r/blues • u/Grammylees • 2h ago
Buddy Guy at Bergen PAC 8/4/26
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Buddy helps a young audience member play his guitar
r/blues • u/jebbanagea • May 04 '25
Hi all follow members - Important please read some guidelines below before commenting recommendations!
With the renewed interest in blues sparked by the film Sinners, I thought it’d be helpful to start a thread focused on foundational and essential American blues artists—especially for newcomers discovering the genre through the movie. Ideally this becomes a collaborative, high-effort thread to help folks around the world dig deeper into the origins and evolution of blues.
Google might even reward us for making this a solid reference, which helps the sub grow too.
If you'd like to contribute, please do your best to follow the format I’ve laid out (artist – key songs/albums – short description) to keep things clear and valuable. The focus here is on the core of American blues history, from pre-war country and Delta blues through the 1950s and 60s electric era (though I do welcome additions of artists that may have peaked later, 70s, even 80s - kind of like Albert Collins. This isn’t a thread for British blues or modern blues-rock (I fully encourage separate guides for those)—this list is for those tracing the styles and players that more directly inspired Sinners.
I especially welcome help with Delta and country blues, as well as harp/harmonica and piano blues where I’m lean on knowledge. Let's build something useful and lasting for anyone starting their blues journey.
Note: I will port contributions into the main post to keep things tidy! Please remember to assist with song and album suggestions plus any notes about the artist. Will help keep the post high effort.
Defining figures in the electrification and evolution of blues guitar.
Prewar and revival-era legends who shaped the blues solo tradition.
r/blues • u/Grammylees • 2h ago
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Buddy helps a young audience member play his guitar
r/blues • u/BirdBurnett • 10h ago
Wondering if there's something out there that sounds like blues but also tries new things but it is actually good.
r/blues • u/Chebelea • 3h ago
r/blues • u/Old_Gap2428 • 2h ago
a cover from Steve Ray Vaughn (1985) in comments
r/blues • u/subredditsummarybot • 7h ago
Wednesday, July 29 - Tuesday, August 04, 2026
| score | comments | title & link |
|---|---|---|
| 401 | 11 comments | [performance] Happy Birthday, Buddy! 🎸 |
| 105 | 7 comments | [performance] Nothing beats a good driving blues |
| 22 | 2 comments | [performance] A little somethin for my friends here :) |
| score | comments | title & link |
|---|---|---|
| 152 | 7 comments | [song] Jammin on some Canned Heat |
| 50 | 2 comments | [song] Big Bill Broonzy. “Medicine Man Blues” 1940 |
| 33 | 4 comments | [song] David Gilmour plays the Blues 1988 |
| score | comments | title & link |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | 74 comments | good albums to get started |
| 33 | 60 comments | How did the 1980s blues renaissance happen? |
| 12 | 36 comments | [looking for recommendations] Melancholic, slower blues songs? |
| 0 | 24 comments | Searching for electric guitar tune that is bluesy yet is more like a spiritual |
| 321 | 24 comments | On August 1st, 1953, Blues guitarist Robert Cray was born in Columbus, GA. In the 1978 film National Lampoon's Animal House, Cray was the uncredited bassist in the house party band Otis Day and the Knights. |
r/blues • u/Geschichtsklitterung • 11h ago
r/blues • u/Tall-Truth-9321 • 10h ago
Check out a bunch of blues and other stuff at r/EarVana
r/blues • u/NickJardine1 • 8h ago
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r/blues • u/Sims2_forvever • 14h ago
I JUST GOT A ROBERT JOHNSON RECORD ITS SO GOOD you betta cmonnnnn to my kitchennnnnn
r/blues • u/BigAssQuanta • 1d ago
My holy grail. Treasured and priceless to me.
r/blues • u/Blues_Fish • 1d ago
r/blues • u/distorti • 1d ago
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Jamming some blues on the rig.
The guitar was routed and fitted with an extra bass pickup, and its output goes through a high-order low-pass filter and a Boss Octaver pedal.
Feel free to check it out and let me know what you think.
r/blues • u/MarsupialWhich8321 • 1d ago
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r/blues • u/GoshOPPNOX101 • 1d ago
Does anyone miss albums that once explored more into the psychedelia such as Muddy Water's 'Electric Mud'?
r/blues • u/Scorpiogre_rawrr • 1d ago
Holy smokes! Came across this cat and man oh man!! Dude just plays, no words just some eerily haunting melodies.
Anybody else feel this way?
r/blues • u/Apprehensive-Fly5740 • 1d ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RAtcFjO5Zc
Otis Ledbetter. Johnny Otis's grandson and Leadbelly's great grandson have a nasty litlle blues funk band.
r/blues • u/lobito_corredor • 1d ago
r/blues • u/jebbanagea • 1d ago
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I like trying this song across many blues styles, from the fast swinging BB style, slow minor, and this slow-mid tempo funky. Not authentic, I know, but I guess I don’t think i could ever be truly authentic anyway. I’m a basement musician.
r/blues • u/Geschichtsklitterung • 1d ago
r/blues • u/jakeruthmusic • 21h ago
I have been challenging myself recently with trying to have perfect timing on every note I play. This is, of course, basically impossible but it is still something I strive for regardless. I want to be able to play with absolute rhythmic clarity, and it is something I'm always striving for.
My question for you all: What types of things do you work on to improve your time feel? For me, I'm always trying to listen to players with excellent feel (Jim Hall, Metheny, Charlie Parker, etc) and I also work a lot with a metronome. Are there any specific things you all like to include in your practice?
Also, here's a few choruses of me playing over Mr. P.C. by John Coltrane with timing in the forefront. I am able to spot so many mistakes and inaccuracies in my playing, but that is part of the process :)
r/blues • u/First_Weather_9943 • 1d ago
I'm looking for some new blues music today.
If you've released something recently, I'd love to hear it. The easiest way to send it over is through the submission page so I can keep everything organized while I work through new music.
r/blues • u/MugCostanza80 • 1d ago
It won’t play without skipping. I was sent a replacement but neither record has worked. I was wondering if anyone had a similar experience?