I also like the Bluenose's recommendation of Philadelphia Jerry Ricks "Empty Bottle Blues": nice album. Ivyinvestor, here's a link to the Willie Dixon: The Blues Every Which Way LP: http://store.acousticsounds.com/browse_detail.cfm?Title_ID=13302 , |
Heres the truth. Listen to live 365.com. select your own top 100 since the Blues is so diverse. If you don't want to do that, select by label, yes label. 1) Excello, Lightin slim, Lazy Lester, Slim harpo etc. 2) Flyright all of the Jay Miller legends in blues series. Best sound quality around. 3) Blue Horizon, all of Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack, Otis Spann, Eddie Boyd etc.4) Alligator, cheap & good. Rooster Blues, Red Lightin, Charley, all labels that will produce winners, Delmark, Get a turntable if you don't have one |
Great suggestions here good to see so many Blues fans. Go buy a the All Music Guide To The Blues this is a Blue's fan's best friend. There really is no way to narrow the Blues down to a must have 100 for me but here's some suggestions. Luther Allison- Live In Montreux Buddy Guy- Stone Crazy, Blues Singer, Live The Real Deal Bloomfield, Cooper, Stills- Super Session Gary Moore- Blues For Greeny Ronnie Earl- Blues Virtuoso Live In Europe, Ronnie Earl And Friends Eric Clapton-From The Cradle, Blues Robben Ford-Discovering The Blues Albert King- I'll Play The Blues For You, Born Under A Bad Sign, In Session with SRV Freddie King- Everything it's all great! Jimi Hendrix- Blues Fleetwood Mac- Blues Jam In Chicago,Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac Howlin Wolf & Clapton- The London Howlin Wolf Sessions Mike Bloomfield- Live At The Old Waldorf Koko Taylor- Earth Shaker T-Bone Walker- Stormy Monday ZZ Top- One Foot In The Blues Allman Brothers- The Fillmore Concerts Roy Buchanan- Sweet Dreams The Anthology Albert Collins- Truckin The Paul Butterfield Blues Band S/T A Tribute To SRV Must have Box Sets- Muddy Watters Chess, Robert Johnson- The Complete Recordings, Howlin Wolf- Chess, Eric Clapton- Live In The 70's, Elmore James-King Of The Slide Guitar, BB King- King Of The Blues, SRV And Double Trouble I could go on and on all these artists have many great CD's! |
