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What blues artists would you recommend for me?


Here's the ones I usually listen to, some are blues rock, but I like it as well.

Skip James, J. L Hooker, Canned Heat, Rory Gallagher, George Thorogood, Steve Ray Vaughan, Gov't Mule, Gary Primich, Keb' Mo', Albert King

Robert Johnson
Howlin Wolf
Big Bill Broonzy
Mississippi John Hurt
Lonnie Johnson
Blind Wille Johnson
Joshua White
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
Sam "Lightnin" Hopkins
Arthur "Bigboy" Crudup
Etta James
Koko Taylor
Buddy Guy
Memphis Slim
Freddie King

You're welcome anytime.
Peace. Report It

How 'bout Buddy Guy???

Corey Harris
Chris Thomas King
Chris Duarte
Howlin' Wolf
Muddy Waters
James "Blood" Ulmer
Derek Trucks
Doyle Bramhall II
John Hammond, Jr.

How about The Allman Brothers (Live At The Fillmore East), BB King (Live At The Regal), Muddy Waters & Friends (Fathers & Sons), Roy Buchanan (Second Album), Michael Bloomfield (Essential Blues 1964-1969), Savoy Brown (Getting To The Point or Blue Matter), Johnny Winter (Progressive Blues Experiment).
Maybe "Best Of" or "Greatest Hits" compilations of Howlin Wolf, Little Walter, BB King, Buddy Guy, etc.

Leadbelly, Big Bill Broonzy, Lightnin' Hopkins

Eric Clapton
Susan Tedeschi
Derek Trucks Band
Sue Foley

Stevie Ray Vaughan
Freddie King
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Dave Millsap
Stevie Ray Vaughan

Robert Johnson
Freddie King
Albert King
Ronnie Earl (up there with the best but unknown except in blues circles)
J L Hooker, LOVE him, but you already said,
BB king
Albert Collins
Willie Dixon - greatest of writers
and Stevie Ray Vaughn!!!!!! My personal hero, saw him 5 times...
saw many of the others too, but SRV will always hold my heart.

Oh yea, and Johnny Winter...awesome

um there's a lot of good ones:

joe bonnomassa
ronnie baker brooks
tower of power
collective soul(idk if it's blues or not)

but my 2 faves are:
2nd fave-stacy mitchart
favest-anthony gomes

Look for Walter Trout. I just bought it, and he really mixes up the different styles. Really good stuff

Jonny Lang is so great, you have to see him in concert!
Joss Stone is great also, I would love to see these two in concert together.

B.B. King, Albert King, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Little Milton, Lattimore, Z.Z. Hill, Ronnie Lovejoy, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Luther Allison, KoKo Taylor, Johnnie Taylor, etc. I could go on and on.

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