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. Handy found and lost at the Tutwiler train depot in 1903. With, Standing at the Crossroads , Like a Sheep Out on the Foam , Doin the Shout , etc. Key Track: Let Us Get Together Right Down Here. This album was the fledgling groups rush-released second studio LP, helmed by Blue Horizon boss, Mike Vernon. American audiences wouldnt know who any of these artists are today if he hadnt exposed them to the world, and we certainly wouldnt be aware of the blues greats who inspires them to pick up their respective instruments. Let us know in the comments below. Highlights include the US R&B chart-topper, Bo Diddley, its B-side Im A Man, and Road Runner.. A fascinating history lesson for delta blues scholars. And He is almost as bad as Eric Clapton. I think about 30 of these should have been left off and something else put in. Though born in Paris to Austrian and Greek parents, Korner became one of the prime movers and shakers of the influential British blues scene in the 1960s. It included the singles Trust Me and One Way Out, the latter featuring guitarist Buddy Guy. Especially leadbelly. Just relying on what they read. He patented an earthy electric delta blues sound that was inspired by Robert Johnson (whom he knew) and Tampa Red. How freaking true. The Blues Forever! Guitar Shorty Roll Over Baby This, the Butterfield Blues Bands sophomore LP, was commercially more successful than its predecessor, peaking at No. What? Lightnin Slim Best of He began his solo recording career in 1978 and recorded Still Got The Blues which went platinum in the UK and gold in the USA twelve years later. On this magnificent album, however, he played an acoustic guitar on what was an intimate, unplugged-style session that attempted to latch on to the folk music revival of the early 60s. The Blues was starting to come back to its own in 1965/1966 and would have continued thanks to the desire of college kids willing to expand away from the norm and the hipsters shunning mainstream music. ALSO, guys: Where the heck is THE BEST OF MUDDY WATERS (also known as Sail On in reissue). 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). I like them, but they dont belong anywhere near this list. Do you mean Mark Ford, with the Robben Ford Band? Blues. It contains some of his most famous and influential songs: Hellhound On My Trail, Crossroad Blues, and Come On In My Kitchen.. No John Hammond? How could you miss this one? A long-time fan of bluesman Howlin Wolf, Hemphill wrote the albums title song by imagining herself as a female version of the lupine blues legend. Among the latter were tunes by Otis Rush (All Your Love), Freddy King (Hideaway) and Little Walter (It Aint Right). Despite being his first recording venture, the album remains a go-to entry in Musselwhites extensive catalogue. Other highlights were Cuttin In, a chugging beat ballad with strings and the skipping R&B-flavored Broke & Lonely, where Watsons assured vocals are punctuated by dancing horns. Jethro Tull This Was McDowell is in magnetic form, shining on nine scintillating tracks. His forte was smooth ballads but he also excels on two uptempo swingers: Everyday I Have The Blues and Kansas City. Give me a break! Either of the first two Hot Tuna albums? know, Ive seen and listened to all the best in the business !!! Between 1949 and 1952, this Texas-born chemistry teacher-turned-singer/pianist racked up 12 Top 20 US R&B chart entries, including two number ones, Trouble Blues and Black Night. With his velvety tone and smooth phrasing, Brown brought a sense of urban sophistication to the blues; initially, as part of Johnny Moores Blazers, a Los Angeles-based trio who scored a No. Harp Attack. 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. Genres. 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. there were probably about 20 people there, and each time after it became more and more crowded ,not because we were awakened to the music by Elvis,Mick and Keith , and Clapton The sets 24 songs include Williamsons most popular sides: his signature tune Good Morning, School Girl, plus Got The Bottle Up And Go and Sugar Mama Blues. SRV and Double Trouble, In Step. 1w. Hailing from Mississippi, Rush learned to play the guitar when he was eight and moved to Chicago when he was fourteen after hearing a Muddy Waters record. Such a list without any jimi Hendrix album sounds strange However Im really disapointed in the 28 CD Box Set just released of Cuby. Bands like Cream, Allmans and Stones restored many blues originators fortunes and fame by crediting their accomplishments. Hendrix played some killer blues. His first album West Side Soul was released in 1967. Everything that Johnson recorded is on this 30-track compilation, a compelling testament to his genius. Fine list anyway! 1w. Are you serious? 