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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Can't believe no one mentioned Champion Jack DuPree [might have misspelled last name].  Champion Jack moved to Europe years ago to escape American racism.  He passed a few years back, but his albums remain for eternity. 

Champion Jack is on my "Must Have" list. 

Here's the title track from one of the better sounding blues albums from my collection. Play it loud and often...

Tab Benoit - "Nice and Warm"

 

Robben Ford and the Blue Line - S/T is an excellent blues/rock album with great sound quality. Not straight up blues, it's a rocker too. But Oh So Fine...

 

The already mentioned Jimmy Smith - "Dot Com Blues" is an excellent album with great sound quality....

 

A variety of blues: I am somewhat of a blues collector. 474 cds and 135 albums. Carey and Laurie Bell SECOND NATURE; Big Joe Maher LAYIN IN THE ALLEY; Roosevelt Booba Barnes & his Playboys HEARTBROKEN MAN; Dion DiMucci TANK FULL OF BLUES; Jr Wells COME ON IN THIS HOUSE; Elmo Williams and Hezekiah Early TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE; Terry Big T Williams and Wesley Junebug Jefferson MEET ME IN THE COTTON FIELD ( best produced cd of 2007 ); John Lee Hooker ANTHOLOGY; William Clarke BLOWIN LIKE HELL; John Campbell NO MERCY and ONE BELIEVER ; Johnny Yard Dog Jones AINT GONNA WORRY; Robt Belfour WHATS WRONG WITH YOU and PUSHIN MY LUCK; Lightning Hopkins THE ALADDIN RECORDINGS ( 2cds, best produced CD 1991 ); Steve Guyger with Paul Oscher PAST LIFE BLUES; Cee Cee James LOW DOWN WHERE THE SNAKES CRAWL. Get your hands on The Penguin Guide To Blues Recordings on Compact Disc by Tony Russell and Chris Smith. Will give insight to the best engineered recordings and the blues artists performance ratings.