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Spacemom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 12:30 PM
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Blues Advice Please
My dear sweet Auntie told me that she's into "the blues" right now. I'd like to get her a CD of some good music for her birthday, but I know next to nothing about "blues" artists.

Recommendations please? :D
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drdtroit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 12:40 PM
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1. Some blues artists that represent the "real deal"
Buddy Guy
James Cotton
John Lee Hooker
Robert Johnson
Muddy Waters
Son House
Sonny Boy Willliamson
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murielm99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 12:51 PM
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3. You forgot the women.
Marcia Ball
Koko Taylor
Bessie Smith
Ma Rainey
Susan Tedeschi
Etta James
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Dudley_DUright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 12:52 PM
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5. Love that Koko, she can really belt out a song
with style and humor (and her band is excellent as well).
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drdtroit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 12:59 PM
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10. My list was for original Delta Blues. n/t
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greendog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 01:08 PM
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12. Rory Block...
...a great female blues singer and a wonderful acoustic guitarist.
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mr blur Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 12:45 PM
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2. If you want the early stuff
from which all else developed, I'd go for Robert Johnson, Son House, Skip James, Blind Wille Johnson, then Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, John Lee Hooker. If I had to choose one out of them it would be Robert Johnson. Or you could get the Scorcese DVD set, variable but mostly excellent.
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Dudley_DUright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 12:51 PM
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4. Scorcese also has a series of CDs of selected artists
of historical importance that are pretty good, I have about 5-6 in my collection. See following link and scroll to the bottom:

http://www.pbs.org/theblues/bluesshop.html
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NoSheep Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 12:59 PM
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9. There is a video "Looking (searching) for Robt Johnson" done by
John Hammond Jr. I think.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 12:53 PM
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6. Wasn't there a PBS documentary on the blules?
If so, those compilation CDs would be a good thing.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 01:03 PM
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11. YEah - Martin Scorsese had a Blues documentary and CD collection
out last year.
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MemphisTiger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 12:57 PM
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7. Anything from Memphis artists
BB King is a good start. Start with the home of the blues Memphis, TN
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NoSheep Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 12:58 PM
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8. Country Acoustic blues is more interesting than urban electric blues imho
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GumboYaYa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 02:35 PM
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13. I saw Johnny Lang Saturday night.
Edited on Mon Jan-10-05 02:36 PM by GumboYaYa
For contemporary Blues he is a good choice. Also Keb Mo and Anders Osborne are two bright lights among contemporary blues artists.

Lighting Hopkins and Hounddog Taylor are two more classic Blues artists that are great. I don't think I saw those mentioned yet.
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Dudley_DUright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 09:48 PM
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16. Look for early Jonny Lang
His last CD was a huge disapointment in my opinion (not really very blues based), but I really like "Lie To Me".

http://www.jonnylang.com/index_main.html
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warrens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 02:40 PM
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14. Try this
Best blues show I know of, with their picks for best of 2004, plus playlists and stuff.

http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/programs/cominhome/cominhome.asp
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 02:42 PM
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15. Get her started with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter
Elmore James, John Lee Hooker, Otis Rush, Willie Dixon, Koko Taylor, Etta James, Albert King, HoundDog Taylor, Paul Butterfield Blues Band and even the Peter Green era Fleetwood Mac-but most of all Muddy Waters, Spacemom-maybe a box set of Chess artists.
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Redleg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 10:08 PM
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17. You can't go wrong with Muddy's Waters Chess recordings.
There is a two disc best of Muddy Waters that is fantastic.
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Spacemom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 10:10 PM
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18. Thanks Everyone!
At least now I know some names to look for. I was completely lost. :crazy:
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