2. After years of obscurity, James would finally taste acclaim in the 1960s when he recorded more frequently. That honor belonged to T-Bone Walker, whose piece de resistance was doing the splits during a guitar solo. Phil. Though he possessed a distinctive gravelly singing voice and played bass and guitar, hes more famous as a prolific songwriter; he was responsible for penning some of the key blues songs of the 1950s, including Spoonful, Im Your Hoochie Coochie Man, and The Little Red Rooster. He serves up his own striking interpretations of those three blues evergreens on this 1970 LP, the sixth album of his career, on which he sings and plays bass in the company of a smoking band that includes harmonica player Big Walter Horton and Chess Records session pianist Lafayette Leake. I like Leslie West. Groundhogs should be in there and Chicken Shack as previously mentioned. Bruce Fisher above is right! 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. and The Charles Ford Band (Robben and his brothers) on Arhoolie. Only albums with seven or more reviews were eligible. Key Track: Its Nobodys Fault But Mine, Paid tribute to by Bob Dylan (via his 1983 song, Blind Willie McTell) and covered by The Allman Brothers Band (Statesboro Blues), Georgia-born McTell recorded under several aliases, including Blind Sammy, Hot Shot Willie, and Barrelhouse Sammy. 22 October 2012. On this, an epic five-LP final album recorded a year before his death at age 64, Broonzy not only performed some of his signature tunes with guitar accompaniment including Key To The Highway and South Bound Train but also talked at length about his life. I cant believe Five Live Yardbirds is not included, Also Stone The Crows, Bad Company. Although there will always be missing someting. Savoy Brown Shake Down, Getting To The Point, Blue Matter, What about the king of UK blues Dave Kelly. 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. I would have left out any rock or jazz cross-over artists (No Stones, no Clapton, no Allman Bros, No Cream, no SRV!! Thornton is in imperious form here, blazing through her material like wildfire eating up a forest. And consider the folks whose paths never crossed those of the white historians or those who sang only to themselves and their God. A list of the best blues albums ever? They included the chart-topping Messin Around, one of many standout cuts on Blues Greats, alongside the humorous Beer Drinking Woman. Frankie & Johnny Boogie is a pulsating solo piano piece highlighting Slims keyboard prowess. This music accompanied me through my bluest blues, crafted unapologetically and fearlessly with love and tears, and now I can . Duration 01:03:12. Son House is the most familiar name on this compilation of vintage delta blues by some of the styles earliest exponents. R.L. 65 in Billboards pop albums chart. A mortal sin. J.B. Lenoir, Chicken Shack, Fleetwood Mac in Chicago, 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. Taking their name from a Muddy Waters song, Londons The Rolling Stones were just one of myriad white long-haired British beat groups drawing inspiration from old American blues records. The title is Best Blues ALBUMS not blues artists. 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. Muddy Waters The London Sessions. Im glad people weighed in on Deutsch and Canadian blues. deservedly won a Grammy in 1986, and is clearly among the best blues albums ever. 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. A compelling synthesis of seasoned blues standards (Johnny Guitar Watsons Too Tired) and potent original material (Avalanche), Ice Pickin was Collins sixth long-player and, arguably, his best. Alvin Lee Bluest Blue is my favorite not on the list. Fenton Robinson 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. Stacker set out to find the best albums of the 21st century, compiling data from Metacritic (as of October . Key Track: Good Morning, School Girl. Rogers 1950s sides for Chess Records were combined for Chicago Bound, a compilation LP that featured cameos from Muddy Waters, Little Walter, and Willie Dixon. How dare you omit A Hard Road John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. You left out Lazy Lester, Lightnin Slim and Slim Harpo albums on Excello. Speaking of full, I miss Blind Boy Fuller. 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. Half of them are on vinyl though and I have a big job ahead of me digitizing them all. 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. Great list just think you missed a few. Give me a break. In fact, well shall never know who the truest bluesmakers were or where they came from. Buddy Guy Stone Crazy Backed by a band with horns, King is in majestic form, serving up some of his most famous numbers, including his then-recent hit, The Thrill Is Gone, and a medley of his big 1950s R&B hits. From Muddy Waters to B.B. What about African Blues.Ali Farka Toure. Also, agree that the classic Love Sculpture LP, Blues Helping, would belong on my list. lol about Joeso true. Chuck Berry and Jimi Hendrix werent the first performers to play the guitar between their legs or behind their heads on stage. Suffice to say, every album here should be in any discerning blues fans collection. 