You are having a larf aint ya,not one album by Ray Charles i.e.Ray Charles at Newport plus plenty of his Atlantic albums deserve a mention,”i believe to my soul” is a rite blues song for instance but people classed it as soul. Despite being his first recording venture, the album remains a go-to entry in Musselwhite’s extensive catalogue. A potent blues-rock manifesto. We all have our own ideas for those who do and don’t qualify for inclusion in this list but I am just grateful that so many artists and albums are listed by the compilers and the mailers because there are some I missed, until now. The poet laureate of rock and roll and high priest of rhythm and blues, St. Louis-born Charles “Chuck” Berry was an eloquent black songwriter whose songs articulated the aspirations of white teenage America. Nevertheless, Blues Breakers remains a highly-regarded cornerstone of British blues-rock and is an obvious pick for one of the 100 greatest blues albums ever. What about? Re; the Allman Brothers. Think we’ve missed one of the 100 greatest blues albums? Little Walter playing with their back up on ‘Checkin it out’ is a sensational album. Hudson Woodbridge was the birth name of Tampa Red, who was born in Georgia and raised in Florida. Taking their name from a Muddy Waters’ song, London’s The Rolling Stones were just one of myriad white long-haired British beat groups drawing inspiration from old American blues records. Right on Bert. Also, in many cases, there are better collections by the same artist than the ones listed. Though she comes from Burbank, California, Raitt is a soulful singer and bottleneck guitarist whose music is steeped in the delta blues sound. Pretty decent list. Lacking a certain Bo Carter if you ask me, Spot on bro. And, of course, pretty much everything by Wolf and Muddy. A revered harmonica player and singer from Mississippi, Musselwhite made his debut with this classic album, which blurred the narrow divide between blues and rock music, especially on boogie-based songs such as “Chicken Shack.” The 12-song set mainly contained original material but also included a haunting blues reconfiguration of jazzman Duke Pearson’s “Cristo Redemptor”(sic). The Fabulous Thunderbirds: `Girls Go Wild From B.B. As for Allman Bros. and Cream not being blues bands I would have to differ. Plus the fact Ronnie plays ever note like it is his last! Mathus & his knockdown society? No Rolling Stones, Cream, Fleetwood Mac etc…But Stevie Ray was real blues. I have 28 of them and I feel pretty good about that. Etta James, Tell Mamma. Drown In My Own Tears This, their second LP release, partly recorded in Chicago, reflected the group’s passion for black American blues and soul music with its covers of songs by Solomon Burke, Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Irma Thomas, and The Drifters. She cut a slew of memorable 78-rpm singles that included the chart-topping, “Down Hearted Blues” – featuring just piano accompaniment – from 1923, which is one of numerous highlights of a 2-CD retrospective that stands as a monument to Smith’s remarkable legacy. Other standouts included “Fried Hockey Boogie” and the anti-drug message song, “Amphetamine Annie.” Though considered a rock group and beloved by the hippies and Woodstock generation, Canned Heat’s musical DNA was deeply rooted in the blues. Everyone’s would be different – and we all wonder how isn’t this or that album included or this or that artist… Certainly overall I think you got the vast majority of choices right. Kaj <3 , “Rocking at the Tweed Mill.” released in 1972, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv370LpF0cU More of the same fantastic quality on further volumes- 'Bourgeois Blues' & 'Shout On'. He helped to develop the idea of a Blues Band, with guitar, piano and harp, and incorporated jazz-influenced complexity into the urban sound. His eponymous 1962 album was his second long-player for Chicago’s Chess Records and mostly consisted of material written by Willie Dixon. Geoff is referring to the Arhoolie release of the Charles Ford Band, which preceeded the Ford Bros on Blue Rock-It. Humble Pie? Originally from Greenwood, Mississippi, Slim (real name Eddie Jones) enjoyed a recording career that only lasted eight years, between 1951 and 1959. Think in those terms and some of the classic rock bands qualify. There’s the jazz end of the blues, the folk-blues, blues rock, straight forward, honest to goodness, down home blues, Chicago blues, British blues, country blues, as well as white men playing the blues. You forgot Janis Joplin’s ” i got dem old kosmic blues again”….. You got that right, Lesley…no Janis?? I do appreciate that some of my favorite artists and albums are on here even as I acknowledge that some people are “dissing” that same music as “impure” or not “blues” to them.