90 Album Recommendations later, and we are officially through Q1! We’ve completed January, February, and March, and we’ve recommended 90 albums so far! Thanks so much to everyone who’s listened, read, liked, shared, commented, and more—this has turned out to be really fun!
How many of these do YOU own?
| Jan 1 – Muddy Waters, Rare & Unissued | Rare & Unissued | 1/1/17 |
| Skip James | She Lyin’ | 1/2/17 |
| Albert King | I’ll Play The Blues For You | 1/3/17 |
| Dave Van Ronk | Folksinger | 1/4/17 |
| Robert Pete Williams | Louisiana Blues | 1/5/17 |
| The Best of Nina Simone | 1/6/17 | |
| Johnny Winter | Progressive Blues Experiment | 1/7/17 |
| Don’t Mess With Miss Watkins | 1/8/17 | |
| Lightnin’ Hopkins | Autobiography in Blues | 1/9/17 |
| Howlin’ Wolf | His Best – Chess 50th Anniversary Collection | 1/10/17 |
| Chris Whitley | Dirt Floor | 1/11/17 |
| Bo Diddley | 1/12/17 | |
| Janis Joplin | I Got Dem Ol Kozmic Blues Again Mama | 1/13/17 |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan | Couldn’t Stand The Weather | 1/14/17 |
| Kelly Joe Phelps | Shine-Eyed Mister Zen | 1/15/17 |
| Gil Scott-Heron | Pieces of a Man | 1/16/17 |
| Oliver Nelson | The Blues and the Abstract Truth | 1/17/17 |
| The Victoria Spivey Collection 1926-1937 | 1/18/17 | |
| Phil Ochs | All The News That’s Fit To Sing | 1/19/17 |
| Joseph Spence | Good Morning Mr. Walker | 1/20/17 |
| Clara Smith | The Essential Clara Smith1924-1929 | 1/21/17 |
| Mazzy Star | So Tonight That I Might See | 1/22/17 |
| John Mooney | Comin’ your Way | 1/23/17 |
| The Pretenders | Learning to Crawl | 1/24/17 |
| Manifesto Mix Tape Vol. 1 | 1/25/17 | |
| Robert Johnson | King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol I & II | 1/26/17 |
| Jimmy Smith | Back at the Chicken Shack | 1/27/17 |
| Black Sabbath | Black Sabbath | 1/28/17 |
| Greg Brown | Slant 6 Mind | 1/29/17 |
| Tim Buckley | Dream Letter, Live in London, 1968 | 1/30/17 |
| Muddy Waters | Folk Singer | 1/31/17 |
| Bukka White | Sky Songs | 2/1/17 |
| The Brothers Johnson | Look Out For #1 | 2/2/17 |
| Ivie Anderson | It Don’t Mean A Thing | 2/3/17 |
| Oscar Levant | Levant Plays Gershwin | 2/4/17 |
| Blind Willie McTell | Last Sessions | 2/5/17 |
| Leon Redbone | On the Track | 2/6/17 |
| Guitar Slim | I Got Sumpin’ For You | 2/7/17 |
| Soul Coughing | Ruby Vroom | 2/8/17 |
| Fred McDowell | Levee Camp Blues | 2/9/17 |
| John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers | Crusade | 2/10/17 |
| Angelique Kidjo | Oremi | 2/11/17 |
| At Home With Screamin’ Jay Hawkins | 2/12/17 | |
| Bobby Rush | Porcupine Meat | 2/13/17 |
| Miles Davis | Sketches of Spain | 2/14/17 |
| Horace Silver and The Jazz Messengers | 2/15/17 | |
| Stray Cats | Built for Speed | 2/16/17 |
| Charley Patton | The Complete Recordings 1929-1934 (Disc 1) | 2/17/17 |
| Lonnie Johnson | Vol 1. 1937-1940 | 2/18/17 |
| The Electrifying Aretha Franklin | 2/19/17 | |
| Chuck Berry | After School Session | 2/20/17 |
| Junior Kimbrough | Sad Days, Lonely Nights | 2/21/17 |
| Mississippi John Hurt | 1928 Sessions | 2/22/17 |
| Stevie Nicks | Bella Donna | 2/23/17 |
| Jelly Roll Morton | Oh, Mister Jelly | 2/24/17 |
| The Mississippi Sheiks | Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Vols 1-3 | 2/25/17 |
| Kokomo Arnold | Restored and Remastered Hits | 2/26/17 |
| Roy Rogers | Chops Not Chaps | 2/27/17 |
| Irma Thomas | Wish Someone Would Care | 2/28/17 |
| Woody Guthrie | The Asch Recordings, Vol 1-4 | 3/1/17 |
| James Brown’s Funky People (Part 3) | 3/2/17 | |
| Doc & Merle Watson | Down South | 3/3/17 |
| Dolly Parton | The Grass Is Blue | 3/4/17 |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | Green River | 3/5/17 |
| Albert Collins | The Complete Imperial Recordings | 3/6/17 |
| Dolores Keane | May Morning Dew | 3/7/17 |
| Bessie Smith | The Complete Recordings Vol. I | 3/8/17 |
| Lyle Lovett | Joshua Judges Ruth | 3/9/17 |
| The Modern Lovers | The Modern Loves | 3/10/17 |
| Robert Petway | Catfish Blues | 3/11/17 |
| B.B. King | Live in Cook County Jail | 3/12/17 |
| The Waterboys | Fisherman’s Blues | 3/13/17 |
| Grant Green | First Session | 3/14/17 |
| Son House | Father of the Folk Blues | 3/15/17 |
| Alvin Youngblood Hart | Big Mama’s Door | 3/16/17 |
| The James Cotton Blues Band | 3/17/17 | |
| The American Graffiti Soundtrack | 3/18/17 | |
| Willie Dixon | I Am The Blues | 3/19/17 |
| Memphis Minnie | All The Published Sides 1929-1937 | 3/20/17 |
| Charlie Christian & Dizzy Gillespie | After Hours | 3/21/17 |
| Blind Lemon Jefferson | The Complete Classic Sides Remastered Chicago 1926 Disc A | 3/22/17 |
| Bob Dylan | Bob Dylan | 3/23/17 |
| The Yardbirds | For Your Love | 3/24/17 |
| Bukka White | Mississippi Blues | 3/25/17 |
| Hank Mobley | Workout | 3/26/17 |
| Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | Safe as Milk | 3/27/17 |
| Rickie Lee Jones | Rickie Lee Jones | 3/28/17 |
| Mance Lipscomb | Texas Sharecropper & Songster | 3/29/17 |
| The Beat Farmers | Van Go | 3/30/17 |
| Sleepy John Estes | I ain’t gonna be worried no more | 3/31/17 |
Preacher Boy | The National Blues 
April 2nd, 2017 at 4:41 pm
I have 40 of the 90, actually
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