| 11. |  | Eric Clapton - Unplugged
from Reprise / Wea
Price: $14.99
Customer Review:
I happen to like Blues and especially when a master guitarist like Eric picks up an acoustic guitar and slows everything down to almost ballad tempo. He gently allows the blues in his life to come forth as beautiful music that eveyone can appreciate. | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 12. |  | The Original Delta Blues
by Son House
Price: $6.99
Customer Review:
For all those pursuing deep blues this is essential listening. Sound quality is excellent. Guitar playing is rough and ready by modern technical standards, but hey - that's the way it is - all feel. Vocals are stunning. Great to hear his homage to Patton's 'Moon going down' -'Empire State Express'.... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 13. |  | Keb' Mo'
by Keb' Mo'
Price: $10.99
Customer Review:
This reviewer has spent much ink in this space over the past year or so touting various old time country blues singers like Bukka White, Skip James and, of course, Son House. I have noted that their music reflected the rural southern, mainly Mississippi Delta. plantation life of hard toil (picking... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 14. |  | Dona Got a Ramblin Mind
by Carolina Chocolate Drops
Price: $13.99
Customer Review:
Having seen this talented group, I was eagerly awaiting this CD to arrive in the mail. Unfortunately, the recording quality is, to my ear, poor. It has a flat somewhat muffled sound, making it sound like it came from a do-it-yourself garage studio. Maybe that was done on purpose? The vibrancy of... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 15. |  | Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings
by Mississippi John Hurt
Price: $6.99
Customer Review:
If you've never heard Mississippi John Hurt and have any interest in what's generally called "country blues", please buy this record. If you've listened to Robert Johnson, Son House, Skip James, or any of the other "delta" stylists and not cared for the style, try John Hurt. His style is actually... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 16. |  | Blues Walkin' Like a Man: A Tribute To Son House
by Rory Block
Price: $13.99
Customer Review:
JUST WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. I LOVE SON HOUSE AND RORY CAN SURE PLAY SOME EXCELLENT SLIDE. | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 17. |  | Suitcase
by Keb' Mo'
Price: $15.98
Customer Review:
Keb is a talented musician with a beautiful voice and solid poetic compositional skills. Very much appreciated that he participated in the Vote For Change tour in '04, and thought that he, Bonnie and Jackson Browne were one hell of a trio. | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 18. |  | Essence
by Lucinda Williams
Price: $9.97
Customer Review:
I saw Lucinda at Bumerbershoot in Seattle this summer. It was at Memorial Stadium, which is a bad place for live music (accoustically), but the song Essence just blew me away. Quickly it has become my summer of '08 theme song. I'm an old fart, and I like every kind of music, but she seems to have... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 19. |  | Martin Scorsese Presents: The Best Of The Blues
by Various Artists
Price: $14.99
Customer Review:
This CD, part of the soundtrack for Martin Scorsese's PBS series, showcases blues hits and singers from Robert Johnson and Son House to Robert Cray, Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and the Allman Brothers. One can trace the evolution of blues from its raw beginnings to its more contemporary... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 20. |  | Recapturing the Banjo
by Otis Taylor
Price: $11.97
Customer Review:
Man.
Between Mavis Staples's new Ry Cooder produced album and this new piece of awe-inspiring artistry from Otis Taylor and friends, I'm just not sure which album lands in my top spot for the past year. But it has been an amazing year for Roots Music.
Buy this. You won't regret it. Even... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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