[ogarrio]

 

[Blueshound24]

John Mayall

 

[AIbertEinstein]

I'm sure this has been posted a million times already on this thread, but I just started really listening to blues, and this album was recommended to me, and I now want to do the same for anyone new to blues, as I think this album is a great way to get into blues. 
 
The album is "From The Craddle" by Eric Clapton, and is his first real all-blues album. I highly recommend you start out with something like this, as it is well recorded, electric, and is very bluesy, but at the same time very catchy, and there is a good amount of variety in the songs of the album.
 
(Would post an album cover, but I do not have permission to do so yet)

 

[ogarrio]

 

[whirlwind]

 

[Monsterzero]

  I'm sure this has been posted a million times already on this thread, but I just started really listening to blues, and this album was recommended to me, and I now want to do the same for anyone new to blues, as I think this album is a great way to get into blues. 
 
The album is "From The Craddle" by Eric Clapton, and is his first real all-blues album. I highly recommend you start out with something like this, as it is well recorded, electric, and is very bluesy, but at the same time very catchy, and there is a good amount of variety in the songs of the album.
 
(Would post an album cover, but I do not have permission to do so yet)

Interesting.It never occurred to me that folks would need to be "eased" into the blues. Having grown up listening to classic rock and metal,blues influences were/are everywhere,so I just always liked it.

Jazz and classical...now these are two I def need some help with,but thats a different thread.

 

[AIbertEinstein]

Interesting.It never occurred to me that folks would need to be "eased" into the blues. Having grown up listening to classic rock and metal,blues influences were/are everywhere,so I just always liked it.


Jazz and classical...now these are two I def need some help with,but thats a different thread.

Well you see, I always liked Robert Johnson's music, but the quality of the recordings is quite poor, and I personally didn't really know any electric or "modern" blues, and so naturally I went on reddit, and this was the first suggestion I got, and I loved it from the first song. I feel like it helped me get into blues as a whole, but especially the newer stuff, because I could never really excuse the poor recordings of the past, and I didn't feel like I could enjoy them fully.

 

[Blueshound24]

Interesting.It never occurred to me that folks would need to be "eased" into the blues. Having grown up listening to classic rock and metal,blues influences were/are everywhere,so I just always liked it.


Jazz and classical...now these are two I def need some help with,but thats a different thread.

Well you see, I always liked Robert Johnson's music, but the quality of the recordings is quite poor, and I personally didn't really know any electric or "modern" blues, and so naturally I went on reddit, and this was the first suggestion I got, and I loved it from the first song. I feel like it helped me get into blues as a whole, but especially the newer stuff, because I could never really excuse the poor recordings of the past, and I didn't feel like I could enjoy them fully.

One of the artists that attracted me to the Blues initially was Stevie Ray Vaughn. Ya gotta check him out

 

[AIbertEinstein]

One of the artists that attracted me to the Blues initially was Stevie Ray Vaughn. Ya gotta check him out

Cool, thanks, I definitely will

 

[Monsterzero]

Cool, thanks, I definitely will

modern blues that has good production that is easy to get into...bands like ZZ Top,George Thorogood,Snowy White(ex-Pink Floyd,Thin Lizzy),SRV,Jimi Hendrix,even old Led Zeppelin is mainly blues and/or blues influenced.

If you want straight up blues w/o crap recording,a lot of Buddy Guy's stuff is well produced....a lot of others as well,but its a good place to start.

 

[whirlwind]

 

 

Interesting.It never occurred to me that folks would need to be "eased" into the blues. Having grown up listening to classic rock and metal,blues influences were/are everywhere,so I just always liked it.


Jazz and classical...now these are two I def need some help with,but thats a different thread.

Well you see, I always liked Robert Johnson's music, but the quality of the recordings is quite poor, and I personally didn't really know any electric or "modern" blues, and so naturally I went on reddit, and this was the first suggestion I got, and I loved it from the first song. I feel like it helped me get into blues as a whole, but especially the newer stuff, because I could never really excuse the poor recordings of the past, and I didn't feel like I could enjoy them fully.

One of the artists that attracted me to the Blues initially was Stevie Ray Vaughn. Ya gotta check him out

+1.....his stuff is epic!

 

[jaywillin]

as for the modern blues/classic rock connection, i don't think you can get much better than the allman brother band , just my $.02
 
 
 
i think of them as a blues band that also plays rock and jazz, sometimes all at the same time

 

[Monsterzero]

  as for the modern blues/classic rock connection, i don't think you can get much better than the allman brother band , just my $.02
 
 
 
i think of them as a blues band that also plays rock and jazz, sometimes all at the same time

Yup,them too! Blues is everywhere in rock music,which to the untrained ear can be shocking.

Played some Motorhead for my son,who is 13 and learning the guitar,and he was like "wait...thats the blues"!

 

[Blueshound24]

 

  as for the modern blues/classic rock connection, i don't think you can get much better than the allman brother band , just my $.02
 
 
 
i think of them as a blues band that also plays rock and jazz, sometimes all at the same time

Yup,them too! Blues is everywhere in rock music,which to the untrained ear can be shocking.

Played some Motorhead for my son,who is 13 and learning the guitar,and he was like "wait...thats the blues"!

 
 
 
"The Blues Had A Baby And They Called It Rock And Roll" - Muddy Waters
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Good article on "How did Blues Influence Rock and Roll?"
https://blogs.longwood.edu/reganwardensky/2012/12/03/how-did-blues-influence-rock-and-roll/ 
 
 
 
 
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[ogarrio]