It included a stripped-down version of his 1942 R&B hit, the risqu Let Me Play With Your Poodle, alongside revamps of his earlier tunes, Its Tight Like That and Love Her With A Feeling., Key Track: Let Me Play With Your Poodle, A legendary group who at their peak represented the pinnacle of southern blues-rock, the Allman Brothers Band was formed in Florida in 1969 and thanks to the dueling guitars of Duane Allman and Dickey Betts quickly made a name for itself. John Luries Legendary Marvin Pontiac Also Fleetwood Macs Then Play On just to name a few. Although his self-titled debut contained three Sleepy John Estes tunes alongside blues standards by Blind Willie McTell, Sonny Boy Williamson, and Robert Johnson, Mahal was able to stamp his personality on the material and imbue it with a sense of gritty authenticity. Baptized Samuel Maghett, Mississippi-born Magic Sam was raised on the music of Muddy Waters and Little Walter and, at the age of 19, moved to Chicago, where he recorded for the local Cobra label in the late 50s. As far as Joe Bur right on. I Am The Blues Willie Dixon (1970) On some of the tunes like Walkin The Blues and Whisky & Women a band backs Hooker though the unaccompanied songs Sugar Mama and Leave My Wife Alone undoubtedly possess greater intensity. And you are an expert? John McVie. You might wanna check them on Spotify or iTunes. Definitely: Community. Totalmente de acuerdo, sobre todo en lo relacionado con Ronnie Earl. I like Bonamassa but dont consider him a bluesman. I totally agree that these 2 Dutch bands should be added to the list! The Sound of 65 Graham Bond Organisation (1965) Sign In. My 21st Century Blues is RAYE's long-awaited upcoming debut studio album, set to be released on February 3rd, 2023. You cant be serious about J Geils? Bad Company? The album features two original songs and covers of material by Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, George Harrison and Richie Havens. Allman Brothers, Cream, Derek and the Dominos, and The Rolling Stones shouldnt even be mentioned here. R.L. 1 and the slow, ambling ballad Sad Hours, where Walters harmonica is drenched in an eerie echo effect. I thought that is what the blues is all about.Thanks! Bukka White, Otis Span, Furry Lews,Pinetop Perkins ??? Live At The Regal is widely considered one of the best blues albums of all time and purportedly had a profound influence on British guitarists Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfler. Thanks, enjoyed reading this. 3 James Hunter People Gonna Talk. Good listening. "Hard Out Here." 4. Most fans of the blues recognize that it is something that is, as often as not, best played live and there are some cracking performances included. Bands like Cream, Allmans and Stones restored many blues originators fortunes and fame by crediting their accomplishments. 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. 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. A nimble-fingered guitar wizard from County Donegal, Ireland, who played like a man possessed, Gallagher led the band Taste in the second half of the 1960s before going solo in 1971. This has got to be on the list. New Releases. Strangely, none of his singles for the Chicago Chess label cut during the first half of the 1950s entered the charts, but they were eventually rounded up on a well-received album, House Of The Blues. Hes another haunting, beautiful player who might not have come to your attention yet. No Blues List is complet without Popa Chubby. Produced by frontman Michael Gira, the album featured musical guests St. Vincent, Bill Rieflin and Cold Specks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he_cNA0fodY. Come Back Baby 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. I came to blues music after rock and roll through Eric Clapton and others so I am perhaps not a blues purist but I do appreciate Robert Johnson, BB King, and many others as well as those who led me to their music. Consider all the Henry Sloans weve never heard and the mothers of those we have. Theres something mesmerizing about the primeval ramshackle grooves of singer/songwriter/guitarist Jessie Mae Hemphill, whose folky style with its addictive one-chord vamps, rattling tambourines and cyclical fretboard licks epitomised Mississippis hill country blues style. The 100 best albums of the 21st century From left, Amy Winehouse, Arctic Monkeys, Beyonc, Kendrick Lamar. The presence of Big Bill Broonzys Key To The Highway and Chuck Willis Its Too Late honors the groups blues roots though its an original tune, Layla that won the critical plaudits. Especially leadbelly. No one mentioned Hadda Brooks. 