best blues albums of the 21st century

Hes so often, criminally, overlooked. Rod Piazza & Mighty Flyers Live at B.B. Not having your favorite album making the top 100 Thats what the blues is all about! Kendrick Lamar. The track was included on this retrospective, alongside a clutch of singles recorded for other indie labels during the 50s and early 60s, including I Believe, Done Somebody Wrong, and The Sky Is Crying. James music exerted a significant influence on the Rolling Stones during the British groups early years. Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac I will google. 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. Though theres a competitive aspect to the album, its notable for an absence of macho posturing, with each musician seemingly content to share the spotlight with his fellow blues brother. Maybe the white stripes the white stripes But you have forgotten one very important British blues classic from that time, Five Live Yardbirds with the Yardbirds (Eric Clapton was one of members at that time, replaced later by Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page). The latter group, a one-album-wonder featuring members of Delaney & Bonny & Friends and Allman Brothers guitarist, Duane Allman, recorded a double LP in Miami with Atlantic Records Tom Dowd producing. Aw, yes, the Powder Blues Band. Typical North American rubbish. With its looped guitar riff over a jaunty but mesmeric backbeat, Smokestack Lightnin proves the albums killer track. or Jeff Beck ,it was just the time for the Blues , which had never really made it outside of the black community.It was word of mouth , conversation , concerts like the newport Jazz festival. Born John Chatham, he first recorded under his fathers moniker, Peter Chatham, before settling on Memphis Slim in 1940. Its all about the space between the notesjust ask BB (RIP). My debut album. Harpos popularity peaked in the 1960s when he racked up several US R&B hits and found his repertoire raided by British bands like the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds, and the Kinks. Albums were ranked according to their Metascore, which represents an aggregation of critic reviews. 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). Desolation and Groeten uit Grolloo by Cuby & Blizzards . Jack Bruce. Maybe Mose Allison could be dropped, or one of the BB Kings albums. Kings simply stunning, There is a Hendrix compilation, titled Blues. I remember the first time I saw Muddy Waters at the Jazz Workshop in Boston 1965? Johnny and Muddy during their time together was priceless! Lizzie Douglas was better known as Memphis Minnie, a prolific country blues doyenne originally from Algiers, Louisiana, who got her first guitar as a Christmas present when she was seven. This double live album recorded at San Franciscos Fillmore West marked an inspired jam session between noted Chicago guitarist Bloomfield and Brooklyn organist, Kooper, who had just left Blood, Sweat & Tears. Most fans of the blues recognize that it is something that is, as often as not, best played live and there are some cracking performances included. Unlike Memphis Minnie, pianist and singer Memphis Slim was an authentic Bluff City native. . On this magnificent album, however, he played an acoustic guitar on what was an intimate, unplugged-style session that attempted to latch on to the folk music revival of the early 60s. Lightnin Slim Best of Humble Pie Up your Sleeves I agree Brendan..their would be no postings here without those blues-inspired bands and many more. and The Charles Ford Band (Robben and his brothers) on Arhoolie. 3 James Hunter People Gonna Talk. 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. Canadian blues artists are missing here! Key Track: Gangster Of Love, Born in Fargo, North Dakota, of Norwegian descent, Grammy-winning singer/songwriter/guitarist Lang took his debut album Lie To Me into the Top 50 US albums chart at the tender age of sixteen. The title track from this, Harpos second album for Ernie Youngs Excello label, topped the R&B charts in 1966 but it was also significant for including the hypnotic, eminently danceable Shake Your Hips, covered by the Stones on their 1972 LP, Exile On Main Street, and the gentle, country-style ballad, Rainin In My Heart, which was a Top 20 US R&B smash. Saw him in Sydney, early 1980s from memory in a club in Balmain & he was incredible !!! She paid tribute to one of her idols, Bessie Smith, with this New Orleans-style album, which included reworkings of the Smith favorites Send Me To The Lectric Chair and Backwater Blues., A self-taught guitarist who initially preferred not to sing because of a speech impediment, Earl Zebedee Hooker was the cousin of fellow Mississippian, the more famous John Lee Hooker. Many of these albums are, in fact, collections assembled years or even decades after the material they contain was recorded as singles. 