Born in Jackson, Mississippi, singer/pianist Otis Spann moved to Chicago when he was 22 and made his mark on the burgeoning Windy City blues scene of the late 1940s. Written before the death of one of Caves teenage sons not after it, as was often assumed Skeleton Tree nonetheless cast Caves recurring themes in unsettlingly anaesthetised new light. Listen to the album. Key Track: Truckin My Blues Away, An influential purveyor of Piedmont blues who was blind from early childhood and famed for his fluid finger-picking style, South Carolina-born Davis was 64 when he recorded this seminal album in 1960 at the dawn of a folk revival. AC/DC? I noticed that too. Very glad to see my favorite Rory Gallagher included. We could endlessly debate about the definition of blues, but the purpose here is not to list all the guitarists that once played a blues classic, or our favorites RnB or jazz or rock musicians. Bout time someone mentioned Shuggie Otis. Listen to the album. Rory Block When a woman gets the blues Sweet! I was like who is this girl? Grammys would come later in her career and help to crown her the queen of contemporary blues, but Turn Up The Heat captures her at the start of what became a storied musical journey. for Seymour Solomons Vanguard label but his expressive falsetto voice, underpinned by gently undulating guitar filigrees, sounded better than ever. Listen to the album. Adele 's 21 is the best selling album of the 21st century to date, with sales of over 31 million copies worldwide. Im for the Top 200 Blues albums. Unbelievable. Re; the Allman Brothers. Free And Equal Blues is a compelling collection of recordings he made between 1944-1946 and encapsulate Whites singular meld of blues, folk, gospel and jazz styles. Triumph was labeled hard rock or heavy metal but Rik Emmett and the band did play and record some bluesy music from time to time. He spliced the itchy drumnbass and industrial moods that fascinated him in the 90s with terrifically freaky jazz, symphonic balladry and on Girl Loves Me authentically heavy rap. Notably Canadas Downchild (a.k.a. The electro bass lines are the albums signature, lurching from the deep, but it is her vocals that make it: a shapeshifting chorus of chattering gothic cheerleaders, solemn choristers and trance divas. Born Robert Brooks in Tennessee, the perennially popular Bland was a constant presence in the American R&B singles chart between 1957 and 1985, scoring three chart-toppers. Theirs was the New York of Taxi Driver or Midnight Cowboy: fraught with rain and danger, energy crackling like the wires of a vandalised phone box. 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. All of these works are valuable and have merit!! After DAngelos years in the wilderness, struggling with addiction and indirection, many thought he was finished. The Black Keys Thickfreakness His swansong, Dont Tampa With The Blues, highlighted Reds plangent tenor voice, sophisticated finger-picking style and propensity for playing the kazoo. Listen to the album. Red Devils album King King Great stuff!! I agree Brendan..their would be no postings here without those blues-inspired bands and many more. Im kind of you that I even looked at this list after realizing of what it consists. His multitracked harmonies are some of the most beautiful sounds in all of music, and surely at least half of the Americans entering college this year were conceived to Untitled (How Does It Feel). 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. I thought the same thing. She would go on to embrace electronic pop that confronted the violence environmental, martial or otherwise of the anthropocene age. When I 1st heard Groeten uit Grolloo I was hooked , have many records of their music. Undoing some of the knotted tension of the post-Bends era, it has rollicking rockers (Bodysnatchers, Jigsaw Falling into Place) and restless jitters (15 Step, Weird Fishes/Arpeggi), but the core songs are deep, considered trip-hop ballads such as Reckoner, House of Cards and All I Need. Downchild Blues Band) 45+ years of great tunes. There are blues albums that everyone acknowledges as among the best Robert Johnsons King of The Delta Blues Singers, Junior Wellss Hoodoo Man Blues, Albert Kings Born Under a Bad Sign, and Magic Sams West Side Soul. Listen to the album. No Muddy Mississippi Waters Live? That title sounds horribly prescient in the wake of the substance misuse that would kill her, but Winehouse was incandescently alive funny, pissed off, in love on her finest album.

