Washingtons harmonic sophistication and ornate, highly ornamented style are revealed on twenty-three tunes that pay homage to the pianists New Orleans musical roots. Musical support comes from James Harmonica Smith and saxophonist Bill Potter, who light up Little Red Rooster, the slow-burning Rock Me Baby and Ball N Chain. The set ends with a rousing gospel number: Edwin Hawkins Oh Happy Day. A collection of rollicking Big Easy barrelhouse piano tunes, the album spotlights Duprees singular blues style with its distinctive New Orleans slant. Listen to 100 Years Of The Blues on Apple Music and Spotify, and scroll down for our list of the best blues albums ever. And you are an expert? He serves up some of his big hits (Im Your Hoochie Coochie Man) alongside blues standards (Baby, Please Dont Go), and new and unreleased songs (I Got My Brand On You). I like Bonamassa but dont consider him a bluesman. A blues hack? Junior Wells, James Cotton, Billy Branch, and Cary Bell. I like them, but they dont belong anywhere near this list. 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. King and Koko Taylor to Shemekia Copeland, discover the records that made it onto our list of the best blues albums ever. Theyre a big favourite in our house. This Norman Granz-helmed late 50s session features the husky tenor saxophone of Ben Webster and finds Holiday putting her indelible stamp on a selection of jazz standards where she marries jazz sophistication with the deep emotional sincerity of blues music. know, Ive seen and listened to all the best in the business !!! The album is Miles Davis' Kind of Blue . Their recording Projections still holds up well although possibly not among the Top 100. 1. I would say that some of these bands should be included. J.B.Hutto & The Hawks: Hawk Squat Duke Robilliard Dukes Blues Delightfull! Dave Van Ronk Sings the Blues She cut a slew of memorable 78-rpm singles that included the chart-topping, Down Hearted Blues featuring just piano accompaniment from 1923, which is one of the numerous highlights of a 2-CD retrospective that stands as a monument to Smiths remarkable legacy. Despite being a compilation drawn from various late 50s sessions, T-Bone Blues had a unity of sound and intent that made it appear a coherent work. The Charles Ford Band - The Charles Ford Band-(with Robbin Ford at his best) Amazing! Hes another haunting, beautiful player who might not have come to your attention yet. Think weve missed one of the best blues albums? Best Blues Albums of All Time - Ranked | Make Lists, Not War Bo is one of the greats and unfortunately very underappreciated. ! Larry Taylor. Savoy Brown Shake Down, Getting To The Point, Blue Matter, What about the king of UK blues Dave Kelly. What of J. J. Cale? simply stunning, There is a Hendrix compilation, titled Blues. You might really want to check out Justin Johnson If Walls Could Talk and Smoke and Mirrors. Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac Beth Hart first Taj Mahal solo record (w/ Ry Cooder, Jessie Ed Davis, etc) B.B. In a slightly more dialed up vein, Id also include Anthony Gomes. it was good to Nina Simone & josh white on the list some notable piano players are missing- Otis Spann, Charles Brown and of course Ray Charles. No Ronnie Earl! ), I saved the link with the title 100 Great Blues / Blues Inspired Albums. The title was just misleading really, John Lee Hooker LP-Live at cafe au-go-go. Minneapolis isnt considered a blues metropolis even though it lies on the mighty Mississippi River. Canned Heat/John Lee Hooker Hooker and Heat. Indeed. 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. Theres no debating this fact. Glad Alex Koris was mentioned. Known as the Empress of the Blues, the highly influential Bessie Smith patented a distinctively earthy and soulful vocal style that brought her much fame and wealth in the 1920s. How can you miss Hendrix Blues Album? Great stuff. He scored a raft of US R&B hits between 1948 and 1976, including the No. Ford formed Blue Line in 1992 and Handful Of The Blues, produced by noted US guitarist, Danny Kortchmar, was the trios third album. Great. Hes so often, criminally, overlooked. A landmark blues recording. 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. The Real Folk Blues, mainly a compilation of earlier tracks for Chess, came out in 1966. Surely one of the best electric blues albums of all time. I accept it is a subjective thing and impossible to include everyone. Best Blues Albums of All Time - Chronological - Make Lists, Not War Consider the West African griots or that itinerant bluesman that W.C. Pinetop Perkins: Pinetops Boogie Woogie. 