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What Blues performers did you see first, when and where?
Back in the 70's I saw The James Cotton Blues Band countless times. The guitar player back then was Matt "Guitar" Murphy, and I was hooked on the blues forever. I also saw John Mayall at the same little club.
Ah, the good old days.
B.B. King August 29, 1980
Des Moines Civic Center
Des Moines, IA
plj
B.B. King August 29, 1980
Des Moines Civic Center
Des Moines, IAplj
Well that sure is a great first blues show!
The Groundhogs in Aberdeen in 1971.
No idea, probably some local act at BLUES, Etc. BLUES on Clark, Rosa's or Kingston Mines in the mid-90s.
Jorma Kaukonen (Hot Tuna)
Nov 17, 1988
The Barns of Wolf Trap - Washington, DC
Must have been Gary Moore at the Royal Court in Liverpool,
can't remember exact date but was probably early eighties.
Lester..
Janis Joplin in Golden Gate Park ( SF), around 1968, I was 10 years old
We had a couple of great clubs back in western New York for blues bands, not sure if it was James Cotton Blues Band or Johnny Winter. Things sure were wild back in the 70's
Worked as a bouncer in a club during college that had many great bands. As far as blues bands, I remember Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Luther Allison and Charlie Musselwhite playing there. Which one was first, I have no idea. 1970-1974.
My wife's first Blues show was Muddy Waters and Eric Clapton, together in 1979. Not a bad way to start loving the Blues.
Terry Robb 1981-Candlelight Room Portland, Oregon..Will never forget seeing the fastest fingers I have ever seen...If you ever have the chance to see him Acoustic or Electric, do it...You will be stunned !
I'll stretch the category to blues rock, and say Treat Her Right (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treat_Her_Right) around 1987 at my undergrad college WPI (http://www.wpi.edu)
Treat Her Right later morphed into Morphine with some change in members.
06/13/1992 Dave Hole / Gary Moore Paris
Rory Gallagher in 1982 I'd say was my first live blues.
Let’s not forget the amateur pub blues bands, - could n’t tell you who they were, but that is the real magic of blues is that it almost does not matter who plays it as long as it is played well and with emotion. - However I do remember seeing AC/DC live for the first time in 1978/9 and that shaped my musical taste to this day, not sure that you would say that they played blues, but it is or certainly was blues based rock, just played LOUD and FAST. 
I also got see bands like 9 Below Zero and Dr Feelgood around that time.
Led Zeppelin 1970 who at the time were a blues band albeit on Steroids.
Freddie King in 74
BB King in 75
First live? Joe at the Beacon in '13. What a noob! Late to the live game but a full on supporter and fan now.
What I would give to see some of the bands listed above. And Jim, Zeppelin's blues are what got me hooked.
In the space of 5 months in 1972/73 I saw these bands in the Music Hall, Aberdeen :
Free
Rory Gallagher
Led Zeppelin
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