Bad Company? The Groundhogs Split is one of the best unknown albums of all time, easily. And change some to different albums. A prolific recording artist and virtuosic guitarist, New Orleans-born Johnson was a blues pioneer who invented the idea of the lead guitar solo. Bruce Fisher above is right! Other omissions that certainly belong: Jimmy Witherspoon, Charles Brown, and Dave Van Ronk. with Dutch band Living Blues. Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation with John Moorshead? Im a bit sad that I dont have it anymore. The star turn came from guitarist, Mike Bloomfield, whose fretboard work is outstanding throughout. Finally, someone mentioned ray Charles, thought I was the only one! Rev. Muddy Waters The London Sessions. I met a Dutch girl back around 1970 and took her to Tower Records at Bay and Columbus in S.F. Tutored by his mother, Arkansas-born George Harmonica Smith learned to play the harmonica when he was four and after playing with a gospel group early on in his professional career, gravitated to the blues, which led him to Chicago in the 1950s where he joined Muddy Waters band. Blues For Harlem, his eighth long-player, was recorded in England for the British Armadillo label and contained a tribute to Davis in the shape of a spiritual medley called The Reverend & Me.. Suffice to say, every album here should be in any discerning blues fans collection. Other highlights include Whos Cheating Who, Baby I Love You, and I Feel So Bad.. By channelling the straight-talking soulfulness of Etta James and the no-nonsense imperiousness of Big Mama Thornton, Copeland forged her own declamatory style and showed that she could handle slow ballads and uptempo material with equal aplomb. Preposterous. Probably the best white British / black legend collaboration. I didnt see Love Sculptures Blues Helping. Im checking him out at a small venue this August. One James Cotton album and two Mayall. The music ranges from songs associated with blues acts Ray Charles, Sonny Boy Williamson and Albert King to rock groups Traffic, The Band, and Cream. there were probably about 20 people there, and each time after it became more and more crowded ,not because we were awakened to the music by Elvis,Mick and Keith , and Clapton This, his debut LP, collected together some of Kings seminal big hits for the Bihari brothers RPM label. 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. Think weve missed one of the best blues albums? Bond, so glad you gave recognition to Roy Buchanan. King, Live In Japan. No one mentioned Hadda Brooks. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic. Kenny Wayne Shepherd Ledbetter Heights Awesome! James Cotton, first LP on Vanguard Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee Blowin the Fuses. Included in his repertoire is Tee-Nah-Nah, a popular Smiley Lewis record that Washington played on in 1949. He had others that could easily have been on this list as well. Something tells me you guys didnt get to see these people play live . so excited. The singles B-side, Reelin & Rockin later recorded by The Rolling Stones also featured alongside the Top 10 US hit, Rock & Roll Music.. "Chillicothe Fireball" is an album-long siren song, a beckoning to juke joints, dive bars and all the miles that lie between them. He enjoyed a brief recording career but made a lasting impact with the 51 songs he recorded for Paramount in a fertile period between 1929 and 1934. Sams repertoire includes some fine original material as well as energized retoolings of blues standards and tunes by Robert Johnson, B. Theres no debating this fact. From Vinton, Louisiana, but raised in Texas, Brown was a multi-instrumentalist who, inspired by axe-slinger, T-Bone Walker, began his career playing blazing electric guitar. Kokomo Arnold, Barbecue Bob, Charles Brown, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Blue Lu, Scrapper Blackwell, Cousin Joe, Pee Wee Crayton, Willie Dixon, Floyd Dixon, Snooks Eaglin, Sleepy John Estes, Four Blazes, Arthur Gunter, Slim Gaillard, Wynonie Harris,Earl Hooker, Screamin Jay Hawkins, Alberta Hunter, Ivory Joe Hunter, Tommy Johnson,, Lightnin Slim, J.B. Lenoir, Little Willie John, Smiley Lewis, Furry Lewis, Jimmy McCracklin, Percy Mayfield, Johnny Moores Three Blazers, Big Maybelle, Roy Milton, Amos Milburn to mention a few. Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac 'My biggest thing on this album is candidness,' she says. Pretty decent list one huge omission in my opinion Willie Dixons I Am the Blues is easily one of the finest blues albums ever recorded. It is one of my favourites of his, Family Style being another, but there is his live music too where we really see his genius unfiltered by record producers etc. Just relying on what they read. So what are your selections? Maybe so, Brian, but you have to admit, it makes a change for any of Rorys albums to appear in a list like this. THIS IS A WHITE FOLKS LIST. The sophomore album by a Los Angeles quintet formed in 1965, Boogie With Canned Heat contained Canned Heats Top 10 US single, On The Road Again, a chugging blues groove flecked with Alan Wilsons piquant harmonica wails. Janis Joplin The essential Monster Mike Welch Axe to Grind Rockin! 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. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he_cNA0fodY. Ray Charles (Self titled) contains: Lonnie Mack Wham Aw, yes, the Powder Blues Band. Consider all the Henry Sloans weve never heard and the mothers of those we have. Personally my top 6 guitarists of all time are: Freddie King, Duane Allman, Hendrix, SRV, Derek Trucks and Albert King. John Hammond, Jr. is one of the best Delta guitarists everright up there with the old guys like Robert Johnson and Son House. Also, no Lonnie Mack. I think I will have to check out a few of these Nevertheless I miss Jimmy Vaughan . Triumph was labeled hard rock or heavy metal but Rik Emmett and the band did play and record some bluesy music from time to time. In 1948, he reinvented himself as Robert Nighthawk and began playing electric guitar in Chicago he was one of the first bluesmen to plug in where he was soon recording some 45s for the Aristocrat and Chess labels. Hard Again by Muddy Waters is also a good one. The Real Folk Blues, mainly a compilation of earlier tracks for Chess, came out in 1966. and she was thrilled to see a Cuby and the Blizzards record. "Mary Jane." 7. Bout time someone mentioned Shuggie Otis. Also surprised that Robin Trower hasnt been mentioned. How about When a guitar plays the blues or any song off Loading Zone he smokes almost every player on this list! B. Grammys would come later in her career and help to crown her the queen of contemporary blues, but Turn Up The Heat captures her at the start of what became a storied musical journey. Handy found and lost at the Tutwiler train depot in 1903. Slim Harpo best of Also Fleetwood Macs Then Play On just to name a few. Muddy Waters, Paul Butterfield, Duck Dunn, Buddy Miles, and so many more. Mance Lipscomb You Got to Reap What You Sow Fourteen of them can be found on this superb introductory compilation from 1978 (housed within an eye-catching Robert Crumb-drawn cover) which spans the years 1935 to 1939 and functions as a compelling showcase of Fullers unique singing and guitar playing. The Blues was starting to come back to its own in 1965/1966 and would have continued thanks to the desire of college kids willing to expand away from the norm and the hipsters shunning mainstream music. A smooth-voiced Mississippi singer who accompanied himself with guitar and harmonica, Rogers was born Jay Arthur Lane and was a crucial figure in the development of south side Chicago blues during the early 1950s. Hooker n heat already mentioned but what about hooker n davis hot spot soundtrack . 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. Key Track: "How. The Doors L.A Woman, Amazing list. Born in Harlem and raised in Massachusetts, Mahal (real name Henry Saint Clair Fredericks) is a singer, guitarist and blues harp player who performed with a California-based band called Rising Sons with Ry Cooder before signing a solo deal with Columbia in 1967. Adele 's 21 is the best-selling album of the 21st century to date, with sales of over 31 million copies worldwide. I can think of stuff Id like to see on the list, but then you have to bump someone else and I just dont know ho you do that Yikes! Totalmente de acuerdo, sobre todo en lo relacionado con Ronnie Earl. Alvin Lee. Stevie Ray Vaughn? Unbelievable. