VA - Best Instrumental Blues (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1+CD2

BLUES INSTRUMENTALS

VA - Best Instrumental Blues (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1+CD2

An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics, or singing, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a Big Band setting. Through semantic widening, a broader sense of the word song may refer to instrumentals. The music is primarily or exclusively produced using musical instruments. An instrumental can exist in music notation, after it is written by a composer; in the mind of the composer (especially in cases where the composer himself will perform the piece, as in the case of a blues solo guitarist or a folk music fiddle player); as a piece that is performed live by a single instrumentalist or a musical ensemble, which could range in components from a duo or trio to a large band, concert band or orchestra.

In a song that is otherwise sung, a section that is not sung but which is played by instruments can be called an instrumental interlude, or, if it occurs at the beginning of the song, before the singer starts to sing, an instrumental introduction. If the instrumental section highlights the skill, musicality, and often the virtuosity of a particular performer, the section may be called a "solo" (e.g., the guitar solo that is a key section of a rock song). (Wikipedia)

Blues Instruments are not new and I have been listening to them for as long as I can remember. Here are 50  Blues Instrumental tracks from the 1920's, 1930's 1940's, 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's and 2000's for your listening pleasure.

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Track list 1

01 Shuggie Otis - 1215 Slow Goonbash Blues    :09:28    1970
02 Little Sonny - The Creeper Returns    :04:16    1970
03 B.B. King - Blues Boys Tune    :03:29    1993
04 Mike Bloomfield - Albert's Shuffle    :06:56    1968
05 Snooks Eaglin - You and Me    :06:27    1995
06 Charlie Musselwhite - Christo Redemptor    :03:19    1966
07 Jimmie Vaughan - Dirty Girl    :05:04    2001
08 John Mayall & the Bluesbreaker - The Super-Natural    :02:58    1967
09 Hank Crawford - Mr Blues    :06:05    1973
10 Fleetwood Mac - Albatross    :03:12    1968
11 Ronnie Earl - Blues for Shawn    :06:29    2000
12 Earl Hooker - Hookin'    :04:24    1969
13 Freddie King - The Stumble    :03:15    1961
14 Dr. John - Wade in the Water    :04:16    1981
15 Paul Butterfield Band - Thank You Mr. Poobah    :04:06    1965
16 Roy Buchanan - Tribute to Elmore James    :03:27    1973
17 Rory Gallagher - Unmilitary Two-Step    :02:50    1973
18 Jimmy Thackery - Blues 'fore Dawn    :04:55    2003
19 Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Rude Mood    :04:40    1983
20 Lonnie Mack - Wham!    :02:15    1964
21 J. Geils Band - Whammer Jammer    :02:37    1971
22 Sonny Landreth - Z-Rider    :04:06    2000
23 Sonny Thompson - Mellow Blues (Part 1)    :02:46    1951
24 Buddy Guy - Jam on a Monday Morning    :02:52    1968
25 Homesick James Williamson - Homesicks Shuffle Homesick    :02:34    1964

Track list 2

26 Little Walter - Juke    :02:45    1952
27 Lucky Millinder - Apollo Jump    :03:24    1943
28 Pee Wee Crayton - Blues After Hours    :03:41    1948
29 Charlie Musselwhite - Cha Cha the Blues    :03:12    1966
30 Blind Willie Johnson - Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground    :03:22    1927
31 Jimmy Deberry & Walter Horton - Easy    :03:01    1953
32 Big Maceo - Chicago Breakdown    :02:57    1946
33 Elmore James and the Broom Dusters - Hawaiian Boogie    :02:20    1953
34 Freddie King - Hide Away    :02:41    1960
35 Earl Hooker - Blue Guitar    :02:37    1981
36 Lowell Fulsom - Juke Box Shuffle    :02:22    1953
37 Magic Sam Blues Band - Lookin' Good    :03:18    1967
38 Junior Wells - Chitlin Con Carne    :02:14    1965
39 Bo Diddley - The Clock Strikes Twelve    :03:01    1959
40 Todd Rhodes - Blues for the Red Boy    :02:41    1947
41 Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - Okie Dokie Stomp    :02:35    1954
42 Frank "Floorshow" Culley - Cole Slaw    :03:05    1949
43 T- Bone Walker - Strollin With Bones    :02:31    1950
44 Big Jay McNeely - The Deacon's Hop    :02:53    1949
45 Muddy Waters - Evans' Shuffle    :02:10    1950
46 Memphis Slim - Frankie and Johnny Boogie    :04:06    1961
47 Hank Marr - The Push    :02:23    1964
48 Jimmy Forrest - Night Train    :03:00    1951
49 Lonnie Johnson and Blind Willi - Hot Fingers    :03:04    1929
50 Big Bill Broonzy - House Rent Stomp    :02:46    1951

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