Category: Blues Rock Live Albums

Live Blues Rock Albums

Blues rock is influenced by the blues but there is less emphasis on the emotions within the song and more on emphasis on rocking out and showing off instrumental prowess.

Blues rock sits in between the blues and hard rock and heavy metal.

It’s origins lie with bands like The Rolling Stones and The Yardbirds who turned to American black music for their inspiration and developed in the sixties with bands like Cream and then Led Zeppelin.

Blues rock also developed in America although its influence also spread into Psychedelic Rock of the San Francisco groups and Southern Rock.

Blues Rock Live Albums

Blues rock live albums include the following highlight:

The Allman Brothers Band Fillmore East February 1970
The Allman Brothers Band Live At Ludlow Garage 1970
The Allman Brothers Band American University 12/13/70
The Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East 1971
The Allman Brothers Band Eat A Peach 1971
The Allman Brothers Band Play All Night Live At The Beacon Theatre 1992
Jeff Beck Live+ 2014
Beck Bogert & Appice Live In Japan 1973
Elvin Bishop Raisin’ Hell 1976 1977
Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper The Live Adventures of… 1968
Big Brother and the Holding Company Cheap Thrills 1968
Joe Bonamassa Live from Nowhere in Particular
Joe Bonamassa Live From the Royal Albert Hall 2009
Roy Buchanan Live Stock 1974
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Live 1970
Captain Beefheart Live At My Father’s Place 1978
Eric Clapton EC Was Here 1974
Eric Clapton Just One Night 1979
Eric Clapton 24 Nights 1990 1991
Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood Live from Madison Square Garden 2008
Gary Clark Jr Live 2013
Climax Blues Band – FM Live 1973
Climax Blues Band World Tour 1976
Colosseum Live 1971
Cream Wheels Of Fire 1968
Cream Live Cream 1968
Cream Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6 2005
Derek And The Dominos Live At The Fillmore 1970
Ronnie Earl Blues Guitar Virtuoso Live in Europe 1993
The Fabulous Thunderbirds Live 2000
The Flamin’ Groovies In Person 1971
Fleetwood Mac Shrine 69
Fleetwood Mac Boston 1970
Foghat Live 1977
Free Free Live 1970
Rory Gallagher Live In Europe 1972
Rory Gallagher Irish Tour 1974
Gov’t Mule Live With A Little Help From Our Friends 1998
Gov’t Mule Mulennium 1999 2000
Govt Mule The Deepest End 2003
Peter Green Splinter Group Soho Live At Ronnie Scott’s 1998
The Groundhogs Live At Leeds ’71
The Groundhogs Live UK Tour 76
J Geils Band Full House 1972
J Geils Band Blow Your Face Out 1975
Jo Harman And Company Live At The Hideaway 2010
Jo Harman And Company Live At The Royal Albert Hall 2013
Beth Hart Live At Paradiso 2004
Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa Live in Amsterdam 2013
Warren Haynes Live at the Moody Theater 2011
Jimi Hendrix Live At Monterey 1967
Jimi Hendrix Live At Winterland 1968
Jimi Hendrix Live At Woodstock 1969
Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsys Live At The Fillmore East 1970
Jimi Hendrix Live at Berkeley 1970
Humble Pie Performance Rockin The Fillmore 1971
Jethro Tull Nothing Is Easy 1970
Janis Joplin Live At The Carousel Ballroom 1968
Janis Joplin Live at Winterland ’68
Janis Joplin The Woodstock Experience 1969
Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions 1969 & 1971
Led Zeppelin How The West Was Won 1972
Led Zeppelin The Song Remains The Same 1973
Alvin Lee & Co In Flight 1974
Little Feat Waiting For Columbus 1977
Lynyrd Skynyrd One More From The Road 1976
Lonnie Mack Live Attack of the Killer V 1989
John Mayall 70th Birthday Concert 2003
John Mayer Where The Light Is Live In Los Angeles 2007
Delbert McClinton Live From Austin, Tx 1982
Delbert McClinton Live From Austin 1989
Gary Moore Essential Montreux 1990 to 2001
Gary Moore Blues Alive 1992
Van Morrison It’s Too Late To Stop Now 1973
Van Morrison It’s Too Late To Stop Now Volumes 2, 3 & 4
Coco Montoya Songs From The Road 2012 2013
Carla Olson & Mick Taylor Live Too Hot for Snakes 1990
Bonnie Raitt Road Tested 1995
Jess Roden Blowin’ 1976
Jess Roden Live At The BBC 1977
Jess Roden Hidden Masters
The Rolling Stones Get Yer Ya Ya’s Out 1969
The Rolling Stones Get Your Leeds Lungs Out on Sticky Fingers Super Deluxe 1971
The Rolling Stones The Brussels Affair 1973
The Rolling Stones Stripped 1995
Royal Southern Brotherhood Songs From The Road 2012
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Live In Chicago 2007
Southside Johnny Reach Up And Touch The Sky 1980
Status Quo Live 1976
Jim Suhler & Alan Haynes Live at Blue Cat Blues 1998
Joanne Shaw Taylor Songs From The Road
Susan Tedeschi Live From Austin Tx 2003
Tedeschi Trucks Band Everybody’s Talkin’ 2011
Ten Years After Live At The Fillmore East 1970
Ten Years After Recorded Live 1973
Jimmy Thackery & Tab Benoit Whiskey Store Live 2003
George Thorogood Live 1986
Pat Travers Band Live Go For What You Know 1979
Walter Trout Live No More Fish Jokes 1991 & 1992
Walter Trout Face The Music Live On Tour 1999
Walter Trout Live Trout 2000
Robin Trower At The BBC 1973-1975
Robin Trower Robin Trower Live 1975
The Derek Trucks Band Live At The Georgia Theatre 2003
The Derek Trucks Band Roadsongs 2009
Stevie Ray Vaughan Live at Montreux 1982 and 1985
Stevie Ray Vaughan Live At Carnegie Hall 1984
Leslie West Toronto 1976
West, Bruce and Laing Live ‘n’ Kickin’ 1973
Whitesnake Live In The Heart Of The City 1978 & 1980
Johnny Winter And Live
Johnny Winter Captured Live! 1975
ZZ Top Fandango 1975

