re: Classic Blues suggestions for a novice listener

Get "The Complete Recordings of Robert Johnson." Lock yourself up with it for a few months and really digest it.

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Guitar Shorty – The Alligator Records Years

01 – We The People [00:04:17]
02 – Fine Cadillac [00:05:49]
03 – A Little Less Conversation [00:04:02]
04 – Please Mr. President [00:04:11]
05 – Slow Burn [00:05:06]
06 – Old School [00:03:57]
07 – I’m Gonna Leave You [00:05:44]
08 – Can’t Get Enough [00:04:22]
09 – Bad Memory [00:03:46]
10 – Down That Road Again [00:04:56]
11 – Runaway Train [00:04:57]
12 – I Got Your Number [00:03:50]
13 – Get Busy [00:03:40]
14 – It Ain’t The Fall That Kills You [00:05:10]
15 – Too Late [00:04:13]

Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown-The Blues Ain't Nothing

1. Sad Sad Hour 3:51
2. You Got Money 5:46
3. My Time Is Expensive 4:31
4. Slow Down 4:55
5. Taking My Chance 6:18
6. Just Got Lucky 3:53
7. Deep Deep Water 10:07
8. Goin' To Chicago 4:17
9. Dirty Work At Crossroads 4:47
10. Here I Am 3:25
11. New Okie Dokie Stomp 2:37
12. Piney Brown Blues 5:04
13. Hot Club Drive 7:13
14. The People 4:38

The Nighthawks - Jacks & Kings Vol. I & II

1 For You My Love
2 Come Baby
3 Love Me Or Leave Me
4 Dust My Broom
5 Sugar Mama
6 The Sky Is Cryin'
7 Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
8 Floyd's Guitar Blues
9 Walkin' By Myself
10 Little Queenie
11 Born In Chicago
12 Anna Lee
13 Two Bugs And A Roach
14 Lickin' Gravy
15 Sea Cruise
16 Nervous Breakdown
17 Rockin' The Boogie
18 After Hours
19 Mother-In-Law-Blues
20 Gotta Get My Baby Back

Featuring Pinetop Perkins, Guitar Jr, Calvin Jones, Bob Margolin With Dave Maxwell

You asked for classic blues and have gotten some good answers.

Let me give you a few suggestions for a slight update on classic blues. Check out Freddie King's records from the early 70's. Two from Shelter Records, with Leon Russell producing, that I really like are Getting Ready (1971), and Texas Cannonball (1972). Also, check out Burglar (1974) which was his first record on Eric Clapton's label RSO.

I love all of Freddie's records, but those 3 are my favorites. They're all a blend of classic blues, Chicago electric blues, with some Texas Road House blues mixed in.

John Lee Hooker "The Healer"


Great album.