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The album is off the list? Your email address will not be published. Hes the apex songwriter of blues music. It revived the New Orleans jazz style of the 1920s via a selection of original material and covers arranged for piano, cornet, and banjo. What is abundantly clear, though, is the visceral power of Johnsons music, originally released on a series of 78-rpm singles between 1936 and 1937. A double album with John Lee Hooker and The Canned Heat. Allman Bros.? King to Buddy Guy and Eric Clapton. begins with an electrifying version of T-Bone Walkers T-Bone Shuffle setting the tone for what is a thoroughly enjoyable blues summit characterized by some exceptional guitar playing. Guitar Shorty Roll Over Baby More significantly, the exotic 13-minute title song defined by extended improvisational passages over a mesmeric, open-ended groove lit the touchpaper for both acid and west coast rock. Lomaxs Blues Songbook I think about 30 of these should have been left off and something else put in. Lightnin Slim Best of Produced by frontman Michael Gira, the album featured musical guests St. Vincent, Bill Rieflin and Cold Specks. Elsewhere, the album included beefed-up versions of songs by Muddy Waters (Two Trains Running), Robert Johnson (Walkin Blues), Allen Toussaint (Get Out Of My Life, Woman) and Nat Adderley (Work Song). Chris Moran is RIGHT ON. Hes more of a Rock Band. I would say that some of these bands should be included. . No. You are having a larf aint ya,not one album by Ray Charles i.e.Ray Charles at Newport plus plenty of his Atlantic albums deserve a mention,i believe to my soul is a rite blues song for instance but people classed it as soul. They included the chart-topping Messin Around, one of many standout cuts on Blues Greats, alongside the humorous Beer Drinking Woman. Frankie & Johnny Boogie is a pulsating solo piano piece highlighting Slims keyboard prowess. James Milton Campbell is better known to blues and soul fans as Little Milton, a dynamic singer and guitarist originally from Inverness, Mississippi. 2. The . A nimble-fingered guitar wizard from County Donegal, Ireland, who played like a man possessed, Gallagher led the band Taste in the second half of the 1960s before going solo in 1971. Albums i have listened to thousands of times. 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. By then, Davis who was proficient on the banjo, guitar, and harmonica had been a minister for 30 years and had a string of recordings to his name that stretched back to the 1930s. Genres. At least you did include Texas Flood , Good to see Lonnie Johnson here. His recording career was spectacularly brief from 1927 to 1930 but his influence has been long-lasting (Robert Johnson and Howlin Wolf took note of his guitar style while Bob Dylan and Led Zeppelin covered his songs). A landmark blues recording. The Blues is the blues some you like some you dont , some I like some I dont . I would have included Otis Spann LP-The biggest thing since Colossus.John Lee Hooker LP-Live at cafe au-go-go.Muddy Waters 2LP-Fathers and Sons.Earl Hooker LP-Hooker and Steve.Cheers to All. Blues. 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. In SF I met a girl from The Netherlands in maybe 70 or 71. Missing: Something from Audience? The pioneering multi-racial quintet formed in 1963 and two years later released its self-titled debut, which consisted of original material alongside the groups turbo-charged interpretations of songs by Elmore James, Little Walter, Muddy Waters, and Willie Dixon. She cut a slew of memorable 78-rpm singles that included the chart-topping, Down Hearted Blues featuring just piano accompaniment from 1923, which is one of the numerous highlights of a 2-CD retrospective that stands as a monument to Smiths remarkable legacy. Joe Bonamassa is said by nearly all of the guitar, blues, and rock music magazines to be the best living blues guitarist and should be on the list (he is much better than Johnny Lang, a contemporary who is on the list). I accept it is a subjective thing and impossible to include everyone. Otis Grand, Blues 65 Those bands are not blues bands but, rather, blues-inspired. Lil`Ed & The Blues Imperials: Roughhousin` Styles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEm5zJKMksc