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. Born in Harlem and raised in Massachusetts, Mahal (real name Henry Saint Clair Fredericks) is a singer, guitarist and blues harp player who performed with a California-based band called Rising Sons with Ry Cooder before signing a solo deal with Columbia in 1967. 1 2 . Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Howlin Wolf, Freddy King, BB King. full of Southren Prison Blues? Black and white photographs. Bands like Cream, Allmans and Stones restored many blues originators fortunes and fame by crediting their accomplishments. Among those influenced by her were Dinah Washington and Janis Joplin. RL Burnside- Come On In. I wish the list could have had 500 or 1000 great albums. By. As far as Joe Bur right on. This Mississippi blues master recorded for a variety of record companies during his long career, including Modern, Sensation, and Vee-Jay, where he scored some massive R&B hits. Chuck Berry and Jimi Hendrix werent the first performers to play the guitar between their legs or behind their heads on stage. The 47 Best Blues Songs Of All Time | uDiscover Music Gotta agree with that. You might want to re-evaluate your stance on Stevie Ray Vaughan too. Hes the apex songwriter of blues music. #17 of 22. Stevie Ray Vaughn? Johnny Winter progressive blues experiment Born Robert Brooks in Tennessee, the perennially popular Bland was a constant presence in the American R&B singles chart between 1957 and 1985, scoring three chart-toppers. But then again, there are a lot of people who could, or should, have been on this list but arent. B.B. Dont ever, ever, ever miss this one! Go to the source not the people that are doing Rock covers. Bond, so glad you gave recognition to Roy Buchanan. Theres the jazz end of the blues; folk blues; blues rock; straight forward, honest to goodness, down home blues; Chicago blues; British blues; country blues; as well as white men playing the blues. Freddie King Live at Filmore 1970 is a great album, Amazed that Supersession wasnt the first album picked for the list. Gosh I could add a lot more. Key Track: Let Us Get Together Right Down Here. Its hard to imagine a list of the best blues albums without this one. The albums three original songs (all penned by Mick Jagger and Keith Richard, who would become the Stones principal tunesmiths) revealed how blues DNA was shaping the bands approach to songwriting. The album marked a watershed moment for the British music scene, sparking a blues-rock explosion. They are however some albums of undead white people who could be integrated in such a list: Where is Fathers and Sons ? What should have been listed instead of Little Walter His Best was The Best of Little Walter and Hate To See You Go two of the most influential blues platters to have been released. We all have our own ideas for those who do and dont qualify for inclusion in this list but I am just grateful that so many artists and albums are listed by the compilers and the mailers because there are some I missed, until now. 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. Ronnie Earl Language of the Soul Feeling lazy. Bad Axe by Son Seals is definitely missing, Boom Boom by John Lee Hoover is definitely deserving, and Clarence Gatemouth Brown probably should also be included. I am thinking that udiscovermusic is not living up to its name but being arrogant in essentially pushing the idea that blues is English-American. there is: the blues of Jimi Hendrix. Really enjoyed your list and found many great recommendations from all the comments as I sit here listening to Showdown! But more importantly, we can see all the comments of what people left out. The omission of Luther Allison must be corrected, perhaps his Serious disc or the Where Have You Been disc. 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. His songs have been covered by some of the best. Either of the first two Hot Tuna albums? A tough job indeed! Colin James National Steel Love it! 