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. Blood Incantation - Hidden History of the Human Race (2019; Dark Descent) It's tempting to read pure escapism into the aesthetics of Colorado's Blood Incantationpulp sci-fi alien art adorns the front cover of their down-the-rabbit-hole-conspiracy named second album, Hidden History of the Human Race.And I'd be lying if I said there wasn't a lot of fun to be had when diving into . Also, agree that the classic Love Sculpture LP, Blues Helping, would belong on my list. Maybe so, Brian, but you have to admit, it makes a change for any of Rorys albums to appear in a list like this. If your including John mayall, Jazz blues fusion would be my pick, as would Roy Buchanans Austin city limits performance. 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. 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. The groups blues roots are reflected by their meaty repurposing of songs by T-Bone Walker (Stormy Monday), Blind Willie McTell (Statesboro Blues), and Elmore James (Done Somebody Wrong). Before she achieved significant pop/rock crossover success, Raitts early albums like this one, only her second long-player were an eclectic mix of blues, antique jazz, folk, and singer-songwriter pop. Great list! all these had made exellent albums. B. King, the Mississippi-born singer and guitarist who was born on a cotton plantation. Under the name Elmo James, he scored a Top 10 R&B hit with a searing cover of Johnsons Dust My Broom for the Trumpet label in 1952. 'My biggest thing on this album is candidness,' she says. John Mayall earns a place on my list because he appreciates the blues, he shepherded several artists like Clapton during their careers and for his contribution to the music! The Blues is the blues some you like some you dont , some I like some I dont . 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. Unlike many blues singers of his era, Harpo had a light, satiny singing voice and was famed for his soulful blues harmonica playing as well as his guitar prowess. Very best of that particular genre that includes Canned Heat and Ten Years After. Mick Fleetwood. Ford formed Blue Line in 1992 and Handful Of The Blues, produced by noted US guitarist, Danny Kortchmar, was the trios third album. Side A consists of a sole feature from 070 Shake while Side B sees an assist from Mahalia. Consisting of just voice and guitar, the LP captured the visceral intensity of Hopkins performances via tracks such as the mournful Penitentiary Blues and livelier boogie-style Come Go Home With Me., Slims real name, Otis Hicks, just doesnt have the same ring as his electrified stage moniker. know, Ive seen and listened to all the best in the business !!! 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. Street Corner Talking should be on the list. The winner of five Grammy awards, Georgia-born Robert Cray is considered a member of the blues old guard. It included a stripped-down version of his 1942 R&B hit, the risqu Let Me Play With Your Poodle, alongside revamps of his earlier tunes, Its Tight Like That and Love Her With A Feeling., Key Track: Let Me Play With Your Poodle, A legendary group who at their peak represented the pinnacle of southern blues-rock, the Allman Brothers Band was formed in Florida in 1969 and thanks to the dueling guitars of Duane Allman and Dickey Betts quickly made a name for itself. Although there will always be missing someting. I havent heard of your selections but then maybe that is a good thing? His brother, Sticks McGhee, also a guitarist, accompanies Terry on the evocative song, Jail House Blues. Folk icon, Pete Seeger, contributes banjo to the stirring live medley Fox Chase/Right On That Shore.. Bands like Cream, Allmans and Stones restored many blues originators fortunes and fame by crediting their accomplishments. Koko Taylor Live from Chicago 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. London Howling Wolf Sessions needs to be on this list! 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. It originated somewhere, found a place in America, became known in England, Canada too I would argue and perhaps many other places. Also, no Lonnie Mack. Rogers 1950s sides for Chess Records were combined for Chicago Bound, a compilation LP that featured cameos from Muddy Waters, Little Walter, and Willie Dixon. 