Live at Newport is a live album by Reverend Gary Davis.
It was recorded at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.
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Category: Blues Live Albums
Live Blues Albums
If you’re a fan of the blues, you should pay attention to two categories on the Best Live Albums Blog – blues (where you are) and Blues Rock.
I wasn’t originally expecting to have two categories for the original blues singers and for the rock music strongly influenced by the blues but the more I tried to categorise live albums, the more it became helpful.
Let’s deal with a sensitive issue.
Is there a racial issue here? Many of the blues artists are black, many of the blues rock artists are white.
Can a white man play the blues?
Yes he can but the common tendency is to reduce the emphasis on the feelings in the blues songs and rock out and show off instrumental prowess.
Cream are blues rock, some of the later work by Eric Clapton I might be classing as blues.
I believe live albums are the natural setting for the blues rather than a sterile studio setting where it’s harder to find the right emotions.
The blues has its originals in the late 19th century and early 20th century and which, when combined with the fact that many blues artists often mature well with age, make its history and influences harder to define than many forms of rock and pop music.
To help understand the development, I’ve a post on the history of the blues through the birth, deaths and careers of the major blues artists.
Blues Live Albums By Decade – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s – 2000s – 2010s
List Of Live Blues Albums Featured
Live blues albums include:
Bobby Bland and BB King Together Again Live 1976
Eric Clapton Unplugged 1992
Gary Clark Jr Live 2013
Albert Collins – Frozen Alive 1981
Buddy Guy Live At The Checkerboard Lounge 1979
Buddy Guy Live! The Real Deal 1996
Buddy Guy Live At Legends 2010
Buddy Guy and Junior Wells Live In Montreux 1974
John Lee Hooker Live At The Café Au Go-Go 1966 & 1972
Etta James – Rocks The House 1963
Albert King Live Wire Blues Power 1968
Albert King Wednesday Night In San Francisco 1968
Albert King Thursday Night In San Francisco 1968
BB King Live at the Regal 1964
BB King Live & Well 1969
BB King Live In Cook County Jail 1970
BB King Live In Japan 1971
BB King Now Appearing At Ole Miss 1979
BB King Live At The Apollo 1990
BB King Live At San Quentin 1990
BB King & Bobby Bland Together For The First Time Live 1974
Freddie King Live At The Electric Ballroom 1974
John Mayall The Turning Point 1969
John Mayall Jazz Blues Fusion 1971
John Mayall 70th Birthday Concert 2003
Van Morrison – It’s Too Late To Stop Now 1973
Hound Dog Taylor Beware Of The Dog 1974
Muddy Waters At Newport 1960
Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds Live In London 1963
Howlin’ Wolf Live & Cookin’ At Alice’s Revisited
What Are The Best Live Blues Albums?
To help you to find the best live albums in these categories I have two readers polls you should look at and vote in:
Best Blues Albums
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JB Lenoir Sunnyland Slim & Friends Live in 63
Live in 63 is a live album by JB Lenoir, Sunnyland Slim & Friends.
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Magic Sam Live in Ann Arbor & Chicago 1963 – 1969
Live in Ann Arbor & Chicago is a live album by Magic Sam.
It was recorded at The Alex Club, Chicago in 1963-64 and at The Ann Arbor Blues Festival in 1969.
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Albert Collins Alive & Cool 1969
Alive & Cool is a live album by Albert Collins.
It was recorded at the Fillmore West in San Francisco in 1969. It has also been released as Live At The Fillmore and Thaw Out At The Fillmore.
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Jazz Elite Best of Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown
Jazz Elite Best of Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown is a live mp3 recording released on the All About Jazz Records label.
I haven’t found details of where or when this was recorded.
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Albert King Blues At Sunset Live At Wattstax And Montreux 1972 1973
Blues At Sunset: Live At Wattstax And Montreux is a live album by Albert King.
It was recorded
- Tracks 1 to 5 at Wattstax on August 20, 1972;
- Tracks 6 to 9 in Montreux, Switzerland on July 1, 1973. The rest of the concert was released as Blues At Sunrise.
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Muddy Waters Mojo The Live Collection 1971 1976
Mojo: The Live Collection is a live compilation by Muddy Waters.
According to Discogs, the sources of the tracks are:
- Tracks 1 to 7 were recorded in Switzerland in April 1976,
- Tracks 8, 9, 10, 12 were recorded at Washington University in 1971,
- Tracks 11, 13, 14 were recorded at Oregon University in 1971.
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Albert Collins Deep Freeze 1969 1973
Deep Freeze is a live recording by Albert Collins.
It combines performances at the Fillmore West in San Francisco in 1969, and at the El Mocambo Club in Toronto, Canada in 1973
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Taj Mahal Main Point Bryn Mawr Pa 14th March 1972
Main Point Bryn Mawr Pa 14th March 1972 is a live recording by Taj Mahal.
It was originally broadcast on the radio and catches the blues man performing on his own. It has been released on the Echoes and TAJ labels.
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Albert Collins & Barrelhouse Live 1978
Albert Collins & Barrelhouse Live catches the bluesman performing live in concert at “Het Wapen Van Heemskerk” in Alkmaar, Holland on December 28, 1978 with a local band rather than his regular band.
It was first released in 1979.
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