Blues Music

The blues is one of my favorites, so many great artist but here's a short list of my personal favorites.

The classics:
John Lee Hooker
Blind Willie Johnson
Barbecue Bob
Hank Williams
BB King
Memphis Slim
Bob Dylan

Modern Artists:
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Blues Traveler
Black Crowes
Robert Randolph & the Family Band

 

Chris Duarte is one of the best blues guitarists no one has heard of. The video quality is poor and he takes a bit of time thanking everyone, but it is worth the wait. Texas Blues is as good as it gets.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1791082567717107550&q=chris+duarte+my+way+down&total=4&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1

 

Haven't seen Duarte in a few years! That's the first time I saw him wear pants instead of a kilt, and his bass player looks new. He always put on a great show--I've seen him 3-4 times in Chicago.

 

charley patton's another good one, check out "down the dirt road blues"

 

sethmac86 - Since you are on the blues kick with Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce, I remember seeing those two back in Houston sometime in 89 (?) with a young guitar virtuoso named Blues Saraceno. He's more of the slick chops in his riffs rather than blues, but made a great addition to the band for Jack Bruce.

Besides the SRV and Chris Duarte, and even the Black Keys (which are great esp for only being guitar and drums), others to look out for: Kenny Wayne Sheperd, Chris Whitley (RIP), Charlie Sexton (or previously the Charlie Sexton Sextet), which he also did work with the Arc Angels (who have a reunion show every year or two and consists of Doyle Bramhall II and Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon - double trouble that is). That's all I can think of at the moment.