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Classic Blues suggestions for a novice listener

Posted on 5/28/15 at 9:09 pm
Posted by smash williams
San Diego
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 5/28/15 at 9:09 pm
Just starting to get into some of the classic Blues, so far my instant faves are...

Muddy Waters-Mannish Boy
Howlin Wolf-Backdoor Man
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
141600 posts
Posted on 5/28/15 at 9:20 pm to
Essential Chess Blues

B.B. King ~ "Live At The Regal"

This thread has some pre-electric blues that you might be interested in
Posted by Sayre
Felixville
Member since Nov 2011
5503 posts
Posted on 5/28/15 at 9:21 pm to
B.B. King - Live At The Regal (Sweet Little Angel shows why he was royalty)
Just about anything by Otis Rush.
The first two songs on Albert King's "Born Under A Bad Sign"
Big Joe Turner - Sweet Sixteen
Elmore James - Dust My Broom
Posted by Sayre
Felixville
Member since Nov 2011
5503 posts
Posted on 5/28/15 at 9:26 pm to
You'll probably see more than just us two mention Live At The Regal. It really is that good. I honestly hadn't seen Kafka's reply before I hit 'Submit' on my own.

Slim Harpo - Raining In My Heart
Sonny Boy Williamson - Sad To Be Alone
T-Bone Walker - You Just Wanted To Use Me
This post was edited on 5/28/15 at 9:31 pm
Posted by emigretiger
Member since Mar 2007
444 posts
Posted on 5/28/15 at 10:00 pm to
Back door man or anything else by Willie Dixon.
Anything by Jimmy Reed
Posted by emigretiger
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Posted on 5/28/15 at 10:00 pm to
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Posted by emigretiger
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444 posts
Posted on 5/28/15 at 10:01 pm to
slim is awesome.
Posted by CocoLoco
Member since Jan 2012
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Posted on 5/28/15 at 10:01 pm to
I second Live at the Regal. That album is an absolute must.
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 5/28/15 at 10:12 pm to
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
141600 posts
Posted on 5/28/15 at 10:37 pm to
Posted by Vdrine
Big Bad Baz
Member since Jun 2014
888 posts
Posted on 5/28/15 at 11:06 pm to
Delta & Louisiana Blues

00:00 - I Be's Troubled -- Muddy Waters
03:05 - Cross Road Blues -- Robert Johnson
05:38 - I'm a Guitar King - Tommy McClennan
08:28 - Sitting On Top of the World -- The Mississippi Sheiks
11:33 - Fare Thee Well -- Joe Callicott
14:44 - Devil Got My Woman -- Skip James
17:44 - Little Girl In Rome -- Otto Virgial
20:23 - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Sonny Boy Williamson
23:25 - Baby Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams
26:49 - Avalon Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
29:53 - Cottonfield Blues - Garfield Akers
32 :48 - Labor Blues - Tom Dickinson
35:49 - Falling Down Blues - Robert Wilkins
38:28 - Don't You Want to Know - The Delta Boys
41:38 - New Stock Yard Blues - Tim Wilkins
44:36 - Easin' Back to Tennessee - Sleepy John Estes
47:18 - Shake' Em On Down - Bukka White
50:21 - Got the blues - Mississippi John Hurt
53:13 - Come on in my kitchen - Robert Johnson
56:04 - Pretty baby blues - Bukka White
58:39 - Packing trunk blues - Lead Belly
01:01:34 - So lonesome - Ramblin Thomas
01:04:19 - Whiskey and women - Black Ace
01:07:35 - Bye bye bird - Sonny Boy Williamson
01:10:34 - Going through the bushes - Robert Pete Williams
01:14:06 - Magnolia blues - Charley Patton
01:17:13 - Future blues - Willie Brown
01:20:12 - Detroit blues - Tampa Red
01:23:36 - New York city - Lead Belly
01:26:42 - Joe Kirby - Charley Patton
01:29:52 - Stop breaking down - Sonny Boy Williamson
01:32:49 - Parchman farm blues - Bukka White
01:35:33 - Walking blues - Son House
01:38:33 - Jail House blues - Sam Collins
01:41:05 - Whose Muddy shoes - Elmore James
Posted by Pepe Lepew
Looney tuned .....
Member since Oct 2008
36111 posts
Posted on 5/28/15 at 11:15 pm to
The Blues will hit you hard man if you let it

Don't be afraid and let it sink in, it's that good !!!!!

Try some blind Willie Johnson
Rev Gary Davis, Son House, Bukka White
Posted by smash williams
San Diego
Member since Apr 2009
19741 posts
Posted on 5/28/15 at 11:47 pm to
Thanks a lot fellas, much appreciated.
Posted by Fab4Freddy
Member since Nov 2011
1733 posts
Posted on 5/29/15 at 12:52 am to
Bukka White

Reverend Gary Davis
Posted by MrCoachKlein
Member since Sep 2010
10302 posts
Posted on 5/29/15 at 1:07 am to
quote:

Delta & Louisiana Blues


No Junior Kimbrough?

Lawd.



Posted by Tigerwaffe
Orlando
Member since Sep 2007
4975 posts
Posted on 5/29/15 at 4:40 am to
Hey gentlemen, how 'bout some broads? Like Bessie Smith, Memphis Minnie and more recently, Koko Taylor.
Posted by BigOrangeBri
Nashville- 4th & 19
Member since Jul 2012
12261 posts
Posted on 5/29/15 at 6:28 am to










This post was edited on 5/29/15 at 6:42 am
Posted by Honest Tune
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2011
15514 posts
Posted on 5/29/15 at 7:58 am to
Any and all Lightnin'Hopkins
Posted by randybobandy
NOLA
Member since Mar 2015
1908 posts
Posted on 5/29/15 at 9:13 am to
quote:

any and all lightnin hopkins!!!
This is the correct answer.
Posted by Cdawg
TigerFred's Living Room
Member since Sep 2003
59440 posts
Posted on 5/29/15 at 9:52 am to
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No Junior Kimbrough?

Well he ain't exactly Delta or Louisiana Blues.
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