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. Love Paul Butterfield, Little Walter list goes on, maybe not in the top 100 albums but in top 100 harp players Richard Newel AKA King Biscuit Boy. Street Corner Talking should be on the list. I would include Howling Wolf The London Sessions among others. Best of all is Percy Mayfields Memory Pain, transformed into a riff-heavy hard-rock workout. Absolutely, the Stones introduced real blues and r&b to the world at a time when the Beatles were singing about a bloody octopus which had a garden and some Eleanor Rigby who put her face in a jar. Groundhogs should be in there and Chicken Shack as previously mentioned. A must-own if ever there was one. A fascinating history lesson for delta blues scholars. Here are a list of albums that I like. AND THE ALLMAN BROTHERS LUDLOW GARAGE THATS ABOUT AS CORE AS IT GETS, Missing thoughts, Anyway: thanks for your comment! Jeff Healey Group, he was appreciated by BB King and Eric Clapton. Would like to see One Album per Artist this allows a greater degree of inclusivity. Hendrix played some killer blues. Pretty decent list one huge omission in my opinion Willie Dixons I Am the Blues is easily one of the finest blues albums ever recorded. Rl burnside ass in pocket and finally graham bond organisation live at klooks kleek . The remaining antique gems are incredibly obscure. This, the Butterfield Blues Bands sophomore LP, was commercially more successful than its predecessor, peaking at No. Is Awesome! Im glad people weighed in on Deutsch and Canadian blues. Between 1952 and 1959, he was a ubiquitous figure in the US R&B charts, racking up fifteen hit singles. Tom Waits Orphans: Brawlers, (as you see, i like the movies of Jim Jarmusch ! 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. Greens playing is perfect Sublime ferocious subtle but most of all perfectly suited to each song. And I do believe the late, great BB King would disagree with you. The singles B-side, Reelin & Rockin later recorded by The Rolling Stones also featured alongside the Top 10 US hit, Rock & Roll Music.. guess they assume its soul or r and b, but his early stuff was straight blues. Why is there always someone who has to have the 100 best or the top ten etc. Heavily influenced by Albert King and Jimi Hendrix, Vaughan was a virtuoso guitar slinger from Dallas, Texas, whose meteoric career was cut short by a fatal helicopter crash. Lonnie Mack Wham Snooks Eaglin New Orleans Street Singer Based on votes and more than 160 comments, we summed this one up into a Top 20 rundown. Born in Harlem and raised in Massachusetts, Mahal (real name Henry Saint Clair Fredericks) is a singer, guitarist and blues harp player who performed with a California-based band called Rising Sons with Ry Cooder before signing a solo deal with Columbia in 1967. Bad Axe by Son Seals is definitely missing, Boom Boom by John Lee Hoover is definitely deserving, and Clarence Gatemouth Brown probably should also be included. Losing Hand Though blues was an omnipresent element in Hendrixs oeuvre, he never made a dedicated blues album. Muddy Waters: Fathers & Sons Though she was reared on gospel music and grew up singing in church, the late Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, was no stranger to the blues, or what God-fearing Christian folk called The Devils Music. This compilation draws on bluesy gems from the Memphis-born divas Atlantic repertoire, including inspired renditions of Today I Sing The Blues, B.B. I like Bonamassa but dont consider him a bluesman. The albums opening song Samson & Delilah was later covered by Peter, Paul & Mary and the Grateful Dead. Martial Solal: NY1: Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note) Solal is one of the greatest pianists alive, though the U.S.