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Hurt possessed a distinctive singing voice: a light, airy, high tenor, which he underpinned with a delicate but rhythmically fluent fingerstyle guitar accompaniment. You forgot Smokey Wilsons 88th Street Blues. Hes another haunting, beautiful player who might not have come to your attention yet. Buddy Guy, Albert Collins, and Frank Zappa all cited Slim as a seminal influence. He rose to fame as a charismatic purveyor of folk-blues in the 1930s and went on to influence everyone from Lonnie Donegan and Bob Dylan to Nirvanas Kurt Cobain. Good list, but disappointed that Roomful Of Blues nor Duke Robillard were on it. The eight selections on this LP released 25 years after his demise were recorded in Chicago and showcased his plaintive high voice and intricate guitar accompaniment. I tend to agree with Mr Moran on the dubious inclusion of any rock artists in this list. Fenton Robinson Although The Rolling Stones are definitely not a blues Band. Winehouse at her most innocent if you could ever call her that, given the cheekiness of songs like Fuck Me Pumps. I also remember that the guitarist played a A Top 5 R&B hit, the timeless At Last, was her bluesy reconfiguration of a 1942 tune by big band jazzman, Glenn Miller. the vastness of your undertaking was so huge, that I am not surprised that many peoples favorites are missing! Though it mainly consisted of self-penned material, the influence of the Mississippi delta blues style is almost palpable. The sun-soaked indolence of being young in LA is etched in aquamarine, purple and, yes, orange on this psychedelic-pop landmark. A bottleneck guitar specialist from Rossville, Tennessee, McDowell first learned to play slide guitar using a filed-down beef bone. I wish it was more than 100. The two big singles are genius: Piece of Me bats back tabloid gossip with a sonic golf club, and Gimme More is her best-ever song, an erotic psychodrama where the purring come-ons of the title also sound like a woman drowning under her ambition. Nicknamed Miss Peaches, this Los Angeles-born songstress was an ever-present figure on the US R&B charts between 1955 and 1978. Frank .. agreed. His self-titled Folkways album helped revitalize Hopkins ailing career, putting him back into the big time. James Cotton, first LP on Vanguard The standouts range from the chugging instrumentals My Babe and Everythings Gonna Be Alright to nocturnal vocal ballads in the shape of the smoldering Last Night.. The influence of this and his 2006 debut cannot be overstated, feeding into the dub songcraft of the xx and James Blake, as well as an entire generation of ambient producers. Buddy Guy Stone Crazy Savoy Brown Blues Band, Raw Sienna, John Mayall , Blues breakers with Eric Clapton and the Hard Road album with Peter Green. Listen to the album. It was the singer/guitarists first-ever live recording and captured him at the peak of his powers, counterpointing his passionate vocals with stinging guitar lines. Slim Harpo best of More significantly, the exotic 13-minute title song defined by extended improvisational passages over a mesmeric, open-ended groove lit the touchpaper for both acid and west coast rock. In fact, well shall never know who the truest bluesmakers were or where they came from. Charley Patton was arguably the most significant architect of the influential Mississippi delta blues style and also recorded under the names The Masked Marvel and Elder J J Hadley. Under the name Elmo James, he scored a Top 10 R&B hit with a searing cover of Johnsons Dust My Broom for the Trumpet label in 1952. Black Country Suite, his debut album, is mainly instrumental and is dominated by the ten-part titular opus, which shows off Allisons bebop-meets-blues and country piano style in a trio setting. Other highlights were Cuttin In, a chugging beat ballad with strings and the skipping R&B-flavored Broke & Lonely, where Watsons assured vocals are punctuated by dancing horns. He plays a lot of cigar box guitars and unusual instruments. Excellent. Listen to the album. Blending memorable original material (After Awhile) with four Cotton tunes and covers of Muddy Waters Im Ready and a rocking take on Robert Johnsons Dust My Broom, Spann delivered a mesmerizing showcase that highlighted his stentorian voice and fluid piano licks. Swifts first officially documented pop album saw her shake off any remaining country trappings to become a gleaming synthpop behemoth. Arguably the poet laureate of the blues, Dixon was born in Mississippi but is synonymous with the postwar Chicago electric style. Low Country Blues Gregg Allman (2011) Though considered a jazz singer, Baltimore-born Billie Holiday (real name Eleanor Fagan) was well-versed in the language of the blues, with its bittersweet cadences and themes of bad luck, heartbreak, and disappointment. The Electric Flag should be required listening for all who are interested in the blues and how music evolves IMHO. It contains some of the best guitar work of Claptons career. Made after notable incidents of police brutality, Lemonade was charged with real political fervour, while there were numerous sharp jabs at Jay-Z for doing whatever predicated that elevator fight with her sister Solange. Johnny Shines Standing at the Crossroads And Joe Bonamassa was adored by B.B. It included a stripped-down version of his 1942 R&B hit, the risqu Let Me Play With Your Poodle, alongside revamps of his earlier tunes, Its Tight Like That and Love Her With A Feeling., Key Track: Let Me Play With Your Poodle, A legendary group who at their peak represented the pinnacle of southern blues-rock, the Allman Brothers Band was formed in Florida in 1969 and thanks to the dueling guitars of Duane Allman and Dickey Betts quickly made a name for itself. WebThe magic of collaborating with friends For My 21st Century Blues, Raye teamed up with her good friend Mike Sabath to executive produce the album. Come Back Baby As far as best living guitarist, not sure if anyone tops Derek Trucks right now. My 21st Century Blues is the debut studio album by British singer and songwriter Raye, released through Human Re Sources independently on 3 February 2023. The album is Raye's first project following her departure from Polydor Records in 2021. It is her first body of work released as an independent artist. Long before they conquered the pop music mainstream with their 1977 multi-platinum album, Rumours, Britains Fleetwood Mac was a blues-rock quartet distinguished by the spellbinding fretboard wizardry of Peter Green. Its all about the space between the notesjust ask BB (RIP). ZZ Tops First Album was as bluesy as any of the mentioned albums. Are you serious? Listen to the album. When people think of good blues rock, names of famous bands like Led Zeppelin, Cream, the Allman Brothers Band, as well as solo blues artists like the English powerhouse Eric Clapton, and American greats Stevie Ray Vaughn and B.B. Like you we have a soft spot for them. Also, agree that the classic Love Sculpture LP, Blues Helping, would belong on my list. In 1999, he released All-Star Blues Sessions, his first album as a frontman, accompanying Bo Diddley, former Howlin Wolf drummer Chico Chism, Robert Lockwood Jr., Henry Gray, and 12 other artists. 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