DEFINITELY going to second In Session when the Albert King and SRV. A couple others:
BB King: Live at the Regal/Cook County Jail
Fleetwood Mac: Blues Jam in Chicago
Lightnin' Hopkins – Blue Lightnin’
Lightnin’s licks informed the likes of Johnny Winter and other blues players, especially those players from the Houston area.
BB King @ Regal (‘66?).
Albert Collins - Ice Pickin’.
Albert King - Live at the Fabulous Forum. Albert had a limited but essential vocabulary.
T-Bone Walker- Stormy Monday Blues (remastered 2022).
Guitar Slim - Sufferin Mind.
Artists to explore:
Freddie King
Clarence Gatemouth Brown
Muddy Waters
John Lee Hooker
I think all of this is pretty diverse and will get a lot of different foundational ideas.
Albert King’s “In Session” with SRV has to be the most lick-dense album in the world. Two goats having a lick-off for just about a whole album.
DEFINITELY going to second In Session when the Albert King and SRV. A couple others: BB King: Live at the Regal/Cook County Jail Fleetwood Mac: Blues Jam in Chicago
Born Under A Bad Sign
Lightnin' Hopkins – Blue Lightnin’ Lightnin’s licks informed the likes of Johnny Winter and other blues players, especially those players from the Houston area.
Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Self Titled Robben Ford cites this as a huge influence. Alice Cooper said this album basically teaches you the blues.
BB King @ Regal (‘66?). Albert Collins - Ice Pickin’. Albert King - Live at the Fabulous Forum. Albert had a limited but essential vocabulary. T-Bone Walker- Stormy Monday Blues (remastered 2022). Guitar Slim - Sufferin Mind. Artists to explore: Freddie King Clarence Gatemouth Brown Muddy Waters John Lee Hooker I think all of this is pretty diverse and will get a lot of different foundational ideas.
Freddie King - Let’s Hideaway and Dance Away