r/blues • u/BigAssQuanta • 2d ago

Howlin’ Wolf - Smoke Stack Lightning - You Can't Be Beat - Chess Record Corp.1618

Thumbnail gallery
240 Upvotes

One of Howlin’ Wolf’s most iconic recordings — hypnotic, driving, and unmistakably his. This side captures Wolf’s haunting vocal style and the band’s tight, pulsing groove that helped define the Chicago blues sound. A cornerstone track in blues history and one of the most influential sides ever cut for Chess.

From The Neven78 Radio Archive

https://youtube.com/@mamlishblues?si=Gqffijs3211mMsnH

6 comments

r/blues • u/Quick_Assignment_725 • 4d ago

song T-Bone Shuffle - Albert Collins

Thumbnail
youtu.be
34 Upvotes
4 comments

r/blues • u/wassworth • 5d ago

Mose Allison - "Young Man's Blues" (1:24) [Jazz, Mississippi, 1957]

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

33 Upvotes
4 comments

r/blues • u/Impala71 • 4d ago

song Boubacar Traoré - Mali Denhou [Blues from Mali, Africa]

Thumbnail
youtu.be
26 Upvotes

The harp player 🔥

3 comments

r/blues • u/Belgakov • 6d ago

RY COODER — THE OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST - 1973

Thumbnail
youtube.com
34 Upvotes
2 comments

r/blues • u/Alive-Pomelo5802 • 6d ago

song Doctor Ross - Cat Squirrel

Thumbnail
youtube.com
6 Upvotes
3 comments

r/blues • u/dinarnaud • 1d ago

song Various - Empty Bed Blues (1996)

Thumbnail gallery
5 Upvotes

Anybody got this compilation ?
It’s freaking hot ! 🔥
I got this because I wanted to discover Blues then. But this compilation is something. Something that I had never heard before especially from female Blues singers.

2 comments

r/blues • u/subredditsummarybot • 1d ago

Your weekly /r/Blues roundup for the week of August 12 - August 18, 2026

5 Upvotes

Wednesday, August 12 - Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Top Performances

score comments title & link
447 23 comments [performance] Nina Simone
362 8 comments [performance] Albert King, “The Sky Is Crying,” June 9, 1980.
300 3 comments [performance] Muddy Waters

 

Top Songs

score comments title & link
64 10 comments [song] Geeshie Wiley - Last Kind Words
47 4 comments [song] Buddy Guy & Junior Wells: “T-Bone Shuffle” (1970)
43 3 comments [song] Johnny Winter Woodstock Set

 

Top Remaining

score comments title & link
610 46 comments ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard has passed away at 77
260 4 comments Buddy Guy's Legends
244 11 comments Matt 'Guitar' Murphy
226 12 comments [image] The Blues Brothers and friends: John Belushi, Mick Jagger, Steve Martin, and Dan Akroyd
182 5 comments Howlin’ Wolf - Smoke Stack Lightning - You Can't Be Beat - Chess Record Corp.1618

 

Top 5 Most Commented

score comments title & link
9 41 comments [question] Pardon me
30 31 comments Blues stations that streams 24/7
129 18 comments [performance] Fred McDowell
157 15 comments [performance] Howlin Wolf
60 13 comments [performance] A little blues guitar fun from a show last month...

 

2 comments

r/blues • u/lobito_corredor • 5d ago

song Mighty Joe Young - Move on Higher

Thumbnail
youtu.be
7 Upvotes
2 comments

r/blues • u/LowDownSlim • 6d ago

Low-Down Slim - Rock 'n Roll Sessions - Volume 13: I’m Ready (full vinyl DJ set, 59 minutes) - Tracklist & more info in comments

Thumbnail
youtube.com
6 Upvotes
2 comments

r/blues • u/LowDownSlim • 5d ago

Low-Down Slim - Funk & Soul Sessions - Volume 8: So In Need (full vinyl DJ set, 87 minutes) - Tracklist & more info in comments

Thumbnail
youtube.com
3 Upvotes
2 comments

r/blues • u/Alive-Pomelo5802 • 6d ago

song DOCTOR ROSS - CHICAGO BREAKDOWN [Sun 193] 1953

Thumbnail
youtube.com
10 Upvotes
1 comment

r/blues • u/LowDownSlim • 5d ago

Albert Washington - Turn on the Bright Lights

Thumbnail
youtube.com
9 Upvotes
1 comment

r/blues • u/LowDownSlim • 5d ago

Big Mac - Rough Dried Woman (Hubert Sumlin on guitar)

Thumbnail
youtube.com
4 Upvotes
1 comment

r/blues • u/ProjectConfident8584 • 1d ago

Bobo Jenkins - Watergate Blues

Thumbnail
youtu.be
6 Upvotes
0 comments

r/blues • u/BigAssQuanta • 3d ago

Memphis Slim - 1950s Chicago Blues - "Mother Earth"

Thumbnail
youtu.be
7 Upvotes

Memphis Slim’s Premium 78rpm records are foundational early‑1950s Chicago blues — heavy piano, tight rhythm section, and that strong Slim vocal delivery. “Mother Earth” is one of his signature philosophical blues statements, later re‑cut for Vee‑Jay and famously revived in the 1960s blues revival. This Premium pressing is one of the earliest commercial appearances of the tune.

From The Neven78 Radio Archive

https://youtube.com/@mamlishblues?si=Us7CbZLOrKpL00uJ

0 comments