Mance Lipscomb You Got to Reap What You Sow Robert Nighthawk Live on Maxwell Street. Well see. After Peter Green replaced Eric Clapton in Mayalls band, an 18-year-old guitarist called Mick Taylor (who would later supersede Brian Jones in The Rolling Stones) came in as an unknown on Crusade. A pall of myth and legend has clouded the publics perception of Johnson, a mysterious figure who supposedly sold his soul to the devil in a Faustian pact and died from poisoning aged 27. Bruce Fisher above is right! James Milton Campbell is better known to blues and soul fans as Little Milton, a dynamic singer and guitarist originally from Inverness, Mississippi. He rose to prominence as a member of the rock band the Yardbirds, and afterwards founded and fronted the Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice.In 1975, he switched to an instrumental style with focus on an innovative sound, and his releases spanned genres and styles ranging from blues rock, hard rock, jazz . Key Track: Good Morning, School Girl. London Howling Wolf Sessions needs to be on this list! This compilation focuses on his earliest recordings, a bunch of 78s made in 1931 for Paramount Records where he first established his idiosyncratic style. AND THE ALLMAN BROTHERS LUDLOW GARAGE THATS ABOUT AS CORE AS IT GETS, Missing thoughts, Especially leadbelly. The album includes reworkings of Walkers late 40s Top 10 Us R&B hits, Call It Stormy Monday and T-Bone Shuffle.. This was the 10th album by the band, but it was really the first time they saw major mainstream success. I think I will have to check out a few of these Nevertheless I miss Jimmy Vaughan . 65 in Billboards pop albums chart. He is almost as bad as Eric Clapton. you cant win with a list like this . This has to be one of the greats! Give me a break! Smithsonian Folkways Classic Appalachian Blues. She included a rip-roaring version of the tune on this stupendous live album, recorded in two locations: in front of inmates at Monroe State Prison and Oregon State Reformatory. Calling Card Rory Gallagher (1976) For Blues Rockers: Elmore James - Blues Master Works. Among the latter were tunes by Otis Rush (All Your Love), Freddy King (Hideaway) and Little Walter (It Aint Right). Lonesome George Thorogood and the Destroyers 2120 South Michigan Ave. Is a great blues album as well. The Fabulous Thunderbirds: `Girls Go Wild 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. 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). You missed a real gem..Robert Nighthawk Live on Maxwell Street 1964. I agree. Before then, though, he was an aspiring bluesman influenced by the on-stage antics of extrovert guitarist T-Bone Walker and first made his mark in the 1950s combining his smooth vocals with humorous lyrics and dazzling fretboard pyrotechnics. The list opens up with the almighty Elmore James, the legendary King . 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. I like Bonamassa but dont consider him a bluesman. Indeed. Great list! Joe Bonamassa is easily worthy of this list. Plus the fact Ronnie plays ever note like it is his last! Muddy Waters, Paul Butterfield, Duck Dunn, Buddy Miles, and so many more. One of the few things Ill miss when I die. Comprising ex-Yardbirds guitarist, Eric Clapton, along with bassist Jack Bruce and flamboyant drummer, Ginger Baker, Cream was a volatile but progressive supergroup whose rule at the pinnacle of British blues-rock tree was short but eventful. Key Track: Hound Dog. Composite: n/a We polled 45 music writers to rank the definitive LPs of the 21st. Ive been listening to and playing the blues for about 50 years now. 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. Also, The London Howlin Wolf Sessions could have also been included. On it, he interpreted material made famous by American bluesmen Muddy Waters, Tampa Red, Otis Rush, Freddy King, Lowell Fulson and others. George Buddy Guy is a Louisiana-born singer with a declamatory vocal style who is much-admired for his pyrotechnical electric guitar playing. Below are links to the best blues albums of each decade. During that short time, he topped the US R&B charts for fourteen weeks with the 1954 million-selling single, The Things That I Used To Do, with a young Ray Charles producing and playing the piano. (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). But then again, there are a lot of people who could, or should, have been on this list but arent. 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. Chicken Shack, and I didnt see Savoy Brown, Climax Blues Band and the Chicago Blues Band. RAYE says, "My 21st Century Blues. Stacker set out to find the best albums of the 21st century, compiling data from Metacritic (as of October 2022). How freaking true. Consider all the Henry Sloans weve never heard and the mothers of those we have. The Nighthawks Live at the PsycheDeli should be on this list ahead of many others. The Electric Flag should be required listening for all who are interested in the blues and how music evolves IMHO. But you have forgotten one very important British blues classic from that time, Five Live Yardbirds with the Yardbirds (Eric Clapton was one of members at that time, replaced later by Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page). The blues was almost dead in the us. Tutored by his mother, Arkansas-born George Harmonica Smith learned to play the harmonica when he was four and after playing with a gospel group early on in his professional career, gravitated to the blues, which led him to Chicago in the 1950s where he joined Muddy Waters band. Surely one of the best electric blues albums of all time. What? Dont forget to mention Steve Stills who was also a big part of the Super Session album. This nimble-fingered albino Texas axe-slinger started his professional career at 15 years old and recorded his first solo album a decade later. Youre quite right, and dont forget Livin Blues Wang Dang Doodle and Hells Session , Goed opgemerkt, zeker mbt c+b, desolation Savoy Brown Blues Band, Raw Sienna, John Mayall , Blues breakers with Eric Clapton and the Hard Road album with Peter Green. Lead Belly, Josh White, and B. As for Jimmy Reed, Cold Chills tops the Carnegie Hall album. and she was thrilled to see a Cuby and the Blizzards record. 