Muddy Waters They Call Me Muddy Waters. The possessor of a powerful contralto voice, she was hailed by her first record company as the Mother of the Blues. She made her debut recording in 1923 and her final one, five years later, before retiring in 1935. Im for the Top 200 Blues albums. As for Belgian Blues: Roland! A former Baptist preacher who was imprisoned for a year after killing a man in self-defense, he sang with a sermonizing intensity, accompanying his vocals with metallic slide guitar. And youre really stretching the definition of blues by classifying Layla as a blues album. and she was thrilled to see a Cuby and the Blizzards record. The best music videos of the 21st Century so far. Please, listen to sean costello playing talk to your daughter and watsons three hours past midnight, No blues list that excludes Peter Green can be taken seriously. You forgot Hookern Heat. 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. Listen to the album. Stones Get your ya yas out Weve set ourselves another, almost, impossible challenge. And speaking of Brooks, Ill bet Lonnie Brooks is going to come out with a top 200 LP one of these days. The blithe stoicism of his flow, seemingly resigned to a violent death at any moment, fills the record with poignancy, and transmutes his words into wisdom. Album not on streaming services. Album text by Charles Waring, introduction by Richard Havers. This is just not music, its life. In celebration of our 40th Anniversary in 2010, long-time Living Blues reviewer and contributor Jim DeKoster chose 30 of the best blues albums from each Otis Grand, Blues 65 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. That is like making a chicken soup with no chicken! Eminems third album has dated horribly with its homophobia and gleeful suggestion of violence against women, but in other parts of the album the incisiveness with which he unspools his misanthropic take on life remains transgressively vital. Blame these guys. The London Howlin Wolf Sessions Howlin Wolf (1971) Both players enjoying the company they were keeping. A blues shouter from Arkansas who possessed a rich, resonant voice, Witherspoon rose to fame in the 1940s with pianist Jay McShanns band before going solo and topping the US R&B charts in 1949 with Aint Nobodys Business. That particular song features on the singers iconic 1959 album, At The Monterey Festival, which was included as part of the 1972 live double LP compilation, Spoon Concerts. Then I listened to Escapism, then I started to listen to the whole album, then immediately started for looking tour dates this better be an album of the year. Losing Hand JB is a blues hack who can only play fast but has very little feel or soul. 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). Those who fell under Blakes spell included the Reverend Gary Davis, Ry Cooder, and Ralph McTell. George Thorogood & The Destroyers self titled debut (1977) Possessing a voice that the LPs liner notes liken to gravel through a swamp, Taylor dishes up eleven tunes co-produced by and featuring the eloquent fingerboard work of guitarist Mighty Joe Young. Lyrics 12.8K 3 Hard Out Here. Far too many white people on this list. 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. . Between 1949 and 1952, this Texas-born chemistry teacher-turned-singer/pianist racked up 12 Top 20 US R&B chart entries, including two number ones, Trouble Blues and Black Night. With his velvety tone and smooth phrasing, Brown brought a sense of urban sophistication to the blues; initially, as part of Johnny Moores Blazers, a Los Angeles-based trio who scored a No. Macclesfield born multi-instrumentalist John Mayalls finest moment came in 1966 when he led a band called Bluesbreakers, which featured a rising guitar star who had previously been with The Yardbirds: Eric Clapton. 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. Spot on Harmonica Slim..with you all the way ! He may now sing in an ironic mid-Atlantic croon, but Alex Turner started off with the most tangibly south Yorkshire voice in pop since Jarvis Cocker. Add Arhoolie Records: Sonny Boy Williamson II King Biscuit Time and Big Mama Thornton In Europe, Add: Chess Records Drop Down Mama (Nighthawk, Shines, Edwards, Jones, etc) and Elmore James/John Brim Whose Muddy Shoes?. Listen to the album. Listen to the album. Listen to the album. What about African Blues.Ali Farka Toure. 