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Feb 20, 2021 · 1-Fleetwood Mac-Then Play On 2-Stevie Ray Vaughan-Texas Flood 3-Eric Clapton-From the Cradle 4-The Paul Butterfield Blues Bland-self-titled 5-Luther Allison-Luther's Blues 6-Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan-In Session 7-Rolling Stones-Blue and Lonesome 8-Albert Collins-Ice Pickin. kippyy,Feb 20, 2021. #11.
- Texas Flood – Stevie Ray Vaughn
- Born Under A Bad Sign – Albert King
- At Last! – Etta James
- Let’s Dance Away and Hide Away – Freddie King
- I Am The Blues – Willie Dixon
- Hard Again – Muddy Waters
- The Real Folk Blues – John Lee Hooker
- King of The Delta Blues Singers – Robert Johnson
- Moanin’ in The Moonlight – Howlin’ Wolf
- Live in Cook County Jail – B.B. King
Tragically robbed of his life at the peak of his technical skill, Stevie Ray Vaughn was a guitarist that rivaled Eric Clapton as a blues rock guitarist. His ‘Texas blues‘ music was a flawless blend of hearty rock music and old-school blues, the perfect example of which would most certainly have to be Texas Flood, released in 1983 under Epic Records...
Albert King was a massively influential blues musician during his time (as with most of the ‘Kings’). He was best known for his wailing Flying-V guitar playing and howling voice, culminating at a peak with his 1967 album Born Under A Bad Sign, and its title track, which have become almost synonymous with the blues since the album’s release under St...
Far and away from most styles of blues on this list, Etta James had one of the most soulful and emotional voices of her time. 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! The 1960 album was Etta James’ debut studio al...
As one of the “Three Kings of the Blues Guitar”, Freddie King’s influence can be heard in the playing of many later guitarists and bluesmen, such as Stevie Ray Vaughn and Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. While Freddie did possess the powerful, soulful voice required to be such a hallmark of the genre, his blues guitar playing was really what made...
Although I Am The Blues contains a lot of content previously performed by the likes of Howlin’ Wolf (with bass work by Dixon himself), it remains a treat to hear Dixon’s take on the songs, all of which are his compositions (barring “You Shook Me”, which was written with the help of J.B. Lenoir). Dixon was a legendary behind-the-scenes bluesman, on ...
When Chess Records was sold in 1975 to All Platinum Records, reducing itself to reissues only, Chicago blues legend Muddy Waters decided to leave the label behind. For a short time, he recorded no new material, at least until he signed to Blue Sky (founded by Johnny Winter) in 1976. The first studio album he recorded was Hard Again, released in 197...
John Lee Hooker’s electric Delta blues style and deep, wallowing voice are exceptionally unique in the saturated genre. Hooker’s voice is bellowing, and undeniably blue. The Real Folk Blues is a truly blue album, plodding and passionate and sorrowful, carried by the sheer weight of Hooker’s voice. Released in 1966 under (you guessed it) Chess Recor...
It is utterly integral that anyone first approaching the blues should go back and listen to the Delta blues, which got its name from its place of origin – the Mississippi Delta. Its blend of acoustic guitar, harmonica, and slide, is a pure and soulful sound. Delta blues singerRobert Johnson is perhaps both the most widely known and regarded, and fo...
This compilation album, released in 1959 under legendary Chess Records, was the debut album from the equally legendary Howlin’ Wolf. It contains some of Wolf’s most popular singles, such as “Smokestack Lightning”. In 2020, Rolling Stone placed the record as 477th on their list of “the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. The album features performance...
BB King was undeniably one of the most influential and unique blues performers of his time, though his influence has continued on to this day. Throughout his career, he had plenty of passionate and skillful performances; both with his guitar Lucille and his own voice, but B.B. himself believed that one of his best performances was inside of Cook Co...
- Albert Collins: Ice Pickin’ (Alligator, 1978) 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.
- Albert Collins, Robert Cray, and Johnny Copeland: Showdown! (Alligator, 1985) A feel-good collaboration between two Texas veteran guitar slingers and newcomer, Cray, Showdown!
- Albert King: Born Under A Bad Sign (Stax, 1967) 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.
- Albert King: King Of The Blues Guitar (Atlantic, 1969) Affectionately nicknamed the “Velvet Bulldozer” due to his silky smooth voice and imposing physique (he stood 6’4” 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.
- Joe Bonamassa. The world’s most high-profile blues guitarist has spent 2019 packing out pretty much every large, red-plush seated theater he can find in support of last year’s masterly Redemption.
- Eric Clapton. For a player who made his bones in the ‘60s with Cream and Blind Faith, back when the color TV was still novel, Slowhand made a respectable attempt at breaking the internet when he played While My Guitar Gently Weeps with Peter Frampton at this year’s Crossroads Guitar Festival.
- Derek Trucks. Is there a better slide player in the world right now? Trucks is the highest slide specialist in our voters’ list, and perhaps that is because his sensibility is such that he never overpowers the jam, often positioning his Gibson Artist Series Dickey Betts SG somewhere in the uncharted frequencies shared by vocals and guitar, and as an enigmatic counterpoint to his wife Susan Tedeschi’s Strat or Les Paul.
- Buddy Guy. Profiled in the New Yorker as “the last of the bluesmen,” Buddy Guy might be 83 years young but he has more than plenty sap in the tree, and can presently be found, Strat in hand, at venues up and down the length and breadth of the United States.
Robert Johnson – King of the Delta Blues (rec. 1936-1937) Howlin’ Wolf – Howlin’ Wolf (rec. 1959-1962) The Paul Butterfield Blues Band – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965) B.B. King – Live at the Regal (1965) On 6 lists. Elmore James – The Sky Is Crying: The History of Elmore James (rec. 1951-1961) Clarence ‘Gatemouth ...
May 2, 2023 · Check out this live version of ZZ Top’s ‘La Grange’, with a cool-as-cucumber Gibbons and the whole band incinerating everything in a 50-mile radius with their fiery talent. Overall, Billy Gibbons is easily one of the best blues guitarists of all time. 5. Jimi Hendrix. Date of Birth. November 27, 1942.
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Feb 15, 2019 · 20. Elmore James - Blues Master Works. The list opens up with the almighty Elmore James, the legendary King of the Slide guitar. The "Blues Masterworks" is a collection of some of his most ...
