Any subgenre, any era.
2007-11-17 07:08:07 · 7 answers · asked by Pumpkin Head 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Blues
There really are no right or wrong answers.
Here would be my choices.
Blues Before Sunrise- Leroy Carr
The Howlin' Wolf Chess Box - Howlin' Wolf
Let's Cut It - Elmore James
Steppin' On the Blues - Lonnie Johnson
The Complete Recordings - Robert Johnson
West Side Soul - Magic Sam
The Muddy Waters Chess Box - Muddy Waters
1925-33 - Bessie Smith
T-Bone Blues - T-Bone Walker
Hoodoo Man Blues - Jr. Wells
Honorable Mention:
East Coast Piedmont Style - Blind Boy Fuller
Boogie Chillen - John Lee Hooker
Death Letter - Son House
Huddie Leadbetter's Best - Leadbelly
The Essential Little Walter - Little Walter
2007-11-17 07:51:57 · answer #1 · answered by Kman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Muddy Waters - Hard again
B.B. King - Live at the Regal
Buddy Guy - any
T-Bone Walker - The essential
Hollywood Fats - Hollywood Fats (double CD)
Willy Dixon - The Chess Box
Albert king - Born under a bad sign
Clarence Gatemouth Brown - Boogalusa Boogie Man
Freddie King - The very best of FK 1-3
Jimmy Reed - The Boss man (double CD)
John Hammond - so many roads
Elmore James - Blues After Hours
2007-11-17 09:28:16 · answer #2 · answered by Bernd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not in any order, but here they are ---
1- The London Chuck Berry Sessions
2- The Rolling Stones " NOW "
3- Any "LIVE" B.B. King album
4- absolutely anything by Jimmy Reed
5- "BOOGIE BROTHERS" by Savoy Brown
6- " BLUES " by Eric Clapton
7- the first George Thorogood & the Destroyers album
8- The London Bo Diddley Sessions
9- That early Billy Preston album he did for Capital Records
( The Wildest Organ in Town )
10- Freddie King " LIVE "
2007-11-17 15:45:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I'll toss in a couple of my favs.
Robert Johnson the complete recordings.
B.B. King live at San Quentin
T-Bone Walker Complete Imperial Recordings
And the soundtracks to the Martin Scorsesse blues documentaries.
2007-11-17 07:27:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
folks got all the classics except they forgot JImi Hendrix was a master blues player eric clapton mike bloomfield robin trower how about jimmy PAGE led zeppelin one is almost all about Big robert johnson or stevie ray vaughn albert king duane allman ZZ TOP several more folks out there i cant recall jeff beck rick derringer peter frampton?
2007-11-17 12:32:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i must say there isnt a top ten because blues is so crazy there are more than 10 but my favorite blues/folk artist is mississippi john hurt... i also like howlin wolf
2007-11-17 12:56:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-11-17 07:12:13 · answer #7 · answered by E=MC hammer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