Since I listened to John Mayall's Jazz Blues Fusion at about 1-2 this morning, I guess that counts for today... didn't get any better from what I remember.
Thanks to all the posters on this thread. I have been turned on to some really great Blues releases because of you.
Depends what you mean by "blues record". If it's a "track", it would be Outside Woman Blues by Blind Joe Reynolds. I listened to the lyrics last night, thought "I know that" and checked out Cream. Sure enough, credited to Eric Clapton. Don't worry, Eric, I love the version on Disraeli Gears, but a little credit to Blind Joe might have been more honest...
"Jimmy Rogers with Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters." Released in 1994 by Rounder Records. Recorded in live Germany 1991. All Music has a horrible review of it, but, seriously- did Ronnie Earl sound any better during this era? he lays down the definitive version of "Okie Dokie Stomp." Sorry, Gatemouth Brown... His take on Earl Hooker's "Blues in D Natural" is just as ferocious. When Rogers finally takes the stage, he tears through "Rock This House" and others. One of the better Post-Post Modern Blues albums out here. IMO.
Oh, I meant any type of blues recording. I was actually thinking of the 78s that my great grand pop used to collect. Wish I had nabbed a few. My cousins sold 'em all when he passed. Yeah, I'd never heard this BJR recording. The poster brings up the vocals in this version and, unfortunately, the cracks and hiss with it - but it's a good sound.
Campbell was living and playing in New York at the end of his life, and that city's conflicting energies are reflected in his playing and writing. They needed each other, it seems, and if ever there were a Delta blues record that visited the Texas roadhouse and settled on the streetcorners of NYC, this is it. Awesome. - AllMusic.com That's a download. Thanks
Now Ethel Profit was a Gospel singer but, I'm sorry, this number is straight-up blues, and one of my faves. When she sings I Got To Make It you know she's had enough of wherever she's comin from!
We already have a long-established thread with essentially the same premise.... What's your favourite Blues record today??