They did say they scoured magazines and the internet for picks, which tells me that they dont have a clue. Missing.Walter Trout, Joanna Connor,Ronnie Earl to name three!!!!!! Humble Pie Up your Sleeves Freddie King- My Feeling For The Blues Blues With A Feeling was Smiths debut album, recorded in 1969 as a homage to another virtuosic blues harp player; the legendary Little Walter Jacobs, who had died a year earlier. No Sonnie and Brownie or Gary Davis? Lester Butler was a harp blowin maniac! ALSO, guys: Where the heck is THE BEST OF MUDDY WATERS (also known as Sail On in reissue). Johnny Winter Whit Hot and Blue. With his raw, hoarse growl of a voice and searing slide guitar accompaniment, Johnson pioneered a unique blues style in Texas that also referenced gospel music. Freddie King Live at Filmore 1970 is a great album, Amazed that Supersession wasnt the first album picked for the list. Junior Wells, James Cotton, Billy Branch, and Cary Bell. The latter group, a one-album-wonder featuring members of Delaney & Bonny & Friends and Allman Brothers guitarist, Duane Allman, recorded a double LP in Miami with Atlantic Records Tom Dowd producing. Discover 21st Century Blues [Ecko] by Various Artists released in 2008. 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. All of these works are valuable and have merit!! I think you are mistaken on Howlin Wolfs Moanin at Midnight. Glad Alex Koris was mentioned. Street Corner Talking should be on the list. You forgot Hookern Heat. Though most of the album is self-written, Mos musical roots are referenced by the inclusion of two Robert Johnson songs. A potent blues-rock manifesto. Deeply influenced by blues music, Belfast-born Gary Moore started his career playing the guitar with Northern Irish band Skid Row in the early 70s before briefly joining Thin Lizzy. Key Track: Baby Please Dont Go, From Montgomery, Alabama, Willie Mae Big Mama Thornton is a one-hit-wonder whose claim to fame was her two-million-selling single, Hound Dog, a Leiber-Stoller tune which spent seven weeks at the summit of the US R&B chart in 1953 and was later covered by Elvis Presley. I miss Duane. Bonamassa is one the greatest bluesmen of the 21st century. Taj Mahal the real thing Chances are most of us would not even be aware enough to discuss, much less compile, a list of great blues albums if not for guys like John Mayall. In 1994, however, this compilation containing eleven tracks, six of which were previously unissued, highlighted his connection with musicians like Howlin Wolf and B. Other delights include the chugging How Many Years, the boogie-style Baby How Long, and the plaintive Forty Four driven by a ramshackle rhythm section. 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). Two Steps from the Blues Bobby Blue Band (1962) [1] [2] The album will be Raye's first project following her 2021 separation from Polydor Records. The teenage band showed an astonishing maturity, especially in relation to Paul Rodgers assured but craggy vocals and Paul Kossoffs blues-drenched guitar sound with its distinctive crying sound. I am going to listen to them, but as a Belgian I would like to say you might want to check out The Zoots live at The Bannana Peel. And just as importantly, what have we missed? And I didnt know people were so mixed on Bonamasa. A Top 5 R&B hit, the timeless At Last, was her bluesy reconfiguration of a 1942 tune by big band jazzman, Glenn Miller. That is like making a chicken soup with no chicken! Great. Excellent. Consider the West African griots or that itinerant bluesman that W.C. I would add Tripping Thru a Midnight Blues by Cuby and The Blizzards myself Bert I do love Desolation and Groeten uit Grolloo by Cuby & Blizzards Backed by an ace band (which includes pianist Otis Spann and blues legend Muddy Waters), Smith breezes through eleven Little Walter tunes while putting his own indelible spin on them. The Folk Blues of Eric Von Schmidt I want to know about everyone and then select my own favorites. As a Englishman I very rarely meet other Cuby & The Blizzard Fans here. Losing his eyesight to congenital glaucoma, Mississippi-born Morris (real name Morris Cummings) is a cousin of Chicago blues maven, Willie Dixon. "Escapism." (feat. Roy Buchanan was to overly stylistic, loved him but he began to bore me. The first photo shows RAYE holding a notepad, with the tracklist written on it in gold pen. He was born with an eye condition that resulted in total blindness by the time he was 21, but it didnt curtail his ability to make music and in the 1930s he was a prolific recording artist, cutting some 120 sides that were released by a variety of labels. 