Top products from r/blues
We found 25 product mentions on r/blues. We ranked the 57 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
1. Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: A Musical Journey
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 3
Various- Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues
2. An Acoustic Evening At The Vienna Opera House [2 CD]
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Number of reviews: 2
Joe Bonamass performs acoustic at the Vienna Opera House plus Driving Towards the Daylight
3. Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 2
Amistad
4. Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
W W Norton Company
5. Ronnie Earl and The Broadcasters: Blues Guitar Virtuoso Live in Europe
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
6. The Land Where the Blues Began
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
8. Do Not Sell At Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78rpm Records
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Scribner
9. CROSS DOG BLUES: Book One of A Great Long Story to Tell (Volume 1)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
10. Chasin' That Devil's Music, Searching for the Blues
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Number of reviews: 1
11. R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country
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Number of reviews: 1
Harry N Abrams
12. The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Blues
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Number of reviews: 1
13. Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
14. Crosstown Traffic: Jimi Hendrix & The Post-War Rock 'N' Roll Revolution
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Number of reviews: 1
ISBN13: 9780312063245Condition: NewNotes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!
15. The History Of The Blues: The Roots, The Music, The People
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Da Capo Press
17. The Country Blues (A Da Capo paperback)
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Number of reviews: 1
ISBN13: 9780306800146Condition: NewNotes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!
18. Preachin' the Blues: The Life and Times of Son House
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Number of reviews: 1
I think one of my favorite players is Ronnie Earl, and my favorite album of his is "Ronnie Earl and The Broadcasters: Blues Guitar Virtuoso Live in Europe." Here's the link for the CD on Amazon. And here's the link at the iTunes Music Store.
Ronnie Earl is probably the most under rated, first rate blues guitar player playing today. His playing will really open up your ears. He has a "Hot Licks" DVD, recorded years ago (on VHS, no doubt) that is really good to watch. I can't say I stole any licks from it, but his discussion of playing soulfully and doing more with less is something I find really inspirational.
Another really good blues player that you may or may not of heard of is Tab Benoit, who is like the guitar mayor of New Orleans right about now. I really like his album "These Blues Are All Mine." Here is the CD at Amazon and here it is on iTunes. He plays with a really good mix of major and minor pentatonic scales, and combines them in a very lyrical and soulful way.
Give these two albums a listen and see what you think.
I have a goal similar to yours, I started with the blues but now I've gone in so many different directions I've become overwhelmed with all the music that I want to hear. The Blues is a great place to start because it influenced all of 20th century American music, it also shares a lot of the same roots with jazz and country as well so don't be surprised if you get side tracked from your goal, there's just an insane amount of good tunes out there waiting to be discovered.
Here's a really good book on the blues that gives a clear-eyed historical overview.
A few Blues artists I started with: Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Elmore James (I still haven't dug into the earliest recorded blues)
If you want to hear early rock I would check out: Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley, Carl Perkins, Johhny Cash (Sun recordings) and Little Richard
I know you are looking more into blues and rock but you should also plan to listen to the Carter Family and Hank Williams, extremely instrumental in shaping the future of music.
Good time to ask this as I've just finished Escaping the Delta. It talks about the creation of blues in general and has a heavy focus on Robert in some chapters. Very good read!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0060524278?pc_redir=1407876148&robot_redir=1
Yep Bonamassa is a great starting point - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdZFk7l05w0
From this fully acoustic set - http://www.amazon.com/Acoustic-Evening-Vienna-Opera-House/dp/B00B6QXN56
Me as well, If you haven't heard this album yet, it's an amazing listen.
You might find Charles Shaar Murray's Jimi Hendrix biography, 'Crosstown Traffic: Jimi Hendrix & The Post-War Rock 'N' Roll Revolution' both useful and entertaining.
Does anyone have any thoughts on whether it was Angeline Johnson or Willie B. Harris who sang with him here? Has this been unanimously settled?
So far this is the best source I could find.
But I'm still inclined to believe historian [Samuel Charters] (https://www.amazon.com/Country-Blues-Capo-paperback/dp/0306800144) over music collector Dan Williams
Sooooooo I haven't gotten to read it myself yet but I've heard and read really good things about Cross Dog Blues:
https://www.amazon.com/CROSS-DOG-BLUES-Great-Story/dp/0991132025/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1503466280&sr=1-1&keywords=cross+dog+blues
First heard about this tune in the book Do Not Sell at Any Price. Good book talks a fair bit about the old blues recorded back in the day on 78s.
Buddy Guy's Chess Sessions, Albert King & Otis Rush's So Many Roads collection, and B.B. King's Singin' the Blues all spring to mind. Also, a good mix of starting stuff is the soundtrack from Scorsese's The Blues - A Musical Journey.
If you want a broad introduction to the blues this collection by Martin Scorsese might be a good place to start http://www.amazon.com/Martin-Scorsese-Presents-The-Blues/dp/B0000A0VA1
I'm sure a sealed vinyl record of this recording is rare, but the CD of this recording is on Amazon for $15.
https://www.amazon.com/Live-Oberlin-College-Mississippi-John/dp/B06ZZ2NLVP
I might not be as serious as blues-only fans, but this is a good quick read and a reference guide. Find it here, but maybe somewhere else a little cheaper.
Chasin' that Devil's Music - http://www.amazon.com/Chasin-Devils-Music-Searching-Blues/dp/0879305525
https://www.amazon.com/Crumbs-Heroes-Blues-Jazz-Country/dp/0810930862
You might try Scorsese's blues collection.
http://www.amazon.com/Martin-Scorsese-Presents-The-Blues/dp/B0000A0VA1
https://www.amazon.com/Portrait-Blues-Paul-Trynka/dp/0306807793
Southern Cross the Dog: https://www.amazon.com/Southern-Cross-Dog-Bill-Cheng/dp/0062225022
Can't recommend this enough Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music