Blues CD recommendation?

• Jun 18, 2008

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ComeBackMudPuddles

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I sometimes listen to a jazz station on my local radio that sometimes features a "blues hour".

I like what I hear, but really know nothing about it.

Anyone have some good recommendations for a one or two-CD sampler set?

Thanks.

 

• Jun 18, 2008

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Delta Blues? Texas Blues? Chicago Blues?

ITunes has a good Blues Sampler...

Otherwise - start at Stevie Ray Vaughn and work your way back!

 

• Jun 18, 2008

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If you want a good sampler of old style Chicago blues (seems to be what motivated all the Brit bands in the 60's & 70's), there are 3 good downloads (scroll down for Chicago blues vol 1, 2, & 3) at:

http://zerogsound.blogspot.com/2007_10_01_archive.html

Its a legit download site; the free downloads are limited to 100 mb or less and 1 download per day or something like that. Some good stuff.

 

• Jun 18, 2008

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I've always enjoyed Alligator Records' samplers that I think they put out annually. It's a record label that caters to blues artists and they have blues of every variety on their label.

http://www.alligatorrecords.com/

 

• Jun 18, 2008

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Consider listening to it chronologically, from the earliest blues artists to the current ones. It gives you a greater appreciation of its development and huge influence on rock n roll from the stones to zep to white stripes.

 

• Jun 18, 2008

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Robert Johnson – Love In Vain
http://www.archive.org/details/Robert_Johnson-Love_In_Vain

Blind Willy Johnson – If I had My Way I’d Tear This Building Down
http://www.archive.org/details/Building

Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie - When The Levee Breaks
http://www.archive.org/details/Kansas_Joe_Memphis_Minnie-When_Levee_Breaks

 

• Jun 22, 2008

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Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee (MacGee?) are two old timers (prolly both dead by now) who played together for years...good stuff if you can find it. Guitar and harmonica and two old voices.

Harmonica? James Cotton wails on a harp and has a strong band backup. Check him out. I saw him in a club many years ago. Aw yeah...horns, guitars, harmonica, etc.

Classic...BB King. That voice and that guitar! I've got a CD where he and Eric Clapton play together...recent release (6 yrs ago?).

Most stores have a blues section and are equipped with that "sample before you buy" technology. Hop to it!

 

• Jun 22, 2008

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google: streaming blues

Also check out the blues channels at icebergradio.net

 

• Jun 22, 2008

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dmc said:

Delta Blues? Texas Blues? Chicago Blues?

ITunes has a good Blues Sampler...

Otherwise - start at Stevie Ray Vaughn and work your way back!

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Cereal, just get the best of SRV and DT, that's a good start. Clapton and B.B. King's Riding with the King is another good starter.

 

• Jun 22, 2008

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Let's get it right (start in the middle)

 

• Jun 22, 2008

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Alternately you could take the Dead Head approach



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• Jun 22, 2008

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ckofer said:

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God, I love violla lee blues. Thanks for that, Chris.

 

• Jul 22, 2008

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Thanks all for the ideas.

I ended up ordering this CD, which might not impress the blues hounds, but it sounded OK from my listen on Amazon. I wanted to get a sampling before buying CDs from specific artists.

Track listing:

1. Get Next To Me - B.B. King
2. Hand It Over - Keb Mo'
3. Good Day For The Blues - Ruth Brown
4. How Could You Do It? - Henry Gray
5. Cakewalk Into Town - Taj Mahal
6. She's Into Something - Albert Collins
7. Hello, San Francisco (Part I) - Sugar Pie Desanto
8. Call Me Baby - Raful Neal
9. I Got The Blues - Otis Rush
10. Sunpie Barnes - Sunpie's Romp & Stomp
11. Needed Time - Eric Bibb
12. Why Blues? - Chris Thomas
13. Just Won't Burn - Susan Tedeschi
14. None Of Us Are Free - Solomon Burke

 

• Jul 22, 2008

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Try Morcheeba. She has a nice twist.