In 2008 we set off to travel the length and breadth of Mississippi in search of the graves and markers of the fantastic Blues singers. In CAnton we found Bo Diddley! In Hazelhurst it was Robert Johnson,
My favourite Electric Blues singers of the Fifties.
My friend Dick Brunning got me into the Blues when I was fourteen. He would endlessly play Lightnin’ Hopkins and Howlin’ Wolf with a bit of John Lee Hooker thrown in. I became hooked.
Here are my favourites:
Elmore James
Lightnin’ Hopkins
Howlin’ Wolf
John Lee Hooker
Muddy Waters
Sonny Boy Williams
Hounddog Taylor
Jimmy Reed
Little Walter Jacobs
Buddy Guy
BB King
Freddy King
Albert King
Willie Dixon
Otis Rush
Magic Sam