Blues Essentials?

[Erici]

Buddy Guy is great too...

 

[Robin L]

Buddy Guy is great too...

A major influence on Jimi Hendrix:

 

[Robin L]

R.L. Burnside, a song I got to know from the Sopranos soundtrack. A little bit of Hip-Hop technique applied to the blues:

 

[levimax]

The CD and streaming version, unlike many of Dinah Washington's older recordings really sounds good. Performance is great as well.

 

[Kuba]

I don't know if it can be still called blues, but anyway its one of my favourite tracks

 

[Doodski]

I don't know if it can be still called blues, but anyway its one of my favourite tracks

That sounds like a hybrid of Bhangra and Arabic music.

 

[bluefuzz]

Or this great example of the blues influencing African pop

Yes, and Ali Farka is just the tip of the iceberg in that he achieved some recognition in the wider world. There is just so much mindmeltingly brilliant music to come out of Africa since the 1950s that has rarely been heard in the west. But the relationship with American blues is complicated. When Tinariwen first became known outside Africa I seem to remember thay claimed one of their biggest influences was Dire Straits … ;-)

 

[Wes]

Ma Rainey and Beethoven once unwrapped a bedroll
Tuba players now rehearse around the flagpole

And yet the walkin' bass lines in blues are shared with Baroque music

 

[Robin L]

Ma Rainey and Beethoven once unwrapped a bedroll
Tuba players now rehearse around the flagpole

And yet the walkin' bass lines in blues are shared with Baroque music

 

[Wes]

Junior Kimbrough for some oft ignored hill country style blues

 

[Grumpish]

Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac - supposedly B.B. King said about Peter Green "He has the sweetest tone I ever heard; he was the only one who gave me the cold sweats"

 

[JABrown]

J.B. Hutto and the Hawks; Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials

 

[Another Bob]

"Turtle Blues" off the Cheap Thrills album by Big Brother and the Holding Company (Janis Joplin).

 

[Koeitje]

Or this great example of the blues influencing African pop:

His collaboration with Ry Cooder is pretty nice also.

 

[Blumlein 88]

John Bonamassa

or
Gary Moore is a worthy Blues musicians.

I see Albert Collins has been listed. Had the pleasure of seeing him play on three ocassions. His in person showmanship with the audience doesn't fully come thru on audio recordings. He seemed to be enjoying himself so much you felt obligated to do the same.

 

[diddley]

Get the masters series from Rory Block, those give you a high quality modern recordings of old country blues in it's purest form.
Further i could recommend ol the older material John Lee Hooker Sister Odetta Sister Rosa Tharpe Allthough it'a bit more gospel

 

[pseudoid]

I had gone thru a similar dilemma 7 years ago and had taken notes. Please don't yell at me if any of these are repeats:
Blues Greats
30 key blues musicians
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/...lues-musicians-in-pictures.html?frame=2372780

Robert Johnson
BB King
John Lee Hooker
MuddWaters
Lead Belly (Leadbelly)
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
Bessie Smith (1894-1937),
Blind Willie Johnson (1897-1945)
Buddy Guy (George 'Buddy' Guy (July 30, 1936 - ))
Howlin' Wolf, (Chester Arthur Burnett (1910-1976))
Aleck "Sonny Boy Williamson" Miller (1912-1965)
Otis Spann (1930-1970),
Skip James (Nehemiah Curtis 'Skip' James (1902-1969))
Big Bill Broonzy (1903-1958)
Blind Lemon Jefferson (Lemon Henry Jefferson (1893-1929))
Lonnie Johnson (Alonzo 'Lonnie' Johnson (1899-1970))
Mississippi John Hurt (1892-1966),
Louis Jordan (Louis Thomas Jordan (1908-1975))
Professor Longhair (Henry Roeland Byrd (1918-1980))
Josh White (Joshua Daniel White (1914-1969))
Lightnin’ Hopkins (Sam John Hopkins (1912-1982))
Jimmy Rushing (James Andrew Rushing (1901-1972))
Champion Jack Dupree (William Thomas Dupree (circa 1908-1992))
'T-Bone' Walker (Aaron Thibeaux (1910-1975))
Pippa Middleton
Elmore James
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Blind Melon Chittlin
See the Rough Guide to the Blues if you want a comprehensive review
Where the hell is Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert Collins, Albert King, Freddie King, Little Walter, Bo Diddley and Willie Dixon
No Memphis Minnie????? No Charlie Patton? Elmore James? Very odd list.
Greats you have ignored, such as Son House, ... Otis Rush
No Charley Patton? Tampa Red? Leroy Carr? Blind Blake?
And where was Big Mamma Thornton in the list??
What about John Mayall (the father of british blues),Alexis Corner, Albert King, Gary Moore,
Walter Trout, Paul Butterfield, Larry King, Mick Taylor, Joe Bonamassa, Big Joe Turner and Jimmy Witherspoon

 

[diddley]

Omar and the Howlers
Jimmy Vaughan

 

[HammerSandwich]

Check out the Alligator catalog. Luther Allison, Lonnie Brooks, Gatemouth Brown...

 

[hdspeakerman]

Check out Quinn Sullivan on Spotify and You tube.