Best Vocal Blues
Deluxe Edition , a retrospective of her 15 years with Alligator Records, may not include such classics as "I Got What It Takes" and the Willie Dixon -penned "Twenty-Nine Ways," but it does have "I'm a Woman," Taylor's answer to Muddy Waters , just to kick things off. Though this collection boasts only one obligatory previously unreleased track, it's a doozy: "Man Size Job," simply put, kicks ass.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Love Love Love Koko Taylor and I love this collection of songs."
"Who wouldn't love Koko, that woman can belt the blues."
"She can belt it out a less sophisticated Etta James."
"If you love blues and women who can belt out their vocals, this is a must have CD."
"Love anything Koko does but her 'Born Under a Bad Sign" with Buddy Guy gets me every time."
"one of the best blues records there is."
"Every song on here is outstanding."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"There were good reasons to call Koko Taylor the Queen of the Blues during her long reign: to quote Rolling Stone, which put it better than I can, “Deep soul, raw vocal power, blustery swagger...the great female blues singer of her generation.” Chicago, of course, has long been known for its muscular blues that traveled up the Mississippi and its blues shouters, and Taylor (1928-2009) was the greatest Chicago female blues shouter of them all. According to Wikipedia, Taylor originally recorded this song in 1965, when she was signed by Chicago’s Chess Records subsidiary Checker Records. She later signed with Alligator, where she recorded nine albums, eight of which were Grammy-nominated, and came to dominate the female blues singer ranks, winning twenty five W. C. Handy Awards (more than any other artist). Chicago’s unsophisticated, unsubtle blues were also known as “gutbucket blues,” and Taylor appeared personally to be a relatively unsophisticated performer, at least when I saw her live."
"great product."
"Ko ko Ko ko Ko ko What more do you need to say ?"
"Update: I was able to find my Koko Taylor cd and download it to my Galaxy s5 phone."
"Good but missing acouple of her best one's."
"Ultimately her best cd, especially if you've never heard her music, this would be a great start."
"I heard Koko Taylor years ago."
Force of Nature is aptly titled; over three decades into her career, Koko Taylor is unstoppable.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Love this CD!"
"Buy the WHOLE disc and listen it to the way it was recorded, the way it was meant to be heard."
"Wonderful-Wonderful-Wonderful!"
"The voice is raw with emotion."
"great cd of a great blues artist."
Best Texas Blues
His guitar playing here won him a new generation of fans, and set the stage for the popularity he enjoyed until his death.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Albert Collins' 1978 release of ICE PICKIN was his first album in 6 years. Note: "Conversation with Collins" appeared previously on Albert's Funky Blues Live 1973 album - at very similar lengths!"
"You can spot his picking after a few notes."
"Great release by Albert Collins."
"There are so many sub-par AC releases on Amazon Digital."
"Albert Collins has an interesting way of playing, using his thumb and forefinger-- no pick-- to pluck the strings."
Best Delta Blues
Been Mistreated. Come on In [Live]. Let My Baby Ride. Don't Stop Honey. It's Bad You Know. Just Like a Woman. Come on In, Pt 21. Rollin' Tumblin' [Remix]. Please Don't Stay. Shuck Dub. Come on In, Pt 3. 5:07 t 3 - Heat. Heat.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I recommend thic LP to all bluess fans !"
"A friend turned me on to RL, as he heard him live."
"Come on in, is one of the best cd's I have ever listened to."
"Some of you purist will not like the remixes, but all in all the tracks still capture the man and his craft."
"RL Burnside is a down home guitarist and vocalist but the producer is a scratching DJ."
"BUT Cedric beats those drums like a redheaded step child, he does whale."
Best Traditional Blues
This classic re-release of an item deleted in 1997 features 19 blues recordings from Mississippi Delta bluesman Son House recorded in 1941-42.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I made a CD for my wake when I pass and included John the Revelator in the selection."
"If you were wondering what all the fuss over Son House (and Willie Brown, "second" guitar here) has been about, give this a listen."
"Son House is one of my favorite blues men along with Lightin Hopkins and John Lee Hooker."
