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25 Great Slide Guitar Players
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The Complete Blind Willie JohnsonThe Complete Blind Willie Johnson by Blind Willie Johnson
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Texas Blues: Early Blues Masters from the Lone Star StateTexas Blues: Early Blues Masters from the Lone Star State by Various Artists
This album includes some of the best slide players from Texas including OSCAR WOODS who I consider the best from Texas and BLACK ACE plus more.
Mississippi Masters: Early American Blues Classics 1927-1935Mississippi Masters: Early American Blues Classics 1927-1935 by Various Artists
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This compilation was the only place I could find King Solomon Hill's music on amazon. I consider King Solomon Hill to be one of the best slide players ever even with his limited recordings
Master of the Hawaiian Steel GuitarMaster of the Hawaiian Steel Guitar by Sol Hoopii
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Sol Hoopii
Bottleneck Guitar (1928-1937)Bottleneck Guitar (1928-1937) by Tampa Red
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Tampa Red
The Classic Years 1927-1940The Classic Years 1927-1940 by Blind Willie McTell
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Blind Willie Mctell
Barbecue Bob & Charley LincolnBarbecue Bob & Charley Lincoln by Hicks Brothers
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Barbecue Bob and Charley Lincoln were brothers and both of them very capable slide players
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1930-1935)Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1930-1935) by Kokomo Arnold
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Kokomo Arnold
The Blues: Slide Guitar Swing 1927-1934The Blues: Slide Guitar Swing 1927-1934 by Casey Bill Weldon
Casey Bill Weldon
Aberdeen Mississippi BluesAberdeen Mississippi Blues by Bukka White
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Bukka White
Son House & the Great Delta Blues SingersSon House & the Great Delta Blues Singers by Son House
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This is Son House's early recordings and it also has some other great slide players like Garfield Akers
1928-19321928-1932 by Ramblin' Thomas
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Ramblin' Thomas
Georgia Guitar Wizard (1928-1935)Georgia Guitar Wizard (1928-1935) by Curley Weaver
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Curley Weaver
Hot Hawaiian Guitar-1928-1949Hot Hawaiian Guitar-1928-1949 by King Bennie Nawahi
King Bennie Nawahi
Buddy Moss: The EssentialBuddy Moss: The Essential by Buddy Moss
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1923-1927)Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1923-1927) by Sylvester Weaver
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Sylvest Weaver was recording possibly before any other country bluesman and was a capable slide player (no relation to Curley Weaver)
You're Gonna Need That Pure ReligionYou're Gonna Need That Pure Religion by Rev. Pearly Brown
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Pearly Brown started recording well after most of his contemporaries but he is just as good and an excellent slide player
Mississippi Fred McDowellMississippi Fred McDowell by Mississippi Fred McDowell
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The Complete RecordingsThe Complete Recordings by Robert Johnson
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The Anthology: 1947-1972The Anthology: 1947-1972 by Muddy Waters
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Muddy played some great slide guitar in his earliest recordings
The Sky Is Crying: The History of Elmore JamesThe Sky Is Crying: The History of Elmore James by Elmore James
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I believe he is somewhat overated and deserves to be somewhere in this area of the list but I do love his playing
1931 zz zz-1937 zz zz1931 zz zz-1937 zz zz by Bumble Bee Slim
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In His Prime (1927-1928)In His Prime (1927-1928) by Furry Lewis
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Furry Lewis
Bricks in My PillowBricks in My Pillow by Robert Nighthawk
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Robert Nighthawk
Texas Sharecropper & SongsterTexas Sharecropper & Songster by Mance Lipscomb
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Mance Lipscomb....There many more great slide players this is just a few some more that weren't on amazon..Blind Willie Davis, Blind Willie Reynolds and Bobby Grant