Blues -- Get the Chess Boxed Sets of Muddy Watters
and Howlin' Wolf. I would also recommend the boxed set of Robert Johnson. For harmonica: Sonny Boy
Williamson is the man and he also has a boxed set
out. If you like Jump Blues, check out Wynonie Harris.
Rhino has a greatest hits package that sounds good
and is a great introduction to Wynonie. For a woman
who can shout the blues, "Big Maybelle." Get the
"Complete Okeh Sessions." You will not be sorry.
Now, if you want to go back to the beginning of the
recorded Delta blues tradition -- and if you can stand
some hiss so you can hear from where it all came --
You've got to get Charlie Patton.
Dig this: Charlie Patton taught Robert Johnson who
Clapton credits as his biggest influence. Patton also
taught Son House, Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. Patton was recorded early in the 19th century on cheap plastic because that's what they used for "Race" records in those days. To get recordings of Charlie Patton, they had to go to the Mississippi Delta and go door to door, borrowing records from the residents, who still had these records 40 years later.
The emotion in Patton's voice will still come through,
as well as his amazing playing. And, you will hear the
earliest recorded versions of "Spoonfull Blues" as well
as others that you will recognize.
and Howlin' Wolf. I would also recommend the boxed set of Robert Johnson. For harmonica: Sonny Boy
Williamson is the man and he also has a boxed set
out. If you like Jump Blues, check out Wynonie Harris.
Rhino has a greatest hits package that sounds good
and is a great introduction to Wynonie. For a woman
who can shout the blues, "Big Maybelle." Get the
"Complete Okeh Sessions." You will not be sorry.
Now, if you want to go back to the beginning of the
recorded Delta blues tradition -- and if you can stand
some hiss so you can hear from where it all came --
You've got to get Charlie Patton.
Dig this: Charlie Patton taught Robert Johnson who
Clapton credits as his biggest influence. Patton also
taught Son House, Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. Patton was recorded early in the 19th century on cheap plastic because that's what they used for "Race" records in those days. To get recordings of Charlie Patton, they had to go to the Mississippi Delta and go door to door, borrowing records from the residents, who still had these records 40 years later.
The emotion in Patton's voice will still come through,
as well as his amazing playing. And, you will hear the
earliest recorded versions of "Spoonfull Blues" as well
as others that you will recognize.