Help me choose some Blues Rock albums

[Yoni]

The Black Keys-The Big Come Up.

[The Teleist]

Wow. Thanks for all the replies. Very helpful. Time for me to be checking out Gov't Mule and Exile On Main Street and Peter Green, amongst others. I have the Beano album as someone suggested. I play it occasionally, but sometimes it gets too heavy and 5 minute solos become boring.. but thats just my opinion. Keep the suggestions coming!

[The Teleist]

Two words people: Gov't Mule !!!!!!!!! My oh my. THis is straying off the point slightly, as so many of my threads do, but can anyone recommend me a good starting place for Gov't Mule? Do they have a 'best of' album? As I type this I'm listening to 'Lola Leave Your Light On', and before that 'Rocking Horse'. Phew...

[geoff_in_nc]

There's 2 phases IMHO to Gov't Mule.. the Allen Woody era - early stuff to about 2000, and the post-Allen Woody era. Personally, I'm most inclined towards the Allen Woody era stuff, and my favorite album from that time period is Dose.

One of my favorites is I Shall Return

[Telenator]

Two words.

Pat Travers

It'll melt your face off!

[kelnet]

From Wikipedia:

1960s
The Allman Brothers Band:Southern rock, blues-rock, jam, instrumental rock, hard rock
The Animals: Blues-rock, rock, psychedelic rock
Jeff Beck Group: Blues-rock, hard rock, heavy metal
Mike Bloomfield: Blues, blues-rock
Paul Butterfield: Blues, blues-rock
Canned Heat: Blues, blues-rock, rock 'n' roll
Captain Beefheart: Blues Rock, Experimental Rock
Eric Clapton: Blues, blues-rock
Cream: Hard rock, blues-rock, psychedelic rock, acid rock, heavy metal
The Doors: Rock, hard rock, blues-rock, acid rock, psychedelic rock
Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green era in the late 1960s)
Lonnie Mack: Blues-rock, blues, country, southern rock, rockabilly, bluegrass and gospel
Free: Rock, blues-rock, hard rock
Rory Gallagher: Blues, rock, blues-rock, electric blues
Jethro Tull: Blues-rock, folk rock, progressive rock
Janis Joplin w/ Big Brother and the Holding Company: Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Acid Rock, Psychedelic Rock, boogie Rock
Jimi Hendrix: Hard rock, blues-rock, acid rock, psychedelic rock
John Mayall: Blues-rock, harmonica blues, British blues, electric blues
Led Zeppelin: Hard rock, heavy metal, blues-rock, folk rock
The Rolling Stones: Blues-rock, R&B, rock and roll
Savoy Brown: Blues, blues-rock
Status Quo: hard rock band whose music is characterised by a strong boogie line.
Ten Years After: Blues-rock, British blues, hard Rock
Robin Trower: Rock, blues, blues-rock (from the UK)
Johnny Winter:Electric blues, blues-rock, rock and roll, Texas blues
The Yardbirds: Blues-rock, British Invasion, rhythm and blues, British blues, psychedelic rock, hard rock

1970s-1980s

AC/DC: Hard rock, heavy metal, blues-rock, rock and roll (from Sydney, Australia)
Aerosmith: Hard rock, blues-rock, heavy metal (from Boston, US)
Bad Company: Hard Rock, blues rock (from England)
Derek and the Dominos: Blues, blues-rock (from England)
Foghat: Blues-rock, hard rock (from UK)
The Hamsters: Blues rock, rock, Delta blues (from UK)
B.B.King: Blues (from US)
Gary Moore: Hard rock, heavy metal, rock, blues-rock, blues (from Northern Ireland, UK)
Mountain: Hard rock, blues-rock (US/Canada)
Alto Reed: Rock, blues-rock and jazz saxophonist (from US)
Bobby Tench: Blues rock, Electric blues (Freddie King)
Lynyrd Skynyrd: Southern rock, hard rock, blues-rock (from US)
George Thorogood: Blues, blues-rock, rock and roll(from US)
Stevie Ray Vaughan: Electric blues, blues-rock, Texas blues (from US)
Joe Walsh: Rock, blues-rock (from US)
Whitesnake: Hard rock, blues-rock, heavy metal (North Yorkshire, England)
David Wilcox: blues rock (from Canada)
ZZ Top: Rock, blues-rock, hard rock (from US)
Manal: Rock, blues-rock (from Argentina)
Queen (from UK) (recorded only few blues-rock/heavy metal songs such as “See What a Fool I've Been”, “Son and Daughter”, “Hangman” in 70's and “Dog With a Bone”, “Lost Opportunity” in 80's—90's).