3 James Hunter People Gonna Talk. Fleetwood Mac including Green lack that raw blues voice, but I love their blues stuff. Bonamassa is one the greatest bluesmen of the 21st century. The albums final cut, Walking By Myself, was Rogers only hit record: a Top 20 US R&B chart entry back in 1957. So would you prefer it to be white peoples blues rather than blues or perhaps rock and roll? Sugar Blue, Paul DeLay, William Clarke and piano OTIS SPANN, Little Brother Montgomery, Big Maceo. The highlights are numerous and include Devil Got My Woman, 22-20 Blues with James playing the piano and Im So Glad.. The omission of Luther Allison must be corrected, perhaps his Serious disc or the Where Have You Been disc. I am going to be busy buying more blues albums, the best! Agree with Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters. 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. All noted exponents of blues harmonica, Cotton, Branch, Musselwhite and Norcia teamed up to spectacular effect on Superharps, an enjoyable romp through eleven original tunes. A double live album, Irish Tour 74 offers a vivid portrait of Gallaghers magnetic on-stage performances. Geoff is referring to the Arhoolie release of the Charles Ford Band, which preceeded the Ford Bros on Blue Rock-It. I like to add Watermelon Slim and the Workers 2006 album and their The Wheel Man 2007 CD. You might want to re-evaluate your stance on Stevie Ray Vaughan too. Born Huddy Ledbetter in Louisiana, Lead Belly accompanied his tremulous, high tenor voice with a 12-string acoustic guitar. Released 42 years after his death, King Of The 12-String Guitar is a retrospective featuring tracks he recorded during 1935 in New York City for the American Recording Company. A feel-good collaboration between two Texas veteran guitar slingers and newcomer, Cray, Showdown! 30 Best Blues Albums Archives - Living Blues Magazine 30 Best Blues Albums In celebration of our 40th Anniversary in 2010, long-time Living Blues reviewer and contributor Jim DeKoster chose 30 of the best blues albums from each decade along with 30 others that deserve special recognition. Glad Alex Koris was mentioned. When it comes to white guys playing the Blue how about ZZTop Rio Grand Mud,. Havent listened to much blues since I got sober but it holds a special place in my heart. No Muddy Mississippi Waters Live? Very glad to see my favorite Rory Gallagher included. The Nighthawks Live at the PsycheDeli should be on this list ahead of many others. I have 28 of them and I feel pretty good about that. Taking to Instagram to share a handwritten list of the songs included on her debut album, RAYE said: 'Here she is, the full tracklist to my debut album My 21st Century Blues coming 3rd February 2023 '. John McVie. He's a Blues Hall of Fame inductee and four-time Blues Music Award winner whose career stretches back half a century. With Collins, Cray, Copeland on vinyl! It revived the New Orleans jazz style of the 1920s via a selection of original material and covers arranged for piano, cornet, and banjo. Not only as a rocker but as a bluesman. My 21st Century Blues is RAYE's long-awaited upcoming debut studio album, set to be released on February 3rd, 2023. It originated somewhere, found a place in America, became known in England, Canada too I would argue and perhaps many other places. What about William Clarke, Rod Piazza, Little Charlie & the Nightcats, etc? Though blues was an omnipresent element in Hendrixs oeuvre, he never made a dedicated blues album. The Fabulous Thunderbirds: `Girls Go Wild 'American Idiot' is now one of the best selling punk albums of all time, topping album charts in the UK, America, Sweden, Australia, Switzerland, Ireland, Canada and more. Below are links to the best blues albums of each decade. King Of The Delta Blues Singers was the first-ever compilation of his music and helped Johnson reach a new audience in the 1960s. Re; the Allman Brothers. Those bands are not blues bands but, rather, blues-inspired. 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 . Ultimately who is the definer of what blues is and whether an artist is truly a blues artist? Canned Heat/John Lee Hooker Hooker and Heat. Rl burnside ass in pocket and finally graham bond organisation live at klooks kleek . He also contributed the albums killer cut, an intoxicating instrumental called Screamin.. Though the album shot to No. Have a Good Bluesdigging Life , Bert!!!! Music has always played a role in helping to define cultural moments throughout history. Produced by frontman Michael Gira, the album featured musical guests St. Vincent, Bill Rieflin and Cold Specks. Superharps???? Back in 1983 at the age of thirty, he was a newbie who helped reinvigorate the moribund US blues scene with the hit album, Bad Influence. The 2CD Luther Allison, Best of Something from Colosseum? 