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. Enjoy our picks for the 10 best 21st century pop . We agonised over Big Willie, because he appears on very few lists. Glad Alex Koris was mentioned. And Influenced by Blind Boy Fuller and mentored by the Reverend Gary Davis, he made his first record, a single called Catfish Blues, in 1966. Peter Green. Hes great. There are some good albums here, but a number of giants like Robert Nighthawk, Big Joe Turner, Tommy Johnson and J.B. Hutto are strangely absent. Such a list without any jimi Hendrix album sounds strange No John Hammond? Thx, Your email address will not be published. Purchasing My 21st Century Blues from . It features guest cameos from Paul Simon, Carlos Santana, and an uncredited Steve Miller on a broad selection of material. I tend to agree with Mr Moran on the dubious inclusion of any rock artists in this list. 1 and the slow, ambling ballad Sad Hours, where Walters harmonica is drenched in an eerie echo effect. It revived the New Orleans jazz style of the 1920s via a selection of original material and covers arranged for piano, cornet, and banjo. Right on Bert. Showdown! Allman Brothers, Cream, Derek and the Dominos, and The Rolling Stones shouldnt even be mentioned here. and The Charles Ford Band (Robben and his brothers) on Arhoolie. Low Country Blues Gregg Allman (2011) Thornton is in imperious form here, blazing through her material like wildfire eating up a forest. We all know that our bluesmakers of all folks cannot possibly be ranked like football teams or mutual funds. Theres no debating this fact. Your list of 100 best blues albums and artists, not to be critical but to reflect with broader objectivity should state; A list of highly popular 100 Top Blues Albums and Artists but stretches your categorization listed here is it representative of broad objective empiricism because over many years of personal familiarity with Radio Broadcaster personal associations by myself and thousand s of other blues affection adios, your list has excluded a great many of other albums and groups or artists that have poled as greats unsurpassed statistically and by professionals and listeners over the generations. The list opens up with the almighty Elmore James, the legendary King . To Be Kind also featured material developed live during the band's 2012 and 2013 . 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. Check out the story behind the making of Blues for Greeny. Good list, but disappointed that Roomful Of Blues nor Duke Robillard were on it. To the gentleman who commented that John Mayall doesnt deserve a place in the Blues pantheon because he was born white and BritishEric Clapton. Nick gravenites my labors ! Im not sure that should really qualify as an album. Blues has always been about *songs* more than *albums*. Whatever his best technical album might be, I believe it was In Step that brought Stevie further to the attention of music lovers, not just blues lovers. No. His swansong, Dont Tampa With The Blues, highlighted Reds plangent tenor voice, sophisticated finger-picking style and propensity for playing the kazoo. I encourage you to make your lists as expansive and inclusive as possible and to avoid playing the whos best card, which is really just for people who are too lazy to make their own assessments of what they like. Chris Moran is RIGHT ON. Witherspoon blends a rugged, bluesy earthiness with svelte jazz sophistication in the company of two legendary saxophonists (Ben Webster and Gerry Mulligan) and trumpeter Roy Eldridge. In SF I met a girl from The Netherlands in maybe 70 or 71. And where is Professor Longhair , dr John, Bukka White, Big Joe Williams and Big Joe Turner. Ma Raineys Black Bottom is a compilation that cherry-picks 14 of the singers best tracks, including the memorable and risqu title song and the equally marvelous Bo-Weavil Blues and See See Rider Blues. Unquestionably, without Ma Rainey, there would be no Bessie Smith, Big Mama Thornton, or Janis Joplin. Future blues star, Buddy Guy, assists on additional guitar, but its Waters who is the unequivocal center of attention, mesmerizing with his nuanced vocals, which range from booming hollers to hushed whispers. This 17-track retrospective spans two decades and features several cuts with McGhee playing the guitar. Fantastic list but seriously where are The Animals one of the best blues bands of the 60s nothing can come close to there self titled album and House of the Rising Sun is a classic. After toiling as a street musician in Chicago, Hooker began playing in clubs and eventually cut some singles one of which, the instrumental Blue Guitar became the basis of Muddy Waters 1962 single, You Shook Me. With his reputation blossoming he guested on a Beatles TV special in the US Hookers debut LP followed in 1967 for the Wisconsin indie label, Cuca, and contained a dozen self-written instrumentals which highlighted his guitars stinging attack and lucid tone. Stevie Ray Vaughn Martin Scorcese presents James revamped some of his earliest recorded songs, breathing new life into Im So Glad and Killing Floor Blues, which benefited from an improved recording quality over the originals. Including blues standards as well as compelling versions of Hopkins signature tunes Mojo Hand and Short Haired Woman, the concert reveals the Lone Star state bluesman to be an engaging and humorous raconteur as well as a mesmerizing musician. I believe this really should be Moanin in the Moonlight out in 1962 with Moanin at Midnight as the first song on this release. Community. Bond, so glad you gave recognition to Roy Buchanan. 