(Part 2) Best contemporary blues music according to redditors

I'm w/ you lol it's not greedy. His niece is dead, he doesn't what her voice showing up in memes and shit. If you're a fan and you want to listen to the album, you can. It's not like he's putting cease and desists out on youtube... (also https://www.amazon.com/Aaliyah/dp/B00005LMJU here u go ya broke bums)

Old, new, or doesn't matter?

Edit: Start with these:

Cafe R&B

Buddy Guy

Pinetop Perkins

Muddy Waters

Howlin Wolf

B.B. King

Jonny Lang

Definitely agree with you on Wolf. My two favorites right now are Magic Sam's Black Magic and Junior Wells Hoodoo Man Blues

The Hoodoo Man Blues is a reissue I bought for $10.99 at Generation Records in NYC. It's definitely available for retail.

I do have an original pressing, but it's not in such great shape. Lots of ticks, pops, and crackle. Sounds good that way too, though.

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|name|Chris Smither|
|about artist|Chris Smither (born November 11, 1944 in Miami, Florida) is an American folk/blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He grew up mainly in New Orleans and attended the University of the Americas in Mexico City, planning on becoming an anthropologist, but transferred to Tulane University after a year, during which time he discovered the music of Mississippi John Hurt. While in Paris for a junior year abroad, he spent his time playing guitar rather than attending classes and was kicked out of college as a result. ([more on last.fm](http://www.last.fm/music/Chris Smither))|
|album|Don't It Drag On, released Nov 1971|
|track|I've Got Mine|
|images|album image, artist image|
|links|wikipedia, official homepage, [discogs](http://www.discogs.com/artist/Chris Smither), album on amazon|
|tags|blues, singersongwriter, folk, americana, folkblues|
|similar|Greg Brown, Richard Shindell, John Gorka, Peter Mulvey, Kelly Joe Phelps|
|metrics|lastfm listeners: 36,481, lastfm plays: 351,734, youtube plays: 7,860, radd.it score: 8|


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If you want some interesting jazz that is not your typical run-of-the-mill stuff, I would recommend an album called "Both Sides Now" - it's a little gem that hardly gets any attention. It's by Carli Muñoz (pianist) and Eddie Gomez (double bassist) and I would describe the music as traditional jazz infused with latin hip hop. I have owned this album for many years and never tire of listening to it.

You seem eclectic in your music tastes so I'll recommend two more.

I enjoy listening to Sade and recently picked up her Lovers Live album. Very impressed with both the audio recording quality on the CD and the vocals. She is hard to describe. Soul, R&B, blues, jazz all mixed into one.

My final recommendation is anything done by the Flobots.
Progressive rock band out of Colorado. They've got a funky rhythm and I love the messages in their music. Their first album (Fight With Tools) is perhaps my favorite.

Thanks for setting up the giveaway. Enjoy the music!

John Hammond's album - Wicked Grin

http://www.amazon.com/Wicked-Grin-John-Hammond-Jr/dp/B000059T5O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1411475654&sr=8-1&keywords=wicked+grin

The whole album is great.

Eric Clapton is at the top of my list. If you haven't seen it, I strongly recommend you obtain the live in Hyde Park performance that he did. It's absolutely phenomenal.

1. Steven Curtis Chapman (Contempory Christian)
   
   
2. No idea who this is but it's stereotypical Southern Gospel
   
   
3. Gospel
   
   EDIT:
   Also, this is probably the best gospel album, ever.
   
   Also, I have no idea why Gospel is just Gospel and not "Southern Gospel", both genres originated from the South.
   
   

The SRV 3-CD + DVD set has a few tracks from this. The DVD is of a previously unreleased "Austin City Limits" episode. That's another one which makes you scratch your head and ask why that was never released. Epic performance.

For anyone looking to get into jazz I highly recommend the A Night Out With Verve Box Set. Every song is spectacular and they're broken up into 4 "moods".

Wining

Dining

Dancing

Romancing

This is the set that got me into jazz.

Yes. I think rap evolved overall - and I'm glad it did. I would actually go with the year 1999... but still.

One of my favourite albums is Mali to Memphis - check it out <cough> pirate <cough> It's a mix of American blues and African music.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Best-Van-Morrison/dp/B000009DDJ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342539623&sr=8-1&keywords=van+morrison+greatest+hits+cd

Three that spring to mind are:

Johnny Winter with The Return of Johnny Guitar

John Campbell with A Man And His Blues

Freddie King with King Of The Blues

This covers a range of styles and some fantastic music.

And just as a wildcard here is some French blues - Johnny Hallyday with Le Coeur d'un Homme. Some great songs really well sung.

Enjoy the blues and keep exploring.

The last film that I watched on LaserDisc was [How The Grinch Stole Christmas] (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060345/). We break it out every year. The last album I listened to on cassette was [Baduism] (https://www.amazon.com/Baduizm-Erykah-Badu/dp/B000005AYM). I had just gotten a new car and bought the new cassette, so I cruised around and blasted it. The craziest thing that happened at work was a lockdown. I am in education and a student thought they saw someone with a gun, so the school was locked down as though there was an active shooter on campus. We are in North Florida and police came from as far away as Key West to secure the campus. It took hours to clear the campus and ensure that there was no danger. Students weren't allowed to go to the restroom and there were police with guns drawn everywhere.