Blues /rock: music recommendations?

Robert Bradley's Blacwater Surprise is pretty good ... minor hit "Baby" off the following album: Time To Discover ... Great gravelly voice from the lead singer Robert Bradley, who certainly sounds like he's lived the blues.

Robben Ford and the Blue Line has been in regular rotation in my listening room since about 1992. This is a GREAT record!!

My current favorite Blues Rock tune is by a 22 year old kid from Placerville, California named Jackie Greene. I recently saw him on tour with Susan Tedeschi (also good blues rock) and Solomon Burke and was blown away by this kids talent. His new record called "gone wanderin" sounds like Neil Young at times, but his version of "Messin'With The Kid" is an incredible blues rock tune. Makes me jump up and boogie every time!!!

This kid is talented, playing quitar like SRV, blowin' harp like Neil Young, plays piano and Hammond B-3, plays banjo, and writes all of his own material (messin' is a cover). If it were up to me, he would be the "next big thing"!!!!

I got an autographed CD at the show, but you can buy his record direct from www.digmusiccd.com.

Enjoy,

TIC

Allman Brothers Band, "Live at Fillmnore East". Get the new remastered CD, or vinyl, even better. Never beeen improved upon in the genre, to my knowledge.

RM

If you like Dire Straits then you will love JJ Cale. Start out with his cd/album "Troubadour." You'll recognize some of his songs that were covered by various artists (After midnight, Cocaine, Traveling light, They call me the breeze). He is obviously a great writer but his musical arrangements are spectacular; part blues, part Chicago jazz, part Texas swing with wonderful guitar work on every song.
An up and coming blues star is Derick Trucks. He plays the slide with the Allman Bros. right now and also has his own band called the Derick Trucks Band. His band has a really cool sound. Allong with his slide work is a flute and some great percussions.

It occurs to me that all these recommendations don't do a hoot of good if you never get to listen to the tunage ... So (thanks to the wonders of modern technology), as a brief intro to RBBS you can click the following RBBS Amazon link and scroll down to "Listen to Samples" to hear snippets of the first 4-5 tracks using Real Player, Windows Media Player or whatever ... Personal faves are "Baby" (the minor hit) and "You & Me" following. Okay - so not as good as a listening booth experience, but it'll give you a taste.

Think I'll do that for all recommendations from now on.