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. Born John Chatham, he first recorded under his fathers moniker, Peter Chatham, before settling on Memphis Slim in 1940. Beth Hart I could not leave out these ass kickin`records that represent the artists as their best: Back in 1983 at the age of thirty, he was a newbie who helped reinvigorate the moribund US blues scene with the hit album, Bad Influence. So Many Blues band And no Robin Trower The man with the Soul The King of the Blues Rock. Freddie King Live at Filmore 1970 is a great album, Amazed that Supersession wasnt the first album picked for the list. You forgot Smokey Wilsons 88th Street Blues. You missed a real gem..Robert Nighthawk Live on Maxwell Street 1964. It included super-charged blues-inflected versions of songs by writers as diverse as Chuck Berry (Johnny B. Goode, given a fuel-injected makeover), Bob Dylan, Albert Collins, and Little Richard. And, of course, pretty much everything by Wolf and Muddy. His forte was smooth ballads but he also excels on two uptempo swingers: Everyday I Have The Blues and Kansas City. Bad Company that would be a joke! Both are brilliant guitar players and got great voices. The Sound of 65 Graham Bond Organisation (1965) 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. The two James Brown-tinged tracks The Screwdriver and Two Bugs In A Rug with their funky undertows, showed that Hooker was hip to new developments in R&B, which gave his music a fierce contemporary edge. Sheryl Crow, "C'mon C'mon" (2002) Missouri ties: Crow is a. Live At The Regal is widely considered one of the best blues albums of all time and purportedly had a profound influence on British guitarists Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfler. More remarkable was Wolfs singing voice, which could change from a deep, full-throated roar to an eerie lupine howl. Williams, whose trademark was playing a custom-built nine-string guitar, was 65 when he recorded this LP in London during the fall of 1968 under the supervision of Mike Batt (who would later find fame writing Bright Eyes for Art Garfunkel and leading the novelty group, The Wombles). News. Best of all is Percy Mayfields Memory Pain, transformed into a riff-heavy hard-rock workout. Thank you for mentioning them! Minneapolis isnt considered a blues metropolis even though it lies on the mighty Mississippi River. Rory Gallagher Live in Europe is better blues album than Irish Tour in my opinion. And I second (and must correct) another commenters pick of Mark Ford, with the Robben Ford Band a really stunning album that apparently never gets noticed. I was happy to see Texas Flood made the list. 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. Strong Persuader, his fourth long-player recorded three years later, went double platinum in the USA, where it peaked at No. Nicknamed Miss Peaches, this Los Angeles-born songstress was an ever-present figure on the US R&B charts between 1955 and 1978. The daughter of Texas blues maven Johnny Copeland, this large-lunged Harlem-born singer was just 19 when she unleashed Turn Up The Heat, a combustible debut album that put her indelibly on the radar of all hardcore blues fans. This, his debut LP, collected together some of Kings seminal big hits for the Bihari brothers RPM label. Harp Attack. It contains some of the best guitar work of Claptons career. Charley Patton was arguably the most significant architect of the influential Mississippi delta blues style and also recorded under the names The Masked Marvel and Elder J J Hadley. Regarded as one of the best guitarists of all-time, Clapton paid tribute to his blues roots with this, his thirteenth solo studio LP. This album was the fledgling groups rush-released second studio LP, helmed by Blue Horizon boss, Mike Vernon. But in those years I have heard five albums that have all had a great influence on me. The group included a couple of blues covers: raw but incendiary versions of Albert Kings The Hunter and Jimmy Odens Howlin Wolf-associated Goin Down Slow.. Johnny Winter Whit Hot and Blue. Release Date May 6, 2008. Her third album 25, is also on the list with sales of over 23 million