What are your favorite Live Blues recordings?

R.L. Burnside: Burnside on Burnside

BB King-Live at Ole Miss
BB Live at Cook County Jail

In no particular order:

Albert King - Live '69
B.B. King - Live At The Regal
Mississippi John Hurt - Live
John Lee Hooker - Live At Newport
Allman Brothers Band - Live At The Fillmore

This kinda counts- I've been listening (in stereo, not 5.1) the second installment of the Martin Scorcese blues series on DVD, "The Soul of a Man".


This is the Wim Wenders directed episode ( Mr. Wenders also directed Buena Vista Social Club). Features Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson and J. B. Lenoir. Very rare performances of J.B. Lenoir, a must-see for that alone. Also guest tracks by Nick Cave, Lou Reed, and others really makes this an enjoyable listen.

I also like Taj Mahal's "An Evening of Acoustic Music". Stunning!

And last week, picked up an odd, cherry-red, semi-transparent vinyl recording of Odetta at the San-Fran club the Tin Angel that I've yet to hear as my TT is currently disconnected. anticipation... but I know I'm going to love it!

Another great live Blues recording is John Mayall's The Turning Point, recorded at the Fillmore East in 1969.

One of my newer faves is Luther Allison's "Live in Chicago". Very nice, high energy electric blues in the Chicago style. The Amazon link below has samples on it.

"Live in Chicago" (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000JWP7/104-6154242-8280762?v=glance&n=5174)

BTW, that's him in my avatar circa 1979 or so.

Also, "Cheap Thrills" has got to be mentioned. Janis's live version of "Ball and Chain" is a classic, and "Summertime" is arguably the best version ever.

Drink Small, "Electric Blues Doctor Live!" from Mapleshade Records. Great recording.

Muddy Waters—Live at Newport 1960
Mississippi John Hurt—Live (the Oberlin College concert)
Newport Folk Festival—Best of the Blues 1959-68 (a cornucopia of the greatest bluesmen alive at the time: Mississippi John Hurt, Skip James, Son House, Muddy Waters, Reverend Gary Davis, Lightin' Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, Memphis Slim, and many others).

bjarmson

Joe Bonamassa...New Day Yesterday Live!
Awesome CD from an awesome young guitar slinger!

Another great live Blues recording is John Mayall's The Turning Point, recorded at the Fillmore East in 1969.

Yep...and I tend to not like live recordings.

The Red Devils - Live At King King

Canned Heat-Live At Topanga Corral
Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble-Live Alive
Canned Heat-Recorded Live In Europe
The Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield And Al Kooper
Johnny Winter-And Live (or ANY of the other live recordings he did)
John Mayall-Moving On
John Mayall -Jazz Blues And Fusion
Johnny Rivers-(any of the Whiskey recordings are great but may not pass as blues. Closer to Rockabilly/Chuck Berry.)

Ten Years After-Undead
Ten Years After-Recorded Live

Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets featuring Sam Myers: Live at The Grand Emporium

Lonnie Brooks - "Live from Chicago - Bayou Lightning Strikes"

I always have trouble restraining myself while listening to this one, I tend to keep turning it up a little more, and a little more...

Hound Dog Taylor: "Beware of the Dog." You're dead if this doesn't get you moving and applying adult beverages (or other stimulants) to your tissues.

Second: The Red Devils, "Live at King King." You are there.