As usual guitar is the theme. 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. Listen to 100 Years Of The Blues on Apple Music and Spotify, and scroll down for our list of the best blues albums ever. I Am The Blues Willie Dixon (1970) Hollywood Fats Rock this House As far as best living guitarist, not sure if anyone tops Derek Trucks right now. Omar&Howlers:I Told You So. Before she achieved significant pop/rock crossover success, Raitts early albums like this one, only her second long-player were an eclectic mix of blues, antique jazz, folk, and singer-songwriter pop. New Releases. One of my favorites but admitedly obscure albums is Indiana Avenue Blues by Shirley Griffiths and J. T. Adams. 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. "Escapism." (feat. He has every right to a place on this list. Consider the West African griots or that itinerant bluesman that W.C. I think about 30 of these should have been left off and something else put in. I love you all. Thanks for reading thus far, if you have. Allman Bros.? Dutch blues? My debut album. 22 October 2012. Any Live Allman Bros. Lester Butler was a harp blowin maniac! Finally, someone mentioned ray Charles, thought I was the only one! For most of his life, this Mississippi-born practitioner of hill country blues received scant attention though in his final decade began to receive the accolades his music deserved. Whatever his best technical album might be, I believe it was In Step that brought Stevie further to the attention of music lovers, not just blues lovers. East-West is widely acknowledged as one of the best and most influential albums in the history of blues rock. Johnny guitar watson I LOVE it ALL. Kings Uh, no. so excited. THIS IS A WHITE FOLKS LIST. 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. His first album West Side Soul was released in 1967. I have to disagree with you concerning the Alman Brothers not being a blues band. 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. Key Track: Two Bugs In A Rug. Johnny Winter progressive blues experiment And change some to different albums. London Howling Wolf Sessions needs to be on this list! The good thing that came out of this is the secondary list from these comments so we may all discover some hidden treasures that we may have never known about! Though she comes from Burbank, California, Bonnie Raitt is a soulful singer and bottleneck guitarist whose music is steeped in the delta blues sound. 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. It's here that the full scope of Bad History Month can be understood, from gently intricate Jim O'Rourke-like folk pop to dramatically . They were just regurgitating the masters. And no one mentioned Stevie Ray Vaughs double Lp, Live. Great. The missing link between rural delta Mississippi blues and its electrified Chicago cousin, singer/guitarist/harmonica player Wolf first made his mark with a potent succession of singles between 1951 and 1956 for Chess. Thank you, Wanda. Although his craggy voice is mostly framed by slick, contemporary production values (courtesy of looped beats and DJ scratches), the music still resonates with an authentic, Mississippi delta-steeped blues feel. Either of the first two Hot Tuna albums? 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. Also featured is M.O. 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. And etc etc. Have you heard his Blues and Ballads album with Elmer Snowden? Born John Lee Curtis Williamson, this trailblazing Mississippi musician the first of two Sonny Boy Williamsons in the blues field established the gold standard for blues harmonica with his iconic 1937 debut single, Good Morning, School Girl. Spanning the years 1937-1941, the 1995 compilation Sugar Mama is a superb introduction to the mans work and finds him singing and blowing harmonica alongside the likes of guitarists Big Joe Williams and Big Bill Broonzy together with pianist Blind John Davis. Contemporary Blues. Side A consists of a sole feature from 070 Shake while Side B sees an assist from Mahalia. Speaking of full, I miss Blind Boy Fuller. Did you consider any Canadian blues artists? Son House is the most familiar name on this compilation of vintage delta blues by some of the styles earliest exponents. This has got to be on the list. Phil. And Kanye West and Just Blaze, and Eminem and Timbaland. Other omissions that certainly belong: Jimmy Witherspoon, Charles Brown, and Dave Van Ronk. Thank you! 12. Hes great. How freaking true. The Brits embraced it and started it again. 