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. A versatile pianist who was comfortable in a wide range of different musical settings, Louisiana-born Eurreal Little Brother Montgomery began his recording career in the 1930s. Add: Testament Records Modern Chicago Blues.. I didnt see Love Sculptures Blues Helping. Im not sure of the origin of many of these artists listed but it appears that the list doesnt include any Canadian blues guitarists. I love that album but its rock, not blues. Ive never been too much into blues, but I thought he was pretty great. Originally from Greenwood, Mississippi, Slim (real name Eddie Jones) enjoyed a recording career that only lasted eight years, between 1951 and 1959. Geoff is referring to the Arhoolie release of the Charles Ford Band, which preceeded the Ford Bros on Blue Rock-It. Preposterous. Anyway: thanks for your comment! With just a few notes he could grab your emotions and penetrate your soul. And I didnt know people were so mixed on Bonamasa. On it, he interpreted material made famous by American bluesmen Muddy Waters, Tampa Red, Otis Rush, Freddy King, Lowell Fulson and others. Rory Gallagher Live in Europe is better blues album than Irish Tour in my opinion. Among the abundant highlights are some of Reeds most commercially successful tunes, including Aint That Lovin You Baby, Bright Lights, Big City, and You Got Me Dizzy. Those influenced by Reeds music included Elvis Presley, and the UK beat groups, The Rolling Stones and The Yardbirds. Come Back Baby A prolific recording artist and virtuosic guitarist, New Orleans-born Johnson was a blues pioneer who invented the idea of the lead guitar solo. The session features the veteran bluesman alone in the studio accompanying his strident vocals with slide guitar chords that exude a visceral rawness. 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. A noted British bandleader and trad jazz trombonist, Barber was a seminal figure of the UK music scene in the 1950s and 60s, helping to light the touchpaper to Britains skiffle movement and also the rhythm and blues-fueled beat group boom. Key Track: Shake Your Hips, From Riverton, Mississippi, Eddie Son House was one of the delta blues styles principal architects. Included are a couple of potent original tunes, including an epic 23-minute-long version of the progressive-rock-style Whipping Post.. 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. Thornton is in imperious form here, blazing through her material like wildfire eating up a forest. The Brits embraced it and started it again. Canned Heat and John Lee Hooker - Hooker 'n Heat One of the most interesting combinations in blues music, John Lee Hooker and Canned Heat released their collaborative double album "Hooker. Your point is well taken. AC/DC If you want Blood, Clarence Gatemouth Brown Koko Taylor Live from Chicago Down and Out Blues Sonny Boy Williamson (1959) I was happy to see Texas Flood made the list. Witherspoon blends a rugged, bluesy earthiness with svelte jazz sophistication in the company of two legendary saxophonists (Ben Webster and Gerry Mulligan) and trumpeter Roy Eldridge. This potent album, Simones RCA debut, not only underlined the singers affinity with the blues argot with her performances of songs by Lil Green and Buddy Johnson but also revealed her as a blues-influenced songwriter of note. 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. Chances are most of us would not even be aware enough to discuss, much less compile, a list of great blues albums if not for guys like John Mayall. I would add Tripping Thru a Midnight Blues by Cuby and The Blizzards myself Bert I do love Desolation and Groeten uit Grolloo by Cuby & Blizzards Blues With A Feeling was Smiths debut album, recorded in 1969 as a homage to another virtuosic blues harp player; the legendary Little Walter Jacobs, who had died a year earlier. Blind Willie Johnson - Praise God I'm Satisfied (rec. On the Boards Taste (1970) I agree and was going to post the same. some way. Pretty weak on harp: No Sonny Boy 1 (John Lee Williamson). Showdown! Red Devils album King King Great stuff!! Albums i have listened to thousands of times. He also contributed the albums killer cut, an intoxicating instrumental called Screamin.. His recording career was spectacularly brief from 1927 to 1930 but his influence has been long-lasting (Robert Johnson and Howlin Wolf took note of his guitar style while Bob Dylan and Led Zeppelin covered his songs). Great Lp. Also featured is M.O. Johnny Winter Whit Hot and Blue. He was 56 when he recorded this 11-track collection. John McVie. 