Favorite Blues Artist?

[Zuni]

Who are your favorite blues artists?
Mine might be Muddy waters.

[XNASA]

1. Slim Harpo

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[FlashHarry]

26. Yes!

Also:
Elmore James
Howlin' Wolf
Bukka White
Albert King
Muddy Waters

[Zomby Woof]

2. Howlin' Wolf

Though Muddy is so close, you can hear the Mississippi River moan...

I love too many to list.

[GOPisEvil]

3. Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

[Zomby Woof]

5. oooo!

On my wall facing me is an autographed pic of Gatemouth he signed for me in January 1997 at a show in Seattle. He played for over 3 hours, not counting the intermission.

He took donations for the autographs to pay for his daughter's college fund.

He is a mean SOB on fiddle and guitar. The San Antonio Ballbuster! No wonder you like him. :-)

[GOPisEvil]

7. I was thisclose to Clarence in New Orleans.

To date, that is best "luck" show I have ever seen. Walk to House of Blues, ask who's playing. Get told Clarence is playing, and it's his 72nd birthday. Pay 12 dollars. Stand 3 feet from the man. Soak in the genius.

No autograph, though. :evilfrown:

[MaineDem]

19. I'm going to see him this weekend!!

At the National Folk Festival in bangor, Maine!

I'm psyched.

[peacefreak]

40. Me too

Lots of good music scheduled this weekend.

[commander bunnypants]

4. Would Buddy Guy

included in this list?


DDQM

[Zomby Woof]

6. of course

He played bass for Howlin' Wolf before venturing on his own on guitar. He sears.

[Zuni]

15. of course

Buddy Guy is GOD

[beanball]

8. The blues

Bobby"blue"Bland

[Zuni]

16. He has one of the best voices

I have ever heard. I love his versions of 'Stormy Monday' and St. James Infirmary

[GOPisEvil]

9. Oh, lest we forget blues piano...OTIS SPANN! (nt)

[Zomby Woof]

12. and...

Jimmy Yancey or Professor Longhair dammit!

[Kat45]

10. Definitely Buddy Guy

Nice vocals, great guitar work. I've gone to see him play so many times, I've lost count--man, he sets the place on fire!

[salmonhorse]

11. What kind of blues?

Chicago, Country, Big City, Delta?

:shrug:

Otherwise: Mississippi John Hurt, hands down ~

http://www.mudcat.org/hurt.cfm

[Zomby Woof]

13. any kind

Hurt is a good choice!

[Ganja Ninja]

14. Too many to list but here’s some.

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee
Lighting Hopkins
Wille Dixon
John Lee Hooker
Otis Spann (Played Piano for Muddy too)
James Cotton
and so many more.

[Zuni]

17. I forgot Robert Johnson

the King of the Delta Blues.
Also John Lee Hooker, Albert King, Otis Rush

[NightTrain]

18. Muddy Waters or Howlin' Wolf

I really couldn't choose between the two of them. They were both so awesome!

[MaineDem]

20. Right now, it's Susan Tedeschi

Koko Taylor, too.

Many many more...

[Character Assassin]

21. Kelly Joe Phelps

'nuff said.

[Zomby Woof]

22. more info

What does he play? Is he contemporary, and are albums readily available?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

25. Slide guitar...

www.kellyjoephelps.com has some samples and album info. His newer stuff is less slide oriented, more fingerstyle, but I like that too. Even the tunes that you wouldn't classify as "blues" clearly show the influence.

He's wonderful, IMO...

[Zomby Woof]

28. thanks!

Always grubbing for new stuff.

[Character Assassin]

39. He's a jaw-droppingly technically talented and soulful Oregonian

All acoustic, fingerstyle that I've never heard anyone else play like. It's like Travis-picking combined with sometimes blistering, sometimes understated slide work, played lap-style.

That, and he has an amazing voice and range of expression. He has one album with a band, and three as a solo performer.

I'd recommend starting with 'Shine-Eyed Mr. Zen'.

There is simply no one else like him. To give you an idea of his talent, he is one of god's, I mean, Bill Frissel's favorite guitarists.

I cannot praise the man's music highly enough. If you like soul, he's your guy. If you like technique, he's your guy.

[Coffee Coyote]

42. I'm sold

Thanks for the heads-up.

[Character Assassin]

43. You absolutely will not be disappointed.

His version of 'Goodnight Irene' is simultaneously so true and yet so uniquely his that it defies description.

Enough to make a man weep.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

23. Big Mama Thornton

John Lee Hooker
and , of course, BB.......

[mitchum]

24. Howlin' Wolf is not only the greatest blues artist...

he is also the greatest rock star of all time. The man had everything.

[NightTrain]

27. Tough to argue with that assertion!

I love listening to Wolf sing. His voice had a malevolent quality to it of which I never tire.

[mitchum]

31. I know what you mean. Sam Phillips said that Wolf's voice was...

"where the soul of man never dies"

[Squeech]

29. Skip James

Unless I can nominate Don Van Vliet!

[ellay]

30. I'm impressed

Must be the Great Unwashed hangin' out at home today.

Don't forget about the great Johnny Winter, Port Arthur,TX's own.
Go out and get all the Blind Willie Johnson (Beaumont,TX) you can find.
I wanna hang out at some roadhouses with Sentinel Chicken.

[Bushfire]

32. David "Honeyboy" Edwards

who knew Robert Johnson personally, and has the chops to prove it. I've seen him 3 times, and love the delta blues sound. It won't get more authentic than Honeyboy.

"The World Don't Owe Me Anything" - highly recommended by Bushfire

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1556522754/qid=1061585903/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-4468984-1799912?v=glance&s=books

[madrchsod]

34. you know how dumb i am??

he played in a small bar where i live three times in two months and i never went...i mean you could sit right next to him..duh what an idiot i was

[Bushfire]

37. You must be in the windy city

n/t

[retread]

33. Albert King

*

[sangh0]

35. A tie: Howling Wolf and Albert Collins

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[madrchsod]

36. luther allison

otis rush,howlin` wolf.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

38. Ry Cooder

ain't too shabby either. ;-)

[peacefreak]

41. Mississippi John Hurt

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[corarose]

44. I live in the Blues Bros. Bldg. in Chicago (Coco Taylor, Etta James)

I love the Blues and I should be an expert on who's good.

Etta James & Coco Taylor are my favorites.

Wang, Dang Doodle is one of my all time favorite songs.

[Astarho]

45. R.L. Burnside

One of the best still playing. Of course the list of favorite blues artists is an ever growing one. Son House, Charlie Patton, John Lee Hooker, and so many more.