need some suggestions for Acoustics Blues

Eric Bibb

For acoustic blues, one album comes immediately to mind: Hot Tuna (RCA LSP-4353) features Jefferson Airplane's Jorma Kaukonen on acoustic guitar, Jack Cassidy on bass and Will Scarlett on harmonica. It's a live album from the modern era - 1970!

Some others that have not been mentioned yet - Otis Spann 'Walkin the Blues', Champion Jack Dupree 'Blues From The Gutter', Skip james 'Devil Got My Woman & The Immortal', Robert Pete Williams 'Free At Last', Ted Hawkins 'Watch your Step',Buddy Guy & Junior Wells 'Alone and Acoustic'

Doug MacLeod — Come To Find
It's on the JVC-XRCD label and is a great recoring featuring Charlie Musselwhite on blues harp. Friends will think Doug's in the house!

Some great suggestions so far, particularly anything that Willie Dixon played on, and any recording you can find of Son House. However, to make a less traditional suggestion, a good acoustic recording, with some blues aspects, is Eric Clapton Unplugged. I find this to be an especially involving recording, and I often use it when auditioning new equipment.

With regard to the other suggestions, I have many recordings by the above-referenced artists, but so many of them are not well recorded, mixed, or produced. Any suggestions on specific recordings that are worth acquiring? I was fairly impressed with what I heard on the PBS airing of Martin Scorcese's "The Blues", so I have high hopes for the derivative CDs and DVDs of that production.

Tom.