-centric jazz world only notices that in fits and spurts because he's based in France. Also want to highlight a great blues boogie album, James Cotton 100% Cotton, awesome band with Matt Guitar Murphy, and Gary Clark Jr. Live, also great. I am going to listen to them, but as a Belgian I would like to say you might want to check out The Zoots live at The Bannana Peel. Willie Dixon I am the Blues Something from Audience? 64. A smooth-voiced Mississippi singer who accompanied himself with guitar and harmonica, Rogers was born Jay Arthur Lane and was a crucial figure in the development of south side Chicago blues during the early 1950s. Im glad glad that you mentioned the Rolling Stones debut album which is one of the best examples of British blues from the sixties. Bomba Estreo, 'Deja' The Colombian duo Bomba Estreo released "Deja" as a series of EPs tied to the ancient elements: water, air, fire, earth.. A pioneer of electric blues, Walker had a profound impact on many guitarists who followed in his wake, ranging from B. This list has too many blues inspired classic rock bands on it. No John Hammond? Too bad that you only looked at US and UK blues greats. Early 21st Century Blues is an album by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies, released in 2005. His recording career was spectacularly brief from 1927 to 1930 but his influence has been long-lasting (Robert Johnson and Howlin Wolf took note of his guitar style while Bob Dylan and Led Zeppelin covered his songs). West Side Soul was Sams debut LP and is considered one of the best electric blues albums of the 1960s. The star turn came from guitarist, Mike Bloomfield, whose fretboard work is outstanding throughout. They are Fresh Cream by Cream, Burglar by Freddie King, Johnny Winter by (of course) Johnny Winter, From The Cradle by Eric Clapton, and I Left My Blues In San Francisco by Buddy Guy. 'My biggest thing on this album is candidness,' she says. Son seals koko Taylor missed them stones bull, Joe Bonamassa Winters fretboard pyrotechnics are impressive, but he matches his flashy technique with high emotional content. Every single LIGHTNIN HOPKINS ALBUM is better than MOST of the albums listed. There the Gibson is really crying. No song by Roy Buchanan? Otis Taylor? Definitely: Endless Boogie, John Lee Hooker. Thx, Your email address will not be published. Joe Bonamassa Sloe Gin. 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Excellent recording with a superb interview of Nighthawk by Michael Bloomfield! Great list. Allman Bros.? The good thing that came out of this is the secondary list from these comments so we may all discover some hidden treasures that we may have never known about! Chicken Shack appears on so few lists of greats, sad to say. Originally from Greenwood, Mississippi, Slim (real name Eddie Jones) enjoyed a recording career that only lasted eight years, between 1951 and 1959. 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. Born Ruth Lee Jones in Alabama, Washington possessed a distinctive voice defined by clear diction and a tart, bittersweet tone. riquitrefe. Those who fell under Blakes spell included the Reverend Gary Davis, Ry Cooder, and Ralph McTell. YOU GUYS TOTALLY MISSED ROY BUCHANAN , BETTER GO BACK AND STUDY UP!!! She's coming. 100% correct Harmonica Slim. Having started performing in public at age ten, Copeland was a veteran by the time of the albums release in 1998 and her mix of sass, swagger and assured professionalism revealed that she was the finished article rather than a work in progress. What about? Adele 's 21 is the best-selling album of the 21st century to date, with sales of over 31 million copies worldwide. Free And Equal Blues is a compelling collection of recordings he made between 1944-1946 and encapsulate Whites singular meld of blues, folk, gospel and jazz styles. 22 October 2012. It's an album that demands something of the listener, but rewards it in spades. And then Kanye is also in some sort of strange 1970s burned-out back room of a Chicago blues club having a . some way. Give me a break. With his raw, hoarse growl of a voice and searing slide guitar accompaniment, Johnson pioneered a unique blues style in Texas that also referenced gospel music. I love his playing, but this is ridiculous. Johnny Winter Whit Hot and Blue. Lester Butler was a harp blowin maniac! I could not leave out these ass kickin`records that represent the artists as their best: and she was thrilled to see a Cuby and the Blizzards record. Havent listened to much blues since I got sober but it