"I love Son Houses powerful voice and great slide on this album buying this makes me more interested in buying his other albums."
"another great find for blues followers Son House was a early pioneer of delta blues."
"One of the earliest recordings of a Delta Blues artist."
"If you are reading this you will probably know of Sun House."
"Beautiful singing and guitar playing from this on site recording.EErie as Son House sounds and the setting also-truth comes out of the soil and woodwork on this recording."
Best Chicago Blues
Hoodoo Man Blues is considered by most blues aficionados and fans to be one of the best blues albums of all time. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and was chosen by the readers of Living Blues magazine as a top ten Desert Island Blues disc. If you have no experience of the blues and are looking for an entry point or, if you're a blues fan and have yet to come across this stone-cold classic, then grab this release as soon as you can but do it using this vinyl version.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I heard about this album from a thread I started about R&B music I should check out: http://www.amazon.com/forum/music/ref=cm_cd_rvt_np?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx1YA4ZE83NG9MC&cdPage=3&cdThread=Tx2G16Z4SBCWZD2#CustomerDiscussionsNew. I don't know anything about Buddy Guy so I googled him. The first thing that came up was: 2015 Lineup | Summerfest, The World's Largest Music Festival. summerfest.com/2015-lineup/Summerfest. Summerfest Artist."
"This is right up there with Otis Rush's late '50s Cobra singles (which weren't created as an album), his Cold Day in Hell (live in Japan in '75), and Howlin' Wolf's '50s music."
"Should be in every Blues Collector's collection, it's a great CD."
"Junior Wells is one of the most soulful blues musicians that ever lived."
"Junior Wells on his harp along with Buddy Guy great album."
"He is accompanied by other first class musicians Budy Guy (Guitar), Jack Meyers (Bass) and Billy Warren. I'm sure this and other music had an influence on Bob Dylan's evolution from traditional (but always original)folk music to his reincarnation as a folk rock & something more musician--and who plays a mean harmonica too. At Newport. Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Muddy Waters. The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions. Live in Cook County Jail. Let's Roll. The Skeleton Key (Widescreen Edition)."
Best Memphis Blues
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Find Best Price at Amazon"A must have for the blues harp player and any blues music lover, even if he/she is a resident of a fourth-world country (fulfilling twenty-one word minimum)."
"A blues masterpiece, with great contributions from Luther Allison and the incomparable Big Walter Horton."
"Good obscure album to have for the blues lover."
"This is a fantastic CD."
"The other five tracks are from a June 1966 session in Chicago featuring Johnny Shines, guitar and vocal; Big Walter Horton, harmonica; Otis Spann, piano; Lee Jackson, bass; Fred Below, drums. Luther Allison, Otis Spann and Big Walter Horton had their own recording careers as blues players."
"The tracks recorded in Chicago are the best, featuring both Spann and blues drummer par excellence Fred Below (Horton is on all of them), and they include a fine rendition of Big Maceo Merriweather's "Worried Life Blues" and the almost jazz-like "I Want To Warn You". But the L.A. tracks are not far behind, with some great guitar playing from Luther Allison, a funky "Fat Mama", and a great "If It Ain't Me", which sees Johnny Shines doing a good impression of Rice Miller (Sonny Boy Williamson II)."
Best Contemporary Blues
Hoodoo Man Blues is considered by most blues aficionados and fans to be one of the best blues albums of all time. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and was chosen by the readers of Living Blues magazine as a top ten Desert Island Blues disc. If you have no experience of the blues and are looking for an entry point or, if you're a blues fan and have yet to come across this stone-cold classic, then grab this release as soon as you can but do it using this vinyl version.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I heard about this album from a thread I started about R&B music I should check out: http://www.amazon.com/forum/music/ref=cm_cd_rvt_np?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx1YA4ZE83NG9MC&cdPage=3&cdThread=Tx2G16Z4SBCWZD2#CustomerDiscussionsNew. I don't know anything about Buddy Guy so I googled him. The first thing that came up was: 2015 Lineup | Summerfest, The World's Largest Music Festival. summerfest.com/2015-lineup/Summerfest. Summerfest Artist."
