This is a dynamic, continual work in progress list of the best blues numbers
(according to my personal opinion). It would be impossible to put these in any
kind of order as in best to worse, etc. Instead the list will continue to grow
and expand as I have time to work on it. Also, most likely I will discuss particular tracks separately from time to time. Sometimes the same song is listed twice by different artists. This is because both the original and the cover versions are both so outstanding there is no way to only list one or the other.Hopefully if you're new to the Blues genre, this list will give you a starting point. Again, this is all my own personal opinion.
Featured track (changes often):
Cassandra Wilson Vietnam Blues
Big Jack Johnson - Cherry Tree
Blind John Davis-Jersey Cow Blues
Blind Willie Johnson - The Soul of a Man
Bruce Cockburn - The Soul of a Man (Blind Willie Johnson cover)
Bukka White-Parchman Farm Blues
Cassandra Wilson - Vietnam Blues (JB Lenoir Johnson cover)
Fabulous Thunderbirds - Wait on Time
Guy Davis - Uncle Tom's Dead
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin'
Hubert Sumlin - This Is the End, Little Girl
James Blood Ulmer - Are You Glad to Be in America
James Blood Ulmer - Katrina
JB Lenoir - Vietnam Blues
Jimi Hendrix - Red House
John Mooney - Buried Treasure
Junior Wells - Key to the Highway
Junior Wells - Vietcong Blues
Lightnin Hopkins - Buddy Browns blues (98 degree blues)
Magic Sam's Blues Band-I Have the Same Old Blues
Mississippi John Hurt-Chicken
Muddy Waters - You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had
Otis Rush - Trouble, Trouble
Ronnie Earl-Catfish Blues
Shuggie Otis-12-15 Slow Goonbash Blues
Son House-Preachin' Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson II-Keep Your Hands Out of My Pockets
Sonny Boy Williamson II-Nine Below Zero
Sonny Boy Williamson II-Cross My Heart
Sonny Boy Williamson II-Bring It on Home
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble-Mary Had A Little Lamb
Taj Mahal-Cakewalk into Town
Willie Dixon-Spoonful
... much more to come....
