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On Broaden Your Horizons, we feature an hour long profile of an individual artist each week called the 'Hour of Power'. I would like to list the artists here and include some suggestions as to what the best purchases are. In essence, if you like the hour segment, these are the discs you should buy. I have added an (*) after some albums. If you are on a tight budget, these cheaper discs will make you a learned blues scholar!:
LEON RUSSELL:
Leon Russell (The Right Stuff, 1970)
Carney (The Right Stuff, 1973)
Blues (Leon Russell Records, 1995)
Live At Gilley's (Q Records, 1999)*
MUDDY WATERS:
The Chess Box (Chess Records, 1989)
Hard Again (Blues Sky Records, 1979)*
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN:
Texas Flood, Couldn't Stand the Weather, Soul to Soul, In Step (Epic Reissues, 1999)*
SRV: Box Set (Epic Records, 2000)
HOWLIN WOLF:
Chess Box (Chess Records, 1989)
Change My Way (Chess Records)*
TOM WAITS:
Rain Dogs (Island, 1985)
Mule Variations (Epitaph, 1999)*
Heartattack and Vine (Elektra, 1980)
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS:
Dreams (Box Set) (Polydor, 1988)
Seven Turns (1989)
Live at the Fillmore East (Capricorn, 1971)
The Allman Brothers (Capricorn, 1969)
Eat a Peach (Capricorn, 1973)*
KEB MO:
Keb Mo (O Keh, 1994)*
Sessions at West 54th (DVD) (2001)
TAJ MAHAL:
In Progress and In Motion (Box Set) (Sony, 1999)
Phantom Blues (Private Music)*
Mo Roots (Columbia, 1974)
REV. GARY DAVIS
Complete Early Recordings: 1935 (Yazoo)*
Say No To The Devil (Fantasy)
RARE FOLK BLUES SPECIAL
Roots and Blues Retrospective (Columbia, 1992)
Tomato Blues Collection (Tomato, 1989)
KENNY NEAL:
Walking on Fire (Alligator, 1991)*
Blues Fallin' Down Like Rain (Telarc, 1999)
PETER GREEN:
The Complete Blue Horizon Recordings, 1967 to 1969 (Box Set, 2000)[Fleetwood Mac]
Destiny Road (Artisan, 2000) [Splinter Group]
Live in Boston (Snapper Music, 1999) [Fleetwood Mac] *
ALBERT KING:
Born Under A Bad Sign (Stax, 1967)* (BACK IN PRINT)
Live Wire/Blues Power (Stax 1968)
I'll Play the Blues For You (Stax 1972)
LONNIE MACK:
Strike Like Lightning (Alligator, 1985)*
Live at Co Co's (Mack's Flying V Music, 1998)
JOE COCKER:
Live (Capitol, 1990)*
Long Voyage Home (Box Set)
JOHN MAYALL:
London Blues (64-69) (Box Set, Polydor)
Wake Up Call (Silvertone, 1993)*
ROBERT CRAY:
Heavy Picks: Best of Robert Cray (Mercury, 1999)
Shoulda Been Home (Rykodisc, 2001)*
SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY:
At Least We Got Shoes (Atlantic, 1986)
Messin' With the Blues (Leroy, 2000)
The Best of Southide Johnny (Epic/Legacy)*
MARK KNOPFLER:
Neck and Neck (Columbia, 1990)
Sailing to Philadelphia (Warner Brothers, 2000)*
Screenplaying (Warner Brothers)
BUDDY GUY:
Slippin In (Silvertone, 1994)*
Live: The Real Deal (Silvertone, 1996)
AEROSMITH:
Live Bootleg (Columbia, 1978)
Permanent Vacation (Geffen, 1987)*
Pandora's Box (Columbia Box Set, 1991)
ALBERT COLLINS:
Truckin With Albert Collins (MCA, 1965)
Cold Snap (Alligator, 1986)
Collins Mix: Best of Albert Collins (Pointblank, 1993)*
GEORGE THOROGOOD:
Live (EMI, 1986) *
The Baddest of George Thorogood (EMI, 1992)
GREGG ALLMAN:
Laid Back (Capricorn, 1973)*
One More Try (Capricorn, 1997)
FLEETWOOD MAC:
Live in Boston (Snapper Music, 1999)w/Green
Live (Warner Brothers, 1980)w/Buckingham
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN:
Nebraska (Columbia, 1982)*
Ghost of Tom Joad (Columbia, 1995)
ROBERT JOHNSON:
The Complete Recordings (Box Set, Columbia)*
STEVE MILLER:
Living in the 20th Century (Sailor, 1986)
Steve Miller Band Live (King Biscuit Flower Hour, 2002)*
BOB DYLAN:
Love and Theft (Columbia, 2001) *
Oh! Mercy (Columbia, 1989)
BB KING
How Blue Can You Get? Live (MCA, 2 CD Box)
Live at San Quentin (MCA, 1990)*
WARREN ZEVON
My Ride's Here (Artemis, 2002) *
DR. JOHN:
Voo Doo: Gris Gris (Atco, 1968)
Solo Piano/Jazz: Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack (Clean Cuts, 1980)
New Orleans Creole: Gumbo (Atco, 1972)
ELMORE JAMES:
Let's Cut It: The Best of Elmore James (Virgin, 1991)*
King of the Slide Guitar (Capricorn Box Set)
RANDY NEWMAN:
Land of Dreams (Warner Bros., 1988)
Live (Warner Bros., 1971)*
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN RARITIES SHOW:
SRV (Epic, 2000 Box Set)*
(See Also Stevie Ray Vaughan Above)
DAVID RUFFIN:
The Ultimate Collection (Solo Collection) (Motown)
