Now Appearing At Ole Miss is a live album by BB King.
It was recorded at the University of Mississippi in 1979 and it was released in 1980.
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I’ve tried to distinguish between blues and blues rock.
Wikipedia defines blues as:
“Blues is a genre and musical form that originated in African-American communities in the ‘Deep South’ of the United States around the end of the 19th century. The genre is a fusion of traditional African music and European folk music spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads.
The blues form, ubiquitous in jazz, rhythm and blues and rock and roll, is characterized by the call-and-response pattern and specific chord progressions, of which the twelve-bar blues is the most common.”
In contrast, blues rock as it developed in the 1960s and 1970s emphasises more instrumental improvisations and a stronger beat but inevitably there is a crossover between the two genres.
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 Of The 1970s
Luther Allison Where Have You Been Live in Montreux 1976-1994
Luther Allison Live in Paris 1979
Luther Allison Power Wire Blues 1979
Luther Allison South Side Safari Live 1979
Luther Allison Sweet Home Chicago Charly Blues Masterworks Vol 37 1979
Albert Collins Deep Freeze 1969 1973
Albert Collins Funky Blues Live 1973
Albert Collins & Barrelhouse Live 1978
Robben Ford Discovering The Blues 1972
Buddy Guy Live At The Checkerboard Lounge 1979
Buddy Guy and Junior Wells Live In Montreux 1974
John Lee Hooker Live At The Café Au Go-Go 1966 & 1972
Howlin’ Wolf Killing Floor Live 1964 1973
Howlin’ Wolf Live & Cookin’ At Alice’s Revisited 1972
Howlin’ Wolf Evil Live at Joe’s Place 1973
Albert King Live In The 70’s 1971 to 1978
Albert King Live at the Fabulous Forum 1972
Albert King Blues At Sunset Live At Wattstax And Montreux 1972 1973
Albert King Blues At Sunrise 1973
Albert King Purple Carriage St Charles Il 02-02-74
Albert King Blues From The Road 1975
Albert King Live Charly Blues Masterworks 18 1977
Albert King Talkin’ Blues 1978
BB King Live In Cook County Jail 1970
BB King Live In Japan 1971
BB King King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents BB King Live! 1978
BB King Live At The BBC 1978 to 1998
BB King Now Appearing At Ole Miss 1979
BB King & Bobby Bland Together For The First Time Live 1974
Bobby Bland and BB King Together Again Live 1976
Freddie King Live At The Electric Ballroom 1974
Freddie King The Blues Live!
Freddie King Live In Europe 1975
Little Milton Grits Ain’t Groceries 1972
John Mayall Jazz Blues Fusion 1971
John Mayall Ten Years Are Gone 1972
Van Morrison It’s Too Late To Stop Now 1973
Muddy Waters Live At Mister Kellys 1971
Muddy Waters Mojo The Live Collection 1971 1976
Muddy Waters Blues Band Ft BB King Live at Ebbets Field 1973
Muddy Waters Muddy Mississippi Waters Live 1977 1978
Muddy Waters Breakin It Up Breakin It Down 1977 with Johnny Winter and James Cotton
Bonnie Raitt & Lowell George Ultrasonic Studios 1972
Bonnie Raitt Under The Falling Sky 1972 1973
Bonnie Raitt Angel From Montgomery Radio Broadcast 1976
Bonnie Raitt Same Old Song 1979
Otis Rush Double Trouble Live Cambridge 1973
Otis Rush So Many Roads Live in Concert 1975
Otis Rush All Your Love I Miss Loving Live at The Wise Fools Pub Chicago 1976
Son Seals Live & Burning 1978
Otis Spann Last Call Live at The Boston Tea Party 1970
Taj Mahal The Real Thing 1971
Taj Mahal Main Point Bryn Mawr Pa 14th March 1972
Eddie Taylor Long Way From Home 1977
Hound Dog Taylor Beware Of The Dog 1974
Big Mama Thornton Jail 1975
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What Are The All Time Best Live Blues Albums?
I don’t have a readers poll to find the best blues live albums of the decade but I do have an all-time poll which will help to guide you.
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Blues Live Albums By Decade – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s – 2000s – 2010s
Blues Rock By Decade – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s – 2000s – 2010s
Now Appearing At Ole Miss is a live album by BB King.
It was recorded at the University of Mississippi in 1979 and it was released in 1980.
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Live At The Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1979 is a live album by Buddy Guy.
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Live In Montreux is a live album by Buddgy Guy and Junior Wells.
It was recorded in Switzerland on Friday June 28 1974. Another album, Drinkin’ TNT ‘N’ Smokin Dynamite was recorded the same day.
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Together Again Live is the second live album by Bobby Bland and BB King.
It was recorded at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles, California in 1976.
This is the follow-up to Together For The First Time.
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Together For The First Time Live is a live album by BB King and Bobby Bland.
It was released in 1974.
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Live In Japan is a live album by BB King.
It was recorded at the Sankei Hall in Tokyo at concerts on March 4th and 7th, 1971. While it was released in Japan in the same year, it wasn’t released in the rest of the world until 1999.
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Beware Of The Dog is a live album by Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers.
It was recorded at two concerts – Northwestern University of Evanston,Illinois and at the Smiling Dog Saloon in Cleveland, Indiana in 1974. He died aged 60 on December 17, 1975 and this album was released posthumously in 1976.
Live At The Electric Ballroom is a live album by Freddie King
It was recorded at the Electric Ballroom in Atlanta, Georgia in 1974 but not released until 1996.
There are also two acoustic songs recorded for a Dallas based radio station and interviews with Freddie King.
According to Discogs, this has also been released under the title This Is The Blues!
Set List
1. Introduction
2. That’s Alright (Solo Acoustic)
3. Interview
4. Dust My Broom (Solo Acoustic)
5. Interview
6. Big Legged Woman
7. Woman Across The River
8. Key To The Highway
9. Let The Good Times Roll
10. Ain’t Nobody’s Business
11. Sweet Home Chicago
12. Dust My Broom
13. Hide Away Medley
14. Interview
Playing on the album are:
Freddie King – Vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Sam ? – Rhythm guitar
Alvin Hemphill – Organ
Lewis Stephens – Piano
Benny Turner – Bass
Mike Kennedy – Drums
The full band only played on tracks 6 to 13.
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It’s still worth checking around on the websites to make sure that there isn’t a more up-to-date or less expensive option.
Do you think this album is the best live album by Freddie King?
What do you like or dislike about it?
Live albums by Freddie King include:
1968 Live And Loud – 1974 Live At The Electric Ballroom – 1975 Live In Europe – 1975 Live Texas & Oklahoma Club Date – ? The Blues Live! – ? Live At Liberty Hall – ? Cannoball Live In Concert – ? I’m Tore Down Live In Texas – ? Live At The Texas Opry House
This album is included in the poll to find the best live blues albums.
My aim is to help you to find the best live albums through readers polls, my own reviews and from bringing in Amazon reviews.
You can see the complete list of readers polls at Live Album Polls.
Live in Cook County Jail is a live album by blues legend BB King.
It was recorded at Cook County Jail, Chicago, Illinois on September 10, 1970 and it was released in 1971.
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Live At The Cafe Au Go-Go (And Soledad Prison) is a live compilation album by John Lee Hooker.
The first eight songs are recorded at the Cafe Au Go-Go in Greenwich Village, New York in 1966. The last five songs are from a concert at Soledad Prison in California in 1972.
With some effort you can buy these two recordings separately and you’ll get two extra songs from the Soledad concert with John Lee Hooker Jr. singing.