Looking for Blues with High Fidelity

Heard Otis Taylor?

If not try Resurrection Blues, 3 Days and 3 Nights or his version of Hey Joe for a good start. On another planet to a simple guy like Keb Mo......

Check out. Elles Bailey you will be impressed

Eric Bibb with Steffan Aster - Troubadour Live

Hans Theessink & Terry Evans - Delta Time

Gary Clark Jr. (hot young blues guitarist)

Robert Johnson is not synonymous with high fidelity and I, like most people, was turned off by the noisy, hiss-soaked sound of early releases.

Thats why I wholeheartedly recommend:

Robert Johnson - The Centennial Collection (Sony/Legacy Records, 2011, 88697 85907 2D1)

Recorded originally in the 1930’s, this 2011 re-release  still isn’t perfect but you can enjoy the music w/o the background noise.

As an appendix to my RJ Centennial Collection recommendation, let me say further that digital magic has been done on the master tapes so somehow the guitar still has vibrancy and depth despite whatever processing has been utilized.....check it out!

Other good ones:

Slim Harpo - The Excello Singles Anthology (2003, Hippo/UNI, B000583-02)

Memphis Minnie - Hoodoo Lady (2008, Snapper Label, SBLUECD 050)

Elmore James - Blues After Hours (2005, Ace Records, CDCHM 1043)