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. The youngest of three regal-named bluesmen, this Texas-born, Chicago-raised singer and guitarist began his career in the 1950s. Chicago: the Blues Today, volume with Johnny Young, Johnny Shines, Big Walter He had others that could easily have been on this list as well. Either of the first two Hot Tuna albums? 1 LP. 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. 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). If so, one without open mindedness and compassion I would bet. Influenced by Blind Boy Fuller and mentored by the Reverend Gary Davis, he made his first record, a single called Catfish Blues, in 1966. Very best of that particular genre that includes Canned Heat and Ten Years After. 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 I also like Fleetwood mac by Fleetwood mac. Savoy Brown Shake Down, Getting To The Point, Blue Matter, What about the king of UK blues Dave Kelly. I think about 30 of these should have been left off and something else put in. Robert Nighthawk Live on Maxwell Street 1964. His R&B chart-topper, Sweet Little Sixteen, is one of the standout cuts on the guitar-toting, duck-walking tunesmiths second album, One Dozen Berrys. I love you all. The poet laureate of rock and roll and high priest of rhythm and blues, St. Louis-born Charles Chuck Berry was an eloquent black songwriter whose songs articulated the aspirations of white teenage America. By contrast, the chugging title track and catchy Long Leanie Mama have a pronounced rhythm and blues flavor. Despite being his first recording venture, the album remains a go-to entry in Musselwhites extensive catalogue. But in those years I have heard five albums that have all had a great influence on me. On it, he interpreted material made famous by American bluesmen Muddy Waters, Tampa Red, Otis Rush, Freddy King, Lowell Fulson and others. King is more familiar to blues fans as B. However, lets not forget the blues was all but forgotten until musicians like Eric, Duane, Mick and Keith among others revived the genre. The Powder Blues Band may not be pc blues but they played their variety of blues. . Music has always played a role in helping to define cultural moments throughout history. Add: Testament Records Modern Chicago Blues.. The biggest was the chart-topping Juke, a driving instrumental attributed to Little Walter & His Night Cats, which begins this 20-song overview of the harmonica players fertile Chess tenure. . They were just regurgitating the masters. Donde esta THE LONDON SESSION HOWLIN WOLF, I own most of the 100 mentioned but would like consideration for: Muddy Waters The London sessions, Big Joe Williams Hand Me Down My Old Walking Stick. I should Guitar Shorty Roll Over Baby Havent listened to much blues since I got sober but it holds a special place in my heart. Recorded between 1966 and 1970, the LP contains original material (Hear My Train A Comin' and Voodoo Chile Blues) with covers of Albert Kings Born Under A Bad Sign and Muddy Waters Mannish Boy. Crucially, the album also shows how Hendrix was able to transcend his blues roots and take the music on a mind-blowing cosmic journey. Neil Youngs soundtrack for Dead Man Under the name Elmo James, he scored a Top 10 R&B hit with a searing cover of Johnsons Dust My Broom for the Trumpet label in 1952. Geoff is referring to the Arhoolie release of the Charles Ford Band, which preceeded the Ford Bros on Blue Rock-It. 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. What about William Clarke, Rod Piazza, Little Charlie & the Nightcats, etc? 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). Willie Dixons Chess Box MUST be included hands down one of the best blues compilations ever! Walker is a major presence in the . Junior Wells, James Cotton, Billy Branch, and Cary Bell. Yeah saw him live at an Eric Clapton gig in Sheffield plays a fiddle (violin) not sure if there is a difference. John Mayall earns a place on my list because he appreciates the blues, he shepherded several artists like Clapton during their careers and for his contribution to the music! A self-taught pianist and singer from Nashville, Tennessee, Carr worked initially as an accompanist for other blues singers before performing as a solo artist in his own right. It did, however, give birth to a trio called Koerner, Ray & Glover, three white college students smitten by black music whose earnest folk-blues style would purportedly influence Bob Dylan and Bonnie Raitt. I like to add Watermelon Slim and the Workers 2006 album and their The Wheel Man 2007 CD. After years of obscurity, James would finally taste acclaim in the 1960s when he recorded more frequently. Bert. Sams repertoire includes some fine original material as well as energized retoolings of blues standards and tunes by Robert Johnson, B. 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.