No. Where is Fathers and Sons ? I did not rate him myself to be on the list. Fleetwood Mac Irish rose. They spotlight Walkers smooth crooners voice as well as supernal fretboard skills on a varied selection of material that ranges from silky ballads (Glamour Girl) to big band jump-blues excursions (Strollin With Bones). Superharps???? Probably the best white British / black legend collaboration. 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. His second album, Lets Hide Away And Dance Away With Freddy King, was all-instrumental and included his Top 10 US R&B smash, Hide Away. The 12-track LP showcased Kings influential electric guitar style with its percussive attack, clean tone and precise articulation. 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. But in those years I have heard five albums that have all had a great influence on me. 3 James Hunter People Gonna Talk. We went to Tower Records on Columbus Ave. and she recommended a Cuby disc. European or African? 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. Bad History Month - Old Blues The ambition behind Bad History Month's second album Old Blues is apparent from its first track, the 13-minute "Waste Not," an epic, continuously evolving piece of music that feels like four different songs in one. One album that I love that past me by for many years is Otis spans the biggest thing since colossus . London Howling Wolf Sessions needs to be on this list! Robert Nighthawk Live on Maxwell Street 1964. The songs on the album loosely follow the story of Yoshimi as she (surprise, surprise) battles the pink robots. "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. Sugar Blue, Paul DeLay, William Clarke and piano OTIS SPANN, Little Brother Montgomery, Big Maceo. "Ice. Kind of a snore in this list though, IMHO. Stones Get your ya yas out Downchild Blues Band) who have been entertaining folks with awesome foot-stompin blues for some 45 years. The Black Keys Thickfreakness Though originally from Oklahoma, singer and hot-shot guitar slinger, Fulson, became a pivotal figure of the American west coast blues scene from the late 1940s onwards. He patented an eclectic yet distinctive sound that was an amalgam of blues, country, Cajun, jazz, and R&B styles. B. Stackerset out to find the best albums of the 21st century, compiling data from Metacritic(as of October 2022). Willie Dixon Clapton is good. Jimmy Witherspoon, Spoonful, on Bluenote, 1 single, Blue Shadows, which features on this double LP compilation of recordings made between 1955 and 1962. I noticed that too. Missing: Aw, yes, the Powder Blues Band. I agree. A pioneer of electric blues, Walker had a profound impact on many guitarists who followed in his wake, ranging from B. With Collins, Cray, Copeland on vinyl! What about all the albums He produced on the Blue Sky label performing with Muddy Waters? Key Track: Easy Baby. I like them, but they dont belong anywhere near this list. B.B. 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. Albums were ranked according to their Metascore, which represents an aggregation of critic reviews. Lomaxs Blues Songbook I think I will have to check out a few of these Nevertheless I miss Jimmy Vaughan . However, lets not forget the blues was all but forgotten until musicians like Eric, Duane, Mick and Keith among others revived the genre. Including blues standards as well as compelling versions of Hopkins signature tunes Mojo Hand and Short Haired Woman, the concert reveals the Lone Star state bluesman to be an engaging and humorous raconteur as well as a mesmerizing musician. These are the 21st Century albums that hit every pleasure center for us, that made us dance and sing along to karaoke and made the commute to work a little less miserable. 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. Pinetop Perkins: Pinetops Boogie Woogie. And everyone has their own opinion and thats great. The eight selections on this LP released 25 years after his demise were recorded in Chicago and showcased his plaintive high voice and intricate guitar accompaniment. The blues was almost dead in the us. A list of the best blues albums ever? Frank .. agreed. His double LP Chronology, Vol I, a good mix of blues and soul. Other gems come in the shape of Im Glad You Reconsidered, the brassy proto-soul ballad, So Many Tears, and the mid-tempo lament, Pay Day Blues, which highlight Fulsons full-bodied, expressive voice and choppy guitar style. The title song, a live recording, is an eloquent and humorous observation on the absurdity of racism and class division. His brother, Sticks McGhee, also a guitarist, accompanies Terry on the evocative song, Jail House Blues. Folk icon, Pete Seeger, contributes banjo to the stirring live medley Fox Chase/Right On That Shore.. He patented an earthy electric delta blues sound that was inspired by Robert Johnson (whom he knew) and Tampa Red. Why not include Men At Work and Bay City Rollers? But I am glad Big Bill Broonzy made the list. Incendiary covers of tunes by Albert King, Howlin Wolf, Willie Dixon, and Robert Johnson reflected the groups debt to the many American blues artists that had inspired them to make music. A 2-CD set, Father Of The Delta Blues, captures a 63-year-old House revisiting some of his most potent songs, including Death Letter, Preachin Blues and Dry Spell Blues.. Hes great. Both players enjoying the company they were keeping. The Electric Flag should be required listening for all who are interested in the blues and how music evolves IMHO. We agonised over Big Willie, because he appears on very few lists. Winters fretboard pyrotechnics are impressive, but he matches his flashy technique with high emotional content. Born Albert Gene Drewery in Texas and nicknamed The Ice Man, Collins was a cousin of blues maven