So it’s time for for some of my favorites blues albums of 2010! Most of these albums were released in 2010 but not all of them!
Buddy Guy – Living Proof – the first song says it all he’s 74 years young and getting better with age!!
Walter Trout – Common Ground – some of Trout’s best work in a long and storied career that included some work with John Mayall! A favorite!
Joe Bonamassa – Black Rock – this album had Bonamassa’s great guitar and a lot of different instruments and arrangements!
Nick Moss – Privileged – Moss took his blues in a more blues rock direction with this release and it works, After listening I went back and listened to Live at Chan’s 2 and that is a great live album and has stayed on the player!
Kenny Wayne Shepherd – “Live” in Chicago – I didn’t listen to this album until late this year and really haven’t written about it but it is a winner! I kinda lost track of Shepherd’s career after the first two albums but I’m glad I rediscovered it and this terrific album!
Moreland and Arbuckle – Flood another album with some different sounding instruments i.e the old box guitar and some great harp playing! I really liked this album!
James Cotton – Giant that’s what he is and the album is outstanding!
JP Blues Band – I Will Not Go Quietly – I went back and listened to this album this week and was blown away by the searing guitar work – this one’s gonna get a lot of listens in the next few weeks!
The Kilborn Alley Blues Band – Better Off Now – when I listened to this one again this week I didn’t quite like it as much as the first time around – maybe – it was the mood – definitely will be listened to again!
Daddy Mack Blues Band – Bluesfinger – a fine album from a Memphis original! I love the title instrumental and the whole rest of the album, too!
Mike Zito – Pearl River – this one was a 2009 release but a great all round blues album. Love the sound and feel of the bayou that comes across on this album!
The Insomniacs – At Least I’m Not with You _ I listened to this album again today and my feets was a tappin’ great jump blues!
Jimmy Bowskill – Jimmy Bowskill Band Live an unbelievable young guitarist that’s gonna be around for a long, long time!
Elvin Bishop – Red Dog Speaks – an old talent that’s been around for a long time!
Popa Chubby – The Fight is On – another blues rock album that ends with a cover of “Ace of Spades” ! Some great guitar from the Big Man!
and there’s a lot more that I liked like Magic Slim, Eugene “Hideaway” Bridges, Guitar Shorty, Delta Moon, Mitch Kashmar and the blues rolls on into 2011!!