Best artists to start into the blues?

[singforsam]

I just got into Blues music and now i want to know where i can go to listen to some really good blues music or at least a good album, artist, etc. Let me know if you have something for me.

[Midnight Rider]

A friend of mine loaned me the cd "The Best Blues Album In The World Ever" and that got me started listening to Blues. It's by various artists and is a good starting point. It might be a little hard to find but I found it on Amazon. As far as Blues music my personal favorites are BB King and John Lee Hooker.

[Midnight Rider]

Originally Posted by nonalgaer Well anything called "The Best Blues Album In The World Ever" must be good but I don't like the blues. Boring old man music if you ask me.

You might think differently if you tried it. Or not. Everyone here has different tastes. Thats what makes it interesting here. Hope you enjoy your stay.

[ALL]

Originally Posted by Midnight Rider You might think differently if you tried it. Or not. Everyone here has different tastes. Thats what makes it interesting here. Hope you enjoy your stay.

You may be right and thank you for the nice welcome Midnight.

Glad for it because my 1st account now says I am banned. WTF?

So I will give you guys another chance and give the blues another chance too.

[billtjr51]

Any Roy Buchannan Album

[billtjr51]

Buchanan, miss spelled in previous post

[Gearjammer]

We have (for only a short time longer) a 24/7 commercial free blues station. Unfortunately, they are an automated station, but even as such, was turned onto many great artists. this station was just temporarily filling a frequency, and will soon be a new format.

The experience with this station has led me to the world of sattelite radio. They have channels dedicated to genres such as blues, jazz, etc. The sattelite radio also provides info like the name of the artist, song, and sometimes album/year. That is a great way to learn about blues if you can swing it.

[eberg15101]

BB king is definately my favorite blues man

i love claptons blues stuff

grateful dead when they play the blues is insane umm...

theres this band howlin rain thats pretty good

muddy waters is good too

or spencer davis group if you like more of a kind of chicago blues scene sound

i like the black mans southern blues haha just the passion and energy you can feel coimin off their voices and guitars

[aerozep]

Try a cd collection called "From The Cradle" by Eric Clapton and a great collection from John Lee Hooker called "The Healer" and finally try a collection called "Nothing But The Blues" by Johnny Winter... Enjoy
These are blues songs at their finest.Also a great live cd is by Gary Moore called "Blues Alive"It will def make you feel and love and want more of the blues.....

Peace

and keep those model subway trains a rollin'
watch the closing doors

Originally Posted by singforsam I just got into Blues music and now i want to know where i can go to listen to some really good blues music or at least a good album, artist, etc. Let me know if you have something for me.

Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Vaughan, Bonnie Rait and Dr. John

[rollingstoned]

Check out Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Winters

[wolfsblood]

Buddy Guy is one of my all-time favorite blues artists. Check out any of his older stuff, or his 2001 CD Sweet Tea for some recent heavy blues.

[Mr. Flee]

give one of the "new" bluesgods a try
JOE BONAMASSA !!

[Magic]

It is hard to recommend a single artist as the best place to start listening to the blues. what I would recommend is a couple Albums by Various Artists:






Most blues music is characterized by the region of its origin. You have the Mississippi or south blues, and you have the Chicago or north blues. The north blues tends to lean towards a R & B sound with more electric guitars. The south blues tends to be more acoustic, bare bones type music, what I like to call the "dirty" south sound.

Then the blues is further separated by pre/post WWII. The older the blues, the more raw the sound (prewar).

[Foxhound]

On the Fat Possum label:



Real funky stuff!