Blues "must have, top 100" list?

Agree with Mang53: don't forget the Brits.

1. John Mayall - Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton
2. Bluesbreakers - Hard Road (with Peter Green)
3. Hendrix: Blues compilation (OK, not a Brit but very much part of the London scene)
4. Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac

I have the followingvinyl to recommend. Worth seeking out [I don't know if they are all available on cd. Philadelphia Jerry Ricks"Empty Bottle Blues" recorded April 1986 at Hungarian radio recording studio, Budapest and released as Roxan RLP016....probably rare and highly reommended. Ck and see if Jerry Ricks is on cd. Try also Terry Evans, anything but I recommend "Puttin' It Down", good fun. Also the late Ted Hawkins..especially "The Next Hundred Years". This one was released also on cd....lots of stuff to try as the selections above are excellent. Have fun. A feast of great music awaits you.

Add Snooks Eaglin to the list. He plays guitar like noone else I've ever heard.

I would suggest the Eric Clapton Crossroads Festival on DVD.You can watch and listen to many of the Blues greats for slightly more than the cost of a cd.Used on Half.com or Ebay,around $15 plus shipping.

Bobby Bland - Two Steps From the Blues
BB King - Live At The Regal
Fenton Robison - Somebody Loan Me A Dime
Otis Spann - Walking The Blues
Otis Rush - Right Place, Wrong Time
Champion Jack Dupree - Blues From The Gutter
Big Joe Turner - Boss Of The Blues
T-Bone Wlaker - T-Bone Blues
Ted Hawkins - Watch Your Step
JUNIOR WELLS - HOODOO MAN BLUES
MAGIC SAM - WEST SIDE SOUL
And about anything from Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice Miller) and John Lee Hooker