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  • Name: (anonymous)
  • Member Since: September 2005
  • Location: NYC
I like many styles of music, but if it's got good guitar playing of any ilk I'm there. If an album on a List comes up Unavailable it has probably switched distributors, and looking up the album title in Search will get you the current page. Drag!

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Blues Favorites II by BigD-Bluez

"The first list is overflowing so it seems good to start up another as some new material has been flowing in..."


Genres: Blues
Last updated: Nov 5 2009
ALBUMS
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Just a Lucky So and So

BY Charles Brown
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"Latter career phase Charles Brown - a..." more

"Latter career phase Charles Brown - an artist who was great at any point in his discography. Smooth, baby." less

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Essential Blues

BY Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
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"Great collection of hard-hitting earl..." more

"Great collection of hard-hitting early career material from Gatemouth - really superb." less

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17 Greatest Hits

BY Freddy King
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"A Freddy King classic compilation of ..." more

"A Freddy King classic compilation of his early King Records hits - this here's the goods, folks. If you like blues in the slightest you should have this." less

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Essential Blues

BY Goree Carter
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"Outstanding jump blues - Goree Carter..." more

"Outstanding jump blues - Goree Carter made it hop and swing with a wicked guitar tone way ahead of his time. About halfway between Louis Jordan and '50's R&R." less

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Moanin' At Midnight: Th...

BY Howlin' Wolf
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"These are the Wolf's non-Sun Memphis ..." more

"These are the Wolf's non-Sun Memphis recordings done for the Modern label, before he went to Chess. Great stuff." less

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3rd Degree

BY Johnny Winter
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"My favorite of the 3 Alligator releas..." more

"My favorite of the 3 Alligator releases by Johnny Winter." less

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Guitar Slinger

BY Johnny Winter
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"All 3 Alligator releases are well wor..." more

"All 3 Alligator releases are well worth your while." less

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Johnny Winter

BY Johnny Winter
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"Johnny's first studio album for Colum..." more

"Johnny's first studio album for Columbia and still one of my favorites. This one would have to be a desert island contender." less

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Serious Business

BY Johnny Winter
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"Another of the 3 solid releases on Al..." more

"Another of the 3 solid releases on Alligator by Johnny." less

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Muddy "Mississippi" Wat...

BY Muddy Waters
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"A really fine live album from Muddy w..." more

"A really fine live album from Muddy with an all-star backing band including Johnny Winters." less

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In The Beginning

BY Stevie Ray Vaughan And ...
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"Early, very early, live show from SRV..." more

"Early, very early, live show from SRV recorded for radio broadcast, and it's a hot one. Very nice supplement to his Double Trouble albums." less

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Great Blues Guitarsists...

BY Various
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"Very nice compilation of early blues."

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The Slide Guitar: Bottl...

BY Various
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"This is a nice compilation of older b..." more

"This is a nice compilation of older blues done slide guitar style." less

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American Roots - Blues ...

BY Various Artists
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"Great deal with a lot of classic arti..." more

"Great deal with a lot of classic artists and tracks. Highly recommended." less

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Memphis Blues - 100 Vin...

BY Various Artists
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"Big old box of Memphis blues, from th..." more

"Big old box of Memphis blues, from the stars to the obscure." less

SONGS
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“Rock Awhile”

FROM Essential Blues

BY Goree Carter
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"Happening jump blues track, and check..." more

"Happening jump blues track, and check out the almost distorted guitar tone - this was from 1948 I think, 1951 at the latest, but it predates Rocket 88." less

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“Be Careful With A Fool”

FROM Johnny Winter

BY Johnny Winter
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"One of the smokin'est blues tunes eve..." more

"One of the smokin'est blues tunes ever - the playing is incendiary." less

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“I'll Drown In My Own Tears”

FROM Johnny Winter

BY Johnny Winter
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"Great song."

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“Albert's Shuffle”

FROM Super Sessions

BY KOOPER/BLOOMFIELD/STILLS
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"Mike Bloomfield - if you need any pro..." more

"Mike Bloomfield - if you need any proof what the fuss is about just check this song out. He is killing it here." less

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“St. James Infirmary”

FROM Hot Fives And Sevens

BY Louis Armstrong
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"What I had thought of until I encount..." more

"What I had thought of until I encountered Life Is Hard (And Then You Die) by Johnny Winter as the most melancholy of blues tunes, and it's not even in Dminor." less

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“The Sky Is Crying”

FROM The Sky Is Crying

BY Stevie Ray Vaughan And ...
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"Great version of one of his idol Albe..." more

"Great version of one of his idol Albert King's most famous songs, which is in turn a version of the Elmore James classic." less

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“Big Mary's”

FROM The Very Best Of

BY Titus Turner
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"Check out the original - you might re..." more

"Check out the original - you might remember the slamming cover the Paladins did on their second album." less

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“Dark Was The Night, Col...”

FROM The Slide Guitar: Bottl...

BY Various
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"I read somewhere this was Ry Cooder's..." more

"I read somewhere this was Ry Cooder's favorite song." less

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“Short John”

FROM American Roots - Blues ...

BY Various Artists
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"Dinah Washington, Miss D to you thank..." more

"Dinah Washington, Miss D to you thank you very much, singing the s**t out of the blues." less

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“The Kucklebuck”

FROM Memphis Blues: Importan...

BY Various Artists
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"That's HUCKLEBUCK, geniuses, but this..." more

"That's HUCKLEBUCK, geniuses, but this is one of my favorite blues instrumentals of all time, by Earl Hooker, and it's the s**t." less

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“I Got A Woman”

FROM Where The Steps Were St...

BY Various Artists
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"Ray Charles, baby, Ray Charles."

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“My Babe”

FROM Where The Steps Were St...

BY Various Artists
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"Little Walter's classic."

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