1. It is an impossible task. 100% correct Harmonica Slim. Unlike many blues singers of his era, Harpo had a light, satiny singing voice and was famed for his soulful blues harmonica playing as well as his guitar prowess. J.B. Lenoir, Chicken Shack, Fleetwood Mac in Chicago, A pity there hasnt been a compilation album of his blues work, acoustic and electric. I agree 1000% with you. and The Charles Ford Band (Robben and his brothers) on Arhoolie. And the John Mayalls Bluesbreakers with Peter Green??? This is a list of the best-selling albums of the 21st century to date based on IFPI certification and Nielsen SoundScan sales tracking. You might really want to check out Justin Johnson If Walls Could Talk and Smoke and Mirrors. SRV and Double Trouble, In Step. Like Skip James, he recorded in 1930 for Paramount and was later plucked from obscurity by the folk-blues revival. Have a Good Bluesdigging Life , Bert!!!! Peter greens playing on it sublime. A former Baptist preacher who was imprisoned for a year after killing a man in self-defense, he sang with a sermonizing intensity, accompanying his vocals with metallic slide guitar. I think hes sincere and tries hard, but being a great guitarist (technically) does not make you a great bluesman. Good list, but disappointed that Roomful Of Blues nor Duke Robillard were on it. No Ronnie Earl! John Mayer Oscar Brown Jr, Between Heaven and Hell, Columbia Alongside it are two other early Rush classics: Double Trouble and Jump Sister Bessie. With his aggressive, energetic style, Rush exerted a powerful influence on several notable British blues guitarists in the 1960s, including Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Mick Taylor, and Jeff Beck. Excellent recording with a superb interview of Nighthawk by Michael Bloomfield! Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee Blowin the Fuses. Best culture of the 21st century Pop and rock Why the best album of the 21st century is Amy Winehouse's Back to Black Quietly beautiful and earthily funny, Back to Black's ebullient music. Discovered by Chess songwriter Willie Dixon, Taylor (who was born Cora Walton in Tennessee) scored a Top 5 US R&B hit with Wang Dang Doodle in 1966 before leaving Chess for another Windy City label, Bruce Iglauers Alligator imprint in the 70s. 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 '. Far too many white people on this list. Something from Audience? B.B. Muddy Waters The London Sessions. The British blues scene during the sixties was so important for the founders of the blues and played an very important role to make this black music style to be accepted among the white audience in America. Great list, these must also be close to being on it: Neil Youngs soundtrack for Dead Man Add: Vanguard Records The Best Of The Chicago Blues a seminal anthology. Why not The Best of Muddy Waters? John Hammond does deserve a nod from me for a couple albums. Agree with Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters. I would say that some of these bands should be included. Freddie King- My Feeling For The Blues And nothing by Howlin Wolf? [1] [2] The album will be Raye's first project following her 2021 separation from Polydor Records. Many that are much better than those they selected !!! The set includes songs associated with Sonny Boy Williamson, Big Mama Thornton, and Willie Cobbs while the Wells original, the funky Snatch & Hold It Back, doffs its cap to James Browns Papas Got A Brand New Bag. Its regarded as one of the best blues albums of the 1960s. Some of them turned up on this, his debut LP, a blues barnstormer that took his unique style of music to a new audience. Raw, earthy and visceral, its twelve songs focus on Taylors uniquely aggressive slide guitar playing. 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. Key Track: Easy Baby. James revamped some of his earliest recorded songs, breathing new life into Im So Glad and Killing Floor Blues, which benefited from an improved recording quality over the originals. Led Zepplin First album A Top 5 R&B hit, the timeless At Last, was her bluesy reconfiguration of a 1942 tune by big band jazzman, Glenn Miller. The album is off the list? King is more familiar to blues fans as B. And what about Roy Buchanan When a Guitar plays the Blues? Rocking at the Tweed Mill. 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. I miss Duane. "Introduction." 2. Walker joined Lew Chudds Imperial label in 1950 for a four-year stint that is represented by the 52 tracks on this two-disc anthology. Rock blues, straight blues, jazz blues etc. ZZ Top First album 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. At least this got people talking and Im sure that many will be picking the lists for stuff they may have missed.
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