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I (don't) Got the Blues!

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setamp

I (don't) Got the Blues!
« on: 25 Jan 2012, 09:38 pm »
Any recommendations of good blues recordings?  Particularly electric blues guitar.
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decal

Re: I (don't) Got the Blues!
« Reply #1 on: 25 Jan 2012, 09:50 pm »
Go to Alligator Records for a start.
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rockadanny

Re: I (don't) Got the Blues!
« Reply #2 on: 25 Jan 2012, 10:32 pm »
Pick any of these ...
Johnnie Bassett & the Blues Insurgents - Cadillac Blues
Roy Buchanan - Sweet Dreams: Anthology
Peter Green - The Anthology
Son Seals - Live and Burnin'
Sue Foley - Young Girl Blues
Magic Sam - West Side Soul
Buddy Guy - I Was Walking Through the Woods , Damn Right I've Got the Blues
Joe Bonamassa - Blues Deluxe
Butterfield Blues Band - East West
Albert Collins - Ice Pickin'
Robben Ford - Handful of Blues
BB King - Live at the Regal
Howlin' Wolf - His Best
Elmore James - The Sky is Cryin'
Richard Johnston - Foot Hill Stomp
Albert King - King of the Blues Guitar
Smokin' Joe Kubek - Cryin' for the Moon

Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials - Roughousin'

Robert Lucas - Completely Blue

John Mayall - Wakeup Call

Gary Moore - Still Got the Blues

Muddy Waters - Fathers and Sons

Robert Nighthawk - Live on Maxwell Street 1964

Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan me a Dime
Jimmy Rodgers - Chicago Bound
Otis Rush - Cobra Recordings 1956-1958
Mem Shannon - Cab Driver's Blues
Byther Smith - I'm a Mad Man
Studebaker John & the Hawks - Too Tough
Hound Dog Taylor - & the House Rockers
Otis Taylor - White African
Susan Tedeschi - Just Won't Burn
Robin Trower - 20th Century Blues
... many more, tired of typing

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colekaye1

Re: I (don't) Got the Blues!
« Reply #3 on: 25 Jan 2012, 11:51 pm »
A pretty good start for blues in general would be this box set. I got it two weeks ago and my stereo has been playing blues non-stop.

http://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Blues-Collection-Various-Artists/dp/B004J3QACQ/ref=pd_bxgy_m_text_c
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setamp

Re: I (don't) Got the Blues!
« Reply #4 on: 26 Jan 2012, 01:07 am »
Great!  Thanks.
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Re: I (don't) Got the Blues!
« Reply #5 on: 26 Jan 2012, 02:14 am »
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EV-MAN

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Re: I (don't) Got the Blues!
« Reply #6 on: 26 Jan 2012, 03:48 am »
Joe Bonamassa the cd is called The Ballad of John Henry.   I am listening to it right now and it is fantastic.
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bunnyma357

Re: I (don't) Got the Blues!
« Reply #7 on: 26 Jan 2012, 04:45 am »
The Blues Masters series is pretty excellent - each volume looks at a particular style or instrument.  Good place to find some people you want to find more from.

http://www.amazon.com/Blues-Masters-(Series)/e/B000APYXF8

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lonewolfny42

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Re: I (don't) Got the Blues!
« Reply #8 on: 26 Jan 2012, 07:08 am »
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jimdgoulding

Re: I (don't) Got the Blues!
« Reply #9 on: 26 Jan 2012, 08:42 am »
As usual Lonewolfny, nice.  Glad to see Jimmie Johnson mentioned.  Rockadanny, I didn't know you cared :thumb:. 
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rockadanny

Re: I (don't) Got the Blues!
« Reply #10 on: 26 Jan 2012, 12:49 pm »
Brother Jim, Oh, I do, yes I do. 237 blues CDs at last count.

Let me add a few more excellent electric guitar blues (without straying too far into blues-based rock):

Derek Trucks Band - Soul Serenade
George Thorogood - George Thorogood and the Destroyers
Dave Thompson - Big Love
T-Bone Walker - T-Bone Blues
Sonny Terry/Johnny Winter/Willie Dixon - Whoopin'
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood , Couldn't Stand the Weather

Johnny Winter - Guitar Slinger

Rusty Zinn - Sittin' and Waitin'
Watermelon Slim & the Workers - (self titled)
Son Seals - Bad Axe
Red Devils - King King
Sue Foley - Walk in the Sun
Bassholes - Blue Roots (beware - as far from an audiophile recording as one can get)

... more, but I don't want to be a thread hog   :lol:
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lonewolfny42

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Re: I (don't) Got the Blues!
« Reply #11 on: 26 Jan 2012, 08:35 pm »
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colekaye1

Re: I (don't) Got the Blues!
« Reply #12 on: 27 Jan 2012, 04:24 pm »
Steveford, I heart Jeff Beck. That is all  :D

Good additions with Rory Gallagher and Joe Bonamassa. Can't go wrong with either em.

Definitely check out Blues Deluxe by Bonamassa.
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coke

Re: I (don't) Got the Blues!
« Reply #13 on: 27 Jan 2012, 05:40 pm »
I have pretty much all of Joe Bonamassa's stuff.

Live from Nowhere in Particular is my favorite. 

Sloe Gin and If Heartaches were Nickels are 2 blues songs on there that stand out to me.

Not the best audiophile recordings, but lots of atmosphere and emotion makes them easy to enjoy
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Mitsuman

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Re: I (don't) Got the Blues!
« Reply #14 on: 27 Jan 2012, 06:09 pm »
I have to give early Zeppelin a nod. Some good blues on Led Zeppelin I and Led Zeppelin II.
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Mitsuman

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Re: I (don't) Got the Blues!
« Reply #15 on: 28 Jan 2012, 03:14 am »
Fine, nobody likes my LZ suggestion.  :lol:

The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East

Statesboro Blues, Done Somebody Wrong, and Stormy Monday.........it doesn't get any better than that.  :thumb:
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midfi

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Re: I (don't) Got the Blues!
« Reply #16 on: 30 Jan 2012, 03:52 am »
Chester Burnett - I am the Wolf

Muddy Waters - Folk Singer(!!!!!!!)

Lightnin' Hopkins - Double Blues

Sonny Boy Williamson - Chess masters  cxmd 4001

Memphis Slim - All kinds of Blue

John Lee Hooker - No friend around or I am John Lee Hooker (or both!)

Junior Wells - Hoodoo man blues

Willie Dixon - I am the blues

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midfi

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Re: I (don't) Got the Blues!
« Reply #17 on: 30 Jan 2012, 03:54 am »
better yet, just raid the Chess Records vault!  8)  hit me up after ya do ya know what I'm sayin'???
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scottnaylor

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Re: I (don't) Got the Blues!
« Reply #18 on: 31 Jan 2012, 08:13 pm »
I'm pretty sure these haven't been mentioned:

J.B. Hutto - Slideslinger

Eli Cook - Miss Blues'es Child
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scottnaylor

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Re: I (don't) Got the Blues!
« Reply #19 on: 1 Feb 2012, 01:15 am »
You might also be interested in seeing where the blues probably started. Mali and western African traditional music:

Ali Farka Touré - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSWuzp_0hn4

and his son Vieux Farka Touré - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgIZElJdNiI
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