Hey, do any of you listen to electric blues? Who do you like? My blues tastes have always been pretty tradtional (Alan Lomax recordings of Muddy Waters, stuff like that), but I need something louder AND something you can boogie to. I would recognize most of the names but don't know the right album titles. What I am specifically interested in is good sounding vinyl (of course). Any ideas?

Thanks.

Johnny Winter- Almost anything he has out
John Lee Hooker -Endless Boogie
Canned Heat

You can't go wrong with Roy Buchanan or SRV.

Check out Luther Allison (my avatar), "Live in Chicago" 2 CD set; it's about as good as it gets.
Plus there's tons of good Chicago blues on the Alligator and Delmark labels (Son Seals, Koko Taylor, Jimmy Johnson, Magic Slim, Lonnie Brooks, etc, etc)

Savoy Brown Blues Band is pretty good too for British blues with a boogie bounce, especially "A Step Further", "Blue Matter", and "Raw Sienna"

SRV all the way!

Be different. Hot Tuna

Peter Green.


Terry

Also, give Albert Collins, Magic Slim and Willie Dixon a shot.

Hey, do any of you listen to electric blues? Who do you like? My blues tastes have always been pretty tradtional (Alan Lomax recordings of Muddy Waters, stuff like that), but I need something louder AND something you can boogie to...Any ideas?..


How about... Muddy Waters!? And I don't mean to suggest Electric Mud -- which I do not recommend -- and that sort of thing. Rather, the first batch of electrified traditional Muddy material issued by Chess starting in the late 1940s, e.g., the Chess release Muddy Waters - His Best: 1947 to 1955. And while you're at it, you might also want to pick up a copy of Howlin' Wolf: His Best. Both of these were released in 1997 as part of the "Chess 50th Anniversary Collection" series. Then seek out Elmore James, his "Chicago" stuff. Elmore only knew one lick, but he played it like his life depended on it. I like John Lee Hooker a lot, too; different kind of player than the others just mentioned, but interesting in style, tone and voice.

Past those guys & a few of the other "seminal" bluesmen who turned electric, the field of electrified blues is big -- really, really big -- spanning what, 60 years of recording history?

Gosh, I just remembered that you'd asked about electric blues on vinyl. hm, not sure any of the Chess 50th Anniversary material was released on vinyl, too bad if it wasn't. I happen to have CD versions of them and they sound great, but if it's vinyl you want, those might not be an option for you.

Of course you could always try to find original vinyl sides (we're talkin' 45s) and LPs of Muddy's & Wolf's 1940s & 1950s material, but some of those are really expensive, e.g., The Best of Muddy Waters on Chess Records LP-1427 and Howlin' Wolf on Chess LP 1469. Those might have been reissued, too, but seek out Mono reissues if you can find 'em.

Alligator Records put out a ton of good blues albums on vinyl. Shouldn't be too hard to find a few titles. One of my favorites is: Son Seals - Live & Burning.

If you want stuff on vinyl, I suggest you either go to eBay or a good used LP store in St. Louis or Kansas City. Any of the older blues LPs (Chess, Vee Jay, etc) can be expensive (blues collectibles are growing in value, and were often rare to begin with). There were a number of Chess, etc reprints in the 70's, early 80's that can still be reasonably acquired.

If you're willing to get the material on CD (often the only way to get rare material), then you have a wealth of items available and reasonably priced. Look for Muddy's work from the 50's on (the Alan Lomax sessions were recorded in the early 40's and were strictly acoustic), Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson II (Rice Miller), Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Elmore James, etc, etc. Check out these great electric blues artists on the allmusic.com site and use the links to other artists to learn about many more bluesmen (and women). Also early Allman Brothers (w/Duane) is loud, virtuosic, and boogiefying.

But don't just stop at electric blues, some of the most vital and rhythmically powerful blues was acoustic. You're missing some truly great, virtuosic music that makes you shake your booty like crazy, if you ignore the acoustic material.

Some sage advice from all of you. Thanks.

I'm definitely not ruling out CDs, I just like to play with my turntables and this is one genre I don't have much of.

Okay, the REAL reason is my wife digs the electric bar blues, and the more good stuff I can find, the more I can play my gear, and the more interesting it will be to me, and the happier we'll both be :banana:

I won't shun the acoustic, for sure, as that's the basis of what blues i do have and I love it all. I've already heard acoustic blues that make you wanna shake your booty, so I'm all for it.

I picked up two great live Albert King recording new on reissue vinyl from soundstagedirect.com

Euclid Recrods, The Record Exchange and Vintage Vinyl generally all have a good selection of all sorts of blues.

There is a record show here in St. Louis this weekend also.

From England you have Ten Years After, for Electric Blues starters here I would recommend "Undead", or "Alvin Lee & Company"

Also try Savoy Brown, Kim Simmons is one of Englands best kept secrets. The band morphed into Foghat. The albums (like so many) around 68-72 are the best.

Many people don't get it but Jimi Hendrix was all about Blues. And he SURE was electric! So there you have it, Electric Blues

Another favorite is Fleetwood Mac W/ Peter Green (DONT laugh until you study the history of Fleetwood Mac and what a Blues powerhouse they were before they brought women on board)

Last I have hardly ever heard a Canned Heat album that I didnt like (especially live) The band actually still exists with maybe 1 or 2 original members so you need to go back a bit to 1971 or so and before when Blind Owl, The Bear, and The Sunflower, and The Mole were mixing it up in "BOOGIE" madness

+1 on Albert King.......That guys voice is awesome, and a great tone on the guitar. :thmbsp::smoke: Check out Born Under a Bad Sign on Stax. I think its been reissued on Sundazed. Also, Live Wire/Blues Power is a great live recording of him.
-Derek:music:

Here's a goodie......

"In Session", Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughn.

Damn good stuff!!

Paul Butterfield Blues Band- East West

Kooper Bloomfield Stills - Super Session

Don't forget Albert King - great stuff. Also you might try Larry Carlton's cd Saphire Blue. Roy buchannan is outstanding also!
Enjoy,
Jim

Roy Buchannon has to be on everybodies A list ,,,, Danny Gatton 88 Elmira Street is worth a listen ,,,,