Blueswomen and bluesmen: the Blues music thread

[Guillaume]

Are there some fans of Blues music on this forum?

Do you have some blues albums and blues bands/songwriters to recommend to me?

I like Stevie Ray Vaughan, his albums like "Couldn't stand the weather", "Texas flood", "the sky is crying", etc.

I also fell in love with John Campbell (R.I.P.  ), especially his beautiful, haunting, moving album "One believer"...highly recommended:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr7hosIJG80

[Master Ray]

I was in Chicago a couple of years ago and saw Buddy Guy playing live at his club... now THAT was a bloody amazing night...

 

[Guillaume]

Up, 5 years later!

An underrated short lived band, Cry of Love, they did only two albums and their talented singer died a few years ago...still, their first album "Brother", blues rock album influenced by Free, Bad Company, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Hendrix...is fantastic!:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTo3bPtRbv0

[Tony S]

Jeff Healey was really great !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cUswsWUBHs

[Tony S]

Don't forget blueswomen !

Joanne Shaw-Taylor is a great guitar player, with a fantastic voice too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEHboZ4Shho&list=PLhMArNrsjSibPlsTWVPxlfthEKpQ1swT9&index=12&t=0s

[Tony S]

Snowy White's Blues Agency

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAPKwMb2_hg

[Guillaume]

Snowy White's Blues Agency

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAPKwMb2_hg

I also like what he did on my favourite Thin Lizzy album, the underrated "Renegade".

[Whirlwind]

Blues is the worst music on Earth. Just so repetitive. Dull, boring, simplistic. Horrible.

That's the reason why I like punk and post punk. And New Model Army. Not one blues lick in the whole lot of it.

[Ghosttrain]

Maybe a listen to Into The Blues by Joan Armatrading may change your mind .... ....

[cthulhu]

Good stuff there! I like blues music, its more that i like it when i hear it, but i don't have any records.

Here's a blues session i really like, but it's too heavy to listen to it often. Blues reduced to the max you could say: pain...

"believe me when i tell you: Life will not break your heart.., it will crush it"

[Guillaume]

Don't forget blueswomen !

Joanne Shaw-Taylor is a great guitar player, with a fantastic voice too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEHboZ4Shho&list=PLhMArNrsjSibPlsTWVPxlfthEKpQ1swT9&index=12&t=0s

It's pretty great! Which are the best albums from her to recommend?

Others blueswomen: Ana Popovic, Dani Wilde, Samantha Fish..

[Tony S]

Snowy White's Blues Agency

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAPKwMb2_hg

I also like what he did on my favourite Thin Lizzy album, the underrated "Renegade".

Yes ! I love Renegade too !

[Tony S]

Don't forget blueswomen !

Joanne Shaw-Taylor is a great guitar player, with a fantastic voice too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEHboZ4Shho&list=PLhMArNrsjSibPlsTWVPxlfthEKpQ1swT9&index=12&t=0s

It's pretty great! Which are the best albums from her to recommend?

I must confess, I don't actually have any of Joanne's albums, but most of what I've head from her I've liked. The track I posted above is from her 5th album, The Dirty Truth.
She was inspired by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert Collins and Jimi Hendrix. More info (and discography) here;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanne_Shaw_Taylor#Discography

[Tony S]

I also like when some artists not necessarily known for blues music, delve into blues territory. Like this for example;

Joe Satriani - Down, Down, Down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEgv3jwqwmA&list=PL8778CCBDBFF0F176&index=4&t=0s

[Guillaume]

Snowy White's Blues Agency

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAPKwMb2_hg

I also like what he did on my favourite Thin Lizzy album, the underrated "Renegade".

Yes ! I love Renegade too !

It's the first album and first song i"ve heard from Thin Lizzy in the mid or late 80's, and i loved it from the start! I don't really know why this album met kind of hostile reviews from the critics and Thin Lizzy fans back in the 80's...great melodies and lyrics, in all cases.
It's too bad that Phil Lynott died so young.