"This is right up there with Otis Rush's late '50s Cobra singles (which weren't created as an album), his Cold Day in Hell (live in Japan in '75), and Howlin' Wolf's '50s music."
"Should be in every Blues Collector's collection, it's a great CD."
"Junior Wells is one of the most soulful blues musicians that ever lived."
"Junior Wells on his harp along with Buddy Guy great album."
"He is accompanied by other first class musicians Budy Guy (Guitar), Jack Meyers (Bass) and Billy Warren. I'm sure this and other music had an influence on Bob Dylan's evolution from traditional (but always original)folk music to his reincarnation as a folk rock & something more musician--and who plays a mean harmonica too. At Newport. Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Muddy Waters. The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions. Live in Cook County Jail. Let's Roll. The Skeleton Key (Widescreen Edition)."
Best Electric Blues Guitar
Hoodoo Man Blues is considered by most blues aficionados and fans to be one of the best blues albums of all time. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and was chosen by the readers of Living Blues magazine as a top ten Desert Island Blues disc. If you have no experience of the blues and are looking for an entry point or, if you're a blues fan and have yet to come across this stone-cold classic, then grab this release as soon as you can but do it using this vinyl version.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I heard about this album from a thread I started about R&B music I should check out: http://www.amazon.com/forum/music/ref=cm_cd_rvt_np?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx1YA4ZE83NG9MC&cdPage=3&cdThread=Tx2G16Z4SBCWZD2#CustomerDiscussionsNew. I don't know anything about Buddy Guy so I googled him. The first thing that came up was: 2015 Lineup | Summerfest, The World's Largest Music Festival. summerfest.com/2015-lineup/Summerfest. Summerfest Artist."
"Should be in every Blues Collector's collection, it's a great CD."
"This is right up there with Otis Rush's late '50s Cobra singles (which weren't created as an album), his Cold Day in Hell (live in Japan in '75), and Howlin' Wolf's '50s music."
"Junior Wells is one of the most soulful blues musicians that ever lived."
"Junior Wells on his harp along with Buddy Guy great album."
"He is accompanied by other first class musicians Budy Guy (Guitar), Jack Meyers (Bass) and Billy Warren. I'm sure this and other music had an influence on Bob Dylan's evolution from traditional (but always original)folk music to his reincarnation as a folk rock & something more musician--and who plays a mean harmonica too. At Newport. Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Muddy Waters. The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions. Live in Cook County Jail. Let's Roll. The Skeleton Key (Widescreen Edition)."
Best General
Hoodoo Man Blues is considered by most blues aficionados and fans to be one of the best blues albums of all time. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and was chosen by the readers of Living Blues magazine as a top ten Desert Island Blues disc. If you have no experience of the blues and are looking for an entry point or, if you're a blues fan and have yet to come across this stone-cold classic, then grab this release as soon as you can but do it using this vinyl version.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I heard about this album from a thread I started about R&B music I should check out: http://www.amazon.com/forum/music/ref=cm_cd_rvt_np?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx1YA4ZE83NG9MC&cdPage=3&cdThread=Tx2G16Z4SBCWZD2#CustomerDiscussionsNew. I don't know anything about Buddy Guy so I googled him. The first thing that came up was: 2015 Lineup | Summerfest, The World's Largest Music Festival. summerfest.com/2015-lineup/Summerfest. Summerfest Artist."
"This is right up there with Otis Rush's late '50s Cobra singles (which weren't created as an album), his Cold Day in Hell (live in Japan in '75), and Howlin' Wolf's '50s music."
"Should be in every Blues Collector's collection, it's a great CD."
"Junior Wells is one of the most soulful blues musicians that ever lived."
"Junior Wells on his harp along with Buddy Guy great album."
"He is accompanied by other first class musicians Budy Guy (Guitar), Jack Meyers (Bass) and Billy Warren. I'm sure this and other music had an influence on Bob Dylan's evolution from traditional (but always original)folk music to his reincarnation as a folk rock & something more musician--and who plays a mean harmonica too. At Newport. Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Muddy Waters. The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions. Live in Cook County Jail. Let's Roll. The Skeleton Key (Widescreen Edition)."