100% correct Harmonica Slim. We ranked albums according to their Metascore, which represents an. Thornton is in imperious form here, blazing through her material like wildfire eating up a forest. Then there are some albums that you may not know, like Blind Mississippi Morriss Back Porch Blues, Koerner, Ray & Glovers Blues, Rags and Hollers, and Tampa Reds Dont Tampa With the Blues; they are all equally worthy of inclusion. An de andere kant, ach, zon lijstje slaat toch eigenlijk helemaal nergens op, Hi Bert. The Fabulous Thunderbirds: `Girls Go Wild A versatile pianist who was comfortable in a wide range of different musical settings, Louisiana-born Eurreal Little Brother Montgomery began his recording career in the 1930s. I wish the list could have had 500 or 1000 great albums. Im glad glad that you mentioned the Rolling Stones debut album which is one of the best examples of British blues from the sixties. And speaking of Brooks, Ill bet Lonnie Brooks is going to come out with a top 200 LP one of these days. You might wanna check them on Spotify or iTunes. Taking to Instagram to share a handwritten list of the songs included on her debut album, RAYE said: 'Here she is, the full tracklist to my debut album My 21st Century Blues coming 3rd February 2023 '. Spot on Harmonica Slim..with you all the way ! The songs on the album loosely follow the story of Yoshimi as she (surprise, surprise) battles the pink robots. "Oscar Winning Tears." 3. Though blues was an omnipresent element in Hendrixs oeuvre, he never made a dedicated blues album. Losing Hand I have 28 of them and I feel pretty good about that. This music accompanied me through my bluest blues, crafted unapologetically and fearlessly with love and tears, and now I can . some way. I havent heard of your selections but then maybe that is a good thing? Blues by Willie Brown, mainly remembered as Charley Pattons sidekick but who purportedly influenced Robert Johnson. Nicknamed the Guitar Wizard, Red cut his first record in 1928 and his final one, thirty-two years later. We are surprised by the breadth of the blues, as well as the sheer number of different blues styles that are represented here. This is a list of the best-selling albums of the 21st century to date based on IFPI certification and Nielsen SoundScan sales tracking. The title track from this, Harpos second album for Ernie Youngs Excello label, topped the R&B charts in 1966 but it was also significant for including the hypnotic, eminently danceable Shake Your Hips, covered by the Stones on their 1972 LP, Exile On Main Street, and the gentle, country-style ballad, Rainin In My Heart, which was a Top 20 US R&B smash. Wouldnt have suffered from a mention of Savoy Brown though? The rest is history. But then again, there are a lot of people who could, or should, have been on this list but arent. Add: Testament Records Modern Chicago Blues.. If not for rolling stones early blues albums not the rock stuff I only learn later on that type of music was blues, Also the animals, yardbirds and canned heat promoted the blues as pop music. He has every right to a place on this list. But more importantly, we can see all the comments of what people left out. . A pall of myth and legend has clouded the publics perception of Johnson, a mysterious figure who supposedly sold his soul to the devil in a Faustian pact and died from poisoning aged 27. Wht about Ali farka Toures last albumSavane. This was his first long-player and it contained the original version of his signature song, the memorable Gangster Of Love, dating from 1957. 