holds a special place in my heart. Any Compilations from: The Powder Blues, The Jeff Healey Band, Colin James and there are others I am not able to list as well. He serves up some of his big hits (Im Your Hoochie Coochie Man) alongside blues standards (Baby, Please Dont Go), and new and unreleased songs (I Got My Brand On You). Clapton is good. He rose to fame as a charismatic purveyor of folk-blues in the 1930s and went on to influence everyone from Lonnie Donegan and Bob Dylan to Nirvanas Kurt Cobain. Van Lear Rose was one of the best-reviewed albums of 2004, representing White's first studio success with a full band and a peerless reminder of Lynneven past the age of 70as a bard and songwriter steeped in grace (on the wistful title track), sin ("Portland, Oregon," her duet with Jack), and drama ("Mrs. Leroy Brown," "Women . Really enjoyed your list and found many great recommendations from all the comments as I sit here listening to Showdown! I now have about 20 new artists/albums that I need to hear based off peoples comments and I thank the list and the people who commented for that. B. Muddy Waters They Call Me Muddy Waters. EPs, box sets, reissues, and compilations were not considered. JImmy Thackery & The Drivers Wild Night Out ! JB is a blues hack who can only play fast but has very little feel or soul. Eric Bibb ??? They come from the long-forgotten Kid Bailey (Rowdy Blues), Garfield Akers (Cottonfield Blues), Mississippi Joe Callicott (Fare Thee Well Blues), Jim Thompkins (Bedside Blues), Blind Joe Reynolds (Outside Woman Blues), and Rube Lacy (Mississippi Jailhouse Groan). Featuring tracks recorded in Memphis during 1962, Jelly Roll King chronicles Frosts work for Phillips International, a label run by Sun Records founder Sam Phillips, and the Louisiana-based Jewel imprint. Lightin Slim Rooster Blues absolutely has to be on such a list! They did say they scoured magazines and the internet for picks, which tells me that they dont have a clue. Though the LP garnered mixed critical reviews, From The Cradle topped the US and UK album charts and also triumphed at the 1995 Grammy Awards in the Best Traditional Blues Album category. Exactly my sentiments. The London Howlin Wolf Sessions Howlin Wolf (1971) Without further ado, get ready to gawk at the greatest album art of the 21st Century: . You left out Lazy Lester, Lightnin Slim and Slim Harpo albums on Excello. best blues albums of the 21st century. 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. try it out. Humble Pie? "Introduction." 2. A noted British bandleader and trad jazz trombonist, Barber was a seminal figure of the UK music scene in the 1950s and 60s, helping to light the touchpaper to Britains skiffle movement and also the rhythm and blues-fueled beat group boom. 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. John Hammond does deserve a nod from me for a couple albums. The session features the veteran bluesman alone in the studio accompanying his strident vocals with slide guitar chords that exude a visceral rawness. Born John Lee Curtis Williamson, this trailblazing Mississippi musician the first of two Sonny Boy Williamsons in the blues field established the gold standard for blues harmonica with his iconic 1937 debut single, Good Morning, School Girl. Spanning the years 1937-1941, the 1995 compilation Sugar Mama is a superb introduction to the mans work and finds him singing and blowing harmonica alongside the likes of guitarists Big Joe Williams and Big Bill Broonzy together with pianist Blind John Davis. Side A consists of a sole feature from 070 Shake while Side B sees an assist from Mahalia. This 11-track collection was Burnsides penultimate long-player, recorded when he was 74. This music accompanied me through my bluest blues, crafted unapologetically and fearlessly with love and tears, and now I can . There are blues albums that everyone acknowledges as among the best Robert Johnsons King of The Delta Blues Singers, Junior Wellss Hoodoo Man Blues, Albert Kings Born Under a Bad Sign, and Magic Sams West Side Soul. American audiences wouldnt know who any of these artists are today if he hadnt exposed them to the world, and we certainly wouldnt be aware of the blues greats who inspires them to pick up their respective instruments. I like to add Watermelon Slim and the Workers 2006 album and their The Wheel Man 2007 CD.
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