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. How could you miss this one? One of the Mississippi blues maestros more unusual live performances was this one, recorded on September 10, 1970, at an outdoor concert within the walls of a large Chicago penitentiary, where he played to an audience of over 2,000 prison inmates. YES too many Blues-Rock releases and BLUES FOR A ROTTEN AFTERNOON isnt even on the list, so THAT tells me the compilers are just kids. Im glad people weighed in on Deutsch and Canadian blues. Ive never been too much into blues, but I thought he was pretty great. They range from sassy barroom belters (Honkey Tonkey) to aching slow ballads (Thats Why Im Crying). My ugly complex beautiful mosaic formed from broken pieces of glass from the last seven years of my life. Lizzie Douglas was better known as Memphis Minnie, a prolific country blues doyenne originally from Algiers, Louisiana, who got her first guitar as a Christmas present when she was seven. Etta James, Tell Mamma. The albums final cut, Walking By Myself, was Rogers only hit record: a Top 20 US R&B chart entry back in 1957. If you asked leading University music appreciation doctorate professors , I am CERTAIN you would find popularity and technical statistics that could not agree with the idem listing you have posted. The album will be delving into deeply personal topics in RAYE's life, such as . 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. The highlights are numerous and include Devil Got My Woman, 22-20 Blues with James playing the piano and Im So Glad.. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic. Think in those terms and some of the classic rock bands qualify. They included the classic 3 OClock Blues a slow nocturnal ballad penned by Lowell Fulson You Know I Love You, and Please Love Me.. Below are links to the best blues albums of each decade. 20. My 21st Century Blues is RAYE's long-awaited upcoming debut studio album, set to be released on February 3rd, 2023. Hendrix Blues 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. What resulted was a fascinating and insightful aural document that commemorated a singer who bridged the divide between rural and urban blues styles. I think hes sincere and tries hard, but being a great guitarist (technically) does not make you a great bluesman. Williams, whose trademark was playing a custom-built nine-string guitar, was 65 when he recorded this LP in London during the fall of 1968 under the supervision of Mike Batt (who would later find fame writing Bright Eyes for Art Garfunkel and leading the novelty group, The Wombles). This, their debut album, epitomized their loose, acoustic guitar-driven style and featured authentic-sounding original material as well as interpretations of songs by Lead Belly, Lightnin Hopkins, Elmore James, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Sleepy John Estes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEm5zJKMksc One James Cotton album and two Mayall. Clarence Gatemouth Brown..hell yeah !!! Theyre a big favourite in our house. A singer and pianist born William Suppree into a New Orleans family with African and Cherokee ancestry, Dupree scored a Top 10 US R&B hit in 1955 with Walking The Blues. He is best remembered, though, for the LP, Blues From The Gutter, recorded three years later. I agree 1000% with you. Not sure which album to suggest, however hes on my list !!! Compilations or reissues are not considered. Agree with Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters. I accept it is a subjective thing and impossible to include everyone. Many of these albums are, in fact, collections assembled years or even decades after the material they contain was recorded as singles. . Far too many white people on this list. Im kind of you that I even looked at this list after realizing of what it consists. Lyrically, this is possibly Burnside's bleakest album, with many songs haunted by death and betrayal, carrying with them an ambiance as dark as the Delta soil. Im glad glad that you mentioned the Rolling Stones debut album which is one of the best examples of British blues from the sixties. On the Boards Taste (1970) Topping the US pop charts, Wheels Of Fire was the power trios third long-player: a sprawling double album combining studio material with tracks recorded live in San Francisco. They are not blues bands, no matter how hard they try. Great Lp. Key Track: Aint Nobodys Business, With his gruff voice accompanied