Cool Music

A list of some my favorite musical artists and albums.

Artists

• Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band: Experimental blues/rock.
• Tom Waits: Experimental blues/rock/folk.
• 2nd South Carolina String Band: Civil War recreation and folk.
• Blind Willie Johnson: Gospel blues.
• Oingo Boingo: New wave rock.
• Doors: Psychadelic rock.
• Ennio Morricone: Film score (most notably Westerns).
• Howlin' Wolf: Chicago blues.
• Jimmy Reed: Blues.
• Johnny Cash: Country.
• Muddy Waters: Chicago blues.
• Primus: Psychadelic rock.
• Robert Johnson: Delta blues.
• Sonny Terry: Blues.
• Stevie Wonder: Souls/Gosepl.
• T-Bone Walker: West Coast blues.
• Taj Mahal: Blues.
• Beach Boys: Psychadelic rock/pop.
• Vulfpeck: Funk.
• Big Walter Horton: Blues.
• War: R&B.
• Albert King: Blues.
• B.B. King: Blues.

Albums

• Safe as Milk - Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, 1967.
• Strange Days - Doors, 1967.
• Born Under a Bad Sign - Albert King, 1967.
• Taj Mahal - Taj Mahal, 1968.
• The Natch'l Blues - Taj Mahal, 1968.
• Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, 1969.
• L.A. Woman - Doors, 1971.
• The Spotlight Kid - Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, 1972.
• The World is a Ghetto - War, 1972.
• Innervisions - Stevie Wonder, 1973.
• I Wanna Get Funky - Albert King, 1974.
• Why Can't We Be Friends? - War, 1975.
• Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder, 1976.
• Hard Again - Muddy Waters, 1977.
• Good for Your Soul - Oingo Boingo, 1983.
• Rain Dogs - Tom Waits, 1985.
• Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo, 1985.
• Bone Machine - Tom Waits, 1992.
• Tales from the Punchbowl - Primus, 1995.
• Brown Album - Primus, 1997.
• Mule Variations - Tom Waits, 1999.
• Alice - Tom Waits, 2002.
• Blood Money - Tom Waits, 2002.
• Real Gone - Tom Waits, 2004.
• Orphans - Tom Waits, 2006.
• Mr. Finish Line - Vulfpeck, 2017.
• Schvitz - Vulfpeck, 2022.

Last Modified: 2025-03-06

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