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Recommend some Blues music to a newbie

Don't listen to Blues at all, but recently when auditioning some equipment I heard a few tracks that I enjoyed tremendously. Not sure of one artist but the other was Eric Bibb. Simple vocals and accoustic guitar. I really liked it a lot.

Where to start?
What would you recommend?

Ether (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

04-20-12

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04-20-12 Joe bonamassa rules! i will get to see him live in concert ... Mofimadness

04-21-12 Buy as much john lee hooker as you can find. Pops

04-21-12 Highly recommend jimmy smith's album the cat, no body has p ... Uru975

04-21-12 Makes sure to explore different styles of blues and acoustic ... Rushton

04-21-12 Try some some bb king, john lee hooker, stevie ray vaughn, m ... Madhf

04-21-12 alligator records is a great blues label. Tpreaves

04-21-12 Albert collins and ice breakers are pretty darn awesome! Toddnkaya

04-21-12 http://roadhousepodcast.com/ Slikric3000

04-21-12 Blues covers a range of music, as reflected in some of the p ... Whart

04-21-12: Alexwgoody
Danny Gatton doesn't get the credit he deserves, but I think he is great despite never knowing anyone else who listens to him. He only had a few albums before he killed himself, but they are all great.
Alexwgoody (System | Answers | This Thread)

04-21-12 Ruston, looks like we overlapped.:) Whart

04-21-12 As mentioned in a previous post check out alligator records. ... Dayglow

04-21-12 Muddy waters folk singer 45rpm by quality pressings. Needfreestuff

04-21-12 Ether, for a different take on the blues try otis taylor. he ... Bizango1

04-22-12 Mississippi john hurt or sonny terry/brownie mcghee would be ... Casey33

04-22-12 Keb mo, robert lucas Slaw

04-22-12 For acoustic...lightning hopkins...good as it gets Phasecorrect

04-23-12 Stevie ray vaughan, the best of the modern blues players, un ... Wildoats

04-24-12 Paul butterfield band-live, buddy guy-this is buddy guy, how ... Mrmitch

04-24-12 Ray bailey "satan's horn", ca. 1995. if you can f ... 4hannons

04-25-12 I agree with tpreaves about alligator records, and highly re ... Phaelon

04-25-12 I second muddy waters "folk singer" Alpass

04-25-12 Try it neworleans style with wynton marsalis and eric clapto ... Mrschret

04-25-12 Many great recommendations... i'd add roy buchanan. here's ... Ghosthouse

04-26-12 If someone says they like eric bibb how many degrees of sepa ... Onhwy61

04-27-12 I saw roy buchanan open for lowell george and little feat. i ... Whart

04-28-12 Didn't realize mrmitch had already mentioned roy buchanan. ... Ghosthouse

04-29-12 I love delta blues and country blues more generally. i ten ... Bryoncunningham

04-29-12 Johnny winter.. smokes em all on guitar. Polk432

04-29-12 Just heard johnny w. about a month ago at the turning point ... Whart

04-29-12 Too bad johnny almost has to be carried out onto the stage t ... Polk432

04-29-12 Joe bonamassa, a.c. reed, anything hooker, seasick steve, lu ... Wmbode

04-30-12 A few years ago i picked up the (at the time)latest cd by jo ... Chazro

05-02-12 Has anyone mentioned t-bone walker? Sabai

05-02-12 Good call on t-bone. when i first started listening to him a ... Whart

05-03-12 Whart, i don't know what it is about t-bone but he is one of ... Sabai

05-03-12 'chicago the blues today' nice 3 disc set by real bluesme ... Rok2id

05-04-12 Blue rider trio (harp, steel & guts) on mapleshade records r ... R_burke

05-04-12 And if you got sick of the classic blues find earlyer albums ... Raindog031

05-07-12 There is also a rendition of first time i met the blues by b ... Whart

05-12-12 How about some british blues? savoy brown collection, any ... Mapman

05-13-12 Yea, mapman. that whole uk blues movement that started in th ... Whart

05-13-12 Juat getting into blues now, but i have had a good start lat ... Roscoeiii

05-26-12 Get your hands on the chess willie dixon boxed set. that's a ... Huntermusic