So a friend suggested I listen to the Allman Brothers and gave me a few youtube links and I absolutely love them. I gotta be honest and say I don't really know many blues bands, but I was looking for suggestions outside of the obvious like Muddy Waters. So any suggestions would be appreciated.
The Allmans 'Live At the Fillmore East" was a seminal album for me in 1971. I was listening to BB King and Taj Mahal but I was also listening to Black Sabbath and The Stones so when whiteboys started rocking the blues it sounded like the song of the angels to me, though I am proud to say I never owned a copy of "Freebird" So you want some blues rock : Steve Miller - Children Of The Future Elvin Bishop - Let It Flow Wet Willie - Keep On Smiling Johnny Winter - Second Winter Paul Butterfield - East West Smokin' Joe Kubek - Steppin' Out John Mayall - Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton Savoy Brown - Lookin' In Canned Heat - Future Blues Buddy Miles - Them Changes Michael Burks - Make it Rain Tab Beboit - Bayou Blues The Hoax - Unpossible Imperial Crowns - Hymn Book More on the rock side than straight blues, some old some less old. I would suggest going to http://allmusic.com/ and click on the rock and blues genres'. You can hear samples fron every subtype of blues and rock that have been selected as representative by some pretty knowledgeable people. Idewilde South is the Allman's best studio Album.
Sweet. I'll be sure to bookmark that site. It's the Whipping Post that got me into Allmans. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kv3RWqFlvJs&hl=en"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kv3RWqFlvJs&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
Some of these are more on the southern rock than the blues side, but since you mentioned the allman brothers I'll stick to the modern artists you might enjoy: Lynard Skynard Marshall Tucker Charlie Daniels Gov't Mule (allman bros spin off band) ZZ Top Stevie Ray Vaughan Steve Earle Delbert McClinton Molly Hatchet The most underrated southern/rock/blues group, IMO: Little Feat - you can't go wrong with Waiting for Columbus - one of the best live albums of all time. Old school southern blues like Mississippi John Hurt and Blind Lemon Jefferson is a whole nother kettle of fish, which I will leave to RMT.
Does Edgar doing Tobacco Road count? <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QNOx8y75qEY&hl=en"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QNOx8y75qEY&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
More Southern Rock... Sea Level Black Oak Arkansas Ozark Mountain Daredevils Blackfoot Outlaws Not sure if Ram Jam belongs here. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...and on the Southern Blues side. John Lee Hooker <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rOyj4ciJk34&hl=en"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rOyj4ciJk34&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Forgot Albert Collins.
derek and dominos (basically anything clapton touched is blues) the black crowes (most underrated band of this generation) the band (underrated) little feat (extremely underrated) grateful dead could do the southern rock thing north mississippi allstars drive by truckers (not real bluesy but definitely southern) rolling stones do some real solid bluesy/southern rock, as does led zeppelin gov't mule jimi hendrix derek trucks creedence outlaws zz top marshall tucker band lynard skynard SRV widespread panic white stripes are heavily influenced by the blues black keys are also very bluesy robert randolph and the family band that's a start
Levon Helm covering "Atlantic City." <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mCBeoChZig0&hl=en"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mCBeoChZig0&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
I've seen ZZ Top mentioned a couple of times in this thread. I think it's important to note that the only ZZ Top albums that are in the Southern Blues vein are Deguello and earlier. Everything Eliminator and beyond is pure MTV pop crap. IMHO, of course! El Loco falls in between those two albums and it's clearly the transitional album between the ZZ Top that was to the ZZ Top that is. I feel that all the early ZZ Top was great but I can't stand the later stuff... Oh, has anyone mentioned the Derek Trucks Band? It's a spin-off, I believe, of the Allman Bros and kind of in that Southern Blues Jam Band kind of spirit. Also I think I saw that Dickey Betts had a band (on HDNet of all places). You may want to check that out as well.
I wholeheartedly agree with you. They were once a great band. Now they are a cartoon. They went for the big money, and lost their ability to make great music. I saw them play the final concert at the Summit/Compaq Center before the building became an Uberchurch. They were horrid...opened with "Gimme All Your Lovin'" and it was easy to tell they were lip-synching the whole thing.