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. He began his career in 1959 for a small Chicago indie label called Artistic before joining Chess a year later, where he stayed until 1970. A charismatic singer and harmonica player from West Memphis, Arkansas, born Amos Wells Blakemore Jr, Wells released his debut album, Hoodoo Man Blues, for Chicago indie label, Delmark. Key Track: Electric Church Red House. His eponymous 1962 album was his second long-player for Chicagos Chess Records and mostly consisted of material written by Willie Dixon. In his AllMusic essay "Free Jazz: A Subjective History," Chris Kelsey named the album one of the 20 Essential Free Jazz Albums. Key Track: Easy Baby. 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. 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. Fugees, 2Pac, and Nelly all have albums that have sold over 6 million copies. How freaking true. Stones Get your ya yas out Any Live Allman Bros. Muddy Waters The London Sessions. It showed Cray giving blues a modern makeover without sacrificing the musics traditional inner essence and confirmed his direct lineal descendent from legendary blues figures like Muddy Waters and Albert Collins. Great list. Though considered a jazz singer, Baltimore-born Billie Holiday (real name Eleanor Fagan) was well-versed in the language of the blues, with its bittersweet cadences and themes of bad luck, heartbreak, and disappointment. 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.. King of the Delta Blues Singers is a compilation album by American Delta blues musician Robert Johnson released in 1961 on Columbia Records. All essential. Im for the Top 200 Blues albums. He was born Aleck Ford in Mississippi and then took the name Rice Miller before morphing into Sonny Boy Williamson. Robert Nighthawk The blues master recordings. Regarded as one of the best guitarists of all-time, Clapton paid tribute to his blues roots with this, his thirteenth solo studio LP. 3.86 3k 3,013 25 25 20 March 1967 Album. Tab Benoit, Tommy Castro, Blues Brothers, Room full of blues, Elvin Bishop??? So what are your selections? It included super-charged blues-inflected versions of songs by writers as diverse as Chuck Berry (Johnny B. Goode, given a fuel-injected makeover), Bob Dylan, Albert Collins, and Little Richard. Well done Bert, I would say add To blind to see from Cuby and the Blizzards to the list as well. 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. Monster Mike Welch Axe to Grind Rockin! They range from sassy barroom belters (Honkey Tonkey) to aching slow ballads (Thats Why Im Crying). And Humble Pie? Finally, the King of Pop has held on to the top spot posthumously since 2009, selling over 66 million copies worldwide! Required fields are marked *. 1 and the slow, ambling ballad Sad Hours, where Walters harmonica is drenched in an eerie echo effect. Like Skip James, he recorded in 1930 for Paramount and was later plucked from obscurity by the folk-blues revival. And I also miss some women for example Ruth Brown, LaVerne Baker and Bettye Lavette. Downchild Blues Band) 45+ years of great tunes. Has been previously mentioned but should include Chicken Shack and the Groundhogs. Bukka White, Otis Span, Furry Lews,Pinetop Perkins ??? "Gazzelloni". You forgot Smokey Wilsons 88th Street Blues. The Memphis-based Stax label was synonymous with earthy southern R&B but in 1967 it racked-up several blues hit singles thanks to Mississippi-born singer/guitarist Albert King. no luther and no jimi joints either.. what about page, yardbirds. Also, agree that the classic Love Sculpture LP, Blues Helping, would belong on my list. 1. It remains a go-to compilation for those wishing to get acquainted with Kings 60s oeuvre. Though most of the album is self-written, Mos musical roots are referenced by the inclusion of two Robert Johnson songs. all these had made exellent albums. And youre really stretching the definition of blues by classifying Layla as a blues album. A sightless singer who accompanied his smooth voice with rhythmically-flowing acoustic guitar lines, Blind Arthur Blake was a pioneer of the east coast Piedmont blues style, renowned for its ornate, ragtime-style, finger-picking. And I applaud you for alphabetical as opposed to a merit ranking. One of his most influential tunes was his 1928 hit single, How Long, How Long Blues, the centerpiece of this 22-track compendium of Carrs best work. Aw, yes, the Powder Blues Band. I am prepared to ignore your future posts if you continue with American and English biases and continue ignoring Canada and other countries. 