by jagged, driving guitar and a boogie beat established by his tapping foot, the prolific John Lee Hooker forged an immediately recognizable delta blues sound that proved profoundly influential. B. When it comes to white guys playing the Blue how about ZZTop Rio Grand Mud,. He actually did make the list, but only for one album? The . Charley Patton was arguably the most significant architect of the influential Mississippi delta blues style and also recorded under the names The Masked Marvel and Elder J J Hadley. Discover 21st Century Blues [Ecko] by Various Artists released in 2008. Missing.Walter Trout, Joanna Connor,Ronnie Earl to name three!!!!!! ALSO, guys: Where the heck is THE BEST OF MUDDY WATERS (also known as Sail On in reissue). Especially leadbelly. Styles. Love seeing a list like this and watch people speak of their favorites and how could they miss.!? Having started performing in public at age ten, Copeland was a veteran by the time of the albums release in 1998 and her mix of sass, swagger and assured professionalism revealed that she was the finished article rather than a work in progress. Detroits Motown label wasnt renowned as a platform for blues artists but in 1972 the company made an exception and recruited this magnetic Arkansas singer/guitarist who had cut his teeth in the Chicago bands of Howlin Wolf and Freddie King. Geoffrey Arnold Beck (24 June 1944 - 10 January 2023) was an English guitarist. Indeed, and for that matter add Michael Bloomfield Its Not Killing Me. Ronnie Earl Language of the Soul Two other greats of that vintage: Love Sculptures Blues Helping (with Dave Edmunds) Duration 01:03:12. Add Arhoolie Records: Sonny Boy Williamson II King Biscuit Time and Big Mama Thornton In Europe, Add: Chess Records Drop Down Mama (Nighthawk, Shines, Edwards, Jones, etc) and Elmore James/John Brim Whose Muddy Shoes?. 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. Did I miss Gary Davis and Willie Mctell,Willie Johnson. Willie Dixon Lightnin; Slim,Otis Rush,Little Junior Parker, Lightnin Hopkins Time album and album on Dart,Memphis Willie B, Jesse Fuller, Richard Rabbit Brown, Otis Blackwell, Charles Brown, and on and on. SOOO many that there just isnt room for them on this list. 100 best albums of the 21st century, according to critics Stacker set out to find the best albums of the 21st century, compiling data from Metacritic (as of October 2022). This, his debut LP, collected together some of Kings seminal big hits for the Bihari brothers RPM label. Bomba Estreo, 'Deja' The Colombian duo Bomba Estreo released "Deja" as a series of EPs tied to the ancient elements: water, air, fire, earth.. The parent album arranged by Riley Hampton, varied from rocking R&B numbers (Tough Mary and Girl Of My Dreams) to sophisticated jazz-tinged ballads with strings (Stormy Weather), proving that James was much more than an earthy blues mama. Savoy Browns BLUE MATTER & Albert Kings Live Wire/Blues Power-live at the filmore are a couple of my favs. Live on the Queen Mary Professor Longhair (1978) Also want to highlight a great blues boogie album, James Cotton 100% Cotton, awesome band with Matt Guitar Murphy, and Gary Clark Jr. Live, also great. The choice for Muddy Waters does not cover his best recordings. And just as importantly, what have we missed? Early on in his career, White recorded under the pseudonyms Pinewood Tom, The Singing Christian, and Tippy Barton before using his real name. Chuck Berry and Jimi Hendrix werent the first performers to play the guitar between their legs or behind their heads on stage. 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. 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). Other noteworthy cuts include the infectious My Babe with Walter on vocals which also reached No. Ben Harper & Charlie Musslewhite Get up! Everyones would be different and we all wonder how isnt this or that album included or this or that artist Certainly overall I think you got the vast majority of choices right. TODAY! The 2CD Luther Allison, Best of Robert Nighthawk Live on Maxwell Street 1964. Rory Gallagher Live in Europe is better blues album than Irish Tour in my opinion. Exactly my sentiments. Savoy Brown Blues Band, Raw Sienna, John Mayall , Blues breakers with Eric Clapton and the Hard Road album with Peter Green. Luthers Blues was his second LP for Berry Gordy and epitomizes Allisons Chi-Town blues style with its amalgam of big-city grit and polish. 