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. [1] [2] The album will be Raye's first project following her 2021 separation from Polydor Records. If you asked leading University music appreciation doctorate professors , I am CERTAIN you would find popularity and technical statistics that could not agree with the idem listing you have posted. And, of course, pretty much everything by Wolf and Muddy. Red Devils album King King Great stuff!! King, Live In Japan. Stackerset out to find the best albums of the 21st century, compiling data from Metacritic(as of October 2022). Omar&Howlers:I Told You So. Gotta agree with that. West Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop. Peter greens playing on it sublime. In SF I met a girl from The Netherlands in maybe 70 or 71. The first photo shows RAYE holding a notepad, with the tracklist written on it in gold pen. Hudson Woodbridge was the birth name of Tampa Red, who was born in Georgia and raised in Florida. West Side Soul - Magic Sam Blues Band. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (2002; Matador) It can be argued that Interpol took their sound toward more of a mainstream, alternative rock direction over time, but their 2002 debut stayed rooted in an atmospheric, melancholy take on early post-punk, with Paul Banks' vocals and Carlos D's driving bass serving as a not-so-subtle nod to acts such as Joy Division and The Chameleons. A Top 5 R&B hit, the timeless At Last, was her bluesy reconfiguration of a 1942 tune by big band jazzman, Glenn Miller. He steps in and out of the shadows as Otis leads the band. The list opens up with the almighty Elmore James, the legendary King . Kendrick Lamar. When I 1st heard Groeten uit Grolloo I was hooked , have many records of their music. Consider all the Henry Sloans weve never heard and the mothers of those we have. It represents a scintillating tour de force of blues expression, thanks in part to Buddy Guys feverish fretboard work (for legal reasons Guy performed under the name Friendly Chap). And speaking of Brooks, Ill bet Lonnie Brooks is going to come out with a top 200 LP one of these days. This list needs serious reconsideration. From Vinton, Louisiana, but raised in Texas, Brown was a multi-instrumentalist who, inspired by axe-slinger, T-Bone Walker, began his career playing blazing electric guitar. Would like to see One Album per Artist this allows a greater degree of inclusivity. Good to see you have got Gary Moore in there. Whatever his best technical album might be, I believe it was In Step that brought Stevie further to the attention of music lovers, not just blues lovers. "Black Mascara." 5. King, the Mississippi-born singer and guitarist who was born on a cotton plantation. 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The albums opening song Samson & Delilah was later covered by Peter, Paul & Mary and the Grateful Dead. etc etc. 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. Fourteen of them can be found on this superb introductory compilation from 1978 (housed within an eye-catching Robert Crumb-drawn cover) which spans the years 1935 to 1939 and functions as a compelling showcase of Fullers unique singing and guitar playing. "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. He plays a lot of cigar box guitars and unusual instruments. Some other (also not mentioned in the comment section, i think) great blues (or bluesrock) albums I very much like are: Big Joe Turner The Boss of The Blues (1956) 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. Key Track: I Didnt Know What Time It Was. Youre quite right, and dont forget Livin Blues Wang Dang Doodle and Hells Session , Goed opgemerkt, zeker mbt c+b, desolation He actually did make the list, but only for one album? Your list of 100 best blues albums and artists, not to be critical but to reflect with broader objectivity should state; A list of highly popular 100 Top Blues Albums and Artists but stretches your categorization listed here is it representative of broad objective empiricism because over many years of personal familiarity with Radio Broadcaster personal associations by myself and thousand s of other blues affection adios, your list has excluded a great many of other albums and groups or artists that have poled as greats unsurpassed statistically and by professionals and listeners over the generations. . One of them, the iconic I Pity The Fool, features on this 26-track retrospective focusing on his work for the Memphis Duke imprint, which also includes the hits Cry Cry Cry, Dont Cry No More, and Turn On Your Love Light. Admired by Van Morrison and Simply Reds Mick Hucknall, Bland won many awards and muddied the boundaries between rhythm and blues and soul music. 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