 | At Newport by Muddy Waters
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $4.44 Muddy Waters' superb, crisp live album from the 1960 Nweport Festival in Newport, Rhode Island, is one of the finest items in his catalogue. One of the finest live blues albums by any artist
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 | Live at the Regal by B.B. King
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $2.88 Another famous and highly praised recording, B.B. King live at the Regal Club in Chicago in 1964, Don't be deterred by the awful cover of "Every Day I Have The Blues" that opens the set; the rest is dynamite. King's best, grittiest live offering
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 | Live and Cookin' at Alice's Revisited by Howlin' Wolf
Buy used from: $58.60 Howlin' Wolf was past his prime when this album was recorded, but you wouldn't know it. This is one of the most intense live albums you'll ever hear, an incredibly energetic, urgent performance, always raging towards a climax. It's as though the beat as always just a fraction of a second ahead, just enough to build up this tremendous sense of urgency, of everyone rushing to keep up...
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 | Mojo the Live Collection by Muddy Waters
Buy new: $13.97 / Used from: $39.25 Not nearly as well known as the Newport album, this recording of two 70s concerts is nevertheless some of the best, most varied, best-sounding, and most enjoyable live Muddy Waters ever. One of the finest live blues albums I own
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 | Live on Maxwell Street by Robert Nighthawk
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $9.18 A tough, gritty recording made right in the middle of the street, this 1964 set is one of the essentials of any collection of electric Chicago blues. Nighthawk grinds out one sizzling slide guitar shuffle after another, interspersed with equally scorching single-string fills and solos
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 | Live From Chicago : An Audience With The Queen by Koko Taylor
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $4.37 This is Chicago blues queen Koko Taylor on top of her game. Terrific band, and a wonderful set of swaggering up-tempo numbers interspersed with intense slow blues, all set to Taylor's impressive growl of a voice
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 | Live: The Real Deal by Buddy Guy
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $2.06 A series of tight, exciting performances here by the sometimes erratic Buddy Guy. Great music, and some thrilling solos. Guy's best live album for sure
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 | Breakin' It Up & Breakin' It Down by Muddy Waters
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $5.08 This wonderful recording has finally found its way out of the archives. A rough, tough set which smoulders with intensity
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 | Rockin' the Blues Live in Germany by Howlin' Wolf
Buy used from: $17.99 This is Howlin' Wolf in 1964 - a good year for live blues albums! The fidelity isn't anything to write home about, but the music is wonderful, and Wolf sings with passion and precision. This "Forty-Four Blues" is simply the ultimate blues number
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 | Live At The Cafe Au Go-Go (And Soledad Prison) by John Lee Hooker
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.99 A rare chance to hear John Lee Hooker playing with a full band - and it's the mighty Muddy Waters Blues Band, too. This is not excactly a polished set, but there is so much power and soul in these raw performances
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 | Live in Europe by Otis Rush
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $7.20 Fantastic live album here from the great Otis Rush, who offers up terrific, inspired renditions of songs like "Cut You Loose", "Crosscut Saw", "I'm Tore Up", and the classics "All Your Love (I Miss Loving)" and "I Can't Quit You Baby". Rush's stinging solos are inspired and frequently incendiary, each one with its own unique set of twists and turns
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 | The Unissued 1963 Blues Festival by Various Artists
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $3.89 There's very little quality live Memphis Slim out there, and even less from Sonny Boy Williamson II, so I have to include this one, too. This CD captures some truly smoking performances, particularly Memphis Slim's rarely-heard "I Wrote This Song", and Sonny Boy Williamson's "All My Love In Vain" and "Your Funeral And My Trial"
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