Such a list without any jimi Hendrix album sounds strange Blues musicians and writers who are now household names were driving buses or working odd jobs in many cases..they could not get a gig.

The parent album arranged by Riley Hampton, varied from rocking R&B numbers (Tough Mary and Girl Of My Dreams) to sophisticated jazz-tinged ballads with strings (Stormy Weather), proving that James was much more than an earthy blues mama. The best album artwork of the 21st Century so far Foals Holy Fire Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly The Streets Original Pirate Material Tame Impala Currents Run the Jewels Run the Jewels 2 The Strokes Is This It Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy David Bowie The Next Day Frank Ocean Blonde

An de andere kant, ach, zon lijstje slaat toch eigenlijk helemaal nergens op, Hi Bert. 4 albums of BLOOMFIELD..???? Johnny Winter progressive blues experiment

Hendrix played some killer blues. Affectionately nicknamed the Velvet Bulldozer due to his silky smooth voice and imposing physique (he stood 64 tall and reputedly weighed 250lbs), Albert King rose to fame in the second half of the 1960s with his Born Under A Bad Sign album. Written before the death of one of Caves teenage sons not after it, as was often assumed Skeleton Tree nonetheless cast Caves recurring themes in unsettlingly anaesthetised new light. Theres something mesmerizing about the primeval ramshackle grooves of singer/songwriter/guitarist Jessie Mae Hemphill, whose folky style with its addictive one-chord vamps, rattling tambourines and cyclical fretboard licks epitomised Mississippis hill country blues style. Less immediately catchy than its predecessor, Channel Orange, Blonde is the more ambitious and visionary record.

Their ballad NYC became an unofficial civic anthem, synthesising the mix of sorrow and tenacity that defined the city in the wake of 9/11. With its fusion of soulful urbanity and raw, delta earthiness, the record would prove a blueprint for modern blues recordings. When it comes to white guys playing the Blue how about ZZTop Rio Grand Mud,. The sun-soaked indolence of being young in LA is etched in aquamarine, purple and, yes, orange on this psychedelic-pop landmark.

Big Joe Turner, with Count Basie, Kansas City; on Pablo Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee Blowin the Fuses. The track was included on this retrospective, alongside a clutch of singles recorded for other indie labels during the 50s and early 60s, including I Believe, Done Somebody Wrong, and The Sky Is Crying. James music exerted a significant influence on the Rolling Stones during the British groups early years. I agree and was going to post the same.

No Sonnie and Brownie or Gary Davis? Missing:

One James Cotton album and two Mayall.

Omar&Howlers:I Told You So. Toler Bros Toler Brothers Listen to the album. The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do (2012), New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) (2008), And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000), Whatever People Say I Am, Thats What Im Not, Read Alexis Petridiss essay on our No 1 choice here. Id include The Paul Butterfield Blues Band LIVE double LP and Charlie Musselwhites often overlooked Tennessee Woman. Id be quite tempted to include Janis Joplins I Got Dem Ol Kozmic Blues Again Mama! since we have a Soul-Blues cross-over Aretha Franklin.

Blessed with a raspy soulful voice, which he accompanies with intricate acoustic guitar filigrees, Davis serves up 12 tunes on this intimate solo recital that bridge the divide between country blues and gospel music.

The album is off the list?

One beneficiary was singer and harmonica player, Sonny Boy Williamson (not to be confused with the same-named singer who sang Good Morning School Girl and died in 1948).

Lana Del Rey albums have become pop musics most compelling ongoing saga about American loneliness and sadness.

Hendrix Blues Romy Madley-Croft and Oliver Sim made the most compelling duets of the period: rather than singing to each other, it was as if two people were going through the same thing without the other knowing it the perfect mood music for the disconnected interconnection of dating apps and social media. Losing his eyesight to congenital glaucoma, Mississippi-born Morris (real name Morris Cummings) is a cousin of Chicago blues maven, Willie Dixon.

Unison rivals Massive Attacks Unfinished Sympathy as the great ballad of trip-hop; Its Not Up to You is almost Disney-esque in its sweeping beauty.

Good try but no Johnny Shines (with Shakey Horton) or Peatie Wheatstraw.

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.

Among those influenced by her were Dinah Washington and Janis Joplin.

You can almost touch the gold teeth, Valentinos and dreads in Mike Skinners debut, a love letter to living for the weekend written in UK garage that heralded the arrival of a brilliant British storyteller Weak Become Heroes remains the single greatest evocation of being on ecstasy in a club. Glad Alex Koris was mentioned.

Listen to the album.

King King by The Red Devils is my favorite live blues album of all time.

Despite being his first recording venture, the album remains a go-to entry in Musselwhites extensive catalogue. Big Mama Thornton with Muddy Waters Band

The Real Folk Blues, mainly a compilation of earlier tracks for Chess, came out in 1966.

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.

The Malian guitarist set a new career benchmark with this intimate set, adding classical western harp and African ngoni to her subtle, bluesy electric guitar. No Percy Mayfield? But there are flickers of his old cheeky humour, especially in the immortal line: Hurry up with my damn croissants! Listen to the album. Endless Boogie, John Lee Hooker. You forgot Janis Joplins i got dem old kosmic blues again.. You got that right, Lesleyno Janis??

Aw, yes, the Powder Blues Band. Listen to the album. Consider all the Henry Sloans weve never heard and the mothers of those we have. Some other (also not mentioned in the comment section, i think) great blues (or bluesrock) albums I very much like are: Big Joe Turner The Boss of The Blues (1956)

Listen to the album.