copies. West Side Soul - Magic Sam Blues Band. Im for the Top 200 Blues albums. He began his career in 1959 for a small Chicago indie label called Artistic before joining Chess a year later, where he stayed until 1970. What about William Clarke, Rod Piazza, Little Charlie & the Nightcats, etc? Lacking a certain Bo Carter if you ask me, Spot on bro. Willie Dixon I WANT TO HEAR IT ALL!! Given the name Memphis Minnie by an A&R employee at Columbia Records in 1930, she initially recorded with her first husband Kansas Joe McCoy before she went solo. Missing: Jack Bruce (though you do have a Cream album)? Key Track: Let Us Get Together Right Down Here. The presence of Big Bill Broonzys Key To The Highway and Chuck Willis Its Too Late honors the groups blues roots though its an original tune, Layla that won the critical plaudits. Frank .. agreed. Possessing a powerful, expressive voice, he racked up seventeen US R&B hits for Chess Records Checker imprint between 1962 and 1971. The Smokin Joe Kubek Band Served up Texas Style from 1966. Are you serious? this sucks, Your additions of sited omissions sir are excellent sited examples.. Born Albert Gene Drewery in Texas and nicknamed The Ice Man, Collins was a cousin of blues maven Lightnin Hopkins but was inspired to sing and take up the guitar after hearing a John Lee Hooker record. it was good to Nina Simone & josh white on the list some notable piano players are missing- Otis Spann, Charles Brown and of course Ray Charles. Weve set ourselves another, almost, impossible challenge. 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. 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. Indeed, and for that matter add Michael Bloomfield Its Not Killing Me. 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.. Rod Piazza & Mighty Flyers Live at B.B. The omission of Luther Allison must be corrected, perhaps his Serious disc or the Where Have You Been disc. Comprising ex-Yardbirds guitarist, Eric Clapton, along with bassist Jack Bruce and flamboyant drummer, Ginger Baker, Cream was a volatile but progressive supergroup whose rule at the pinnacle of British blues-rock tree was short but eventful. Oscar Brown Jr, Between Heaven and Hell, Columbia User Reviews. He also contributed the albums killer cut, an intoxicating instrumental called Screamin.. A charismatic singer and harmonica player from West Memphis, Arkansas, born Amos Wells Blakemore Jr, Wells released his debut album, Hoodoo Man Blues, for Chicago indie label, Delmark. He was 56 when he recorded this 11-track collection. This was his first long-player and it contained the original version of his signature song, the memorable Gangster Of Love, dating from 1957. Rihanna - ANTI. 13 in the Billboard 200. Other standouts included Fried Hockey Boogie and the anti-drug message song, Amphetamine Annie. Though considered a rock group and beloved by the hippies and Woodstock generation, Canned Heats musical DNA was deeply rooted in the blues. The thirteen songs offer a quintessential sample of Hurts unique country-blues style, and include the early singles, Frankie and Stack O Lee., Allison was a white hipster from Tippo, Mississippi, who sang, played mean blues piano and wrote songs that blended satire with a social conscience. Thanks, enjoyed reading this. On it, he interpreted material made famous by American bluesmen Muddy Waters, Tampa Red, Otis Rush, Freddy King, Lowell Fulson and others. Dutch blues? How is that left off? ought to be there: If theyre going to include ctoss-over bands how could they omit Led Zeppelin I, yet have Cream. Though the album shot to No. Indeed. How many do you have? Lots of omissions. 1 single, Blue Shadows, which features on this double LP compilation of recordings made between 1955 and 1962. 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. 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. Give him a listen. A potent blues-rock manifesto. B. A stunning album that never seems to get noticed. They included the classic 3 OClock Blues a slow nocturnal ballad penned by Lowell Fulson You Know I Love You, and Please Love Me.. 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. 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. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. You might really want to check out Justin Johnson If Walls Could Talk and Smoke and Mirrors. Missing The Chicago Climax Blues Band, precursor to Climax. Everyones would be different and we all wonder how isnt this or that album included or this or that artist Certainly overall I think you got the vast majority of choices right. Jack Bruce. Let us know in the comments section below. 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