Who's got the blues?

[Magic]

There are so many great blues singers/guitarists..................

Billie Holliday
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Muddy Waters
T-Bone Walker
B.B. King
Junior Wells
Mississippi John Hurt
Howlin' Wolf
Albert King
Jeff Healey


That list should get anyone started!

[Foxhound]

This fellow doesn't get as much recognition as some of the other bluesmen but he's very good indeed:

[Foxhound]

Magic Slim & the Teardrops are underrated. I first saw them in Chicago at the Checkerboard Lounge in 1984. We'd never heard of him until then but he really made us sit up and take note of his playing.

[Flower]

I really like Roxanne Potvin ..

We first saw Roxanne at a local free blues festival in 2005 and then in 2006 when she opened for The Neville Brothers ... I would recommend seeing her.





Roxanne does a great cover of "Breakaway" which I can't find right now.

[Lord Grendel]

Not a big fan of the pure blues, but I do like Stevie Ray Vaughn, and Robert Cray is another artist I don't think gets the attention he deserves.

[Mr. Shadow]

I'z alwayz gotz da bluez.:

[Foxhound]

This fellow!



It's Bad You Know - R.L. Burnside

[billtjr51]

Joe Bonamassa, Gary Moore, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd. I think these guys have passed Roy Buchanan and Kim Simmonds as my favorites.

[rtbuck]

Originally Posted by Foxhound This fellow doesn't get as much recognition as some of the other bluesmen but he's very good indeed:

Slim's great,I have his Anthology!

[rtbuck]

My favorite Blues artists are

Freddy King
Albert Collins
Jimmy Reed
Muddy Waters
Slim Harpo
Little Walter

& one of my favorite Blues albums of all-time is:
Albert Collins,Albert King, & Johnny Clyde Copeland together

[Foxhound]

I've got that "Showdown" album - on vinyl!

[billtjr51]

I just got a cd called Bloodline, by Bloodline, a few days ago. It is very good. It was made in 94 and was their only release. Joe Bonamassa was the guitarist, before he formed his own band. The group's members were Erin Davis (son of Miles Davis), Waylon Krieger (son of Robby Krieger, guitarist for The Doors), and Berry Oakley, Jr. (son of Berry Oakley), along with Joe Bonamassa. Cool album, with good music genes, except for Joe, his parents weren't famous musicians.

[Foxhound]

Originally Posted by Lord Grendel ...Robert Cray is another artist I don't think gets the attention he deserves.

I agree! The Robert Cray Band should get more accolades.

[billtjr51]

Originally Posted by Sasquatch I miss SRV as well...but Albert King...and Howlin` Wolf...I could go on and on....just one time...listen to Albert King`s version of ..."The Very Thought of You"...if you`ve ever been in love...this song`ll make you weep....I can`t express enough how the blues just reaches into me and moves me. I`ll miss BB King when he`s done...like I`ve missed so many others. Sheesh I have some Jimi doin` blues...there are so many. I do love r & r...and rockabilly, and so many genres...but it all comes back to the blues for me...anyone here ever heard of Catfish Hodge? Me and my hon...well...sweet for us. Jack

SRV was tremendously talented. He made playing his guitar look as natural to him as walking. What a great blues guitarist! I play his music almost daily, absolutely weekly.

[R. Evans]

Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Sonny Boy Williamson, Hound Dog Taylor, Elmore James, and Big Joe Turner are probably my favorite Blues artists. There are alot more I've listened to over the years including Tinsley Ellis, The Bluerunners (Lousiana blues/zydeco), B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray Band, Siegal-Schwall Band, Little Walter, Little Charlie and the Nightcats, and on and on and on......so many, so little time and so little money.