Endless Boogie, John Lee Hooker. You missed a real gem..Robert Nighthawk Live on Maxwell Street 1964. Based on votes and more than 160 comments, we summed this one up into a Top 20 rundown. James Milton Campbell is better known to blues and soul fans as Little Milton, a dynamic singer and guitarist originally from Inverness, Mississippi. This collection features forty 78s from early on in Johnsons storied career, including material recorded with fellow guitarist, Eddy Lang, and guest singers, Victoria Spivey, Mooch Richardson, Texas Alexander, and Clara Smith. One album that I love that past me by for many years is Otis spans the biggest thing since colossus . 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. Why the heck you did not mention Williw Dixon Im the Blues? But I am glad Big Bill Broonzy made the list. In 1994, however, this compilation containing eleven tracks, six of which were previously unissued, highlighted his connection with musicians like Howlin Wolf and B. Johnny Winter Third Degree Joe Bonamassa is easily worthy of this list. Below are links to the best blues albums of each decade. Muddy Waters and Johnny Winter - Hard Again Incredible! Good to see you have got Gary Moore in there. Fourteen of them can be found on this superb introductory compilation from 1978 (housed within an eye-catching Robert Crumb-drawn cover) which spans the years 1935 to 1939 and functions as a compelling showcase of Fullers unique singing and guitar playing. To Be Kind also featured material developed live during the band's 2012 and 2013 . Great list just think you missed a few. Backed by an ace band (which includes pianist Otis Spann and blues legend Muddy Waters), Smith breezes through eleven Little Walter tunes while putting his own indelible spin on them. It is one of my favourites of his, Family Style being another, but there is his live music too where we really see his genius unfiltered by record producers etc. What about The Groundhogs? The set includes songs associated with Sonny Boy Williamson, Big Mama Thornton, and Willie Cobbs while the Wells original, the funky Snatch & Hold It Back, doffs its cap to James Browns Papas Got A Brand New Bag. Its regarded as one of the best blues albums of the 1960s. Chicken Shack appears on so few lists of greats, sad to say. Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac And Kanye West and Just Blaze, and Eminem and Timbaland. Kendrick Lamar. and Ronnie Early, his 2002 release with Cleanhead Vinson. He plays a lot of cigar box guitars and unusual instruments. No Muddy Mississippi Waters Live? As for Allman Bros. and Cream not being blues bands I would have to differ. Though recorded in 1964 at a folk festival in Pennsylvania, this live album didnt get released for another 29 years. To the gentleman who commented that John Mayall doesnt deserve a place in the Blues pantheon because he was born white and BritishEric Clapton. . Discover 21st Century Blues [Ecko] by Various Artists released in 2008. He began his solo recording career in 1978 and recorded Still Got The Blues which went platinum in the UK and gold in the USA twelve years later. His forte was smooth ballads but he also excels on two uptempo swingers: Everyday I Have The Blues and Kansas City. 100% correct Harmonica Slim. I think 100 albums is too limiting. Hendrix played some killer blues. Low Country Blues Gregg Allman (2011) One of the Mississippi blues maestros more unusual live performances was this one, recorded on September 10, 1970, at an outdoor concert within the walls of a large Chicago penitentiary, where he played to an audience of over 2,000 prison inmates. King, the Mississippi-born singer and guitarist who was born on a cotton plantation. Stacker set out to find the best albums of the 21st century, compiling data from Metacritic (as of October 2022). Muddy Waters Electric Mud If your including John mayall, Jazz blues fusion would be my pick, as would Roy Buchanans Austin city limits performance. Junior Kimbroughs Sad Days, Lonely Nights. With, Standing at the Crossroads , Like a Sheep Out on the Foam , Doin the Shout , etc. Mick Taylor. there is: the blues of Jimi Hendrix. Desolation and Groeten uit Grolloo by Cuby & Blizzards Willie Dixon I am the Blues The Blues was starting to come back to its own in 1965/1966 and would have continued thanks to the desire of college kids willing to expand away from the norm and the hipsters shunning mainstream music. No Blues List is complet without Popa Chubby. Formed in 1961, Korners band Blues Incorporated recorded R&B From The Marquee in a London studio with vocals shared between Cyril Davies and Long John Baldry on a meld of blues covers and original material. He was 56 when he recorded this 11-track collection. A pall of myth and legend has clouded the publics perception of Johnson, a mysterious figure who supposedly sold his soul to the devil in a Faustian pact and died from poisoning aged 27. Spot on Harmonica Slim..with you all the way ! He's a Blues Hall of Fame inductee and four-time Blues Music Award winner whose career stretches back half a century. Oscar Brown Jr, Between Heaven and Hell, Columbia This anthology of his recordings for Eli Toscanos short-lived indie label Cobra includes Rushs Top 10 US R&B hit, I Cant Quit You Baby, later covered by Led Zeppelin. And Key Track: Shake Your Hips, From Riverton, Mississippi, Eddie Son House was one of the delta blues styles principal architects. Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Howlin Wolf, Freddy King, BB King. We went to Tower Records on Columbus Ave. and she recommended a Cuby disc. Early on in his career, White recorded under the pseudonyms Pinewood Tom, The Singing Christian, and Tippy Barton before using his real name. Clapton is good. BTW : as much as Led Zep did to revive the blues, they never credited the musicians and writers whos songs they recorded..they simply reworked them slightly and kept the royalties for themselves.pretty much of a weasel move. Key Track: Washington D.C. Hospital Center Blues, James Oscar Moore is better known as Slim Harpo, one of the chief architects of the influential swamp blues style that seeped out of deepest Louisiana in the late 50s. Beth Hart Also Paul Butterfield, Boz Scaggs Loan me a dime. They ranged from driving, full-throttle numbers such as the Cotton-penned The Hucklebuck, and Narcias atmospheric ballad, Life Will Be Better, to the slow-burning after-hours blues, Harp To Harp. The music may sound like it originates straight from the Mississippi delta but was recorded in Portland, Maine. And change some to different albums. Orangedroog65. Included in his repertoire is Tee-Nah-Nah, a popular Smiley Lewis record that Washington played on in 1949. 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. This was the 10th album by the band, but it was really the first time they saw major mainstream success. An incredible guitar/fiddle player who refused to be pigeonholed as a bluesman, however I think the majority of his work would be considered by most to be blues. Released 42 years after his death, King Of The 12-String Guitar is a retrospective featuring tracks he recorded during 1935 in New York City for the American Recording Company. The album features two original songs and covers of material by Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, George Harrison and Richie Havens. I agree with a lot of these comments that its very difficult to please everyone as there are only 100 spots. Kenny Wayne Shepherd Ledbetter Heights Awesome! Rock blues, straight blues, jazz blues etc. One of his most influential tunes was his 1928 hit single, How Long, How Long Blues, the centerpiece of this 22-track compendium of Carrs best work. Ben Harper & Charlie Musslewhite Get up! Hopkins career began spectacularly in a meteoric fashion during the late 1940s and early 50s when he scored a string of big US R&B hits like Shotgun Blues. But just as fast, his popularity began to wane. The Powder Blues Band, Jeff Healey, Colin James, Randy Bachman (known for rock and jazz, yes, but he teamed up with Jeff Healey too) and others I cannot name. But those albums that Ive listed are the ones I suggest people listen to, and I have done so for a long time. Great stuff. 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). B.B. Hollywood Fats Rock this House James revamped some of his earliest recorded songs, breathing new life into Im So Glad and Killing Floor Blues, which benefited from an improved recording quality over the originals. Excellent list, though I would have left a Various Artists field opened for CHICAGO! This 17-track retrospective spans two decades and features several cuts with McGhee playing the guitar. I love that album but its rock, not blues. Ive been listening to and playing the blues for about 50 years now. Some may complain about crossover or blues rock albums, but how could anyone not think that the Allman Brothers Live at Fillmore East shouldnt be on this list. best blues albums of the 21st century. You might want to re-evaluate your stance on Stevie Ray Vaughan too. Muddy Waters They Call Me Muddy Waters. Lester Butler was a harp blowin maniac! Inventingthen immediately perfectingthe triumphant, breezy, bigger-than-rap mythology that Jay's wrapped himself in ever. Freddie King- My Feeling For The 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. I like them, but they dont belong anywhere near this list. Second Winter, his sophomore album a three-sided LP with the fourth side left intentionally blank featured his younger brother, Edgar, on keys. What resulted was a fascinating and insightful aural document that commemorated a singer who bridged the divide between rural and urban blues styles. Renowned for his flamboyant stage act and colorful attire, Slim was also one of the first guitarists to use distortion. To chronicle the past two decades, Stacker compiled data on the top 100 albums of the 21st century according to Best Ever Albums, which ranks albums according to their appearance and performance on 40,000 editorial and data-based charts, e.g., Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Billboard, and more. McDowell is in magnetic form, shining on nine scintillating tracks. 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. His self-titled Folkways album helped revitalize Hopkins ailing career, putting him back into the big time. Finally, someone mentioned ray Charles, thought I was the only one! Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation with John Moorshead? Rocking at the Tweed Mill. Famed for his harmonica prowess and stentorian vocals, Morris joined forces with Memphis guitarist/producer Brad Webb for Back Porch Blues, a collection of eleven, raw, self-penned songs that stayed true to the delta blues tradition. To celebrate National Album Day, on Saturday 12 October 2019, Radio 2 counted down the Top 40 Best Selling Albums of the 21st century (so far), courtesy of The Official Charts Company. John McVie. Its always nice to read contemporary opinions of new poles but the affection adios would surely out number you nominal listing and statistically disagree with this list posted in the idem.. 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