Lightnin Hopkins but was inspired to sing and take up the guitar after hearing a John Lee Hooker record. Bo is one of the greats and unfortunately very underappreciated. Three volumes with Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, Otis Spann, Otis Rush, J.B. Hutto, Jimmy Cotton, Walter Horton, Johnny Shines, Johnny Young, Homesick James, and Charlie Musselwhite is absolutely essential blues listening! Allman Brothers, Cream, Derek and the Dominos, and The Rolling Stones shouldnt even be mentioned here. Your point is well taken. This double live album recorded at San Franciscos Fillmore West marked an inspired jam session between noted Chicago guitarist Bloomfield and Brooklyn organist, Kooper, who had just left Blood, Sweat & Tears. This compilation focuses on his earliest recordings, a bunch of 78s made in 1931 for Paramount Records where he first established his idiosyncratic style. Kendrick Lamar. We are surprised by the breadth of the blues, as well as the sheer number of different blues styles that are represented here. When someone has put these all on a Spotify play list let me know lol. What is abundantly clear, though, is the visceral power of Johnsons music, originally released on a series of 78-rpm singles between 1936 and 1937. No. Its hard to imagine a list of the best blues albums without this one. Im not sure of the origin of many of these artists listed but it appears that the list doesnt include any Canadian blues guitarists. You also need to listen to Janis Joplin and Big Mama Thornton if you want to know what womens blues sounds like. King said, Peter Green is the only blues guitar player that can make me cry.Savoy Brown(Kim Simmons)andNo Jimmy Page? 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 London Howlin Wolf Sessions Howlin Wolf (1971) I like Fats Domino singing the blues He did a lot of blues, mostly his earley recordings. Oscar Brown Jr, Between Heaven and Hell, Columbia 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. 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. But then again, there are a lot of people who could, or should, have been on this list but arent. Mathus & his knockdown society? Big Dave McLean For the Blues, Always. Hooker & Heat is one of the greatest blues records ever. I am prepared to ignore your future posts if you continue with American and English biases and continue ignoring Canada and other countries. 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. Though she was only 23 at the time, Raitt shows a remarkable musical maturity, convincingly uniting disparate styles via her passion for the music. B. from 1966. Lacking a certain Bo Carter if you ask me, Spot on bro. JImmy Thackery & The Drivers Wild Night Out ! Best Albums. Amen brother, what a joke. That honor belonged to T-Bone Walker, whose piece de resistance was doing the splits during a guitar solo. But those albums that Ive listed are the ones I suggest people listen to, and I have done so for a long time. 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. From Greenville, South Carolina, this much-garlanded singer and guitarist was also an accomplished actor and vociferous Civil Rights activist who found favor in the Whitehouse during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Rocking at the Tweed Mill. Ive been listening to and playing the blues for about 50 years now. Rokia Traor - Tchamantch. Any Compilations from: Especially leadbelly. No Muddy Mississippi Waters Live? 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. 65 in Billboards pop albums chart. Blood Incantation - Hidden History of the Human Race (2019; Dark Descent) It's tempting to read pure escapism into the aesthetics of Colorado's Blood Incantationpulp sci-fi alien art adorns the front cover of their down-the-rabbit-hole-conspiracy named second album, Hidden History of the Human Race.And I'd be lying if I said there wasn't a lot of fun to be had when diving into . Gonna check it out. Very best of that particular genre that includes Canned Heat and Ten Years After. 21st Century Blues [Ecko] Album Information. Guitar Shorty Roll Over Baby On Good Mornin Blues, Barbers band features Northern Irish singer/songwriter, Ottilie Patterson, as well as London jazz saxophone legend, Ronnie Scott, on a selection of material that ranges from Lead Bellys title song and Lionel Hamptons Hamps Blues to originals by Barber and Patterson. Possessing a powerful, expressive voice, he racked up seventeen US R&B hits for Chess Records Checker imprint between 1962 and 1971. 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. Black is blues. Backed by an ace band (which includes pianist Otis Spann and blues legend Muddy Waters), Smith breezes through eleven Little Walter tunes while putting his own indelible spin on them. Also Jeff Beck TRUTH..Robin Trower Bridge Of SighsTen Years After-A Space In Time.Fabulous Thunderbirds Butt RockinThe Stones Get Your Ya Yas Out..Ray Charles -The Genius Sings The Blues.and pretty sure its blaspemy not to have Peter Green-Jimi Hendrix-Janis Joplin-George Thorogood or Big Mamma Thornton on a blues list somehow Their recording Projections still holds up well although possibly not among the Top 100. Love Paul Butterfield, Little Walter list goes on, maybe not in the top 100 albums but in top 100 harp players Richard Newel AKA King Biscuit Boy. 100. To chronicle the past two decades, Stacker compiled data on the top 100 albums of the 21st century according to Best Ever Albums, which ranks albums according to their appearance and performance on 40,000 editorial and data-based charts, e.g., Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Billboard, and more. know, Ive seen and listened to all the best in the business !!! 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