A 2-CD set, Father Of The Delta Blues, captures a 63-year-old House revisiting some of his most potent songs, including Death Letter, Preachin Blues and Dry Spell Blues.. It is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential blues albums ever released. Thx, Your email address will not be published. For all the hype, the Brooklyn scene of the early 00s didnt produce many genuine rock stars, but Karen O was its finest. His self-titled debut album showcased Mos old school, acoustic-based style, which is an amalgam of rural and urban blues styles spiced with country, calypso and folk flavors. I used to have (in the early 1970:ies) an album

I accept it is a subjective thing and impossible to include everyone.

Its all about the space between the notesjust ask BB (RIP).

Though recorded in 1964 at a folk festival in Pennsylvania, this live album didnt get released for another 29 years.

Ruth Brown, James Cotten, Son Seals, Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows, Little Ed and the Blues Imperials, The Staple Singers,Savoy Brown, John Hammond, Sister Roseta Thorp, Ko Ko Tylor, Bobby Blue Bland, Kokomo Arnald, I almost out of room here to bad I could name another hundred I bet.

Also featured is M.O. Albert Collins: Ice Pickin (Alligator, 1978) Born Albert Gene Drewery in Texas His swansong, Dont Tampa With The Blues, highlighted Reds plangent tenor voice, sophisticated finger-picking style and propensity for playing the kazoo.

You forget Super Session of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper. I like them, but they dont belong anywhere near this list.

Listen to the album. A great blues album, and did as much as any album to enlighten the average 70s rock fans to the greatness of the blues.

Key Track: Gangster Of Love, Born in Fargo, North Dakota, of Norwegian descent, Grammy-winning singer/songwriter/guitarist Lang took his debut album Lie To Me into the Top 50 US albums chart at the tender age of sixteen. The ghosts of London raves gone by are conjured by this ouija board of a record, where garage vocals flit upward past dust-covered breakbeats.

The first album album from an artist whose records had previously propped up killer singles with passable fillers turned her disaffection and disappointment into generational anthems.

I totally agree that these 2 Dutch bands should be added to the list! I am prepared to ignore your future posts if you continue with American and English biases and continue ignoring Canada and other countries.

Born in Jackson, Mississippi, singer/pianist Otis Spann moved to Chicago when he was 22 and made his mark on the burgeoning Windy City blues scene of the late 1940s.

Theres the jazz end of the blues; folk blues; blues rock; straight forward, honest to goodness, down home blues; Chicago blues; British blues; country blues; as well as white men playing the blues.

I would include Howling Wolf The London Sessions among others. 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. Ive got a lot of music to find!

Muddy Waters Hard Again is arguably his greatest Album ever and certainly his best Contemporary Blues Album he ever made.

Where is the westafrican blues!?

Key Track: Hound Dog.

Listen to the album.

Harp Attack. Listen to the album. From Como, Mississippi, Hemphill was two years shy of her 60th birthday when she cut her debut LP, She-Wolf, for the French Vogue label in 1981; its a groundbreaking album that dispenses with the 12-bar format that had previously defined most blues records.

The Doors L.A Woman, Amazing list. Jimmy Barnes

WebMy 21st Century Blues is the debut studio album by British singer and songwriter Raye, released through Human Re Sources independently on 3 February 2023.

Geoff is referring to the Arhoolie release of the Charles Ford Band, which preceeded the Ford Bros on Blue Rock-It. Listen to the album.

Missing.Walter Trout, Joanna Connor,Ronnie Earl to name three!!!!!!

John Hammond, Jr. is one of the best Delta guitarists everright up there with the old guys like Robert Johnson and Son House. Fats domino too.

Taking their name from a Muddy Waters song, Londons The Rolling Stones were just one of myriad white long-haired British beat groups drawing inspiration from old American blues records.

Junior Wells, James Cotton, Billy Branch, and Cary Bell. Somebody just went through his own collection.

full of Southren Prison Blues?

Lacking a certain Bo Carter if you ask me, Spot on bro.

Best of all is Percy Mayfields Memory Pain, transformed into a riff-heavy hard-rock workout. Winehouse at her most innocent if you could ever call her that, given the cheekiness of songs like Fuck Me Pumps. Thats in my opinion the best live album of Cuby & Blizzards.

Immediately after that, Spann returned to Chicago where he recorded The Blues Never Die! The Powder Blues, The Jeff Healey Band, Colin James and there are others I am not able to list as well. Released by the Odd Future collective, he and they have done so much in the last decade to break rap and R&B out of tired, restrictive genre considerations. Though he possessed a distinctive gravelly singing voice and played bass and guitar, hes more famous as a prolific songwriter; he was responsible for penning some of the key blues songs of the 1950s, including Spoonful, Im Your Hoochie Coochie Man, and The Little Red Rooster. He serves up his own striking interpretations of those three blues evergreens on this 1970 LP, the sixth album of his career, on which he sings and plays bass in the company of a smoking band that includes harmonica player Big Walter Horton and Chess Records session pianist Lafayette Leake.

Far too many white people on this list.

I do appreciate that some of my favorite artists and albums are on here even as I acknowledge that some people are dissing that same music as impure or not blues to them.

Dutch blues?

Big Bill Broonzys career as a blues singer took him on a remarkable odyssey, from the brutal cotton fields of the deep American south to the rarefied ambience of European concert halls. For Blues Rockers: This, their second LP release, partly recorded in Chicago, reflected the groups passion for black American blues and soul music with its covers of songs by Solomon Burke, Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Irma Thomas, and The Drifters. Topping the US pop charts, Wheels Of Fire was the power trios third long-player: a sprawling double album combining studio material with tracks recorded live in San Francisco. Cedric Burnside - I Be Trying. A stunning album that never seems to get noticed.

Surely one of the best electric blues albums of all time.

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