1990s-2000s

Back Door Slam - live in concertArc Angels: blues rock, Texas blues, from Austin Texas
Back Door Slam: (aka Davy Knowles) blues rock(from the UK)
Bernard Allison: blues rock, hard rock, Chicago blues (from the US)
The Answer: Hard rock, blues rock (from Ireland)
Grainne Duffy: blues rock (from Ireland)
The Black Crowes: Hard rock, blues-rock (from the US)
The Black Keys: Blues-rock, garage rock, hard rock (from the US)
Blues Traveler: Blues-rock, alternative rock, jam band, psychedelic rock (from the US)
Rose Hill Drive: Blues-rock, garage rock, hard rock (from the US)
Joe Bonamassa: Electric Blues, rock and roll, blues-rock, rock, jazz, Delta blues, and electric blues (from the US)
Popa Chubby: blues rock, hard rock (from the US)
Chris Cobb: blues rock, electric blues, Chicago blues (from the US)
Sheryl Crow: Rock, country, pop rock, blues-rock, and folk (from the US)
Chris Duarte: Southern rock, Texas blues, blues rock, hard rock (from the US)
Taylor Hicks: Blue-eyed soul, blues, blues rock (from the US)
The Raconteurs: Alternative rock, blues rock, hard rock (from the US)
Eric Sardinas: Blues, blues-rock (from Florida, US)
The White Stripes: Alternative rock, garage rock revival, punk blues, blues rock (from the US)
John Mayer: Blues, blues-rock, Acoustic rock/pop (from the US)
Larry Miller: blues rock, hard rock (from UK)
Aynsley Lister: Blues rock, rock (from the UK)
Derek Trucks Band: Blues rock, rock, Southern rock (from the US)
Kenny Wayne Shepherd: blues rock, hard rock, Delta blues, Chicago Blues (from the US)
Five Horse Johnson: Stoner rock, heavy metal, blues rock (from the US)
Gov't Mule: Southern rock, rock, blues rock-influenced jam band (from the US)
North Mississippi Allstars: blues-rock, jam band
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Alternative rock, punk blues, blues rock (from the US)

[rorylives]

Rory Gallagher was an outstanding blues-rock composer, guitarist and singer. He was particularly remembered by his live work.
For fun check any of his live DVDs (Live at Monreux, Live at Rockpalast, Live at Cork Opera House, and the great Irish Tour). For listening his "BBC sessions" and "Live at the Isle of Wight" are great.
Today, Joe Bonamassa and Davy Knowles (Back Door Slam) are a great to listen too and talk with respect of Rory

Since this is a Tele forum, these are two examples of Rory with Tele
Sinner Boy - Isle of Wight 1970


I could Have Had Religion - Live at Montreux 1994


But you should check what he did in between with his Teles and that Strat!

[ibobunot]

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood
Scott Henderson - Tore Down House
Robben Ford - Mystic Mile
Jimmy Thackery - Guitar
Bill Perry - Greycourt Lightning
Marc Ford - Marc Ford And The Neptune Blues Club
Rusty Zinn - Sittin' & Waitin'
Kenny "Blue" Ray - Best of Blue
Canned Heat - Boogie with Canned Heat
Savoy Brown - Raw Sienna

[bluetele54]

...Savoy Brown,and I love "Blue Matter"...Chris Youlden sings his arse off onnit!!!..."Train To Nowhere" and "(She's Got a) Ring in His Nose and a Ring on Her Hand"...Kim Simmonds holds forth on lead guitar...the second side is a live performance...love the record...

..."AB Skhy Blues Band" from the SF Bay Area has some nice funky things...

...find Elvin Bishop's "Big Fun" and "Don't Let the Bossman Get You Down" on Alligator,as he recorded some of the best licks he'd played in years on those records,believe me,as I was there watching him cut every one of those solos and fills...

...I'd also suggest you find all the Shelter label Freddie King recordings...most of them featured Leon Russell and the Shelter gang playing their arses off!!!...

[Jeff_K]

I'd start with "Gov't. Mule" (first album), then "Dose" and "Life Before Insanity". Pretty much the be-all end all of the first iteration before Allen Woody died. "Live at Roseland" isn't much different from the first couple of albums because they cut those live in the studio, too. I'd ignore that one for now. "The Deep End" is a cool thing where they brought in a bunch of the best bass players to fill Woody's shoes. Still sounds like the Mule but with a clear bass player sound to each song. "Rising Low" DVD is a gem, chronicling these albums (2) and the only disappointment is that it's not full songs, just a documentary--but very interesting and often funny. "Deja Voodoo" is great, too. I don't have the new album yet but what I've heard at mule.net is consistent with the usual high quality. Warren Haynes is one of the best. Funny, he's considered a great slide player but you really don't hear all that much of it in GM. It's all worth having. Much to discover and don't miss www.mule.net with lots of info, tracks.

[Muddslide]

Check this out:



Here's a master bluesman playing what I would classify as rock and roll. In 1935.

Blues. Rock.

[The Teleist]

Firstly, my thanks to kelnet for listing those - please don't tell me you typed all of those out, and that you copy and pasted? I would feel very bad if i thought you'd gone to the trouble of typing all those out! Anyway with regards to Govt Mule I think I'll start with Deja Voodo because it has the track Lola Leave Your Light On on it...