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Best Live Albums Polls relevant to fans of blues rock

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Jimi Hendrix Live At Monterey 1967

Live At Monterey is a reworking of the Jimi Plays Monterey recording of Jimi Hendrix live at the Monterey festival in June 1967 with the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

It’s the same set but with different mixing.

This concert is famous for the time during the last track – Wild Thing – Hendrix sets his guitar on fire and then smashes it. That explains the album covers.

Jimi Hendrix Live At Monterey – Jimi Plays Monterey

Jimi Hendrix Live At Monterey

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Jimi Hendrix Live At The Royal Albert Hall 1969

Jimi Hendrix Live At The Royal Albert Hall is a ten track CD given away by The Sunday Times recorded on February 24, 1969.

It features Hendrix playing with the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

This concert has been featured in earlier Jimi Hendrix live albums called Experience and More Experience.

The Sunday Times was sued by the company handling Jimi Hendrix estate because it caused a film version of the Royal Albert Hall concert to be delayed – Sunday Times avoids punitive damages.

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Van Morrison It’s Too Late To Stop Now 1973

It’s Too Late To Stop Now is the first live album by Van Morrison.

It was recorded in 1973 and it catches him paying his dues to his influences.

It collects the best of the tracks from concerts at The Troubadour in Los Angeles, the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium and at The Rainbow in London between May and July 1973.

It’s difficult to categorise an album like this – is it rock, soul or blues? It even has a jazzy feel to it.

This amalgamation of styles is what makes Van Morrison such a special artist and he had a golden period in the late 1960s and early 1970s when he made some of the greatest music ever recorded. Astral Weeks, Moondance and St Dominic’s Preview are amongst my most favourite studio albums and I believe that each is essential.

