Members twotubman Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 [YOUTUBE]ebVrvQ3tcO4[/YOUTUBE] [YOUTUBE]q92ebJjGquk[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 See if you can still find this 5-CD set -- the best one-stop-shop overview of blues styles EVER, with six-and-a-half hours of music from the very earliest 1920s recordings right up to the (more-or-less) present day. Once you've listened to it, you'll know exactly which artists and styles you like best, and you can then set off and explore the big wide wonderful world of the blues on your own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Willyguitar Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 I really like Howlin Wolf myself.This is also a very very fine blues albumAlso, you should get the first Fleetwood Mac album, and 'Deuce' by Rory Gallagher, for more rocket fuelled blues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members epipsychidion Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 Uh...Robert Johnson? As far as I'm concerned, the blues pretty much starts and ends with him. Maybe you're looking for electrified blues, but still...you cannot pass up Robert Johnson. I like some of John Lee Hooker's more delta inspired stuff...not sure if I remember seeing his name here yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Doctor49 Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 See if you can still find this 5-CD set -- the best one-stop-shop overview of blues styles EVER, with six-and-a-half hours of music from the very earliest 1920s recordings right up to the (more-or-less) present day.Once you've listened to it, you'll know exactly which artists and styles you like best, and you can then set off and explore the big wide wonderful world of the blues on your own. absolutely - I have a two vinyl set from the 60s that does exactly that (from 20s delta to 60s Chicago at least) and it gave me a grounding in where stuff came from and a view of what styles there are. Never stopped enjoying that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jr_vw2 Posted March 27, 2010 Author Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 thanks for all the great material guys...I will be busy for awhile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FoonkySteve Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 If you wanna hear some ferociously exiting blues with an organic kinda feel?Checkout 'Eric Sardinas'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 absolutely - I have a two vinyl set from the 60s that does exactly that (from 20s delta to 60s Chicago at least) and it gave me a grounding in where stuff came from and a view of what styles there are. Never stopped enjoying that. Paul Oliver's Story Of The Blues, perchance? I had that ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scuzzo Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 two players that are doing amazing good things now and days are Derek Truckshis whole catalog is great..and Doyle Bramhall 2Welcome and Jelly Creme are just fantastic LPs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members coolcat2 Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 Gov't Mule can have some nice blues songs. On this song, Warren Haynes is playing with Greg Allman and Derek Trucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members humbuckerstrat Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 [YOUTUBE]V1xvx0UHa0A[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I.P. Freeley Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 for raw... i dig r.l burnside and junior kimbrough Yeah, that stuff on Fat Possum Records isn't like the stuff that most people have heard. Definitely give those guys a listen, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members prolog Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 [YouTube]lqaIYrND9Zw[/YouTube] I've always liked this performance at Montreux by my favourite band... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frankie pajamas Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 Muddy Waters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrfresh782 Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 Probably the top blues artists are John Mayer and Kenny wayne shepard, also Johnny Lang is the top number one player in the universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Muddslide Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 Uh...Robert Johnson? As far as I'm concerned, the blues pretty much starts and ends with him. I have to disagree. This is a common misconception, what with Clapton's tribute album and all the Robert Johnson fracas from a few years back that resulted in him (rightly) being lionized as one of the fathers of the blues. I do not in any way mean to detract from Johnson's greatness. He was, without question, a great bluesman, and is rightfully famous and heralded as such. However, he really came at the tail-end of the acoustic, rural blues genre. While he had been playing for some time prior, his recordings date from 1936-1937, not very long a all before the blues players started moving into Northern cities and going electric and starting up combo groups. There are many, many blues artists who recorded up to a decade before Johnson and who directly influenced him. Blind Willie McTell, Skip James, Charley Patton, Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Lemon and numerous others had already been recording (sometimes extensively) 8-to-10 years before Johnson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members houdini116 Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 I've posted this vid somewhere before, but I guarantee you will love Hound Dog! [YOUTUBE]wZdMO4MXkMY[/YOUTUBE] I'm also really into the delta blues style and it gets really fun once you can feel it. Mississippi Fred McDowell [YOUTUBE]9TyzAAwJnIw&feature=related[/YOUTUBE] Blind Lemon Jefferson [YOUTUBE]5S8Rjwwo2g4[/YOUTUBE] Charley Patton [YOUTUBE]yGsAh2jx6JA[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deadwax Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 Mike Bloomfield- Blues on the Westside, part one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deadwax Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 Butterfield Blues band with interviews of Son House And Bloomfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members figjamaussie Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 As suggested by some others, the artists on Fat Possum records are great for something a bit different. Junior Kimbrough Cedell Davis RL Burnside T Model Ford Kenny Brown Bob Log III There are some really great acts around, you just need to look hard enough. As much as I love all the 'classic' artists everyone mentions, these guys just bring something else which is what I like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members adlo76 Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 Probably the top blues artists are John Mayer and Kenny wayne shepard, also Johnny Lang is the top number one player in the universe. there's so much fail in this that i just threw up in my mouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members adlo76 Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 Uh...Robert Johnson? As far as I'm concerned, the blues pretty much starts and ends with him. Don't believe the hype. He was great at what he did, but he was a just a punk kid riding the coattails of guys like Son House and Charlie Patton. There's even a contention that he was simply a "pop" performer of his day willing to play ANY style of music to get the gig and never was a true to any one style including the blues. His recorded work as well as the stories handed down support this and I tend to believe it. Even his "originals" weren't all that original considering when they were recorded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jack harper Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 Great Song, Great Album, Great Man here is a great on to jam to [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dougie.Douglas Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 Man, Blues that you can turn up way loud without pissing off the neighbours I like a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members prolog Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 Glad people have mentioned Skip James. His voice is eerie and ethereal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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