Spaceman Spiff Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Like a lot of other people, I put on some BB King albums after his recent passing and I cannot stop listening to them (most notably "Live at the Regal" and "Live in Cook County Jail"). Listening to those records brought me back to Muddy Waters' Folk Singer album which I absolutely love and hadn't listened to in awhile. I've spent the past 30 minutes looking through iTunes trying to figure out what to get next, but I've always done this with Blues music...not listen to it for a month or two at a time and then listen to it non stop for weeks on end. So what are some of your favorite artists/albums/songs when it comes to the Blues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 I look forward to this Spiff. I don't have much old school blues knowledge but I really like the artists they influenced like Clapton, Hendrix, Zeppelin, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 John Lee is probably my favorite, but Lightning gives him a run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRAVEONAWARPATH Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Personally, I'm a delta blues guy. Son House. Nuff said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 BB's fellow Kings, Albert and Freddie are essential. Albert Collins Bobby "Blue" Bland's live albums with BB are magic Buddy Guy Elmore James Howlin' Wolf Jimmy Reed John Lee Hooker Johnny Winter Little Walter Magic Sam Muddy Waters Byther Smith Earl Hooker Lightin' Hopkins Sonny Boy Williamson Taj Mahal Otis Rush Paul Butterfield Son House T-Bone Walker Willie Dixon 2 of my favorite players.. Michael Bloomfield Peter Green (Founder of Fleetwood Mac, who were originally a blues band) Was a BB King offspring of a player. BB had a pretty famous quote about him, "He has the sweetest tone I ever heard; he was the only one who gave me the cold sweats." Anything from any of those . Plenty more as well.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shakinaiken Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 I initially thought this thread was a reference to depression or feeling down in the dumps. Too bad, as i was about to come on here and vent about my awful day But no matter, carry on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Ya left off Burnside ya heathen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted May 22, 2015 Author Share Posted May 22, 2015 RL Burnside is great. I also forgot to mention Junior Kimbrough. Been listening to him a lot lately as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 honorable mention for Tony Joe White with the bayou blues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney B Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Lots of good work in this thread. Also want to mention Bobby "Blue" Bland. And, of course, Stevie Ray Vaughn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 In 1970 Howlin' Wolf went over to England to cash in on blues success, and he recorded this album with Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman. I friggin' LOVE this album. the master at work with Willie Dixon Muddy Waters, Memphis Slim, Sonny Williamson and Willie Dixon More later.. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busch1724 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Kenny Wayne Shepherd just released a blues album last year with him playing alongside some folks called Goin' Home, but he put a better one out in 2006 which he played with the legends called Blues From The Backroads. Check them out on Spotify. The Blues From The Backroads stuff is great! He wanted to get some of those folks on proper recordings since many of the songs were not of modern production quality. He played with the likes of Cookie Stark, Boogie McCain, Buddy Flett, BB, Bryan Lee, Gatemouth Brown, Lohn Dee Holeman, Etta Baker, etc. It's really great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 For anyone who loves this music, Cadillac Records is a must see movie. I had that Howling Wolf LP on vinyl back in the day Bang. Did it ever come out on CD? Popa Chubby did a CD produced by Tom Dowd called Booty and the Beast which has some cool tracks on it. Clapton's remake of Have You ever Loved a woman on the Layla LP is maybe my fave 12 bar blues guitar work. I'll second ST21 on Peter Green. Technically he may not have been as advanced as some other guys, but he nailed the chicago blues sound better than any of his peers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bliz Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 BB's fellow Kings, Albert and Freddie are essential. Albert King was Stevie Ray Vaughan's mentor and idol. There's a concert that Albert King and SRV recorded for tv in 1983 called "In Session". Played like a live show, but no audience. It's petty awesome. It's on iTunes/Spotify, and the whole show (which includes songs cut from the album) is on youtube. Just a taste: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Paul Rodgers Muddy Water Blues is a great LP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 For anyone who loves this music, Cadillac Records is a must see movie. I had that Howling Wolf LP on vinyl back in the day Bang. Did it ever come out on CD? It is out on CD, always good to have a copy in the collection. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Personally, I'm a delta blues guy. Son House. Nuff said. I love Delta Blues too, but it's like I have to retrain my ear to appreciate it every time I come back to listen after a break. The recording quality of the records is almost universally inaccessible. Robert Johnson's recordings taken in basically two sessions were done in a Dallas hotel room with him facing a bare wall. They sound terrible even though he sounds amazing. Once I listen to it enough and transport myself I don't even hear the poor quality though. It just sounds normal and I usually go on a delta blues binge. I love Son House too. I really enjoy the extant recordings of Robert Johnson, Tommy Johnson, Willie Brown, Mississippi John Hurt, and Charley Patton too. Charley Patton really takes some work to train your ear for, his accent is so impenetrable. They weren't from Mississippi, but I also really like the recordings of Blind Willie McTell and Blind Lemon Jefferson too. Reverend Gary Davis is more gospel, but he was another important country bluesman from that time and his recordings are fun. It must have been something else to see these guys perform live. Especially Robert Johnson. You can almost feel how rocking they were--just one or two men with acoustic guitars and dobros--but it's really hard to get a sense of the richness of their music from a tinny old recording. If I had a time machine, one of the things I would do is go back and watch Robert Johnson absolutely bring down a honky tonk or a church hall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Bang, I love Howlin Wolf too. He performed with such incredible energy and the sheer attitude of his music is amazing. Makes me feel like a man when I listen to it, like I just want to drive a 3500 pound '55 Chevy down a two lane highway to Kansas City. For some barbecue or something. No wonder they use Smokestack Lightning for viagra commercials. I think he and Lightnin Hopkins are my two favorite bluesman from that era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MintHillSkinsFan Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Gov't Mule, Derek Trucks Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Warren Haynes Band, Sonny Landreth, Tab Benoit, Robert Cray, Joe Bonamassa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 I love blues,, I think the Blues is the quintessential American Art form. Now granted it all stems from field songs which stems from African rhythms and such .. but the Blues that developed from those roots is uniquely American. Jazz is something someone could argue is purely American, and in origin they'd be correct,, but jazz can be different wherever you go, can be molded by any culture. The Blues is the Blues, and you can't change it. If you do,, it's not the blues anymore. Keepers of the flame ~Bang ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The 12th Commandment Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Here's hoping twa and LKB weather the flooding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Intersting thing about that song TX Flood - SRV paid royalties to the guy who first recorded it (forgot the name), and then found out later that the real author was Fenton Robinson (who does a good remake himself of Somebody Loan Me a Dime, and wrote a beautiful blues ballad called Mellow Fellow). Anyways, when Stevie finds out this dude got screwed out of the publishing rights, he writes him a check for 10k. Class act. Miss that dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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