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. Maybe the white stripes the white stripes The album contains a version of his 1951 US R&B chart-topper, Im In The Mood For Love.. Albums were ranked according to their Metascore, which represents an aggregation of critic reviews. Big Bill Broonzys career as a blues singer took him on a remarkable odyssey, from the brutal cotton fields of the deep American south to the rarefied ambience of European concert halls. I bought it, of course, and we went back to my place and played it several times. urban crime concept album conscious introspective male vocals passionate violence. Superharps???? Where is the westafrican blues!? No Sonnie and Brownie or Gary Davis? Though he possessed a distinctive gravelly singing voice and played bass and guitar, hes more famous as a prolific songwriter; he was responsible for penning some of the key blues songs of the 1950s, including Spoonful, Im Your Hoochie Coochie Man, and The Little Red Rooster. He serves up his own striking interpretations of those three blues evergreens on this 1970 LP, the sixth album of his career, on which he sings and plays bass in the company of a smoking band that includes harmonica player Big Walter Horton and Chess Records session pianist Lafayette Leake. . Though he was a talented multi-instrumentalist who could play guitar and piano, Arkansas-born Frost rose to prominence as a harmonica specialist mentored by the legendary blues harp blower, Sonny Boy Williamson. Groundhogs are great. With its looped guitar riff over a jaunty but mesmeric backbeat, Smokestack Lightnin proves the albums killer track. Composite: n/a We polled 45 music writers to rank the definitive LPs of the 21st. Clarence Gatemouth Brown and Jimi Hendrix are big omissions. Do you mean Mark Ford, with the Robben Ford Band? 2 R&B hit in 1946 with Driftin Blues. Two years later, Brown who had a profound influence on a young Ray Charles went solo and recorded for the Aladdin label. JImmy Thackery & The Drivers Wild Night Out ! Preposterous. Hells Session and Wang Dang Doodle by Livin Blues. A native of the fabled Crescent City, Isidore Tuts Washington was a piano-playing purveyor of a uniquely New Orleans-style of music that blended blues with rhythm and blues, boogie-woogie, ragtime, and jazz. The Blues Project any of their albums should have been included. Only two or so from the last 40 years? It was rekindled at the end of the 50s by young white Americans fascinated by their nations folk and blues heritage. Great list and recommendations from others. His forte was smooth ballads but he also excels on two uptempo swingers: Everyday I Have The Blues and Kansas City. Kendrick Lamar. Dank Bert, voor de aanvulling, prima keus ! Check out the album The Blues aint Bad on YouTube. And one shouldnt ignore Canadas Downchild (a.k.a. Great list, but i suggest some of Sean Costello and the first recordings of Johnny guitar Watson to. Im for the Top 200 Blues albums. McDowell is in magnetic form, shining on nine scintillating tracks. 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. 64. "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. Lead Belly, Josh White, and B. At least Kooper and Bloomfield were included on another pick. Pinetop Perkins: Pinetops Boogie Woogie. Bumble Bee spans the years 1929-1941, collecting all the Hoodoo Ladys seminal early sides with McCoy, including the classics Black Rat Swing, Dirty Mother For You, and New Dirty Dozen., Key Track: Whats The Matter With The Mill. Comments (22) Discography. The biggest was the No. 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. Music has always played a role in helping to define cultural moments throughout history. The two James Brown-tinged tracks The Screwdriver and Two Bugs In A Rug with their funky undertows, showed that Hooker was hip to new developments in R&B, which gave his music a fierce contemporary edge. Big Joe Turner, Big Joe Turner Meets the Trumpet Kings (Eldridge, Edison, Terry) on Pablo RL Burnside- Come On In. 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. Jeff Healey Group, he was appreciated by BB King and Eric Clapton. Willie Dixon? 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. Walker is a major presence in the . Blending memorable original material (After Awhile) with four Cotton tunes and covers of Muddy Waters Im Ready and a rocking take on Robert Johnsons Dust My Broom, Spann delivered a mesmerizing showcase that highlighted his stentorian voice and fluid piano licks. Born John Chatham, he first recorded under his fathers moniker, Peter Chatham, before settling on Memphis Slim in 1940. I agree. And everyone has their own opinion and thats great. Probably the best white British / black legend collaboration. John Lee Hooker Jr. Live at Soledad Prison. Lists. It contains some of the best guitar work of Claptons career. Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation with John Moorshead? Please, listen to sean costello playing talk to your daughter and watsons three hours past midnight, No blues list that excludes Peter Green can be taken seriously. 3 James Hunter People Gonna Talk. 1w. Layla may not be pure blues but it is blues enough to me. This compilation focuses on his earliest recordings, a bunch of 78s made in 1931 for Paramount Records where he first established his idiosyncratic style. To celebrate National Album Day, on Saturday 12 October 2019, Radio 2 counted down the Top 40 Best Selling Albums of the 21st century (so far), courtesy of The Official Charts Company. Five Live Yardbirds The Yardbirds (1964) We have given you our list of the best blues albums alphabetically, having given up trying to number. Do you even play blues or are you an armchair critic? B. Cream were Cream, by no stretch of the imagination, can they be called a blues band. 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. And you are an expert? A double live album, Irish Tour 74 offers a vivid portrait of Gallaghers magnetic on-stage performances. 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. No Ronnie Earl, Tab Benoit or Sonny Landreth??? The folk-blues renaissance of the 1960s revived many a bluesmans ailing career. Dont forget to mention Steve Stills who was also a big part of the Super Session album. John Hammond So Many Roads (http://www.allmusic.com/album/so-many-roads-mw0000618281) and if youre going to include Layla and Wheels of Fire, you should think about Highway 61 Revisited. . Key Track: Washington D.C. Hospital Center Blues, James Oscar Moore is better known as Slim Harpo, one of the chief architects of the influential swamp blues style that seeped out of deepest Louisiana in the late 50s. This 17-track retrospective spans two decades and features several cuts with McGhee playing the guitar. (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). Ruth Brown, James Cotten, Son Seals, Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows, Little Ed and the Blues Imperials, The Staple Singers,Savoy Brown, John Hammond, Sister Roseta Thorp, Ko Ko Tylor, Bobby Blue Bland, Kokomo Arnald, I almost out of room here to bad I could name another hundred I bet. Though not as accomplished, perhaps, as his later records, it presents Hookers unique Mississippi blues style in its rawest, undiluted form. Something from Colosseum? B.B. He steps in and out of the shadows as Otis leads the band. Stackerset out to find the best albums of the 21st century, compiling data from Metacritic(as of October 2022). Wouldnt have suffered from a mention of Savoy Brown though? Nicknamed Miss Peaches, this Los Angeles-born songstress was an ever-present figure on the US R&B charts between 1955 and 1978. A clear contender among the best blues albums ever, Muddy Waters At Newport captured the man born McKinley Morganfield at Rhode Islands famous annual jazz festival. The Doors L.A Woman, Amazing list. Though most of the album is self-written, Mos musical roots are referenced by the inclusion of two Robert Johnson songs. 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. I will google. Not that I know of anyway. Those who fell under Blakes spell included the Reverend Gary Davis, Ry Cooder, and Ralph McTell. Koko Taylor Live from Chicago I tend to agree with Mr Moran on the dubious inclusion of any rock artists in this list. Possessing a powerful, expressive voice, he racked up seventeen US R&B hits for Chess Records Checker imprint between 1962 and 1971. Great Album!!!!! Come Back Baby Geoff is referring to the Arhoolie release of the Charles Ford Band, which preceeded the Ford Bros on Blue Rock-It. A compelling synthesis of seasoned blues standards (Johnny Guitar Watsons Too Tired) and potent original material (Avalanche), Ice Pickin was Collins sixth long-player and, arguably, his best. King, you need a better recommendation than that?? We went back to my place and played it several times behind their best blues albums of the 21st century! And just as importantly, what have we missed delta blues by some of Kings seminal hits! 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