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. ZZ Top First album Between 1955 and 1961, Mississippi singer, guitarist and harmonica maestro, Jimmy Reed, racked up eighteen US R&B hit singles for the Chicago-based Vee-Jay label. It's an album that demands something of the listener, but rewards it in spades. This list has too many blues inspired classic rock bands on it. He was 35 years old when he recorded two sessions for the Okeh label after being recommended to the company by violinist, Willie Narmour. Are you serious? It was there that he released his debut LP, Rooster Blues, in 1960; a cache of singles that ranged from ramshackle down-home laments (My Starter Wont Work) to humorous Cold War meditations (GI Blues) and portentous tales of love gone bad (Hoo-Doo Blues). Recording since 1978, gravelly-voiced Davis, who plays harmonica and acoustic guitar, stays true to the delta blues style on Butt Naked Free, a collection of all-original songs except for a version of Blind Willie McTells Writing Paper Blues., Key Track: Waiting On The Cards To Fall. 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. And Joe Bonamassa was adored by B.B. I also agree with Chriss statement that cross over artists should have been dropped in favor of true blues legends. The Genius of Earl Hooker Earl Hooker (1968) Keb Mo? Blue Streak Luther Allison (1995) Bad Company that would be a joke! know, Ive seen and listened to all the best in the business !!! The Memphis-based Stax label was synonymous with earthy southern R&B but in 1967 it racked-up several blues hit singles thanks to Mississippi-born singer/guitarist Albert King. Rihanna - ANTI. Let us know in the comments section below. Hes so often, criminally, overlooked. John Hammond does deserve a nod from me for a couple albums. Theres Lightnin Hopkins, Cream, Muddy Waters, B.B. Some may complain about crossover or blues rock albums, but how could anyone not think that the Allman Brothers Live at Fillmore East shouldnt be on this list. For blues fans who werent fortunate enough to see this big-voiced chanteuse dubbed the Queen of Chicago Blues then this incendiary studio album from 1975 offers a vivid example of her singular talent. Do you even play blues or are you an armchair critic? After Peter Green replaced Eric Clapton in Mayalls band, an 18-year-old guitarist called Mick Taylor (who would later supersede Brian Jones in The Rolling Stones) came in as an unknown on Crusade. And no one mentioned Stevie Ray Vaughs double Lp, Live. Great. Unlike Memphis Minnie, pianist and singer Memphis Slim was an authentic Bluff City native. Big Joe Turner Hurt possessed a distinctive singing voice: a light, airy, high tenor, which he underpinned with a delicate but rhythmically fluent fingerstyle guitar accompaniment. This posthumous album collected some of Blakes best sides he recorded for the Paramount label between 1926 and 1932. I WANT TO HEAR IT ALL!! RAYE says, "My 21st Century Blues. The poet laureate of rock and roll and high priest of rhythm and blues, St. Louis-born Charles Chuck Berry was an eloquent black songwriter whose songs articulated the aspirations of white teenage America. 6 in the UK albums chart, Clapton left to form Cream shortly afterwards. When someone has put these all on a Spotify play list let me know lol. 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. Key Track: Easy Baby. My debut album. And where is Professor Longhair , dr John, Bukka White, Big Joe Williams and Big Joe Turner. Really enjoyed your list and found many great recommendations from all the comments as I sit here listening to Showdown! Black Country Suite, his debut album, is mainly instrumental and is dominated by the ten-part titular opus, which shows off Allisons bebop-meets-blues and country piano style in a trio setting. Thanks for reading thus far, if you have. The other thing that amazes me is how everybody is an authority on how the bands such as the Stones, Cream , Mayall, Butterfield and on and on saved the music and brought it back to life. Fords guitar playing steeped in the blues lexicon but augmented by rock power and jazz harmonic sophistication is unimpeachable on a 12-song selection that includes a slow, sizzling version of Etta James I Just Want To Make Love To You.. Surely one of the best electric blues albums of all time. Hendrix Blues After years of obscurity, James would finally taste acclaim in the 1960s when he recorded more frequently. 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. 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