ya need soem music for a playlist for a friends b-day Heres some of the top blues artists. For blues song titles check out this website:
http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/... click on "music lists"
CD - (Muddy Waters & Friends) Fathers & Sons, (BB King) Live At The Regal, (Allman Brothers) Live At The Fillmore East
SONG - (T Bone Walker) Stormy Monday Blues
GUITAR - Mike Bloomfield, Roy Buchanan, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Albert King, Jimmy Johnson, Duane Allman, BB King, Buddy Guy, T Bone Walker, Kim Simmonds (Savoy Brown), Johnny Winter, Peter Green (early Fleetwood Mac), Bonnie Raitt, Mick Taylor (Rolling Stones & John Mayall), Duke Robillard
BLUES HARP - Paul Butterfield, Charlie Musselwhite, Little Walter (Jacobs) , James Cotton, Norton Buffalo, James Cotton, Magic Dick (J Geils Band), Al Wilson (Canned Heat), John Popper (Blues Traveler), Darrel Mansfield, Big Walter (Horton)
PIANO - Otis Spann
FEMALE VOCALS - Janis Joplin, Bonnie Raitt (early years), Koko Taylor, Big Mama Thornton, Billie Holliday (jazz), Bessie Smith, Big Maybelle
MALE VOCALS - Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Paul Butterfield, Jimmy Johnson, Albert King, Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Chris Youlden (early Savoy Brown), BB King, Joe Williams, Charlie Musselwhite, Robert Cray
ACOUSTIC BLUES - Taj Mahal, Mississippi John Hurt, Robert Johnson, Lightning Hopkins, (early) Bonnie Raitt, (early) Lucinda Williams, Skip James, John Hammond, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bukka White, Son House, Rev Gary Davis, Blind Willie Johnson, Charlie Patton, Tampa Red, Blind Boy Fuller, Leadbelly, (early) Muddy Waters, Big Bill Broonzy, Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry, Rory Block, Blind Blake, Sleepy John Estes, Blind Willie McTell If you want some modern stuff, Amy Winhouse is very very good and has a very good sound. Gary Moore - still got the blues
Joe Bonamassa - If Heartaches were nickels
Tab Benoit - Nice and Warm
I can try to e-mail them to you if you cannot download them Personally, I don't like a whole lot of contemporary blues, so I prefer stuff from the 1930s, 40s...little later. Robert Johnson, Rev. Gary, Lightin' Hopkins is the best. BB King is classic, I like some of his duets. John Mayer and BB have a recent one, I like Clapton and BB together. Little Walter's 'Hate To See You Go' is my favorite blues song of all time. Country Blues, Chicago Blues, etc. Must find your favorite sound, then start digging deeper. If you like BB, there's a good chance you'll like T Bone Walker. Their styles are similar, but BB is just a slight more contemporary.
West Coast blues, like Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers, Chris Cain, Roomful Of Blues, Joe Louis Walker, and Philip Walker are close, but slightly different, to BB's approach. Enjoy!! Muddy Waters, Memphis Slim, Robert Johnson.
Check out the Chess Blues Collection. Don't forget Son House or John Mayall. johnny taylor
Sir Charles
Ronnie lovejoy
Midnight Stars
Marvin Ceasar
Zapp
Betty Wright
Bobby Blueband For "Hip", "Funky' blues, listen to Anthony Gomes. He has been on the music scene since the 90's, and is an amazing artist; Soulful, Rockin, Jammin, positively joint jumping music. His latest CD Release is "Music is the Medicine" All Stevie Ray Vaughan songs. |
