Blues LPs part 6

I'm continuing my series of photo montages of blues LPs, beginning this time with the letter M. There's an LP by Willie Mabon, one by Magic Sam and three by Taj Mahal, including two on the Direction label and two on CBS. I've seen Taj Mahal a few times, the most recent being in New Orleans in 2016 when he was on top form. There's also a more modern LP by Johnny Mars and one by the superb blues singer/songwriter Percy Mayfield. There's one by blues guitarist Larry McCray and two by Jimmy McCracklin, who memorably appeared at Porretta in 2007.

The next group of LPs starts with another three by Jimmy McCracklin, including one on US Imperial and one on Stax. There's one by country blues man Mississippi Fred McDowell plus one by him with his wife Annie Mae. Also three by Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry who did so much to popularise the blues in the UK, and two by Big Jay McNeely, who I had the great pleasure of meeting up with in LA. He died shortly after his 91st birthday show at Joe's Great American Bar and Grill in Burbank in 2018. There's one by sax player and bandleader Jack McVea and an album by one of the earlier blues artists Memphis Minnie.

The third set features five LPs by Memphis Slim, including one on United Artists and two on Xtra, and two by R and B singer and pianist Amos Milburn. There are also two by jump blues singer, drummer and bandleader Roy Milton, and one by singer, actress and civil rights activist Odetta. Finally there are two by the incredibly influential Johnny Otis, including one on UK Capitol.

Next up we have four by Junior Parker, including one on Mercury and two on the People label. There is also an LP by Lucky Peterson, one by Piano Red, who was perhaps better known as Dr Feelgood, and one by the Prisonaires, who recorded 'Just Walking In the Rain' for Sun in 1953 while still incarcerated. There are also four albums by Jimmy Reed, including one on Stateside and one on Veejay.

The fifth group of LPs begins with two more by Jimmy Reed, one by Sonny Rhodes and the Texas Twisters, who I got to see a couple of times, a couple by Chicago bluesman Fenton Robinson, and one by the Rhode Island based white blues band Roomful of Blues. There's an LP by Bobby Rush, who continues to entertain enormously well into his eighties, and a couple by blues guitarist and songwriter Otis Rush. Finally there's an LP by singer and pianist Jimmy Rushing, who was the vocalist in Count Basie's Orchestra, an LP on Malaco by David St George, a funk singer who made just one album about whom I know nothing, and an album by Frankie Lee Sims on Specialty. More soon.