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100 Greatest 'Live' Blues Albums
Criteria: - The Blues were meant to be played live. These albums capture these artists in performance with the perfect mix of audience interaction, pace, timing & musicianship. This list Does include selected Blues/Rock performers who often provided a mixed set of those two genre's during performance. As with all lists, this is a subjective list and makes no claim of an official nature.
List compiled by and Editor: Rick Varner
1. Live at The Regal - B.B. King 2. Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live - Muddy Waters 3. Live at Cafe Au Go Go (& Soledad Prison) - John Lee Hooker 4. 1964 Live On Maxwell Street - Robert Nighthawk 5. Thursday Night in San Francisco - Albert King 6. At Newport 1960 - Muddy Waters 7. Live and Cookin' (at Alice's Revisited) - Howlin' Wolf 8. Drinkin' TNT 'N' Smokin Dynamite - Buddy Guy/Junior Wells 9. Live Wire/Blues Power - Albert King 10. Live in Cook County Jail - B.B. King 11. Live at The Fillmore - Derek & The Dominos 12. At Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers 13. Where Have You Been/Live at Montreaux - Luther Allison 14. Live at Montreaux/82/85 - Stevie Ray Vaughan 15. Concert at Newport - John Lee Hooker 16. Frozen Alive - Albert Collins 17. Irish Tour 74 - Rory Gallagher 18. Live at Carnegie Hall - Stevie Ray Vaughan 19. Live From Austin - Delbert McClinton 20. Live at Westville Prison - Little Milton 21. Live at The Old Waldorf - Mike Bloomfield 22. Real Life/Live - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown 23. Blues Guitar Virtuoso/Live in Europe - Ronnie Earl 24. Live - George Thorogood 25. Live at The Electric Ballroom - Freddie King 26. Live at The Knickerbocker - Big Willie Horton 27. Beware of The Dog - Hound Dog Taylor 28. Live in Europe - Otis Rush 29. Sontaneous Combustion - Son Seals 30. Live in NYC 97 - Johnny Winter 31. Blues is King - B.B. King 32. Live From Chicago - Lonnie Brooks 33. Killing Floor - Howlin' Wolf 34. Live at Winterland '73 - Paul Butterfield 35. Blues at Sunrise/Live at Montreaux - Albert King 36. Live in 63 - J.B. Lenoir 37. Live at Newport - Reverand Gary Davis 38. Grits Aint Groceries - Little Milton 39. Soho/Live at Ronnie Scott's - Peter Green 40. Live and Kickin' - Savoy Brown 41. Live in Chicago - Luther Allison 42. Last Time Around/Live at Legends - Buddy Guy/Junior Wells 43. Hooker 'N' Heat Live - John Lee Hooker/Canned Heat 44. So Many Roads Live - Otis Rush 45. Live Alive - Stevie Ray Vaughan 46. Live - The Fabulous Thunderbirds 47. Live at The Hot Club - Memphis Slim 48. Live at The Marquee 1969 - John Mayall 49. Alone, The First Concert - John Lee Hooker 50. The Turning Point- John Mayall 51. Live at The Boston Tea Party - Fleetwood Mac 52. I'm Tore Down/Live in Texas - Freddie King 53. Live 92/93 - Albert Collins 54. In Session - Albert King/Stevie Ray Vaughan 55. It's My Life Baby - Junior Wells 56. Burnin' Down The House - Etta James 57. American Axe Live in 74 - Roy Buchanan 58. Live - Delbert McClinton 59. Live at The New Orleans House Berkeley - Hot Tuna 60. Together For The First Time - B.B. King/Bobby 'Blue' Bland 61. Last Call/Live at The Boston Tea Party - Otis Spann 62. Cryin' The Blues/ Live in Concert - Willie Dixon/Johnny Winter 63. Jazz/Blues Fusion Live - John Mayall 64. Peakin' at The Beacon - The Allman Brothers 65. Fillmore East The Lost Concert - Mike Bloomfield 66. Hellbound Train Live - Savoy Brown 67. Live and Burning - Son Seals 68. Backtrack Live - The Nighthawks 69. Stretchin' Out Live - Duke Robilliard 70. Whiskey Store Live - Tab Benoit/Jimmy Thackery 71. Coastin' Home - Mick Taylor 72. Hoochie Coochie Man Live - Muddy Waters 73. Live/The Real Deal - Buddy Guy 74. Raisin' Hell Live - Elvin Bishop 75. Live at Bill Grahams Fillmore West 1969-Mike Bloomfield w/Nick Gravenites 76. In The Beginning/Live - Stevie Ray Vaughan 77. Live at The Checkerboard Lounge - Buddy Guy 78. An Evening of Acoustic Music - Taj Mahal 79. Travelin' On - John Mooney 80. Live in Japan - B.B. King 81. Live at Ronnie Scott's - Memphis Slim 82. Long Way From Home - Eddie Taylor 83. Live in Chicago - Fleetwood Mac 84. Live at 85 - Pinetop Perkins 85. Discovering The Blues - Robben Ford 86. Live in Ann Arbor & Chicago - Magic Sam 87. Live 1980 - Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown 88. Live in Japan - Snooks Eaglin 89. Live at The Dead Goat Saloon - L.A. Jones & The Blues Messengers 90. In Paris, Baby Please Don't Go - Memphis Slim/Willie Dixon 91. Live at Paradiso - Omar and The Howlers 92. Live One - Dave Hole 93. Live at Ludlow Garage - The Allman Brothers 94. Live at Pachyderm Studio - Indigenous 95. Live at Blue Cat Blues - Jim Suhler/Alan Haynes 96. Live at The Park Tower Blues Fest. - Snooks Eaglin 97. Live From San Francisco - Etta James 98. Live at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel - Roomful of Blues 99. Live at The Fillmore - Tommy Castro 100. Mojo Ramble - Snooky Pryor
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