Highly recommend Jimmy Smith's album The Cat, no body has played the Hammond B3 organ like him before or since.
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?
Where to start?
What would you recommend?
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Makes sure to explore different styles of Blues and acoustic vs electric. There is a lot of variety. Here are some artists to pursue (certainly NOT an exhaustive list). I've listed one or two album titles, too, as good starting points: Butler, Wild Child - Wild Child Butler Dixon, Willie - The Blues Every Which Way (with Memphis Slim) Guy, Buddy - Going Back to Acoustic Hammond, John - So many roads Hatch, Little Hooker, John Lee - Boogie Chillin' | Get back home in the U.S.A. | Sings the Blues (ThatÂ’s my story) Hopkins, Lightnin' - Goin' Away | Lightnin' House, Son - Father of the Delta Blues Hurt, Mississippi John - The Best of Mississippi John Hurt Johnson, Robert - King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. I Lenoir, JB - Alabama Blues Slim, Memphis - Waters, Muddy - Folk Singer | Sings Big Bill Broonzy Wells, Junior - Hoodoo Man Blues Williamson, Sonny Boy - Keep It To Ourselves | The Real Folk Blues Enjoy your explorations! |
Alligator Records is a great blues label. |
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