I've got the blues

[Raiderhater]

No, this is not about last night's game. This is about the music.

I had never really had a lot of exposure to blues music (The Kirk Brown Band aside), so several months back I was browsing through cd box sets and came across one entitled Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues, based on a series he did for PBS (some of you are probably familiar with it, I wasn't). I decided to pick up and explore the genre. One of the best music investments I have ever made. I don't know how many different artists, and 80 years of music history. It was really neat to listen to the 5 discs back to back to hear the music evolve.

Since that time I have purchased three albums of different artists (Albert King, Jimi Hendrix, and B.B. King) and have delved some into the history of the music, as well as the subtleties of the different "classes" of the music (I don't have a preference, I enjoy all of them).

I know with as many people that are on this board, there has to be a few blues afficianados around. Any suggestions for someone who is realitevly new to the genre? I have a list of artists that I want to further check out, but I would like further suggestions.