Best blues albums ever?

[BassistDale]

A few of my favorites
Robert Nighthawk-Bricks In My Pillow with Ransom Knowling on bass
Junior Wells-Blues Hit Big Town with Willie Dixon and Dave Myers
American Folk And Blues Festival '62 to '65 (5 CD's)

 

[woodsideh]

Calling Led Zepplin blues is like calling Kelly Clarkson gospel.

Wow!

Maybe go listen to "Since I've Been Loving You" written by J Page and JP Jones

 

[Metal Mitch]

Muddy Waters 'Hard Again' album

good call...

I'd also recommend

Otis Rush - 'Right Place Wrong Time'
The Magic Sam Legacy

and any Albert King with the Stax house band and the Memphis Horns on it. Like 'I'll Play the Blues For You'.

 

[57pbass]

These are not the best but I think they are great...
The London Howlin Wolf Sessions with Stevie Windwood, Bill Wyman, Eric Clapton Charlie Watts etc... really great electric blues

Another great obscure album is Otis Spann - The Biggest Thing Since The Colussus - featuring Otis Span - Vocals & Piano, Peter Grenn - Guitar, John McVie on bass..SP Leary on Drums...really great electric blues and Peter Greens performance on this album is outstanding...

 

[Tom Howland]

A few of my favorites
Robert Nighthawk-Bricks In My Pillow with Ransom Knowling on bass
Junior Wells-Blues Hit Big Town with Willie Dixon and Dave Myers
American Folk And Blues Festival '62 to '65 (5 CD's)

Three winners for sure.

Some of my favorites.
Hollywood Fats-Hollywood Fats.
Allman Brothers band-Live At The Filmore East.
Al Kooper & Mike Bloomfield-Super Session.
Fabulous T-Birds-Girls Go Wild.
Muddy Waters-Fathers & Sons.
Johnny Winter-Progressive Blues Experiment.
Kim Wilson-Tigerman.
BB King-Live At The Regal.
Jimi Hendrix-Band Of Gypsys.
Too many others to list.

 

[plangentmusic]

Wow!

Maybe go listen to "Since I've Been Loving You" written by J Page and JP Jones

Great song. Great performance. Hey, Kelly's great too. My point is, they're people who show an INFLUENCE from another style. They're not the source.

 

[Tom Howland]

Forgot, Led Zepplin I & II kick major ass.
I love John Paul Jones playing.

Also, Any Live Cream.
Jack Bruce rocked hard too.

English Blues at it's best.

 

[kenstee]

Mojo-Man: You and I live in parallel universes....

BB King: Live at the Regal Theater
Live Cream Volume 2
Derek & the Dominoes: Layla and Other Love Songs
Johnny Winter: Progressive Blues Experiment
Blues Jam in Chicago: Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green and Friends
Allman Bros: Live at the Filmore East
Super Session: Side 2 w/ Mike Bloomfield
Paul Butterfield Band and Paul Butterfield Band East-West

 

[ondaone]

Muddy Waters..... Electric Mud awsome album

BB king completely well is another killer.


jim

 

[Easy8]

Willie Dixon The Chess Box

Nice choice!

 

[Miccisicks]

Pearl, Janis Joplin..

 

[Andrew Jones]

Hardcore Purist,,,,english Rawkers,,,,Ehhh....


My Favorite is Just because it was the first "real" blues album I ever really heard and had amazing funky bass and ,,,,well,,,I was 16!!!!!


Showdown ,Collins,Cray,Copeland.

 

[plangentmusic]

It seems a lot of people are on different pages as to what is "blues." There's the authentic stuff - which is great . The British invasion stuff -- which is great. Texas, Delta, Gospel, etc. etc.


It's like jazz-- there's Louie Armstrong and there's Weather Report. Totally different. Both jazz.


Bottom line -- blues bass playing can only go so far. It's a supportive role. In that regard, Tommy Shannon has played it as well as it's going to be played. Listen to him.

 

[AuntieBeeb]

It seems a lot of people are on different pages as to what is "blues."

Too true - but then it's a wonderfully diverse genre, which a lot of people don't seem to appreciate!

Still, for an album which is very definitely blues, I'm still infatuated with Chicago Fire by Son Seals. And for a more modern answer, I still think Swagger by Ian Siegal is a superb LP.

 

[Fretless1!]

Son Seals "Live and Burning".

And dang near anything by James Cotton. I like Gatemouth Brown as well.

 

[stratovani]

I personally don't think there's such a thing as "best blues album ever". But everybody has a favorite or several favorites. Mine is Derek and The Dominos' Layla. When it comes to playing blues Clapton and Duane Allman sure can tear up the frets! Another favorite of mine is Rory Gallagher, especially "Live in Europe!".

 

[Turock]

One of the greatest live albums of all time:
Allman Brothers - Live at the Filmore East

 

[The Bobcat]

Can't say for sure which album I'd pick, but Junior Kimbrough's name would be on it.

 

[jerry]

+1 on there is no answer to this question, "The Best."

That being the case, I'm going with a compilation CD that I put together of some of the great blues artist:

1. Albert Collins- I'm Not Drunk
2. Albert King - Get Funky Get Down
3. B.B. King – Think It Over
4. Freddie King - Woke Up This Morning
5. B.B. King – Mother Fuyer
6. Jimmy Reed - I Ain't Got You
7. Delbert McClinton - Blues As Blues Can Get
8. John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom
9. John Lee Hooker - The Healer
10. Junior Wells - Messin' With The Kid
11. Junior Wells - When My Baby Left Me
12. Muddy Waters - I'm Ready
13. Keb Mo - Come On In My Kitchen
14. Koko Taylor - Hey! Bartender
15. Koko Taylor - Wang Dang Doodle
16. Otis Rush - You Reap What You Sow
17. Johnny Copeland – Cut Off My Right Arm
18. Robert Cray - Your Secret Is Safe
19. Ronnie Earl & Broadcasters - Sick And Tired
20. Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me To Talkin
21. Willie Dixon - The Seventh Son
22. Muddy Waters – Still A Fool

Nice list! I was just digging on Louis Satterfield's work with Koko Taylor this past week.

 

[sleepytime]

A lot of folks seem to think Hoodoo Man Blues by Junior Wells. I'm not a huge blues fan, but can appreciate it from time to time. Definitely more into the raw dirty blues than the guitar wankery sort of blues.

I would certainly put that one way up high.