[Slowhand] Blues "essentials"

[Simon George]

You have to get some BB King in there, "Live at the Regal" is usually quoted as the best electric blues album of all time, although I dont have it myself, Try some of his later stuff as its quite easy to listen to, BB tends to try to keep up with the times, giving modern music a blues perspective, so to my ear, the earlier, 60's & 70's stuff is a little too Jazzy.
Also try Freddie King, the influence on EC is obvious.
            Another track would be to follow back the original artists from "from the Cradle", this should point you in the right direction.
   ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Craig Childs 
  To: slowhand 
  Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 1:45 AM
  Subject: [Slowhand] Blues "essentials"


  I've been a Clapton fan for a decade or so.  Now, I am trying to expand my music collection to other blues artists as well.  Since there are so many knowledgeable blues fans on this list, I wanted to throw this question out.  

  Excluding the groups EC has played with (Yardbirds, Cream, Mayall, etc), what are the "essential" blues albums one should purchase when starting a blues collection?

  Here's what I have so far (again, excluding all the EC albums I own):

  Willie Dixon: Poet of the Blues
  Howlin' Wolf: London Sessions
  Son House: Martin Scorsese Presents Son House (just bought this one!)
  Robert Johnson: Complete Recordings
  Ernie Bowser & TJ Bell:  When the Weather Breaks




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