# Blues Fans! Please recommend some music to me **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2002, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-fans-please-recommend-some-music-to-me/128904 "2002-09-21T01:12:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fibonacci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Fibonacci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibonacci)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2002, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-fans-please-recommend-some-music-to-me/128904/21 "2002-09-22T15:22:24Z")
A good starting point to explore the many shades of blues is Rhino Records outstanding Blues Masters collections. They break the blues down into various categories and each volume has a number of different artists to explore. The link below will take you to the albums where you can sample the cuts, but I haven’t been disappointed with any of them yet. [http://www.rhino.com/browse/cat7.html#1](http://www.rhino.com/browse/cat7.html#1) Blues Masters, Vol. 1: Urban Blues Blues Masters, Vol. 2: Post-War Chicago Blues Masters, Vol. 3: Texas Blues Blues Masters, Vol. 4: Harmonica Classics Blues Masters, Vol. 5: Jump Blues Classics Blues Masters, Vol. 6: Blues Originals Blues Masters, Vol. 7: Blues Revival Blues Masters, Vol. 8: Mississippi Delta Blues Blues Masters, Vol. 9: Postmodern Blues Blues Masters, Vol. 10: Blues Roots Blues Masters, Vol. 11: Classic Blues Women Blues Masters, Vol. 14: More Jump Blues Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics Blues Masters, Vol.16: More Harmonica Classics Blues Masters, Vol.17: More Postmodern Blues Blues Masters,Vol.18: More Slide Guitar Classics Blues Masters Sampler A word of warning though. Everytime I go on the Rhino site I get sucked into exploring it for hours. Particularly the video. ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2002, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-fans-please-recommend-some-music-to-me/128904/22 "2002-09-22T19:09:08Z")
**Rhum Runner** : Keith Harden used to play excellent acoustic-blues several nights a week in Urbana. But I just found his website and it looks like **Ukulele Ike** has summoned him to Geneva, NY. You might take a look at some of the smaller places with live music, maybe someone else has filled his shoes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-fans-please-recommend-some-music-to-me/128904.md?page=1)