Top ten greatest blues albums

[Los Broncos]

Ive been a blues fan for a long time. Im bored so i thought i would throw out my top ten blues albums.

And i have Little Walter as the greatest blues man ever.

1. King Of The Delta Blues - Robert Johnson

2. I Am The Blues - Willie Dixon

3. Fathers And Sons - Muddy Waters

4. Little Walter = The Essential

5. Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan

6. A Man and The Blues - Buddy Guy

7. Born Under A Bad Sign - Albert King

8.Moanin' In The Moonlight - Howlin' Wolf

9. West Side Soul - Magic Sam

10. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Paul Butterfield

[-Slap-]

Great list. I like how high you have Willie Dixon ranked. He's remembered more as a starmaker, but he was an incredible performer, too.

Ten more albums not on your list:

Buddy Guy and Junior Wells - Play the Blues

Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man Blues

Little Milton - Welcome to the Club

BB King - Live at San Quentin

Freddie King - The Shelter Records Years

Albert Collins - Cold Snap

John Lee Hooker - Plays and Sings the Blues

Elmore James - The Sky Is Crying

Hound Dog Taylor - Beware of The Dog

Son Seals - Midnight Son

[Hogan11]

Good stuff thus far but I generally hate these top ten of all time lists...so I'm not going to do that, I'll just list my faves instead, in no particular order:

1. BB King - Live At Cook County Jail

2. Bobby Blue Bland - The Best Of Bobby Blue Bland

3. R.L. Burnside - Mississippi Blues

4. John Lee Hooker - The Hook

5. J.B. Hutto & The Hawks - Hawk Squat

6. Elmore James - The Sky Is Crying, The History Of Elmore James

7. Junior Kimbrough - Most Things Haven't Worked Out

8. Freddie King - Ultimate Collection

9. Magic Sam - West Side Soul

10. Hound Dog Taylor - Natural Boogie

[Los Broncos]

Originally Posted by -Slap-

Great list. I like how high you have Willie Dixon ranked. He's remembered more as a starmaker, but he was an incredible performer, too.

Ten more albums not on your list:

Buddy Guy and Junior Wells - Play the Blues

Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man Blues

Little Milton - Welcome to the Club

BB King - Live at San Quentin

Freddie King - The Shelter Records Years

Albert Collins - Cold Snap

John Lee Hooker - Plays and Sings the Blues

Elmore James - The Sky Is Crying

Hound Dog Taylor - Beware of The Dog

Son Seals - Midnight Son

Great list as well, I love Elmore James king of the slide guitar. I'm also a big fan of Junior Wells and John lee.

[Los Broncos]

Originally Posted by Hogan11

Good stuff thus far but I generally hate these top ten of all time lists...so I'm not going to do that, I'll just list my faves instead, in no particular order:

1. BB King - Live At Cook County Jail

2. Bobby Blue Bland - The Best Of Bobby Blue Bland

3. R.L. Burnside - Mississippi Blues

4. John Lee Hooker - The Hook

5. J.B. Hutto & The Hawks - Hawk Squat

6. Elmore James - The Sky Is Crying, The History Of Elmore James

7. Junior Kimbrough - Most Things Haven't Worked Out

8. Freddie King - Ultimate Collection

9. Magic Sam - West Side Soul

10. Hound Dog Taylor - Natural Boogie

Nice list Hogan, i have just about all of this music here. Magic sam was a great guitar player.

I also love the more primitive blues like, Son house, Charley Patton, Blind Willie Mctell, Honey Boy Williams.

[Los Broncos]

Who was the greatest ever in both of your opinions?

[-Slap-]

Wow, I wouldn't even begin to try and answer that. I can't even name a personal favorite because there are just too many options. I guess, from a historical perspective, Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters would have to receive strong consideration.

[Los Broncos]

Originally Posted by -Slap-

Wow, I wouldn't even begin to try and answer that. I can't even name a personal favorite because there are just too many options. I guess, from a historical perspective, Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters would have to receive strong consideration.

Robert Johnson was probably the greatest song writer ever in my opinion, with respect to Dylan. Muddy is right up there too as one of the best.

[Hogan11]

Originally Posted by -Slap-

Wow, I wouldn't even begin to try and answer that. I can't even name a personal favorite because there are just too many options. I guess, from a historical perspective, Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters would have to receive strong consideration.

Agreed.

For myself, I love bottleneck guitar and the looser and wilder it is, the more I'm interested in it. That's why albums like Hound Dog Taylor's get a lot of spins around my house....that stuff is barely under control. I also love live shows that are like that...BB King's Live at the Regal, Cook County and Blues Is King are all examples of that as well.

[Los Broncos]

Originally Posted by Hogan11

Agreed.

For myself, I love bottleneck guitar and the looser and wilder it is, the more I'm interested in it. That's why albums like Hound Dog Taylor's get a lot of spins around my house....that stuff is barely under control. I also love live shows that are like that...BB King's Live at the Regal, Cook County and Blues Is King are all examples of that as well.

Bottleneck is great, i also love that loose sound.

Have you guys seen the movie "lighting in a bottle"? I have the dvd and cd set from the show. It was a great look into the history of the blues. The story is great, BB King gave a great little proformance.

[Hogan11]

Originally Posted by Lynchmob72

Bottleneck is great, i also love that loose sound.

Have you guys seen the movie "lighting in a bottle"? I have the dvd and cd set from the show. It was a great look into the history of the blues. The story is great, BB King gave a great little proformance.

I think I have...not sure really.

Ever seen Deep Blues? or That's me up there laughing (not sure if that title's correct or not). There was another one I used to see alot where they tried tracing Robert Johnson's legend & death that included some great performances of his material by Govt. Mule and Chris Whitley, amongst others......I'll be damned if I can remember the name of it but Whitley's performance of "Hellhounds" is really wild and not to be missed. I miss that guy R.I.P.

[Los Broncos]

Originally Posted by Hogan11

I think I have...not sure really.

Ever seen Deep Blues? or That's me up there laughing (not sure if that title's correct or not). There was another one I used to see alot where they tried tracing Robert Johnson's legend & death that included some great performances of his material by Govt. Mule and Chris Whitley, amongst others......I'll be damned if I can remember the name of it but Whitley's performance of "Hellhounds" is really wild and not to be missed. I miss that guy R.I.P.

Ive never heard of it. Theres another one called "where is Robert Johnson" i think. Goes way back to where he was born and all of that. Goes where he died and interviews people that knew him.

Son House is another that i enjoy. He has that haunting sounds that kinda gives me chills. He pretty much taught a lot of the blues men to play guitar.

[Hogan11]

I like Son.

That film was indeed called 'Hellhounds on my Trail - The Afterlife of Robert Johnson" it's pretty cool. Here's Whitley doing the title track:

[Los Broncos]

Originally Posted by Hogan11

I like Son.

That film was indeed called 'Hellhounds on my Trail - The Afterlife of Robert Johnson" it's pretty cool. Here's Whitley doing the title track:

I love the slide man.

How did he die? He did a real good job on this song.

[Los Broncos]

I also have Charley Pattons complete recordings with some old tracks from Son. They were transfered from 45's to cd and remastered. They sound all faded, but i love the sound.