naturally JJ Cale (1972) That is like making a chicken soup with no chicken! Give me a break! Born Gertrude Pridgett in Columbus, Georgia, Ma Rainey was one of the first blues singers. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots was The Flaming Lips' first 21st century album, and it ended up being one of the best of all time. They did say they scoured magazines and the internet for picks, which tells me that they dont have a clue. 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. Give me a break. Dave Van Ronk Sings the Blues So thanks again! After toiling as a street musician in Chicago, Hooker began playing in clubs and eventually cut some singles one of which, the instrumental Blue Guitar became the basis of Muddy Waters 1962 single, You Shook Me. With his reputation blossoming he guested on a Beatles TV special in the US Hookers debut LP followed in 1967 for the Wisconsin indie label, Cuca, and contained a dozen self-written instrumentals which highlighted his guitars stinging attack and lucid tone. Criteria: These "Blues" albums were chosen to showcase the artists musical vision through their impact, originality, influence, creative inspiration & musical quality.This list does not include "greatest hits, best of, live albums, box sets OR albums by those artists who did not exhibit a clear blues thread throughout their careers. Hells Session and Wang Dang Doodle by Livin Blues. . Tom Waits Orphans: Brawlers, (as you see, i like the movies of Jim Jarmusch ! 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. Blues is black. East-West is widely acknowledged as one of the best and most influential albums in the history of blues rock. J.B.Hutto & The Hawks: Hawk Squat Both players enjoying the company they were keeping. I would say that some of these bands should be included. "Introduction." 2. I like them, but they dont belong anywhere near this list. Great. Produced by frontman Michael Gira, the album featured musical guests St. Vincent, Bill Rieflin and Cold Specks. ZZ Tops First Album was as bluesy as any of the mentioned albums. A mortal sin. Theres Lightnin Hopkins, Cream, Muddy Waters, B.B. Otis Grand, Blues 65 "Black Mascara." 5. Keb Mo? Van Lear Rose was one of the best-reviewed albums of 2004, representing White's first studio success with a full band and a peerless reminder of Lynneven past the age of 70as a bard and songwriter steeped in grace (on the wistful title track), sin ("Portland, Oregon," her duet with Jack), and drama ("Mrs. Leroy Brown," "Women . Sheryl Crow, "C'mon C'mon" (2002) Missouri ties: Crow is a. More remarkable was Wolfs singing voice, which could change from a deep, full-throated roar to an eerie lupine howl. He was born with an eye condition that resulted in total blindness by the time he was 21, but it didnt curtail his ability to make music and in the 1930s he was a prolific recording artist, cutting some 120 sides that were released by a variety of labels. Born in Houston, this flamboyant singer and guitarist moved to Los Angeles as a teenager and is best remembered for his commercially successful marriage of pimped-up blues, funk and soul in the 1970s. "Chillicothe Fireball" is an album-long siren song, a beckoning to juke joints, dive bars and all the miles that lie between them. The title song, a live recording, is an eloquent and humorous observation on the absurdity of racism and class division. Why is there always someone who has to have the 100 best or the top ten etc. This list needs serious reconsideration. from 1966. 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With, Standing at the Crossroads , Like a Sheep Out on the Foam , Doin the Shout , etc. Other delights include the chugging How Many Years, the boogie-style Baby How Long, and the plaintive Forty Four driven by a ramshackle rhythm section. They are however some albums of undead white people who could be integrated in such a list: Canadian blues artists are missing here! Other standouts included Sen-Sa-Shun and San-Ho-Zay., Tons Of Sobs was British blues-rock quartet Frees debut album for Chris Blackwells Island label. deservedly won a Grammy in 1986, and is clearly among the best blues albums ever. 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. Well, I respect that you are entitled to your opinion, but I wonder if you have heard him play live? AC/DC and Led are stretching it. Buddy Guy Stone Crazy Yeah saw him live at an Eric Clapton gig in Sheffield plays a fiddle (violin) not sure if there is a difference. Im glad glad that you mentioned the Rolling Stones debut album which is one of the best examples of British blues from the sixties. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv370LpF0cU Born in Jackson, Mississippi, singer/pianist Otis Spann moved to Chicago when he was 22 and made his mark on the burgeoning Windy City blues scene of the late 1940s. 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. Magic Slim The essential Im glad people weighed in on Deutsch and Canadian blues. 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. The winner of five Grammy awards, Georgia-born Robert Cray is considered a member of the blues old guard. User Reviews. For most of his life, this Mississippi-born practitioner of hill country blues received scant attention though in his final decade began to receive the accolades his music deserved. Havent listened to much blues since I got sober but it holds a special place in my heart. Im for the Top 200 Blues albums. Best Albums. Walker's new record, Blues Comin' On, finds him teaming up with fellow legends Jorma Kaukonen, Keb' Mo', Eric Gales, Lee Oskar, and others for what can only be called a super session. Street Corner Talking should be on the list. 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. Blues For Harlem, his eighth long-player, was recorded in England for the British Armadillo label and contained a tribute to Davis in the shape of a spiritual medley called The Reverend & Me.. 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