The best blues you got

[Rising Phoenix]

tell me your favorite blues music I"m looking to expand my horizon, am very into the blues but you guys always know some more great stuff

[BrotherBuzz]

1. Kokomo Arnold

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f10ZNsKcj0Y

[puerco-bellies]

10. Good stuff Brobuzz

I will have to check more of his stuff out.

[BrotherBuzz]

14. I got interested in him when I stumbled across this cover artwork by R. Crumb

[ogneopasno]

2. Blind Willie Johnson sings some of the spookiest stuff around, blues/spiritual mixes.

Great stuff for late-night slow drinking and smoking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNj2BXW852g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKj_QHpMy6o&feature=related

[kwassa]

3. Go for the greats

Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, Willie Dixon, B.B King, Albert King, Albert Collins, Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Sonny Boy Williamson.

Robert Johnson. Bessie Smith. I could go on and on and on.

[Symarip]

4. Ska was initially an interpretation of Blues in Jamaica during the 60s

Check out The Skatalites.

[Blue-Jay]

5. How Blue Can You Get?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmWz2jEk8HI

[kittykatkoffeekup]

6. Bessie Smith

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_odSSNFbdE

[enigmatic]

7. "Sad Days, Lonely Nights"- Junior Kimbrough

http://recluseshow.blogspot.com/2007/06/sad-days-lonely-nights-junior-kimbrough.html

[Tom Kitten]

8. Jesse Mae Hemphill

from Wiki:
"Jessie Mae Hemphill (October 18, 1923 – July 22, 2006), was a pioneering electric guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist specializing in the primal, northern Mississippi country blues traditions of her family and regional heritage."

She didn't start her recording career unti the early 80's andreleased 2 albums. In 1993 she suffered a stroke that paralyzed her left side but she continued to sing in church.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD2PNxcvlhg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD2PNxcvlhg

[puerco-bellies]

9. Lightnin Hopkins

Here's a version of Mojo Hand. He has a pretty good body of work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDKqe1QGTMQ&feature=related

[speedoo]

11. Go back to the 60's and 70's....

Check out Woodstock (I think it was more a Blues festival than a rock festival):

Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Jimi Hendrix (note the right handed guitar)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHC9bxQkLCQ

Johnny Winter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f50BtRnpV8A

Santana

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnamP4-M9ko&feature=related

Janis Joplin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBJnoMP1Uyc&feature=related

Canned Heat (best boogie band ever)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V55FfDnkQ6o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I3jJSWzkNQ

Ten Years After

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHw9b4BBV9Y&feature=related

Also check out Allman Brothers Band, Stevie Ray Vaughn and for more "pure blues" Jimmy Reed and the great Muddy Waters.

[siligut]

12. Delta Blues!

John Lee Hooker. Tupelo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77pmWCpMNkI

Robert Johnson. Crossroad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd60nI4sa9A&NR=1

Stevie Ray Vaughn. Voodoo Chile
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GSpbuFSr2o

Buddy Guy. Sweet Home Chicago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuRhaDrnlWo

Muddy Waters. Mannish Boy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEGiGIaDmS4

Jimi Hendrix. Red House
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln4RebrVxn0

[buzzycrumbhunger]

16. You're missing some

All these years and Second Winter is still one of those albums I play regularly. I'm not crazy about his 50's-era stuff (Johnny B. Goode et al), but for blues, you don't get better than Johnny.

And how about Mountain?[br />
If you're looking for a guitar whiz, we've been watching Derek Trucks in SW FL since he was what--12? Awesome kid. (I think he's still touring with the Allman Bros. as well as his own band.)

[siligut]

22. Great thread, huh?

You are correct; I was incredibly amiss leaving Johnny Winter out. Haven’t heard of Mountain, the link doesn’t help, and I even tried a search. Derek Trucks is awesome, thank you for that introduction. :hi:

[buzzycrumbhunger]

26. Ye gods, I feel old

Apparently Mountain is a hopelessly 60s band. . . They played at Woodstock, but ended up on the cutting room floor, I think. Leslie West, Felix Pappalardi (from Cream). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantucket_Sleighride_(album)">Nantucket Sleighride was probably their biggest album, and Mississippi Queen the song that made it to any kind of airplay (please note healthy dose of cowbell--and didn't that wind up in Guitar Hero or similar game?) They tended to be more rock than blues, but kind of straddled the line in places, I guess. I think what's left of the band (Felix was shot by his wife years ago) is still touring with Joe Satriani these days.

[siligut]

27. Mississippi Queen? Absolutely!

That was Mountain? Great song. I have heard it more bluesy since too.

[Shell Beau]

24. And Little Milton!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

13. Howlin' Wolf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ou-6A3MKow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LNt5J0Cesc

[old mark]

15. Go to the originals - Blind Willie McTell, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters,

Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon, Jimmy Reed, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson - they will lead you out to more and more. The blues is deep and wide, and I wish you a very enjoyable trip through it.

mark

[hobbit709]

17. Memphis Minnie, Ma Rainey, Leadbelly

Henry Thomas, Son House, Charlie Patton, Memphis Jug Band

[datasuspect]

18. skip james

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytVww5r4Nk0

[Richardo]

19. Muddy Waters

Start with "You Need Love" and tell me who it reminds you of ;-)

[1gobluedem]

20. The Holmes Brothers

Love 'em. They do some great acoustic stuff too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VZju5R2KgA

[SecularMotion]

21. Hound Dog Taylor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RA8NyvzIWk

[Metta]

23. Electric - *early* Buddy Guy, on Chess; Otis Rush, Anson Funderburgh.

Plus, T-Bone Walker, early B.B. King, Louis Jordan. www.allmusic.com will help you decide from their discographies or you can p.m. me.

[Burma Jones]

25. Koko Taylor, Luther Allison, Son Seals and Sonny Boy Williamson (Harp)