Blues music.

[REAPER52]

J B Hutto ,James Cotton, Elvin Bishop, Johnny Winters wasnt too bad .....John Mayal .Canned Heat-with larry the mole on bass..

 

[251]

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[REAPER52]

and one of the most influential Eric Burdon and the Animals- 60's british blues

 

[lennyonbass]

Yeah, listen to this guy! He comes across as being kinda "Challenged", but he does have the word "Blues" in his screen name. Plus he's from Texas!

lol

 

[butchblack]

The local classic rock station has an all blues station, radio Mojo on HD radio that's also available on the web through their web site. Go to Invalid Link Removed and click on the radio mojo button. They're an eclectic blues station so you'll hear everything from Muddy and B.B. to Aerosmith and Stones (covering blues tunes of course}. I'm listening to Jeff's Boogie from the Yardbirds now.

 

[Steve]

koko montoya is cool

 

[RedsFan75]

All have been tremendous mentions so far, with a wide range of styles, Delta, Chicago, Texas etc, covered, but I'll add in one more in the more modern westcoast style of blues, Robben Ford, just to round it out. Plus, a lot of his stuff had Roscoe Beck as the bassist.

And to add one more in the Texas/Fablous Thunderbird vein... Omar and the Howlers... A favorite of mine, just cause I used to jam with a couple of the guys.

 

[rosanne]

What, no mention of Jimmy Reed?

Also lets not forget:
Elmore James
Otis Rush
Johnny Shines
all the "Blinds" ie. Blind Lemon Jefferson etc.

 

[elgecko]

Roy Buchanan. He's so good, he gives Chuck Norris the blues

 

[gjbassist]

SRV's much more talented older brother, Jimmy Lee Vaughan- especially with Kim Wilson in The Fabulous Thunderbirds- especially as a bassist pay close attention to Keith Ferguson!!
John

You are kidding right? Jimmy Vaughn is no where near the player that Stevie was and lacks the passion and soulfulness in his voice that SRV had as well!

 

[DONZI97]

Jimi Hendrix - Blues is my all time favorite blues cd.

one of my favorite cd's of all time

 

[LongHairFreak]

Wow!! Many, many fine names have been mentioned here. I'll toss out a couple more.

One of my favorite jammin' bands is generally classified under 'classic rock', but they're very blues oriented. Humble Pie.

Then there's Indigenous. I think Mato Nanji has got a fantastic voice for blues. He plays a pretty mean axe too; which is very influenced by SRV.

 

[Nivlem]

Muddy Waters -- invented the electric blues guitar. Some of his stuff could be considered "sonic exploration". All of his stuff rocks.

Albert King -- "solved" the blues guitar solo. From Hendrix to John Scofield, every guitar player has a cache of licks ripped off the Great King Albert.

 

[PappaK]

Link Removed ain't bad

And check out these cats:

James Harman
Kid Ramos
Junior Watson
John Németh
Igor Prado
Kid Andersen
Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets
Big Joe and The Dynaflows
Brian Templeton
The Insomniacs
Hollywood Fats
Little Rachel
Mark Hummel
Louis Jordan
The Mighty Blue Kings
Nick Curran
William Clarke

 

[5StringBlues]

lol

Don't make me call you up to fill in on a Mojofromopolis gig.

 

[pmaraziti]

It's getting hard to suggest many more I like since most of those mentioned already are great listening to me.

But let me throw in John Mayer Trio that I don't think has been mentioned so far. By the way, do you guys suggest any other similar CD to somebody like me that loves John Mayer with Palladino and Jordan, the "Try" type of music?

 

[lunarpollen]

"Blues" is kind of a broad term. Maybe not as broad as "jazz" or even "rock" has become, but within the general realm of "blues" lies a bunch of different territories. Besides the more "traditional" styles of blues you might be familiar with, you could listen to Count Basie & his Orchestra, most of their material was blues of the big band/swing variety. Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five did a lot of "jump blues" (basically small band swing blues).

And for some great catchy blues stuff, you can't go wrong with any music that James Harman was involved in.

 

[Fergie Fulton]

Bassist Willie Dixon was a fixer, he put together bands, players for recordings, tours dates. he also wrote for many of them as well as working for Chess Records.
I would say any player serious about the blues need to understand Dixons place in this music so Willie Dixons Blues Dixonary (5 CDS or the box set) is the place to start, then get the Chess Box set and you're off and running.

 

[copreus]

Here are some of my favorite Blues albums:

Willie Dixon: I Am the Blues (the bluesiest bluesy blues)
Charlie Musselwhite: Stand Back! (good solid '60s Chicago blues w/ great backup)
Gary Moore: Blues for Greeny (a tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Peter Green)
Taj Mahal: the Natch'l Blues (one of my very favorites)
Blues Gold: various (a pretty good spread w/ some classics)
Blue Yule: Christmas Blues & R&B Classics: various (for the holidays)
Son House: Original Delta Blues (a good look at foundational country blues)
Albert King: Live Wire/ Blues Power (my first blues album)
John Lee Hooker: Mr Lucky (w/ stellar friends)
Alan Lomax: the Blues Songbook: various (raw and seminal)

Have fun!
--c.

 

[woodsideh]

Don't forget the Allman BB. I did see Derick Trucks but the earlier stuff was fantastic.

Need to throw in the Blind Boys of Alabama.