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. Formed in 1961, Korners band Blues Incorporated recorded R&B From The Marquee in a London studio with vocals shared between Cyril Davies and Long John Baldry on a meld of blues covers and original material. Also, agree that the classic Love Sculpture LP, Blues Helping, would belong on my list. with a band that included noted blues harpist and singer James Cotton. Many of us that grew up in the 60s heard the blues first from these bands and more. Oh, and your boss trying to be trendy by wearing a T-shirt under his blazer at the office on Fridays? I was happy to see Texas Flood made the list. The omission of Luther Allison must be corrected, perhaps his Serious disc or the Where Have You Been disc. This masterpiece in turning samples and meticulous tinkering into an era-defining production statement was released the week of the rappers death. Greens playing is perfect Sublime ferocious subtle but most of all perfectly suited to each song. And I applaud you for alphabetical as opposed to a merit ranking. The session features the veteran bluesman alone in the studio accompanying his strident vocals with slide guitar chords that exude a visceral rawness. The songs here are full of the horrible electricity of grief, Win Butler sometimes hollering at the pain, sometimes burned out by it. Lightnin Slim Best of Between 1966 and 1970, guitarist Eric Clapton seemed addicted to the supergroup concept, appearing in Cream, Blind Faith, and the Anglo-American aggregation, Derek & The Dominos, in quick succession. We all have our own ideas for those who do and dont qualify for inclusion in this list but I am just grateful that so many artists and albums are listed by the compilers and the mailers because there are some I missed, until now. Listen to the album. Clarence Gatemouth Brown..hell yeah !!! Son House is the most familiar name on this compilation of vintage delta blues by some of the styles earliest exponents. An incredible guitar/fiddle player who refused to be pigeonholed as a bluesman, however I think the majority of his work would be considered by most to be blues. What about? The album contains a version of his 1951 US R&B chart-topper, Im In The Mood For Love.. Rayes career started so promisingly, with a buzz around some self-released tracks, a record deal, a place on the BBCs Sound of How can you possibly have a list of Blues Albums without Hogwash, Split or Thank Christ For The Bomb featuring anywhere? Many of these albums are, in fact, collections assembled years or even decades after the material they contain was recorded as singles. Jack Bruce (though you do have a Cream album)? By 1956, Rush had quit his job in a steel mill having established himself as a rising star of the Windy Citys vibrant west side blues scene. 14h ago. Well see. . Listen to the album. Its always nice to read contemporary opinions of new poles but the affection adios would surely out number you nominal listing and statistically disagree with this list posted in the idem.. But in those years I have heard five albums that have all had a great influence on me. The Rolling Stones covered Little Red Rooster in 1964 while Cream recorded a version of Spoonful two years later. and The Charles Ford Band (Robben and his brothers) on Arhoolie. Seriously, great choice! We consoled ourselves with the fact that he composed so many tunes that are all over these albums, Im missing Chicken Shack but Im glad that Rory Gallagher is on the list BR //Thomas. Find out more about the greatest 21st Century Rhythm & Blues Singers, including Adele, Fetty Wap, Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato and Future. The UK version of this classic album included Williams delivering a fiery version of his iconic Baby Please Dont Go. A masterclass in delta blues. 2. A magical, impossible-to-imitate record. And where is Professor Longhair , dr John, Bukka White, Big Joe Williams and Big Joe Turner. 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. 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. 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. Anyway: thanks for your comment! The master of the Telecaster? Winters fretboard pyrotechnics are impressive, but he matches his flashy technique with high emotional content. Duke Robillard & The Pleasure Kings Rockin Blues 6 in the UK albums chart, Clapton left to form Cream shortly afterwards. Add: Vanguard Records The Best Of The Chicago Blues a seminal anthology. We could endlessly debate about the definition of blues, but the purpose here is not to list all the guitarists that once played a blues classic, or our favorites RnB or jazz or rock musicians. 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. He was 35 years old when he recorded two sessions for the Okeh label after being recommended to the company by violinist, Willie Narmour. Give a listen to the techno sounds of Isole, hip-hop's Missy Elliott, the pounding dubstep by Britain's Burial, and Frank Ocean's lively rhythm and blues, soul, and 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. Listen to the album. I would have included, SRV & Joe Bonamassa, plus looking at some of the artists there, i would have had J GEILS Band, Live Full House. Listen to the album. The duo were obscured behind robot heads, and their music got equally playful: cock-rock guitars, vocoders and brilliantly manipulated slivers of records by ELO, Tavares and Eddie Johns condensed into tinny yet heavy filter-house. Kevin Martins discordant and seductive second, voicing his discontent via an array of guest MCs.

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