Blues primer

prime me up. I've been listening to a lot of Muddy Waters and JL Hooker, which I love. I'm a fan of electric blues....

You could do a lot worse than investigate some of the heavier hitters on the fat Possum label - namely RL Burnside, T-Model Ford and (my personal fave) Junior Kimbrough.

But really it depends on what you're into. Dig harp players? Check out Sonny Terry. Like guitarists? Albert King is your man. Etc etc.

I do have some junior kimbrough, which i like a lot.

i also like the live stuff.

Me, I wish most blues were instrumental. Unless it's Howlin Wolf (or, err, Beefheart) I rarely enjoy blues singers (and their ubiquitously dunderheaded lyrics).

Another favorite of mine is the duo of Elmo Williams and Hezikiah Early. Those guys are pretty much the distillation of the sorta fucked up dirty blues I enjoy.

Or, you know, you can just listen to Clear Spot.

Please use the ILX search feature. Drop in the word "blues" and voila

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There have been numerous threads that you can read.

but if you're really talking "primer," you could do worse than to start with this one.