Looking for Blues with High Fidelity


I recently listened to Eric Clapton’s “Me and Mr. Johnson” and really appreciated the guitar playing and the quality of the recording.  What are some of your favorite Blues recordings?

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The Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs remaster of 'Hooker and Heat'. Featuring John Lee Hooker on vocals and Canned Heat on instrumentals. Blind Al Wilson plays some great guitar licks and blows the harmonica like his life depends on it. it's a three record album. And even if you're not a Canned Heat fan, this is a must have. I absolutely love this album.

I've never approached Blues listening with SQ in mind but you might look into Robben Ford and Ronnie Earl as artists whose recordings possibly offer better- than-average sonics. 

Try "Handful of Blues" by Ford and "Healing Time" by Earl, to start with.

No doubt there are more.

Hopefully, other, more knowledgeable forum members will offer suggestions. 

 

 

 

 

 

Sue Foley recently put out an album "Pinky’s Blues." Some very good heavy duty blues guitar from Ms. Foley. Good sound.

The B. B. King/Eric Clapton album "Riding with the King" is an excellent blues album if you do a little surgery on the Deluxe Edition on Qobuz. Remove the 3 rock tunes, "Riding with the King", "Marry You", and "Hold On I’m Comin", and move the standard "Come Rain or Come Shine" to the last track and you’ve got a really nice blues album, also good sound.

Rosie Flores put out a blues album a couple years ago with some really nice blues guitar on it, "Simple Case of the Blues."  Rosie plays in the left channel and Kenny Vaughan plays in the right.  They both can play good blues guitar.  Sounds good too.