Hi, I'm getting kinda tired of the music I'm listening to
i recently saw a movie with a lot of blues in it and really enjoyed it
thing is i have NO idea about anything about blues but i want to download some
so just wondering if anyone knows any good artists or songs
thx a bunch
2007-12-20 09:56:46 · 8 answers · asked by joe b 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Blues
Man, TOO many to list.
I'll try to pick one or two good ones from each decade ...
Crazy Blues - mamie Smith - 1920 - First blues tune known to be recorded
Dark was the Night Cold Was the Ground - BLind Willie Johnson - 1927 .... this track was so haunting and emotional, they sent it into space in the 1970's on a probe containing earth's greatest music.
Baby Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams - 1935 - a classic that keeps getting redone over all of the long years.
Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson - 1936 - enough said
Going to Chicago - Count Basie - 1941
Call it Stormy Monday - T-bone Walker - 1947
How Many More Years - Howlin' Wolf - 1951 - you just gotta hear the groove on this one.
Boogie Chillun - John Lee Hooker - 1959 ... he had an earlier recording of this, but the 1959 one ROCKS
You Need Love - Muddy Water - 1962 - Led Zep could not have "written" 'whole lotta love' without this track
Voodoo Chile - Jimi hendrix - 1968 - the is blues of the brother from another planet.
Give me Back My Wig - Hound Dog Taylor - 1971
Blues After Hours - Pinetop Perkins - 1978
Boot Hill - Johnny Winter - 1984
Born in Lousianna - Gatemouth Brown - 1989
Chicken and Gravey and Biscuits - Lil Ed and the Imperials - 1990
Am I Wrong - Keb' Mo' - 1994
Enough is Enough - Coco Montoya - 1999
You Blew It Baby - John Lee Hooker Jr. - 2006
And finally, watch this 2-minute short that one ot the Y!A posters put together!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8vEUSWjzko
2007-12-20 10:45:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
My favorite blues CDs are:
(Muddy Waters & Friends) Fathers & Sons
(BB King) Live At The Regal,
(Allman Brothers) Live At The Fillmore East
(Roy Buchanan) Second Album
(Mike Bloomfield) Essential Blues 1964-1969
2007-12-21 11:51:14 · answer #2 · answered by Stratobratster 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
B.B. King, Albert King, Robert Johnson, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Tinsley Ellis, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Corey Stevens, Guitar Shorty, Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter, Pinetop Perkins, Bryan Lee... I could go on and on....
2007-12-20 18:35:41 · answer #3 · answered by JPD1821 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, Albert King, BB King, Freddy King, Johnny Hammond, John Mayal, John Lee Hooker, Earl Hooker, Denise LaSalle, Big Mama Thorton, Luther Alison, Zach Harmon, Ike Turner, Papa George Lightfoot, Sonny Terry and Brownie Maghee.....................
2007-12-20 18:06:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Here are some more:
Albert Collins
Robert Cray
Jonny Lang
Susan Tedeschi
Indigenous
Elmore James
Junior Wells
2007-12-21 19:14:22 · answer #5 · answered by ray s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nobody mentioned Big Joe Williams??? Lightnin' Hopkins???? Mississippi John hurt, Howlin wolf, otis Spann, If you want the best blues you can get on one album get Lightnin hopikns and the blues summit. Has lightnin, sonny, brownie, big joe williams if you have I tunes you can find some pretty good stuff. oh crap i almost forgot Jimmy Reed, Amos milbourne too many get on itunes and explore
2007-12-20 19:54:42 · answer #6 · answered by cja752003 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lonnie Mack!
2007-12-20 19:00:31 · answer #7 · answered by Rosinbagger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You've never truly been introduced to the blues until you watch
the "Blues Brothers" movie, with Dan Akroyd and John Belushi...(around 1984)........Check it out !!!
You should be able to get the soundtrack at Best Buy or similar retailer.
2007-12-20 18:10:13 · answer #8 · answered by suddenimpact 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