Best electric blues music according to redditors

For a beginner, the best choices are

1. B. B. King - The Ultimate Collection
   http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Collection-B-B-King/dp/B0007QJ1PM/
   It's a recent release, notes are VERY easy to pick out, aren't frustratingly hard, but just challenging enough (especially his vibrato) to keep you coming back
   
   
2. Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign
   http://www.amazon.com/Born-Under-Sign-Albert-King/dp/B00BCMT4RA/
   Everything I said about BB, I can say about Albert. The difference is that he "worries" every note in a way that will teach you how to "feel" a solo.
   
   
3. Howlin Wolf - The definitive Collection
   http://www.amazon.com/Definitive-Collection-Howlin-Wolf/dp/B000O5905M
   Jimi Hendrix said that Hubert Sumlin was his favourite guitar player. Indeed, I'd say his rhythm guitar playing is unmatched especially in how he works in fills.
   
   These should give you an excellent foundation in blues licks. After that, move on to
   
   
4. Freddie King - Ultimate Collection
   http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Collection-Freddie-King/dp/B00005B2XZ
   
   
5. Magic Sam - West Side Soul and Black Magic
   http://www.amazon.com/West-Side-Soul-Special-Magic/dp/B004B3PBEC
   http://www.amazon.com/Black-Magic-Sam/dp/B000004BIP
   
   
   When you can play all of that, note for note, you will likely be my favorite guitarist :)

The Stax/Volt box set would be a great intro to the genre in general if you have access to it.

Bought this, let it rip and was blown away...

https://www.amazon.com/Real-Deal-Greatest-Hits/dp/B00XW4TMUA/ref=pd_sim_15_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00XW4TMUA&pd_rd_r=HJT5NNGZPNXSJ0GJ9F6K&pd_rd_w=jfLgm&pd_rd_wg=3d1KP&psc=1&refRID=HJT5NNGZPNXSJ0GJ9F6K

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

You might try Scorsese's blues collection.

http://www.amazon.com/Martin-Scorsese-Presents-The-Blues/dp/B0000A0VA1

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4. this
   or this or maybe this

You can get it on CD/DVD. http://www.amazon.com/In-Session-Deluxe-Edition-DVD/dp/B00377V6J2

Or, if you'd rather get it from PBS as just the DVD. http://www.shoppbs.org/product/index.jsp?productId=11278706

EDIT: Honestly, my favorite parts of this are where they're just shooting the shit between songs. You don't really get to see that sort of stuff anymore and it's cool to see their personalities kind of feel each other out a bit and not be jerks or anything.

Maybe a blu ray with B.B. King: Live at Montreux 1993 [Blu-ray].
Here is a link from amazon :
https://www.amazon.com/B-B-King-Live-Montreux-Blu-ray/dp/B00265SCJI


Here you can see one of the songs from that concert :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1upbgyd9lo

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If you want a broad introduction to the blues this collection by Martin Scorsese might be a good place to start http://www.amazon.com/Martin-Scorsese-Presents-The-Blues/dp/B0000A0VA1

Three boxed sets to start with. This is some of the best stuff around:

James Brown: Star Time

The Temptations: Emperors of Soul

The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968

Also, more on the early R&B/soul tip (rather than the funk stuff that would follow a little later), check out the Hot Slop Podcast.

Hope that helps.

Thanks! You can find it easily on Amazon:https://www.amazon.it/Inspiration-Information-Shuggie-Otis/dp/B000059TLS

I've always loved This for some reason.

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I'm not going to buy any of their records, so any links you could include would be helpful.

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Wait, are you talking about this?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B00000098O001004/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_004

and this?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B00000098O001005/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_005

Where he can't hit a solid note to save his life? His voice is horribly flat and almost completely void of any emotion at all. Not to mention just plain... bad. He sounds like a 3rd rate bar band singer at the very best.

The one lyric that particularly grabbed me as extremely poor was the word "eyes" in the first song near the very beginning of the clip. Fucking ouch. That sounded so just... flat and totally out of tune that it made the rest of that clip and the next nearly physically painful to listen to. How incredibly unprofessional.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B004C5JUO6/ref=sr_1_1_cp_1_main_olp?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1371231392&sr=1-1&condition=collectible

Looks like new pressings from Amazon are around $28 but you can find cheaper ones on eBay. This appears to be the stereo version of the album.

I'll just leave this here...

Buddy Guy's Chess Sessions, Albert King & Otis Rush's So Many Roads collection, and B.B. King's Singin' the Blues all spring to mind. Also, a good mix of starting stuff is the soundtrack from Scorsese's The Blues - A Musical Journey.

The new Hendrix remasters are amazing: http://www.amazon.com/Are-Experienced-Vinyl-Jimi-Hendrix/dp/B0033AGPEY/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1312926782&sr=1-2

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.

$11.45 at Amazon. Worth every penny!

Yuck! That's a lot of driving!

Nevertheless:

This is great driving music!

My suggestion would be to start digital and play the soundtrack to Martin Scorsese's The Blues: A Musical Journey and try to narrow down what you like. There's so many different styles of the blues and you're sure to have your favorites. Once you pick your guys, then start looking for records and getting deeper into the stuff you like.