Listening Guide
The following is a recommended list of blues albums. The music represented here will give a good foundation for a blues music collection and a well-versed ear.
This list is not exhaustive and is meant to be an introduction to great artists, representing a wide variety of blues styles and eras. The artists are listed in alphabetical order by last name.
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- Bid Bill Broonzy - Good Time Tonight
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Eric Clapton - From The Cradle
- Leroy Carr - Hurry Down Sunshine
- Buddy Guy - Stone Crazy
- Jimi Hendrix - Blues
- Mississippi John Hurt - Avalon Blues: Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings
- Lightnin' Hopkins - Texas Blues
- John Lee Hooker - 50 Years:John Lee Hooker Anthology
- Son House - Original Delta Blues
- Elmore James - Sky Is Crying: The History of
- Skip James - Complete Early Recordings
- lind Lemon Jefferson - King of the Blues, Vol. 1
- Robert Johnson - Complete Recordings
- Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign
- Blind Willie McTell - Classic Years 1927-1940
- Charlie Patton - Founder of Delta Blues
- Ma Rainey - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
- Jimmy Reed - Essential Boss Man
- Jimmy Rodgers - Chicago Bound
- Bessie Smith - Queen of the Blues Vol. 1
- Big Mama Thornton - Ball N' Chain
- Big joe Turner - Boss of the Blues
- Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood
- T-Bone Walker - Blues Masters: Very Best of
- Little Walter - The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection
- Muddy Waters - The Best Of Muddy Waters (Millennium Collection)
- Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man Blues
- Sonny Boy Williamson - Bluebird 1938
- Howlin' Wolf - Moanin in the Moonlight & Howlin Wolf