1928) (on 5 lists) Tommy Johnson - Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order (1928-1929) (on 2 lists) Tampa Red - The Guitar Wizard (rec. Its impact on music, including jazz, rock, and classical genres, has led writers to also deem it one of the most influential albums ever made. Kokomo Arnold, Barbecue Bob, Charles Brown, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Blue Lu, Scrapper Blackwell, Cousin Joe, Pee Wee Crayton, Willie Dixon, Floyd Dixon, Snooks Eaglin, Sleepy John Estes, Four Blazes, Arthur Gunter, Slim Gaillard, Wynonie Harris,Earl Hooker, Screamin Jay Hawkins, Alberta Hunter, Ivory Joe Hunter, Tommy Johnson,, Lightnin Slim, J.B. Lenoir, Little Willie John, Smiley Lewis, Furry Lewis, Jimmy McCracklin, Percy Mayfield, Johnny Moores Three Blazers, Big Maybelle, Roy Milton, Amos Milburn to mention a few. Kaj <3 , Rocking at the Tweed Mill. released in 1972, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv370LpF0cU Big Joe Turner, with Count Basie, Kansas City; on Pablo Key Track: Two Bugs In A Rug. There are some good albums here, but a number of giants like Robert Nighthawk, Big Joe Turner, Tommy Johnson and J.B. Hutto are strangely absent. 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. Although the album is somewhat of a mashup of blues, R&B and jazz (even containing a couple of standards), James was able to effortlessly capture the blues on her album At Last! Keith Hartley. When it comes to white guys playing the Blue how about ZZTop Rio Grand Mud,. Hells Session and Wang Dang Doodle by Livin Blues. They were just regurgitating the masters. try it out. Key Track: Truckin My Blues Away, An influential purveyor of Piedmont blues who was blind from early childhood and famed for his fluid finger-picking style, South Carolina-born Davis was 64 when he recorded this seminal album in 1960 at the dawn of a folk revival. One beneficiary was singer and harmonica player, Sonny Boy Williamson (not to be confused with the same-named singer who sang Good Morning School Girl and died in 1948). Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Key Track: Good Morning, School Girl. The title track from this, Harpos second album for Ernie Youngs Excello label, topped the R&B charts in 1966 but it was also significant for including the hypnotic, eminently danceable Shake Your Hips, covered by the Stones on their 1972 LP, Exile On Main Street, and the gentle, country-style ballad, Rainin In My Heart, which was a Top 20 US R&B smash. James Cotton, first LP on Vanguard The son of a bootlegger-turned-preacher, Nehemiah Skip James came from Bentonia, Mississippi, and was noted for his wailing voice and ornate, fingerstyle guitar accompaniment. There the Gibson is really crying. But those albums that Ive listed are the ones I suggest people listen to, and I have done so for a long time. You forgot Janis Joplins i got dem old kosmic blues again.. You got that right, Lesleyno Janis?? Not sure which album to suggest, however hes on my list !!! I agree with you regarding Savoy Brown, John. As a Englishman I very rarely meet other Cuby & The Blizzard Fans here. 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. In that respect it is a great success so well done! 'Elvis' Golden Records' by Elvis Presley - Best Ever Albums score: 558 - Best Ever Albums user rating: 80 - Rank all-time: #2,769 - Rank in decade: #69 - Rank in year: #17 - Year: 1958 "Golden Records" brings together Elvis Presley's hit singles released between 1956 and 1957. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited. But in those years I have heard five albums that have all had a great influence on me. AC/DC and Led are stretching it. Remarkably, it was his first recording using an electric guitar, and he precedes a version of the blues standard, Baby Please Dont Go, with a short talk about his guitar style and affection for the blues. A blues shouter from Arkansas who possessed a rich, resonant voice, Witherspoon rose to fame in the 1940s with pianist Jay McShanns band before going solo and topping the US R&B charts in 1949 with Aint Nobodys Business. That particular song features on the singers iconic 1959 album, At The Monterey Festival, which was included as part of the 1972 live double LP compilation, Spoon Concerts.

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