![]() | West Side Soul by Magic Sam
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $8.47 To me this is what electric blues is all about, with just that pinch of soul to it. A tragedy that this man had to pass on at such a young age. This album will appeal to you
"All your love"
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![]() | Born Under a Bad Sign by Albert King
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $6.92 Ain't obody leavin without singing the blues.. a gem from the King (the Mississippi one, not the Tennessee King)
"Born under a bad sign"
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![]() | Hide Away: The Best of Freddy King by Freddie King
Buy used from: $27.99 The Origin.. The Influences... all who you thought/think are the best, got their mojo from this man.
"have you ever loved a woman?"
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![]() | The Complete Aladdin Recordings by Lightnin' Hopkins
Buy used from: $11.49 Pull back that chair, a newspaper, a glass of tea (Indian Style) and Hopkins in the background.. perfect. A good storyteller, things will be much better, wait and see.
"Daddy will be home one day"
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![]() | The Best of Blind Lemon Jefferson by Blind Lemon Jefferson
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $8.77 Complaints from some folks regarding the 'sound quality', depends how you take it. When you listen to his songs, its clear he knows the blues!
"Prison cell blues"
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![]() | I'm John Lee Hooker by John Lee Hooker
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $0.95 John Lee Hooker, 'nuff said
"Dimples"
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![]() | I Ain't Beggin' Nobody by Sonny Boy Williamson II
Buy used from: $2.99 Good early Sonny Boy collection.. gives you a nice atmosphere
"She's Crazy"
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![]() | Second Winter by Johnny Winter
Buy new: $15.93 / Used from: $12.99 Murdering Bomb Blues from the whitest of the white. Loud Winter, it is
"Tobacco Road"
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![]() | Devil Got My Woman by Skip James
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $6.92 Devil got my woman.. but returned her! Skip and his moan lends a distinct element of despair about his music.
Recommended to listen to fearful flyers, when the plane is going through a mean mean storm and turbulence is crazy. ol' skip will take care, 'down the road i'd be gone'......
"Worried Blues"
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![]() | Ma Rainey by Ma Rainey
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $8.51 Been ditched by the b*tch, get a woman like Ma Rainey to ease your troubles, your just in need of some that TLC only she can give.
"Sweet Rough Man"
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![]() | Blues from the Gutter by Champion Jack Dupree
Buy used from: $13.49 blues piano roll galore, this represents that to the fullest.
Want to quit smoking? listen to
"Can't kick the habit"
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![]() | From Lake Mary by Scott Dunbar
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $7.68 you can detect based on listening to this CD, where a lot of folks later on were influenced by his sound.
"Vicksburg Blues"
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![]() | Most Things Haven't Worked Out by Junior Kimbrough
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $13.37 A keeper according to me, abrasive, harsh.. sometimes things don't work out, sometimes they never work out... blue blue blues here.
"Most things haven't worked out"
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![]() | Pig 'n Whistle Red by Blind Willie McTell
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $10.95 peppy Pop blues! something casey kasem would announce..
was pondering whether to add this.. always pondering
heh heh "Brown skin woman"
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![]() | Backwater Blues by Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $6.95 Pay the rent, Shave, and play some good acoustic blues....
also a keeper
but will i ever enter a plane again? hmmmm
"Jet Plane Blues"
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![]() | Long Way from Home by Mississippi Fred McDowell
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $7.15 THIS is the Fred McDowell record to get, gets you in a good rhythm (I am reminded of the movie, Deliverance, when the banjo boy and the guy with the guitar do an acoustic duel in the initial scene)
"John Henry" great hypnotic rhythmical sequence.
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![]() | Shake 'Em on Down by Furry Lewis
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $7.39 one of the best 'sounding' acoustic blues album till date.. always trust a blues album when they don't say money, but pronounce it as 'Muhhnnneeee'
"When my baby left me"
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![]() | Keep It to Yourself - Arkansas Blues Vol. 1: Solo Performances by Various Artists
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $12.19 even, simple, exclusive, private blues...
Reola's wail
"i'll take care of you"
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