Blues music question?

I have a young friend who is learning guitar and he wants to listen to and learn blues tunes (modern and classic). What artists should I recommend? What songs?

First and foremost very few white people know how to play blues. Maybe Stevie Ray Vaughn or Johnny Winter thats about it, just because a white artist kind of sounds "bluesy" doesn't mean they are a blues artist. But if your friend wants to learn from the roots and from the best then he needs to listen to: Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Blind Blake, Big Bill Broonzy, Charles Brown, Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, Big Walter Horton, Elmore James, Etta James, Albert King, B.B. King, Freddie King, Jimmy Reed, Big Joe Turner, Junior Wells, Otis Rush, T-Bone Walker, Son House, just to name a few.

Album: Drive = Robert Palmer

Love That Burns = Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac

Smokestack Lightnin' = Howlin' Wolf

Muddy Waters
B.B. King
John Lee Hooker

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stormy monday by T Bone Walker
life by the drop by Stevie Ray Vaughan
Soulshine by Gov't Mule
all three aren't that hard

Tell him to subscribe to Blues Revue magazine every other issue they send you aCD of bles plus there's always articles and ads for a wide range of blues

Albert King- Very Best of
Chess Records- Blues Rock Classics- 2cd Various Artists
Stevie Ray Vaughn - Essential
Eric Clapton- Blues
Buddy Guy- Very Best Of

Every song........

YOU COULD TRY THE BLUES BROTHERES IT IS JUST A SUGGESTION

SORRY
I DUNT KNOW ANY BLUE SONGS

B.B. king and the thrill is gone......
John Lee Hooker
Eric Clapton....

Blind Blake - 1920's
Robert Johnson - 1930's
T-Bone Walker - 1940's
John Lee Hooker - 1950's
Muddy Waters - 1960's
Johnny Winter - 1970's
Stevie Ray Vaughan - 1980's

Robert Johnson, one of the fathers of great blues guitar

Mississippi John Hurt

Howlin' Wolf

Muddy Waters

Cream (any Eric Clapton stuff)

Jimmy Page stuff

all and all. i would have to say Muddy Waters. He does bothe slide and standard tuning songs. it is also a good mix of delta blues and chicago blues

gary moore still got the blues album eric clapton stormy monday b.b. king anything