Which is the best? Well that keeps on changing depending on my mood but St Dominic’s Preview fits neatly between the others in style.

In 2008, a bonus track was added – a live version of Brown Eyed Girl.

Van Morrison It’s Too Late to Stop Now 1973

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Jess Roden Live At The BBC 1976

Live At The BBC is a live album of the Jess Roden Band live in concert in December 1976 from The Hippodrome, London with four extra live in the studio recordings from 1975. These were broadcast on the John Peel show and that’s where I first heard Jess Roden.

In fact it might be the only place I’ve heard this great singer on the radio.

I was thrilled when I found this album was released on CD in 1996 and I think it could be the best live album ever.

A bold statement but I can’t tell you how many times I’ve played this CD. It’s a perfect mix of rock, soul, blues and funk. I adore it.

I used to have a previous live album by Jess Roden called Blowin’ which I loved as an LP.

Jess Roden Live At The BBC

Jess Roden Live At The BBC

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Eric Clapton Just One Night 1979

Just One Night is a live album by Eric Clapton recorded at the Budokan Theatre, Tokyo, December 1979 when he was promoting the Backless album.

Claton had got into a groove in the late seventies with his easy listening blues albums like No Reason To Cry, Slowhand and Backless but he could still get excited when playing live.

Eric Clapton Just One Night Overall Review Rating – 26/30
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Taste Live At The Isle Of Wight 1970

Taste Live At the Isle Of Wight was recorded at the big festival on the island in 1970 and showcases Rory Gallagher’s guitar playing.

Rory Gallagher has been one of the main inspirations behind this Best Live Albums blog because I think his Irish Tour 74 album is terrific.

I was listening to the CD and thought that more people need to know about this fantastic live music.

Taste is an earlier 3 piece band with Rory Gallagher on guitar and lead vocals, Richard “Charlie” McCracken on bass and John Wilson on drums.

Taste Live At the Isle Of Wight Overall Review Rating – 20/30

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Led Zeppelin The Song Remains The Same 1973

The Song Remains The Same was the first Led Zeppelin live album issued from 1973 concerts at the Madison Square Garden, New York which promoted the House Of The Holy studio album.

It was released in 1976 as the soundtrack to the concert film of the same name.

Led Zeppelin are known for their great live performances and they’ve become one of the most heavily bootlegged artists in the world.

It was re-issued in 2007 with a much better sound and with extra songs included. This makes it much more comparable with the other big Zeppelin live album, How The West Was Won.

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The Rolling Stones Brussels Affair 1973

Brussels Affair is an official, authorised version of a famous Rolling Stones bootleg from the 1973 Goats Head Soup tour.

It’s brilliant.

Fans of the Stones have wanted this release for years as it catches the mark 2 version of the band with Mick Taylor rather than Brian Jones in their full glory

If you like Get Yer Ya Ya’s Out, you’ll love The Brussels Affair.

The Rolling Stones Brussels Affair Overall Rating – 29/30

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The Rolling Stones LA Friday 75 Authorised Bootleg

The third official live concert bootleg has been released by The Rolling Stones in remastered form – LA Friday 75.

You can buy a copy from the Stones Archives. I bought it on Saturday but it’s going to take me some time to write a full review.

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The Rolling Stones Get Yer Ya Ya’s Out 1969

Get Yer Ya Ya’s Out The Rolling Stones in Concert is the second live album by the Stones following on from Got Live If You Want It.

It’s a classic.

The Rolling Stones Live Get Yer Ya Ya’s Out Review Rating 25/30

If you’re a fan of The Rolling Stones, then Get Yer Ya Ya’s Out is a must own album from the start of the Mark 2 Stones – without Brian Jones but with Mick Taylor on lead guitar – recorded in New York and Maryland in November 1969 just before Let It Bleed was released. Ya Ya’s was released in September 1970. The Rolling Stones Get Yer Ya Ya's Out Continue reading The Rolling Stones Get Yer Ya Ya’s Out 1969