Recommend Ozzy some Blues

[OzzyKP]

Another music recommendation thread.

Any blues fans out there? I really like great guitar, and I've heard some amazing blues stuff out there. But I don't know names of songs or artists. Any ideas?

[Dis]

B.B. King duh

try out Lucille

[self biased]

miss lavelle white, omar and the howlers, toni price, and of course... stevie ray vaughn.

[Ramo]

Muddy Waters, Albert King, T-Bone Walker...

I prefer vocally driven blues over guitar blues, though. Just got this amazing Etta James album Blues to the Bone.

[Dis]

I prefer blues rock myself. But I do like B.B. King.

[Agathon]

If you don't mind really old stuff, Robert Johnson's complete recordings is a must.

[-Jrabbit]

My faves get the **

** Buddy Guy (know for awesome axe; very underrated vocalist)
Johnny Clyde Copeland (just classic blues)
** Son Seals (recently died; incredible axe man))
** Shemekia Copeland (Johnny's daughter; incredible pipes)
Little Charlie & The Nightcats (white guys)
** The Kinsey Report (very rockin'!}
Albert King (classic blues, rock influenced)
Katie Webster (oh mama!!)
Lonnie Brooks (just another great guitarist...)
James Cotton (harp guy)
Junior Wells (another harp artist, likes to rock)
** Tinsley Ellis (white guy, absolutely smokin' player)
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (underrated classic)

The labels to look for are Silvertone and Alligator. Both are marks of legitimacy and quality.

[OzzyKP]

I like fast stuff too. Fast with lots of guitar.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

ERIC CLAPTON - BLUESBREAKERS. a must have. this one album put him in the hall of fame.

he did this thing with john mayall

[OzzyKP]

Since I am poor and piracy-minded, what are some good songs off that album?

Oh, and a friend played for me Johnny Lang's first album, and it was awesome, I liked everything on that. I just listened to BB King's Lucille, and I didn't care for it much.

[-Jrabbit]

Guitar will be pretty inescapable on most blues stuff. i suspect you want to draw that direct line from rock back to its blues roots. So listen to Black Crowes, Rolling stones, Aerosmith, et al, then go directly to:

Albert King, Albert Collins, Kinsey Report, Buddy Guy, Lonnie Brooks, Tinsley Ellis.

Little Charlie & the Nightcats are fast.

Most of my stuff is on vinyl. I'd rip it for you if I had the machinery...

[Lawrence of Arabia]

all your love
stepping out
ramblin on my mind
double crossin time

live, but with the same group

'they call it stormy monday' (this is a cover, origianlly by t bone walker) this song is unbeliievable
'have you ever loved a woman'


these songs are hard to find

TRUST ME

[OzzyKP]

Originally posted by -Jrabbit
Guitar will be pretty inescapable on most blues stuff. i suspect you want to draw that direct line from rock back to its blues roots. So listen to Black Crowes, Rolling stones, Aerosmith, et al, then go directly to:

Albert King, Albert Collins, Kinsey Report, Buddy Guy, Lonnie Brooks, Tinsley Ellis.

Little Charlie & the Nightcats are fast.

Most of my stuff is on vinyl. I'd rip it for you if I had the machinery...

That sounds right. Though I don't care much for the Stones or the Black Crowes. *shrug*
One of my favorite songs of late though is Led Zeppelin's Since I've Been Loving You, very bluesy. Slow though, so I guess having some magnificent guitar playing trumps the speed of it. Eh, I dunno.

[OzzyKP]

Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia
all your love
stepping out
ramblin on my mind
double crossin time

live, but with the same group

'they call it stormy monday' (this is a cover, origianlly by t bone walker) this song is unbeliievable
'have you ever loved a woman'


these songs are hard to find

TRUST ME

Found 'em all. Piece of cake

[molly bloom]

Memphis Minnie:

http://www.bluesfarm.htsuk.net/artists/mus_mmi.htm

Son House:

http://www.bluesfarm.htsuk.net/artists/mus_sh.htm

Leadbelly:

http://www.paddyg.f9.co.uk/igas/leadbelly.htm

Elmore James:

http://www.john-meekings.co.uk/ejames.html

I'd also recommend the Bessie Smith blues' collections on CBS, such as Empress of the Blues, Empty Bed Blues and so forth, and also the remarkable Alberta Hunter who not only sang but also wrote the blues and jazz, and had an international career, taking her to France and the United Kingdom.